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Page 1: MEETING THE NEEDS OF 21 ST CENTURY LEARNERS Collaborative Conference on Student Achievement

Meeting the needs of 21st century learners

Collaborative Conference on Student Achievement

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Opening Activity: Awareness Think of the most difficult task you would

ask your students to complete this year. On the activity sheet, write down five

students you believe would easily succeed in the task and five students you believe would struggle.

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Today’s Agenda

Introduction High Expectations Awareness Student Needs Reflection

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Today’s Objectives

Understand the core beliefs of high expectations for all students

Gain an awareness of possible disparities and biases

Learn about student needs for the 21st Century

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Participant Expectations

Be ResponsibleReturn promptly from breaks

Be an active participantUse electronic devices appropriately

Be RespectfulMaintain cell phone etiquetteListen attentively to others

Limit sidebars and stay on topic

Be KindEnter discussions with an open mind

Respond appropriately to others’ ideasHonor confidentiality

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Attention Signal

Please make note of time limits and watch your clocks!Trainer will raise his/her hand. Finish your thought/comment.Participants will raise a hand and wait quietly.

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Safety Assumptions

You are all high-quality educators.

We want all students to succeed. All ideas will be heard without

judgment. Confidentiality will be honored. We are not here to fix you. Others?

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High Expectations for All Students

Meeting the needs of 21st century learners

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Basketball Activity

Break into pairs and choose one person to be the “teacher” and the other will be the “student.”

Teachers instruct students on throwing the ball into a basket. All of the students will stand behind the same line to throw.

Follow the instructions on the activity sheet when modifying the task.

Collaborate with fellow teachers as needed. If time allows, switch roles.

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High Expectations

DefinitionThe belief that any student, regardless of characteristics or circumstances, can and will succeed in a rigorous learning environment.

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Core Beliefs Poll

Meeting the needs of 21st century learners

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Core Beliefs Poll

Walk around the room, reading the core belief statements on the chart paper around the room.

Select an answer that best describes your opinion.

Put a dot next to that answer.

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Core Belief: We have the tools to close the achievement gap.

Standard Course Of Study Collaboration Formative Assessments High-yield teaching strategies Remediation Enrichment Student/Teacher Interactions

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Core Belief: Quality teachers outweigh student barriers

“…the fundamental finding from the Education Trust studies is that however important demographic variables may appear in their association with student achievement, teaching quality is the most dominant factor in determining student success.” (Reeves, 2000)

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Core Belief: District and school leadership create the climate that supports high expectations

Research has consistently shown that principals are the key to an effective school (Seyfarth, 1999; Sergiovanni, 2001)

Principals who focus on developing a culture of adult learning, positive relationships among teachers, and a relentless focus on instruction were shown to play a key role in increasing achievement in difficult circumstances (Newmann, 2000)

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Core Belief: It is the responsibility of everyone in our school to remove barriers to learning.

“It is important to make the necessary adjustments in the school environment to neutralize predictable problems for these young people. To do that, educators have to be cognizant of how they arrived at the school door and do whatever is necessary to minimize the obstacles that their worlds or the school places in their path”

Dr. Mary Montle Bacon, Working with Students from a Culture of Poverty

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Core Belief: It is the responsibility of everyone in our school to remove barriers to learning.

Achievement is influenced by four factors.

Educators have the ability to influence three of the four factors.

We spend the most time trying to change the one on which we have the least influence.

-Dave Tilly, Keynote Address NC Leadership Forum, November 2008

Instruction

Learner

Curriculum

Environment

Instruction

Learner

Curriculum

Environment

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Core Belief: We can move beyond personal biases towards groups or individuals

The most effective teachers are those who know themselves, are willing to reflect inward to determine causes of problems in classroom, and ultimately change behavior/practice/lessons after reflection. (Farr, 2010)

It is entirely possible to change behavior towards students so that students-regardless of the teacher’s level of expectation for them-receive the same behavior in terms of affective tone and quality of interactions. (Marzano, 2007)

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Core Belief: High Expectations are conveyed not only through words but through actions Student performance is linked to

teacher/student interactions. We all have biases that result in subtle

differences in the way we behave towards certain students.

Expectations are conveyed through body language and voice tone without self-awareness.

These behaviors influence student performance, and result in our beliefs being realized.

