Three Ds Focusing on the Early Career Teacher Digital Technology Diversity Dialogue.
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Transcript of Three Ds Focusing on the Early Career Teacher Digital Technology Diversity Dialogue.
Three Ds
Focusing on the Early Career Teacher
• Digital Technology• Diversity• Dialogue
Objectives-
• Examine and strengthen your digital footprint• Brainstorm strategies for dialogue with
community and schools• Recognize the diversity state schools and
implications for your classroom• Develop one goal within each category that
you can implement.
Usha ReddiOgden Elementary School1st Grade TeacherUSD [email protected]
LouAnn GetzEisenhower /Anthony Middle SchoolClinical Instructor KSU [email protected]
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As a new teacher, what are you top concerns
Current pedagogy and professionalism
What is your skill level now?
Where do you expect it to be in five years?
• Pedagogy• Skill level • Professionalism
Where do you stand?
• Where do you expect it to be in five years?
Goal today is to give you things to think about within DDD. How do you get there , what is your roadmap? Think about these things and two or three goals to share at the end.
D 1. Digital Technology
• How do you use T in your classroom and professionally (State Testing, behavior mgmt., worksheets, instruction
• Philosophy- Supplement to T, but as collaboration and creativity.
• Use what works for you in your situation, but examine your unintended consequences (differentiation)
• Social Media- John, Twitter Chats, RSS feeds, blogs, follow educational leaders
• For example Ways to use
D2. Dialogue For community outreach*Consequences of keeping conversation between teachers and in own classrooms?*You are with like minded people,*How to reach out to those who are patrons of the schools who don’t know or understand without insulting them. Keep it relevant to them. How do you do this? (make it about them- their money, their children, their relationships with the schools
Outreach• Go where your parents are• Welcome everyone• Virtual meetings- smart phones, text messages• Celebrate your classroom in the newspapers• Include family in instruction- reading, tumble books, two way
communication, math night• Student led conferences• Write letters to editor• Site council and PTO• Military parents• Community organizations and partnerships, • Get involved in service clubs, boards, - build relationships• Check KSDE, Edutopia etc., for building school community relationships• GET OTHERS TO TALK ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL IN A POSTIVE WAY
D3. Diversity Who are our students?StateDistrictSchoolCultural and family make upMilitary-Socio economic status (2= $15,960)Individualized Education ProgramEnglish Language Learners
Students in Kansas
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KS Students 2012• Almost 1 out of 2 (48.9%) Kansas students qualifies
for Free/Reduced priced meals. • For the first time since NCLB, the percent of students
meeting standards decreased in Reading, Math, Science and History/Government.
• Populations that experienced the greatest declines in performance were Special Education, English Language Learners, Hispanic, African American, and students that qualify for Free Lunch.
• Although the Achievement Gap was reduced significantly over the past 12 years, it started to widen again in 2012.
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Kansas Student Population Trends
Now it is your turnOne new goal for this year.
To address the three Ds
Diversity
Dialogue
Digital Technology
Future implications for teachers*Alternate licensure and your role in that*Colleges of Education*State Funding and Gannon case*Professionalism – Teacher organizations *KNEA/AFT*Teacher leadership endorsements*Retirement issues and taking care of yourself
“What Teachers Make"
First Grade Math Lesson
Contact informationUsha Reddi [email protected]
LouAnn Getz [email protected]