title i directors’ conference march 9, 2010 jane massi, title i consultant
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Transforming School Culture How to Overcome Staff Division based on the book by Anthony Muhammad, Ph.D. Title I Directors’ Conference March 9, 2010 Jane Massi, Title I Consultant. “Education for All”. Student Outcomes vs. Educator Intentions. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Title I Directors’ ConferenceMarch 9, 2010
Jane Massi, Title I Consultant
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BELL CURVE J - CURVE
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Teacher QualityStaff ExpectationsStudent ApathyInadequate Parental Support
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NormsValues & BeliefsRituals & CeremoniesSymbols & Stories
Kent D. Peterson
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Positive
Negative
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PositiveSupports professional development for teachers
Sense of responsibility for student learning
Positive caring atmosphere9
PositiveAll children can learn.All children will learn because of what we do.
Professional Learning Communities at Work by Rebecca and Richard DuFour
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ToxicTeacher relationships conflictual
Staff does not believe in the ability of ALL students
Helps to maintain “the gap”11
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Expectations
Belief Systems
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Technical
Cultural
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Students and their families were responsible for effectiveness of education.
Educators were the experts. Schools provided students the opportunity to
learn. Students were expected to comply with
educator demands to acquire knowledge. Parents that supported the expert guidance
would have achieving students. Subjective grading systems were the norm. Procedures were controlled by educators.
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The school is accountable for student success.
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It is not the student’s fault.
It is not the parent’s fault.
It is not the educator’s fault.
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Four Variables: Percentage of students living with one
parent Percentage of 8th graders absent from
school at least 3 times/month Percentage of children 5 or younger
whose parents read to them daily Percentage of 8th graders who watch TV
5+ hours/day
(Educational Testing Service Survey)
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Perceptual
Intrinsic
Institutional
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Teacher expectations clearly play a role in how much students learn.
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Student expectations clearly play a role in how much students learn.
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Society/schools play a role in how much students learn.
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Believers
Tweeners
Survivors
Fundamentalists23
Goal:
Academic success for each student
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Goal:
Organizational stability
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Goal:
Emotional and mental survival
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Goal:
Maintaining the status quo
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Match the statements to their correct group.
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Answers and discussion.
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Believers
If schools are to transform their cultures into positives, they must increase this population of Believers. Believers must become more vocal members of the school community.
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Tweeners
School leaders cannot leave new teacher development to choice. Leaders must be proactive and put time and resources behind the support and development of Tweeners in order to create the positive school culture a school needs . They must protect and groom Tweeners.
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Survivors
School leaders must reduce the effects Survivors have on students. Remove them from the situation. Provide psychological treatment, paid leave or new career opportunities.
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Fundamentalists
School leaders and Believers must meet Fundamentalists head on. They must curtail or eliminate fundamentalism in schools.
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