8/13/2019 20vs21 - Kilback
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There is a math teacher on my faculty who approaches teaching
from a 20th Century perspective. He
is in his late 50s, from the USA, and has been teaching in the
High School setting for over 20 years. His
current assignment sees him working with the upper math students
at our school in Pre-Calculus,
Calculus, and AP Calculus. I have worked with him for eight
years and have visited his classroom both
actively engaged in his classroom through his typical
instructional routine; he lectures, students take
notes, they work on problems, and then discuss their solutions
with him. In considering the elements of
this weeks assignment, I felt he would make an ideal subject for
consideration.
Subject
I placed two illustrations, one of a teacher at a chalkboard
teaching the abcs juxtaposed with another
of a teacher presenting a lesson at a digital interactive board.
The former image represents a 20th
century classroom and the latter a 21st century one.
nature and need little explanation.
changed between the 20th and 21st Centuries and which are the
focus of my recommendations. These
elements are more nuanced and have explanations attached to
them.
strengths of the teacher I am considering in this
assignment.
Infographic
management that is based on a positive classroom culture and a
purposed desire to work with
he produces through our advanced track of courses is
outstanding. This can be seen in his annual
AP scores which consistently sit in the 4.5 - 5.0 average.
However, even with these excellent results,
approach, perspective, and curriculum.
Background
Learning Focus
would be able to open the door to this teacher seeing the value
of process. It is evident that we are no longer
work place where they will need to be creative problem-solvers.
By encouraging professional reading into cur
learning focus.
AssessmentCurrently, there is a focus on unit tests and an
emphasis on a numerically assigned grade. With the adoption o
increased emphasis on teachers assessing with performance tasks.
Authentic, real-world, summative assessm
having real-work application. By encouraging the consideration
of alternate assessments, and the inclusion of
assessment focus.
ApproachCurrently, students work independently and I would like
to see a shift to group work. Students have become c
help this teacher to hold student interest beyond their current
tasks of listening, recall, and application. Taking
mathematical concepts. By encouraging the use of these
applications I believe that I can help this teacher beg
PerspectiveCurrently, the teacher is seen as the Sage on the
stage and I would like to see him shift to being more of a fa
and not be actively involved in the educational process.
Technology can be a way to leverage this participatio
or interactive board assignments. By encouraging a broader use
of resources, beyond the textbook, I believe
CurriculumCurrently, the mathematics curriculum is discrete and
separated from other content areas. I would like to see
cross-curricular connections teachers can work together to teach
students similar concepts from seemingly d
time to work within the grade level to discover these
connections and develop performance tasks that tap into
engage in the process of creating cross-curricular learning
opportunities for students I believe that I can help
Recommendation
To DoLearning Focus1. Set up a Twitter account and
use #EdChat as a resource
for professional learning.
2. Set up an RSS feed of
profesional blogs.
3. Connect teacher with
p21.organd have him review
the framework for 21C Skills.
Assessment1. Have teacher reviewCCSS
(corestandards.org)
2. Arrange to have PD funds
accessible for training
throughCC360.
ApproachEncourage the teacher
a self study of interact
lessons beginning with
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