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Core Belief: Student success is the responsibility of the teacher

The quality of a teacher in the classroom is the single most important factor in determining how well a child learns. (Vandervoot, et al., 2004)

Quantitative analysis indicate that measures of teacher preparation and certification are by far the strongest correlates of student achievement in reading and mathematics before and after controlling for student poverty and language studies. (Hammond, 2000)

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Core Belief: A student’s life circumstances and/or characteristics do not predict his/her ability to learn

“…schools that are highly effective produce results that almost entirely overcome the effects of student backgrounds.” (Marzano What Works in Schools, 2003, page 7)

“While environmental factors can alter rate of learning they do not affect the ability to learn.” (Susan Levine, Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

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Core Beliefs Reflection Activity Using the activity sheet, take a moment

to consider your feelings and thoughts about each of the core beliefs.

After you’ve completed the reflection sheet, if you are comfortable doing so, talk with the person next to you and share some of your thoughts.

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Awareness

Meeting the needs of 21st century learners

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Awareness Activity

On your own:Refer to the list of students you created at the beginning of this session.

Identify characteristic of each student (e.g. race, sex, socio-economic, etc.).

In small groups:Discuss common characteristics of the perceived high achievers and perceived low achievers.

Do you have similar groupings to others or different ones?

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Awareness: Honesty

People may not always say what is on their minds when it comes to sensitive topics. Some people are either unwilling or unable to honestly express their thoughts. Unwilling people deceive others, while unable people deceive themselves.

This deception is attributed to the types of associations sensitive topics have.

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Awareness: Honesty

Our experiences either indirectly or directly impact how we think about certain groups.

We are unaware of how indirect or implicit associations can impact our behavior toward certain groups.

The Implicit Association Test (IAT) helps us recognize how indirect associations have impacted our thinking.

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Awareness: How do expectations affect learning?

Communication consists of:Text:Tone: Body Language:

Which of these do you think is the largest component of communication?

7%

38%

55%

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Expectations/Performance Cycle

Beliefs about an individual shape expectations

Individual responds to cues and modifies actions

(Output/Feedback)

Expectations are confirmed

Expectations expressed through words and actions (Input/Feedback)

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Awareness: Breaking the Cycle

Identify your expectation levels for students. Accept that you are interacting differently with

students who you perceive as low performing. Focus on changing your behaviors through

specific instructional strategies. Collect data to ensure that your interactions

are changing.Does my differential treatment suggest that I am a terrible teacher?

The answer is ‘no’ if, once I recognize my differential treatment, I take corrective measures.”

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. Robert T. Tauber

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What do modern students need for the future?

Meeting the needs of 21st century learners

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Thoughts about 21st Century Learning

“Oh, sure, I’d love for my kids to have a class

set of Ipod Touches.”

“Our students may not have computers at

home.”

“I’m not comfortable letting them handle the

equipment.”

My school doesn’t have the money to buy

paper, let alone computers.”

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The Five Cs

What do students really need?

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Collaboration: What is it and why is it important?

Think of all the times during the day that your job requires you to work with other adults.

Think about other jobs that require the workers to collaborate.

Can you think of any job that does not require collaboration?

Find a partner and discuss how people collaborate in a social network.

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Collaboration: What does it look like in a 21st Century Classroom?

Reciprocal teaching (teachers enabling students to learn and use self-learning)

Feedback accepted from all (specific response to student work)

Student self-verbalization or self-questioning

Use of meta-cognition strategies Problem-based learning

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Activity:

What are we already doing to encourage collaboration?

What could we do better?

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School Example

Brentwood Elementary School, Raleigh, NC

Lake Myra Elementary School, Wendell, NC

Fred A. Smith Elementary School, Raleigh, NC

Wilburn Elementary School, Raleigh, NC

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Communication: What is it and why is it important?

In order to collaborate, students need to be able to communicate ideas coherently and diplomatically.

At the very least, a person needs to be able to communicate with a boss or superior in order to be successful.

Communication is through oral, written, drawn, and can be conveyed through tone and body language.

Find a new partner and talk about what helps you present your ideas to others effectively.

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Communication: What does it look like in a 21st Century Classroom? Using video production to assess learning Translating material into text messages Creating graphic novels about lessons Hand-draw story boards about concepts learned Climate that encourages everyone to give and

receive feedback Learning to address a global audience

“There’s a fallacy that kids aren’t reading and writing anymore,” says Bruce. “They are, but they just are reading and writing differently than what we’ve traditionally done in schools. . . . A 21st-century approach [doesn’t] say that

print writing is bad. It’s not competing literacies; it’s complementary literacy.”

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Activity:

What are we already doing ?

