Teaching with Poverty in Mind Dr. Eric Jensen

The official poverty measure is a specific dollar amount that varies by family size. According to the guidelines, the poverty level is $22,050 a year for a family of four and $18,310 for a family of three. Current measures do not accurately account for living in urban or rural locations, family expenditures, government assistance or available resources. How Do We Measure Poverty?

In North Carolina, there are 1,214,672 families, with 2,227,476 children. Poor Children: 22% (494,023) of children live in poor families. (National: 21%) Statistics

Prevalence of Food Insecurity Average

Statistics  Twenty percent of Greensboro’s families live in poverty.  Twenty-five percent of Greensboro and High Point families struggle to feed their themselves.  The two cities together are ranked 4 th nationally in the number of families who say they don’t have enough money for food. (Winston-Salem ranked third and Asheville ranked 7 th ) Greensboro News and Record. Kernels, Mike. "Going Hungry in Guilford." March 19,

Statistics  North Carolina ranks 6 th nationally in food hardship.  The state has 443,000 children living in poverty.  Out of the above, 8,597 become homeless each year — one out of every 25 — with 1,717 currently living in Guilford County. Greensboro News and Record. Kernels, Mike. "Going Hungry in Guilford." March 19,

Types of Poverty (22% of all children)  Absolute vs. Relative Poverty Scarcity of necessities – shelter, food, water (Daily food scarcity - Will we eat today?) Insufficient Income (60 million people live on 27 dollars a day – 1 in 5... And this is increasing)  Generalization vs. Situational Poverty Two or more generations with no increase in assets and living in poverty Poverty due sudden crisis or loss(job, theft, medical)

 Urban vs. Rural Occurs in metro areas – children deal with more acute stressors such as overcrowding, violence, noise Less access to resources –serves, support, etc. Poverty is a chronic condition. It negatively affects the mind, body and soul in a synergetic way. The results are multiple adverse risk factors. Types of Poverty (22% of all children)

How does each type affect learning?  Absolute vs. Relative Poverty  Generalization vs. Situational Poverty  Urban vs. Rural Types of Poverty (22% of all children)

 Emotional and Social Challenges  Acute and Chronic Stressors  Cognitive Lags  Health and Safety Issues Effects of Poverty (22% of all children)

Emotional Keyboard

Social Challenges

Number of Stressors

Chronic Stress

Normal and Chronic Stress Positive StressNegative Stress

Normal and Stress-exposed Neuron When neurons are exposed to to much stress, dendrites wither and die off.

Cognitive Stimulation

Health and Safety Issues 36 th President Lyndon B. Johnson War on Poverty

Skills: Every lesson-Every day  Attention and focus skills.  Short- and long-term memory.  Sequencing and processing skills.  Problem-solving skills.  Perseverance and ability to apply skills in the long term.  Social skills.  Hopefulness and self-esteem.

National Center for Children of Poverty  This site includes many statistics about children in poverty. It also includes research information, projects, state profiles and publications. Very useful information for policy makers, educators and parents.

Ten Most Effective Tips Using Brain-based Teaching and Learning tiveTips.pdf This site gives a quick review of brain-based learning strategies, their effects and how they should be implemented.

iPad Version Dr. Elizabeth R. Hubbell

New Arrangement of Marzano’s Nine Instructional Strategies

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Khan Academy-Rethinking Instruction

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