What does it mean to be successfully educated in the State of Illinois? By: Jeff Norman Lee Peterson By: Jeff Norman Lee Peterson

Guiding Questions  What education should be?  What is the outcome?  Different systems of Education  Define successful Education  What is important?  Whose goals?  Are they SMART?  Where does education fit in the priority list.  What education should be?  What is the outcome?  Different systems of Education  Define successful Education  What is important?  Whose goals?  Are they SMART?  Where does education fit in the priority list.

What education should be?  ISBE states:  The Illinois public schools will enable all students to succeed in post-secondary education and career opportunities, to be effective life-long learners, and to participate actively in our democracy.  ISBE states:  The Illinois public schools will enable all students to succeed in post-secondary education and career opportunities, to be effective life-long learners, and to participate actively in our democracy.

What is important? Nation Education Goals Panel Goal 1 - Ready to Learn Goal 2 - School Completion Goal 3 - Student Achievement and Citizenship Goal 4 - Teacher Education and Professional Development Goal 5 - Mathematics and Science Goal 6 - Adult Literacy and Lifelong Learning Goal 7 - Safe, Disciplined, and Alcohol- and Drug-free Schools Goal 8 - Parental Participation

What is important? Woodstock High School Mission statement Woodstock High School's mission is to create rich, varied educational experiences for all students that will enable them to acquire skills and knowledge to be productive, successful, and contributing members of a diverse society. Woodstock High School's mission is to create rich, varied educational experiences for all students that will enable them to acquire skills and knowledge to be productive, successful, and contributing members of a diverse society.

How will we know when the goal is reached?  At this point we found nothing addressing this issue.  We feel a panel of Educators Government and Business leaders need to be brought together to formulate Statewide Goals and Assessments.  At this point we found nothing addressing this issue.  We feel a panel of Educators Government and Business leaders need to be brought together to formulate Statewide Goals and Assessments.

Different systems of Education  No research found to proved any system better than another.

Define successful Education  Currently definitions are set in the Mission Statements of the individual districts and State.

Whose goals?  US Department of Education states: WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DOES NOT DO Under the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Nothing specific is said about education in the Constitution; therefore it falls outside federal authority. In creating the Department of Education, Congress made clear its intention that the secretary of education and other Department officials be prohibited from exercising "any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system." The establishment of schools and colleges, the development of curricula, the setting of requirements for enrollment and graduation -- these are responsibilities handled by the various states and communities, as well as by public and private organizations of all kinds, not by the U.S. Department of Education.

Are they SMART?  Specific  Measurable  Acceptable to all stakeholders  Realistic  Timely  Specific  Measurable  Acceptable to all stakeholders  Realistic  Timely

Where does education fit in the priority list?  ???  Our children are our future.  ???  Our children are our future.

Recommendation  State needs to make Long Term Goals that include academics, culture and citizenship.  Make the Assessments Long term  Goals to follow SMART Format.  State needs to make Long Term Goals that include academics, culture and citizenship.  Make the Assessments Long term  Goals to follow SMART Format.