Transcript Why Change?
Teachers, and the Students Who Need Them FAFMD (10/11/08) What is the job of a Teacher? To To To To ? ? ? ? teach? help students learn? give students experience? motivate? Are we responsible for what a student knows/can do a year from know? Jobs? Nearly 75% of high school graduates enter college, but only 12% of these students will complete a significant college degree. For students who complete high school, only six in 10 will obtain a job For students who drop out, only three in 10 will obtain a job. (US Dept. of Ed) (Alliance for Excellence in education) Salary? Assuming that each works until age 65 and earns the average salary – A high school graduate will earn nearly $333,000 more than a dropout, – A student with a college degree will earn $538,000 more than a high school graduate (Alliance for Excellence in education) Salaries US Department of Commerce High School Dropout High School Graduate Some College College Associate Degree College Graduate with BA Professional Average Earnings in 1999 Average Earnings in 2004 $21,035 $19,000 $28,184 $26,200 $29,221 $27,757 $32,638 $33,400 $44,985 $52,593 $75,000 $88,904 Only one in five repeat freshman graduate high school (Kenton County Numbers) Why do Students Drop Out The number one reason – “I wasn’t learning anything” The number two reason – “I hate school” Nine in ten students say they would work harder if their high school expected more of them. (Gates foundation) Why do Students Drop Out 50 percent said – – they left school because their classes were boring and not relevant to their lives schools did not motivate them to work hard Four years later, 74 percent of high school dropouts said they would have stayed in school if they had to do it over again (Gates foundation) Rigor Gender Gap Male Female Special Education 70 % 30 % 4 Year Degree 43 % 57 % Master’s 42 % 58 % Gender Gap Boy vs. Girl Attention Deficit Drop Out Violent Crime Suicide 4 Times Greater 30 % More Likely 85 % More Likely 6 Times as Likely 12th Graders’ Views of School 1983–2000 51 47 60 41 40 Percent 50 40 36 39 35 31 28 29 24 30 1983 21 1990 20 1995 10 2000 0 School work is meaningful Courses are interesting Source: The Condition of Education 2002, National Center for Education Statistics School will be important in later life Teaching VS. Learning Is this us? Not really. McREL Needed Time 15,465 Hours Available Time 9,042 Hours Teachers struggling to teach an overloaded curriculum! Which Choice Should We Make? a. b. c. d. e. Teach all the standards Teach what standards we can fit in Teach interesting lessons which hit standards Teach what we want and don’t worry about the standards Teach what we think we should-according to the textbook, our gut . . . In schools the status quo persists! Sometimes, I feel like I know less today than I did yesterday. Dixie KPR-Total 100.0 95.0 90.0 85.0 80.0 75.0 70.0 65.0 60.0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Dixie Gender Gap 100.0 90.0 80.0 70.0 Female 60.0 Male 50.0 40.0 30.0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Dixie Social-economical Gap 100.0 90.0 80.0 70.0 Free & Reduced (Approved) 60.0 Free & Reduced (Not approved) 50.0 40.0 30.0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Dixie Disability Gap 100.0 90.0 80.0 70.0 No Disability 60.0 Disability 50.0 40.0 30.0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 CTBS-9th Grade th CTBS-6 Grade % of Freshmen Failing A’s & B’s? 100% 80% 60% 40% 35% 27% 14% 19% 32% 29% 25% 20% 0% 78/288 41/283 64/342 110/343 85/294 83/326 112/320 19992000 20002001 20012002 20032004 20042005 20052006 20062007 Failing Freshmen-06 100% 80% 60% 44% 33% 32% 30% 32% 35% 40% 20% 0% 141/321 105/323 102/320 95/322 103/320 112/320 12 14 19 24 Days of School 28 33 Non-Special Ed Failing Freshmen-06 100% 80% 60% 38% 26% 40% 26% 23% 25% 28% 20% 0% 113/297 76/289 74/285 65/286 72/284 79/284 12 14 19 24 Days of School 28 33 Failing Special Ed Freshmen-06 100% 82% 85% 80% 82% 86% 92% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 28/34 29/34 28/35 30/36 31/36 33/36 12 14 19 24 28 33 Days of School What are the Students Saying? They love pathways The facilities at the school are awesome They believe their teachers care about them They really like their teachers – Nice – Caring – Funny What are the Students Saying? There are slackers in the classroom who are just allowed to slack To many students who talk back to the teachers and get away with it Most of our quizzes are on Friday When is tutoring? What is the homework hotline? What are the Students Saying? 45 minutes is not enough time – – – – – Our teachers often rush through stuff We rarely do hands on/real-life activities We don’t get many examples (especially in math) 90% of most classes are paper and pencil “I know why we have to do the stuff, but we are often bored” 90 minutes is too long, unless we break it up with activities or have a chance to move around 60 to 70 minutes would be perfect Ask Yourself How did we get information in the past? How do we get it now? How will we get it in the future? Is it more important to know information or know how to find it? Is it more important to recall information or be able to use it? How important is it to educate each and every student? How important is content? What to do? What to do?