tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post7450150087147638717..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Dearborn Park teachers support MAP boycottMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-91825939964573438702013-01-31T08:11:10.351-08:002013-01-31T08:11:10.351-08:00Dear Watching,
"Equal Outcomes" is an i...Dear Watching,<br /><br />"Equal Outcomes" is an impossibility and is not desirable.<br /><br />Yet the egalitarian goal of Equal Outcomes is the current thrust. Is it realistic or desirable that "all students" be required to successfully complete Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2? <br /><br />As you point out universal requirements leave far too many students mired in remediation ... rather than receiving an appropriate education.<br /><br />The coming hyper-academic thrust beginning in pre-school is totally age inappropriate for most children.<br /><br />-- Dan Dempsey<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-36195738096405978812013-01-31T07:58:49.731-08:002013-01-31T07:58:49.731-08:00Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact o...<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Visible-Learning-Teachers-Maximizing-Impact/dp/0415690153/ref=tmm_pap_title_0" rel="nofollow">Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning</a><br /><br />In November 2008, John Hattie’s ground-breaking book Visible Learning synthesised the results of more than fifteen years research involving millions of students and represented<b><i> the biggest ever collection of evidence-based research into what actually works in schools to improve learning.</i></b><br /><br />Visible Learning for Teachers takes the next step and brings those ground breaking concepts to a completely new audience. Written for students, pre-service and in-service teachers, it explains how to apply the principles of Visible Learning to any classroom anywhere in the world. <br /><br />The author offers concise and user-friendly summaries of the most successful interventions and <b><i>offers practical step-by-step guidance to the successful implementation of visible learning and visible teaching in the classroom.</i></b><br /><br />This book:<br /><br />links the biggest ever research project on teaching strategies to practical classroom implementation<br /><b><i>champions both teacher and student perspectives</i></b> and contains step by step guidance including lesson preparation, interpreting learning and feedback during the lesson and post lesson follow up offers checklists, exercises, case studies and best practice scenarios to assist in raising achievement includes whole school checklists and advice for school leaders on facilitating visible learning in their institution now includes additional meta-analyses bringing the total cited within the research to over 900<br />comprehensively covers numerous areas of learning activity including pupil motivation, curriculum, meta-cognitive strategies, behaviour, teaching strategies, and classroom management.<br /><br />Visible Learning for Teachers is a must read for any student or teacher who wants <b><i>an evidence based answer to the question; ‘how do we maximise achievement in our schools?’</i></b><br /><br />=========<br />Keep in mind that Common Core State Standards are NOT evidence based. The current direction of education being pushed top down is in many cases ill-advised.<br /><br />-- Dan DempseyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03725707625426525309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-15964545083378949252013-01-31T07:55:21.825-08:002013-01-31T07:55:21.825-08:00Equal outcomes was never the goal. Our current as...Equal outcomes was never the goal. Our current assessment scheme is designed to maintain the status quo which is unequal outcomes. If we can create assessments that prove that some students deserve a content free education - mired in remediation, skills acquisition at the expense of content and meaning - so much the better. Dearborn Park teachers support the MAP? Are they giving it? If so, that's not much support.<br /><br />watchingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-34968797097385940412013-01-31T07:47:40.483-08:002013-01-31T07:47:40.483-08:00"Instead of punishing teachers who speak up, ...<i><b>"Instead of punishing teachers who speak up, you should be working with them to restore some sanity to our educational system."</b></i><br /><br />Hattie in "Visible Learning for Teachers" demonstrates that the way to improve academic performance at a school is to put the decision-making in the hands of the teachers. He outlines the type of training needed to transform a school to a school where continuous incremental improvement occurs. .... but nothing like this is apparently on the horizon in Seattle or WA state.<br /><br />Treating teachers like professionals is not in vogue.<br /><br />We are watching the legislation of one size fits all, in which equal outcomes for all has become the goal.<br /><br />Until the focus is on providing the maximum opportunity for each student to maximize their talents, abilities, and interests, many children will be abused by the insane educational system.<br />--------<br /><br />Thanks for speaking up Dearborn Park teachers.... are Olympia politicians listening? Is the Board listening? Is Banda listening? <br /><br />-- Dan DempseyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-29024469192884403052013-01-31T06:25:30.061-08:002013-01-31T06:25:30.061-08:00Thornton Creek wrote a similar one that was delive...Thornton Creek wrote a similar one that was delivered last week. <br />- glad to support teachers who support our kidsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com