Steve Mazingo - Greene County Schools
Over 5 year program
Stud Achiev. 67% to 78%
Stud Grad rate 26% to 84%
2nd to 18th in teen pregnancy
OK WOW!!!!
We make decisions about school based on when we went to school - but our schools and cultures are different now
Technology as an Accelerant - Book Good to Great
3 Instructional priorities 1) Literacy 2) College counseling 3) Technology
Context - everything you should be in your context. You know your district and what they need, rural or urban, etc. You can take the best practices and see what you need.
Stay focused with Staff Development - and ongoing.
Partner with Lenoir Comm College to offer an AA degree
20th Century Skills - Blooms Taxonomy (Drill and Kill)
looking further
Preparing our students for jobs that don't even exist now - How do we do that?
21st Century Skills
Learning to learn - being adaptable
Technology is no longer an add-on. Not something to be used after your done with work.
PD is essential and they key to every success (they conduct twice a week & do individual sessions) - What would she need? as a veteran teacher?
Smartsheet - directions step-by-step to take back with them. The content is focused on in PD
You must evaluate what you do and have high expectations.
What should 21st Century Graduate look like? Every student has their picture taken in cap and gown and is placed on their computer to see their goal.
Service Learning project through Learn Serve
iChat/Blogs/Podcasts/Keynotes
iChat Reading Conferences
ESL through IM as needed
Instant Advising - chat about issues
Autobiographies as Podcasts
Group projects
Online Courses
Problem Based Learning
Cornell Notes
Getting teachers to be able to say, "I don't know how to do this." and allowing a student to answer.
Staff Development is about modeling. Deliver the PD in the format they will need to deliver it.
Its the Content not the Box.
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