https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556 MAT 6340 Explaining the major components of curriculum and school reform models, including the role of data in curriculum planning. en-us 2021-07-07 03:32:02 UTC 2024-12-11 00:26:06 UTC hello@padlet.com chenderson74 https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639749643 This article addresses what to do with data. Doing assessments for the sake of doing them and not collecting data is a waste of everyone's time. Data driven decision making is something that is working in schools. Collecting, analyzing, using, and reflecting on data can have big impacts on teachers and students. Sufficient training, sticking to the core issues, and not overwhelming staff is discussed as advice on how to get started. District wide accountability plans are suggested to ensure data is being used like it is intended. Becoming data-driven decision makers requires a shift in the culture of a school, good questioning and inquiry, and excellent communication. ]]> 2021-07-07 03:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639749643 chenderson74 https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639767573 2021-07-07 03:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639767573 chenderson74 https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639773934 2021-07-07 03:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639773934 chenderson74 https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639775642 "Tai Basurto considers herself a professional development junkie. Here, she shares why ongoing training is key to advancing teaching practice, how it has had a positive effect on her classroom, and why it is essential to widespread educational improvement."]]> 2021-07-07 03:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639775642 chenderson74 https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639779567 This picture shows the four essential dimensions of school climate, "safety, teaching and learning, interpersonal relationships, and the institutional environment." Instead of being singularly focused (NCLB, 2002), school reform should be comprehensive and not compartmentalized. ]]> 2021-07-07 04:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639779567 chenderson74 https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639784206 School Climate is everything. Benefits of a positive school climate are endless, but here are a few: " improved feelings of safety (physical, social, and emotional), increased engagement by teachers and students, and educators modeling and encouraging attitudes that support learning and a growth mindset." A healthy school climate makes teachers, students, and visitors feel at ease. It is important that everyone who enters a school feels safe in the space and is ready to learn or teach. "Culture is the heartbeat of a school and with each beat it is spreading health or toxicity." ]]> 2021-07-07 04:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639784206 chenderson74 https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639793006 2021-07-07 04:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639793006 chenderson74 https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639794889 2021-07-07 04:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639794889 chenderson74 https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639801755 This book challenges teachers and administrators to think about the curriculum they are using to teach their students. Is it current? Or is it the same thing we've done since the 80's or 90's? She, like Sir Ken Robinson, (TED Talk linked below) believes that schools are not designed for children and are under a factory model from economic expansion around the 1920s. She states that even though change is uncomfortable, and we tend to gravitate to-- the way things have always been done or how they were when you were in school-- there are "real dangers in glorifying the good-old-days." (Page 15). ]]> 2021-07-07 04:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639801755 chenderson74 https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639807757 Sir Ken Robinson]]> 2021-07-07 04:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639807757 chenderson74 https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639824278 TED Talk

Heidi mentions how she is against reform. She is calling for NEWforms. 

She thinks everything is dated in education. She claims that standardized tests are the same now as they were in the 80's. She says assessment drives instruction, but why not have more performative assessments and interactive projects? She challenges teachers to upgrade their genres they teach and use technology in an innovative way to engage students and maximize learning. ]]> 2021-07-07 04:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639824278 chenderson74 https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639859680 This article is about the many benefits that having good community/school/family connections bring to students. The guardians of the child support and communicate their child's need with the school faculty and teachers. Teachers and community groups and organizations in turn help the parents and give them the tools and strategies of what their children need to be successful. These bonds are essential for high quality relationships. ]]> 2021-07-07 05:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639859680 chenderson74 https://padlet.com/chenderson74/76qdh7hfny5y9556/wish/1639866674 Research shows that – at both the elementary and secondary level – when schools, parents, families, and communities work together, students:

• earn higher grades;
  
  
• attend school more regularly;
  
  
• stay in school; and,
  
  
• are more motivated.
  
  

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