Senior Leadership Presentation

High Tech High

Positives

Technology Field

Students have access to amazing resources

Resources could lead to great projects

Teachers are engaging and students are interested

Physical Education

Taken as a serious course Balance between exercise and education

Teaching valid and important subjects that relate

In America, Physical Education (class) is not taken seriously but rather as a joke

Teacher Support

Understand the demographic of students

Provide resources and help

Most students have respect for teachers

Improvements

Schedule

Observations

Students have too many classes per term

Since they are constantly moving, it is difficult for them to focus and build a relationship with each teacher

Ideas

“Team Teachers”

Core classes daily, other classes rotated through each term

Cross-curriculum

Mixed classes

Independence

Observations

Teachers spend most of class time lecturing

Students easily disengaged from class

Ideas

More open work time and activities in class

Give students a voice

Give students responsibility, if students abuse their privileges, take them away

Hands-on Work

Observations

Mostly non-existent

Students spend most of class time note-taking and listening to a teacher

Ideas

More student interaction

“Hidden learning”

Finding real world connections to what they are learning in the classroom

Let students experiment and see where it leads

Student Critiques

Observations

Students do not get the chance to see each others work

Students don’t get the chance to get an outside opinion of their work before turning it into the teacher.

Ideas

Students can read each others writing and help each other with ideas and grammar

This also helps the teacher before marking

Literacy

Observations

Students struggle with grammar/sentence structure

Numeracy/Literacy seem below average

Ideas

Create Projects! Projects are an excellent way to improve any subject in a fun environment (this goes for anything)

Students read each others work

Community/Culture Building

Observations

Students stick to their grade level and group of friends

Lack of student work presented throughout the school

Ideas

Create school-wide assemblies for students to interact and present to their peers

Student work on display

Tutorial could act as an “advisory” or “homeroom” with mixed grade levels