What could we do better?

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School Example

Brentwood Elementary School, Raleigh, NC

Lake Myra Elementary School, Wendell, NC “Book Club”

Old Providence Elementary School, Charlotte, NC

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Critical Thinking: What is it and why is it important?

This is also called “problem solving.” While we can’t predict what type of job the

students of today will have, we can prepare them by teaching critical thinking and problem solving.

A boss gives a work team a new machine or software or program or project and tells the team to figure out how to use it or complete it. Is this a realistic scenario?

Turn to the person next to you and talk about how you use critical thinking in your job.

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Critical Thinking: What does it look like in a 21st Century Classroom? Problem-solving in conventional and innovative ways Identifying and asking significant questions which lead to

better solutions  Use of various types of reasoning (inductive, deductive, etc.) Analysis of the interaction of parts of a whole to produce

overall outcomes in complex systems Effective evaluation of evidence, arguments, claims and

beliefs  Synthesized connections between information and

arguments Solid interpretation of information and conclusions drawn on

the best analysis Critical reflection on learning experiences and processes

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Activity:

What are we already doing ?

What could we do better?

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School Example

Brentwood Elementary School, Raleigh, NC

Centennial Campus Middle School, Raleigh, NC

Lake Myra Elementary School, Wendell, NC

Old Providence Elementary School, Charlotte, NC

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Creativity: What is it and why is it important?

Most people assume that creativity has something to do with the fine arts.

In order to build new systems or programs or products, thinking must be done outside the box.

Think of a teacher you had who encouraged this type of creativity.

Find a partner and tell what that teacher did to encourage creativity.

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Creativity: What does it look like in a 21st Century Classroom? Originality and inventiveness in work Developing, implementing and

communicating new ideas to others Openness and responsiveness to new

and diverse perspectives Acting on creative ideas to make a

tangible and useful contribution Understanding and application of

Gardner’s Learning Styles

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Activity:

What are we already doing ?

What could we do better?

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School Example

Brentwood Elementary School, Raleigh, NC

Lake Myra Elementary, Wendell, NC Old Providence Elementary, Charlotte,

NC Wilburn Elementary School, Raleigh, NC

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Caring: What is it and why is it important?

People work best in environments in which they feel safe.

Safety ensures that risks can be taken. Classrooms should have a climate of

democracy, in which all people feel valued. Most students do not necessarily remember

every lesson taught, but they will remember the relationships between the people at the school.

Take a minute to write about a teacher that you had who you felt truly cared about the students. What did that teacher do to convey regard?

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Caring: What does it look like in a 21st Century Classroom? Equitable Organized Nurturing Cultural responsiveness Clearly defined expectations that are taught

directly System in place to recognize positive behavior Instructive, not punitive, classroom

management Student-driven and teacher facilitated

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Activity:

What are we already doing ?

What could we do better?

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School Example

Brentwood Elementary School, Raleigh, NC

Lake Myra Elementary School, Wendell, NC

Old Providence Elementary School, Charlotte, NC

Vance Elementary School, Raleigh, NC

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Video

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Reflection

What needs to happen to encourage a 21st Century learning environment at your school?

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Resources

http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2012/01/collaboration-1-collaboration-is-the-key-influence-in-the-quality-of-teaching.html

http://lornacollier.com/The+Shift+to+21st+Century+Literacies.pdf

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/creativity-in-classroom-trisha-riche

http://davidwarlick.com/wordpress/?page_id=2

www.p21.org https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/dem

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Special Thanks:

Kathy Bauer, Third Grade Teacher, Old Providence Elementary School, Charlotte, NC

Candace Buchanan, Second Grade Teacher, Fred A. Smith Elementary School, Raleigh, NC

Katie Bush, Second Grade Teacher, Fred A. Smith Elementary School, Raleigh, NC

Matthew Carlyle, Kindergarten teacher, Brentwood Elementary School, Raleigh, NC

Amy Dressel, Dance Specialist, Centennial Campus Middle School, Raleigh, NC

Rachel Fruend, Fifth Grade Teacher, Vance Elementary School, Raleigh, NC Christina Palmer, Fourth Grade Teacher, Lake Myra Elementary School,

Wendell, NC Melissa Purtee, Art Specialist, Wilburn Elementary School, Raleigh, NC Sandylee Singletary, Seventh Grade Language Arts Teacher, Centennial

Campus Middle School, Raleigh, NC

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Contact Information

[email protected]

919-302-9334