Dr. Farler Slideshow 2012 Convocation

Presented by Dr. TJ Farler August 20, 2012

August 20, 2012

•  Take an ac;ve role. •  Share what you know. •  Prepare to make a diﬀerence!

What does the future hold?

1.  Compe;;on in a global market, outsourcing of jobs, and lack of an educated and skilled work force in the US

2. Only 30 – 40% of the households in a community will have school aged children

3. Finding qualiﬁed teachers, retaining new, young teachers beyond three years in the system, and retaining our master teachers

4.  Texas is #6 in the na;on in student growth. •  The general student popula;on in Texas public schools grew by 11.1% between school years 2005-‐ 2010. •  The largest percent of growth seen among low income and minority children. •  85,000+ new students enter Texas schools each year.

•  Using your phone with the online tool: POLL EVERYWHERE, instant audience feedback. •  hap://www.polleverywhere.com

•  Industrial/Factory sedng •  Agricultural calendar for school year •  Weed out –  High School Dropouts – not even discussed before 1980’s – “A Na;on at Risk” report •  Rank and sort (GPA, SAT/ACT tes;ng)

Theis here.

In the founda;on of the visual Educa;onal Leaders Roles -‐ q  Standards and Assessment q  Curriculum and Instruc;on q  Professional Development q  Learning Environment

•  Customized and Individualized –  Digital Na;ves –  Their world (music, cars) –  Our instruc;onal sedngs? •  Innova;on •  Challenge and Rigor •  Engagement and Persistence when Work is Diﬃcult •  Personal Investment by the Student

•  Customized and Individualized –  What tools are in development? –  What will our classrooms look like over the next decade?

The Student Voice – Choice – Collabora;on – Learning Style

•  Flexibility Online courses so that students have more opportunity to take elec;ves and career pathway courses

• Tools to maximize learning

•  Communica;on with our community in terms of today’s classrooms –  Schools are diﬀerent today than when their parents were in school. –  Our students are diﬀerent, too.

•  Collabora;ve – Challenging – Inquisi;ve •  Learning is meaningful and valued by the learner •  Learning and the environment cul;vates curiosity in the learner

•  Tools and Skills

•  Crea;ng and Designing

•  Date rich and informa;on rich

•  Collabora;ve

1.  More ;me and 1. opportuni;es to plan, design, and collaborate with horizontal teams (campus) and ver;cal teams (district) 2.  Training that shows how 2. to design instruc;on that incorporates students’ use of technology devices

3.  Flipping the classroom – 3. Homework becomes the “direct teach” and discussion and applica;on happen during class ;me 4.  Inquiry processes such as 4. Project Based Learning that provide students with real world problems and challenges while using in cross-‐curricular skills in a collabora;ve sedng

•  Using your phone -‐

Curriculum – Leadership -‐ Community

•  Interdependence – our schools, our community, the global community

•  The most important factor – the teacher and the learning in the classroom •  I used to do…. •  Now I am commiaed to doing….

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