session 5: ignite presentation
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NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL
Location: Farmington, WV
Student Population: Approximately 800 – Class AA, Low SES
Mascot: Huskies
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
- Project-based learning
- Hands – on activities
- More opportunities to take electives
- Combined core subjects
WHAT WE’VE LEARNED
- Students can enjoy coming to school
- Students love to be challenged
- Teachers enjoy their jobs more when students are happy
- A learning environment can be setup based on trust, respect, and responsibility
- Students like to be treated like young adults, not babies
- Students will work harder when they know there will be some sort of accountability (more than a grade) at the end of it all
ONE SIZE FITS ALL?
- Not all students respond well to this type of teaching
- Some enjoy more traditional styles of learning
- Some don’t learn the content well through projects /hands-on activities
- Traditional assessments are oftentimes necessary
- Just like a teaching strategy of lecturing over and over again gets boring, so does the PBL
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR ME AS A TEACHER
- This experience has made me such a better teacher – having another teaching in the classroom with me ups the accountability!
- My teaching philosophy has changed drastically for the better!
- I used to be the strict, miserable teacher that ruled with an iron fist, now I’m existing in a classroom full of mutual respect and happiness!