Professionalism and School Culture

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Professionalism and School CulturePre-Service Teacher TrainingAugust 13, 2012Kimberly A. Beck

+A week of learning together Professionalism and school culture What to expect – An insider’s view Certification Confidentiality and mandated reporting School policies, rules, and regulations Today’s classroom as a community of diverse learners Taking over – substitute teaching Integrating art and music Support from within – advisement and supervisors

+In the beginning…My path and how it influences my work

Your path and how it will influence your work

+What does school look like?

Think about it: When was the last time you were in an elementary, middle, or high school?

What did teaching and learning look like when you were 7th grade?

What are you expecting to see students doing now?

What are you expecting to see teachers doing now?

What words come to mind when you think about school now?

+Words to live by…

+We are in a time like no other

Diversity in our classrooms The impact of technology The “Global Achievement Gap” Professional accountability Common Core State Standards Saturated job market The new skill sets (teachers and students)

+Get ready!

This is likely the most challenging and exciting time in the history of American education and YOU are going to be part of it!

+Let’s get started

What does it REALLY mean to work in a school?

KEY IDEAS (the practical ones):Looking the partPlaying the roleYear-long+ interview and what truly mattersImplications on your life

+XTRANORMAL

+Playing the role

Know your lines – a.k.a. your roleIt’s WHAT you say, HOW you say it, WHO

you say it to, and WHERE you say itKnow your entire audienceRemember: You are always in

character and NO ONE is going to cue you!

+The interview that NEVER ends

ADD FACEBOOK image – family and friends out and about – sitting on a plane with someone talking

Don’t make the MISTAKE of:

letting your guard down

waiting for opportunity to come to you

assuming you will have a job

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What does it REALLY mean to be a teacher in the 21st Century?

The BIG ideas!

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What do you think of when you hear the word

DIVERSITY?

+The first BIG idea: Diversity in the Classroom

We are obligated to meet ALL of the needs of the students sitting in our classrooms.

In order to that we must teach responsively.

While in your school experience, watch and learn.

+One part of meeting the diverse needs of students - the federally MANDATED one:Response to Intervention (RtI)Scientifically Research Based Instruction (SRBI)• RtI is a regular education,

comprehensive and systematic approach to assessing and instructing students such that all students experience continuous growth (preK-12)

• It is also a focus on students whose progress indicates a need for proactive steps and/or early intervention - academic & behavioral - before students fall behind

+Key Components of RtI

STUDENTLEARNING

Instruction

Assessment

Collaborative Decision-making

+Reauthorization of IDEA (2004)

▫ “when determining whether a child has a specific learning disability ... a local educational agency shall not be required to take into consideration whether a child has a severe discrepancy between achievement and intellectual ability" ... a school "may use a process that determines if the child responds to scientific, research-based intervention as part of the evaluation procedures ..." (Section 1414(b)(6))

“Traditional

Identification Model”

Average Classroom Academic

Performance Level

Target Student

Discrepancy 1: Skill Gap (Current Performance Level)

Discrepancy 2:Gap in Rate of Learning (‘Slope of Improvement’)

‘Dual-Discrepancy’: RTI Model of Learning Disability (Fuchs 2003)

+Collect &

Chart Data

Analyze Strengths

& Obstacles

Establish Goals & Desired

OutcomesSelect Instructional/ Intervention Strategies

Results Indicators

Evaluate Learning Progress

and Instruction The RtI

Process

+You and RtI During your school experience… Watch and learn Ask questions and learn about tiered instruction Involve yourself – take initiative Do your own research and independent learning:

GREAT resource: www.rti4success.org

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What should we REALLY be teaching our children?

What should they know and be able to do in the 21st Century?

The Moral Imperative

+Sir Ken Robinson Changing Education Paradigms (Animate available on YouTube and TED Talks)

What ideas stand out for you personally? What ideas stand out for you

professionally? If you could take ONE idea from this and

make it IMPACT the “the powers that be,” what would it be and why?

+BIG idea #2: WHAT we should be teaching and the “Global Achievement Gap” YOU will need to EXHIBIT and TEACH TO the 7 Survival

Skills of the 21st Century:

1. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

2. Collaboration Across Networks and Leading by Influence

3. Agility and Adaptability

4. Initiative and Entrepreneurship

5. Effective Oral and Written Communication

6. Accessing and Analyzing Information

7. Curiosity and ImaginationFrom “The Global Achievement Gap” by Tony Wagner

+The BIG idea of Accountability - YOU will be held accountable…Most importantly, by your STUDENTS and their families

However, the “game is changing.”

• State Model Teacher Evaluation Program Guidelines

By July 1, 2013 and in consultation with the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (see below), SBE must develop new model teacher evaluation program guidelines for using multiple indicators of student academic growth in evaluations

• Evaluation Data

Also by July 1, 2013, the State Department of Education (SDE) must expand the state's public school information system to collect additional data on students and teachers. Local districts must use the data to evaluate students' and teachers' educational performance growth.

+BIG ideas combined into the Common Core State StandardsThe Common Core State Standards

(CCSS) are a big deal. Adopted by forty-five states so far, the standards represent the most sweeping reform of the K-12 curriculum has ever occurred in this country. It is safe to say that across the entire history of American education, no single document will have played a more influential role over what is taught in our schools.

From Pathways to the Common Core By Calkins, Ehrenworth, and Lehman

+YOU don’t have a choice!The standards are already affecting what is published, mandated, and tested in schools – and also what is marginalized and neglected. Any educator who wants to play a role in shaping what happens in schools, therefore, needs a deep understanding of these standards. The understanding is necessary for anyone wanting to be a co-constructor of the future of instruction and curriculum and, indeed, of public education across America.

From Pathways to the Common Core By Calkins, Ehrenworth, and Lehman

+Practicality and the BIG Ideas

Think about your upcoming role:

What comes to mind? How do you feel right now, really feel?What do

+The BIG question:How will you HONOR the culture and expertise in the school while simultaneously responding to the diverse needs of students and attempt to meet the demands of the BIG ideas?

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This is likely the most challenging and exciting time in the history of American education and YOU are going to be part of it!

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Educating children is not a job; it is a lifestyle. It is a luxury to spend time in the presence of young thinkers. I have indeed been fortunate to spend twenty years in the company of greatness. Whether teaching a classroom of students, devising a professional development plan with a colleague, or conducting a workshop for fellow educators, every moment has left a lasting impression on me. I choose to educate. I am passionate about the lives we touch in this profession. My vision for the future insists upon establishing a culture of trust among the students, faculty, and families in order to achieve the highest levels of excellence. Children deserve nothing less than the best we can offer as they seek to discover what is finest within themselves.