Diana RogersAdkinson CCBD President Presented to Illinois Council for Behavior Disorders February 4 2012 Abstract Why we are where we are and what we can do about it This session will discuss the issues politically and culturally that caused the current public demonization of educ ID: 601656
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Slide1
Teaching in Troubled Times
Diana Rogers-Adkinson
CCBD President
Presented to Illinois Council for Behavior Disorders
February 4, 2012Slide2
Abstract
Why
we are - where we are-
and what
we can do about it. This session will discuss the issues politically and culturally that caused the current public demonization of educators both at the state and national level. Current stressors and strategies for responding in a tough political climate will be discussed.Slide3
October 23, 2011
Yet One More Doomed Education Reform
By
Robert
Weissberg
Sidetracking the Debate on Teacher Quality Have high expectations given way to the lowest common denominator? By Roy E. Barnes & Joseph A. Aguerrebere Jr.
By Amy Bingham
Feb 23, 2011
Teachers’ Union Chief: Wis.
Gov
‘Wants to Take Away People’s Voice’Slide4
The Challenge
E
ach
generation we are forced to reconsider our beliefs of the role of
educators
within the context of larger educational trends and pressures.
What is our voice to look like in the future?Slide5
What do educators do?Slide6
Unions Slide7
Unions as spokesperson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQVLYV_ZKlQ&feature=relatedSlide8
ALECSlide9
Agenda in Education
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
Resolution
The Special Needs Scholarship
Act
Autism Scholarship Program
ActNext Generation Charter Schools Act
Parent Trigger ActSlide10
Charter School Ad
http://
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Zqjk3Giy8AkSlide11
“Wisconsin
public school teachers could be fired or disciplined if their students don’t score high enough on standardized tests. That’s the premise of a bill passed by state Senate
10/20/11 afternoon
. The measure passed on a 17-16 party line vote, with all Democrats voting no. Under the current law, test scores can be used in evaluating teachers – but not for discipline or dismissals
.”Slide12Slide13
The solution in Idaho
“The
Wendell district decided to base merit pay bonuses on parental involvement at high school conferences because participation has been a problem in the past, Superintendent Greg Lowe said. Now, up to 70 percent of the potential bonus available to employees is based on how many parents show up for the
conferences.”
(http://
www.kboi2.com/news/local/132478223.html)Slide14
BOSTON — An advocacy group pressing for a
ballot law
that would force schools to prioritize teacher effectiveness over seniority in hiring, layoff, and transfer decisions says it has amassed more than 100,000 voter
signatures
(http
://
www.eagletribune.com/latestnews/x859491256/Ballot-question-would-force-schools-to-hire-fire-teachers-based-on-effectiveness-not-tenure)Slide15
Stand for Children
is an innovative, grassroots education advocacy organization. As Massachusetts’ leading voice for kids, Stand for Children members’ ultimate mission is to ensure that all students in the Commonwealth get the excellent public education and strong support they need to thrive. Our members believe we need to stand up for our children now to create a better future here in Massachusetts,
and across the country
.
(http
://
www.sec.state.ma.us/LobbyistPublicSearch/Summary.aspx?PeriodId=2011&RefId=5993-) Listed officially as a lobby organizationSlide16
Dividing a field
Young vs. Seasoned
Administrators vs. Teachers
General vs. Special Education
(http
://greatteachersgreatschools.org
/_)Slide17
Are we preparing
to work in a field with these new challenges of accountability and hostility toward the profession? Slide18
Measurement of Teacher EducationSlide19
Arnie…
Every teacher of record, no matter his or her pathway to the profession, must have significant exposure and clinical experience in the field teaching a diverse set of students.
State and district education leaders should ensure that all teachers complete a multi-year induction program, which have been shown to increase new teacher effectiveness and decrease attrition rates.
Evaluation systems should be designed and used for the purpose of improving instructional practice and student achievement. Slide20
Comparisons to Medicine
Expanded clinical experiences
Extended residency
Drawing parallels to a medical student who tries to intubate a patient incorrectly, Birr
Moje
asked, why permit similar mistakes in the training educators? “We would never allow that in medical practice so why are we allowing it with our children and young people – why let people out and learn on other people’s children?” she asked
.(http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-impact/2011/10/ed-school-hosts-7th-annual-jeanne-s-chall-lecture/)Slide21
The Louisiana Way
Value Added Teacher Education
Our alumni’s impact as ours
Competition
Funding follows the high performing TEPsSlide22Slide23
What does a standardized test measure?
Praxis, Pearson and other exams
First day, first monthSlide24
The Important of Standards
Minimums of knowledge and skills
First do no harm
First year of practice standardsSlide25
Mentoring Future Teachers
Our students must
Know how to articulate and explain – not their impact on future students to grade IHE’s 5 years later, but rather now while they are in our clinical experiencesSlide26
ComplacencySlide27
Making Teaching and Teacher Education Public
When educators are worried about
Competing
against each other in a free market model
Less embracing of Diversity
DisabilityCollaborationSlide28
Time to Stop
Letting others fight our battles
Unions
Dean’s
Denigrating
The structures that support our standardsSlide29
Occupy Education
True Costs
Standardized tests
Statisticians
Curriculum alignmentNot just salaries and benefitsFlexibility does not mean quality or improvement of the product
Retired school teacher Larry
Witlen
wears "On Wisconsin" on his shirt as he protests during an Occupy Wall Street gathering across from the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J.
(http
://
www.kboi2.com/news/local/132478223.html)Slide30
CCBD’s Roots
Advocates
1961 vs. 2011Slide31
What Special Education has to offer
Accountability
Individual progress over time
EBPSlide32
"
Teaching in a regular public school," the
Thernstroms
write, "is a profession for saints, masochists, or low-aspiring civil servants....The country will need an estimated two million new teachers over the next decade, and the pool of saints and masochists is obviously extremely limited."
(http
://
spectator.org/archives/2003/10/09/no-excuses-for-great-teachers) No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning (Simon & Schuster, 2003)Slide33Slide34
References
(
1999). Institute
of Medicine. To err is human. Building a safer health system. Washington, DC: National Academy Press,
Kauffman, J. K. (2011). Toward a science of education: The battle between rogue and real science. Verona, WI, Full Court Press.
Kauffman, J. K. (2010).
The Tragicomedy of Public Education. Verona, WI, Full Court Press.Potter, C. (2011, October, 25). How does occupy Wall Street speak to a broken educational system? A manefesto. The Chronicle of Higher
Education
accessed http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/tenuredradical/2011/10/how-does-occupy-wall-street-speak-to-a-broken-education-system/?
sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en.