Academic Vision – 12/10/12
AUTHOR #1:
*As we go forward, do we start to implement a new system of
teaching/learning
In one
particular class?
With
one particular teacher?
With
one particular department?
*Via Mr. Birney’s Faculty survey/graphs, it is apparent that teachers,
in many ways, already use tools and concepts that are on the leading edge.
The
next step: survey the whole faculty.
*Professional Development-Pinpoint other technology that the
faculty would like to be trained in (in presenting this to the faculty, frame
it in a way that gives them a concrete task that they can accomplish, then
introduce the tool that is used to accomplish that task)
*Concern about content and presentation of the material – Is
it just the same old info in a different package, or is it innovative and
worthwhile?
Apex
Learning
Khan
Academy
*Discovery Teams – Rice needs to develop common standards of
infrastructure that every teacher needs to be well-versed in and use on a
regular basis. Smaller discovery teams
can be set up to explore new ideas and, if beneficial, introduce them to the
rest of the community
*Teaching Labs – Create an opportunity for teachers in the
same discipline to observe and analyze each other’s methods
*Summer School
Open to
a greater audience?
College
Connection?
*Going Forward
Meet
with Department Heads to organize what a summer program would involve and look
like
What
program would best suit us (Khan, Apex, etc.)?
Who can
we connect with (Universities, etc.)?
AUTHOR #2
1.
Send Survey to the rest of the teachers
2.
Share the result of the survey with Department Heads and
teachers –
a.
Share approaches among Departments/Teachers
b.
Determine best of breed methods
c.
Implement best approaches more broadly across BRHS – hopefully
early in the second semester.
3.
Review the “State of the Art” and future direction of teaching
a.
Possibly contact several Universities and enlist their support
b.
Contact Macomb and Oakland ISDs and possibly the MI Department
of Education to determine their view and direction
c.
Identify possible sources of subject content – videos, on-line
interactive courses, etc.
4.
Start R&D projects with summer courses
a.
On-line learning
b.
“Flipped Classroom”
c.
Shared teaching
d.
Content Development
e.
Paperless Courses
AUTHOR #3
Take-aways:
1. complete academic innovation survey with teachers 10 now, 45 total
2. sort data by department
3. go to departments and focus on specific activities to promote during semester 2
4. seek department support for team taught learning lab summer classes
-history yes
-online element, college credit?, junior and senior focused, college prep
5. use summer experience to propel forward regular year learning
6. market academic excellence & innovation / team up with a college UofM?
7. seek out best of examples:
-math - los altos schools with the flipped classroom experience
Bill Solomonson
UofM school of education?
Dr. Garibaldi?
1. complete academic innovation survey with teachers 10 now, 45 total
2. sort data by department
3. go to departments and focus on specific activities to promote during semester 2
4. seek department support for team taught learning lab summer classes
-history yes
-online element, college credit?, junior and senior focused, college prep
5. use summer experience to propel forward regular year learning
6. market academic excellence & innovation / team up with a college UofM?
7. seek out best of examples:
-math - los altos schools with the flipped classroom experience
Bill Solomonson
UofM school of education?
Dr. Garibaldi?
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