So you want to be an educator?????

Couple of things you need to know- Kids are smarter than when we were in school Kids are smarter than when we were in school

You must now be a defender of PUBLIC Education Your first and most pressing challenge Your first and most pressing challenge

Increased Responsibility for Students As teachers shift to a supporting role in the classroom, they will be transferring more responsibility to students for their own learning. Increasing technology integration and personalized learning will drive students to be more self-directed and self-disciplined. This trend has the potential to accelerate learning and produce more college-ready high school grads if balanced by frequent and effective coaching from teachers.

POWER OF PERSEVERANCE Paul Tough’s book, How Children Succeed, popularized the ideas of grit and perseverance. The idea that failure is an opportunity to learn and improve, not a roadblock to achievement, is often referenced as one of the most important skills a student can take with them beyond the classroom. Angela Duckworth’s research on grit has shown that often students, who scored lower on intelligence tests, end up doing better in class. They were compensating for their lack of innate intelligence with hard work and that paid off in their GPAs. Duckworth has even developed a “Grit Scale” that allows students to self-report their “grittiness.” Angela Ducksworth on TED TALKS

A Move Toward Project- Based Learning More schools are shifting toward project-based learning as a way of increasing engagement and creativity in the classroom. It’s not a matter of simply marking the end of a lesson or unit by making a book or a diorama; instead, project-based learning engages students in meaningful, long-term projects that are themselves the learning experience. More schools are shifting toward project-based learning as a way of increasing engagement and creativity in the classroom. It’s not a matter of simply marking the end of a lesson or unit by making a book or a diorama; instead, project-based learning engages students in meaningful, long-term projects that are themselves the learning experience. Fourth-grade students might conceive, coordinate, and run their own semester-long weekly farmer’s market. They then learn as they go – how to market their goods, how to anticipate what will sell, how to total a purchase and make change, and what it feels like to accomplish all that and contribute the cash earned back to their classroom or school.

Teacher Effectiveness As policymakers move toward rewarding teachers for the quality of their teaching, not for factors like whether an educator holds an advanced degree, districts have to get better at assessing teacher performance. The big debate now is how closely teacher evaluations should be tied to student test performance and how closely they should be tied to a teachers’ job security.

Building Public Trust in an era of social media People will talk about you and your school Parents Students Staff Tax payers Politicians Business owners Busy bodies Always on. About Everyone. Reaches Everyone

Produce critical thinkers by creating cultures of thinking

COURAGE “It is the most important virtue of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.”

Patience

Ability to listen to, laugh with and love all children…

Just Keep Trying….. You Will Get Better!!!