BIO-DIESEL FUEL, AN INTEGRATED, CROSS-CURRICULAR PROJECT

RIGOR AND RELEVANCE RELATIONSHIPS

Dr. Willard Daggett

RIGOR, RELEVANCE, RELATIONSHIPS R X R X R = LCWRS RigorxRelevance xRelationships = Life, College, Work Ready Students

RELATIONSHIPS

IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE THINGS RELEVANT FOR, OR EXPECT PERSONAL EXCELLENCE FROM A STUDENT YOU DONT KNOW. Carol Ann Tomlinson

I am proud of my school.T = 85 S = 50 I am excited to be working with students.T = 96 Teachers enjoy working with students.S = 56 Students have fun at school.T = 78 School is boring.S = 47 NATIONAL DATA Delusional Discrepancies Copyright 2008 Quaglia Institute

Students make school an exciting place to work. T = 87 Teachers make school an exciting place to learn. S = 31 I have fun at school. T = 85 Teachers have fun at school. S = 39 Students care if I am absent from school. T = 78 Teachers care if I am absent from school. S = 46 I enjoy working here. T = 88 I enjoy being at school. S = 50 NATIONAL DATA Delusional Discrepancies

I am excited to tell my colleagues when I do something well.T = 59 I am excited to tell my friends when I get good grades.S = 57 I see myself as a leader.T = 75 S = 58 My colleagues see me as a leader.T = 50 Other students see me as a leader.S = 34 I feel comfortable asking questions in staff meetings.T = 66 I feel comfortable asking questions in class. S = 66 NATIONAL DATA Sad Similarities Copyright 2008 Quaglia Institute

DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS Spend class time early in year, with students sharing information about themselves. Make it a point to connect with students through their activities, sports, school events, jobs. Let students know you are a person with hobbies, family, activities, likes and dislikes.

RIGOR!

THREE MIS-CONCEPTIONS ON RIGOR 1.That rigor means more 2.Raising a grade is not rigor 3.Being stricter and enforcing tighter policies

RIGOR ! Rigor means increasing the level of thinking in a more sophisticated and complex manner.

RELEVANCE

To determine a lessons Relevance you must ask the following questions… 1. Is there application? 2. Is it real world? 3. Is it unpredictable?

APPLICATION MODEL

1 Knowledge of one discipline 2 Application within discipline 3 Application across disciplines 4 Application to real-world predictable situations 5 Application to real-world unpredictable situations

BIO-DIESEL PROJECT GROUPS Production/Manufacturing Chemistry Construction Graphics Design, Multi-media, Web Technologies Marketing Accounting

DOES THE PROJECT HAVE THE 3 RS? Rigor High level thinking in the creation process for each group Relevance Real world application as each group makes its contribution Relationships Teacher to Student, Student to Student, Group to Group

2 POINT SUMMARY Work to make sure instruction has Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships Instruction that follows the Application Model is more likely to be successful.

Know that your CTE Instruction makes a difference in your students futures, and that the rest of the academic world will soon be looking to the Application Model (the model of CTE) as a means for improving instruction.