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By William Roller. Goodbye Betty Crocker (Cookbook) Teaching, Hello to making schools better for all: ATTACKING THE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY OUTLIVE HUMANS: BADASS STYLE our gateway to the future. Today’s Agenda. BIO S.A.G. TESTING TRANSPORTATION SCHEULE OPTIONS EXAMINING
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By William Roller Goodbye Betty Crocker (Cookbook) Teaching, Hello to making schools better for all: ATTACKING THE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY OUTLIVE HUMANS: BADASS STYLEour gateway to the future
Today’s Agenda • BIO • S.A.G. • TESTING • TRANSPORTATION • SCHEULE OPTIONS • EXAMINING • EFFECTS ON A STUDENT SCHEDULE • ELECTIVES • BULLYING • COOKBOOK APPROACH? • WHAT KIND OF SHIFT IS THIS? • YOUR UNDER ARREST.. NOT • COOKBOOK • Q/A • HOMEWORK: KEEP TEACHING AND SUPPORTING US!
Biography • Junior at South Broward High • FORMER STUDENT OF PREUSS!!! 3 YEARS • Alum of Olsen Middle School • Aspiring teacher/Administor • BADASS STUDENT • HONORS STUDENT • STUDENT ADVOCATE • Victim of bullying • 2011 kids of character top honoree SBBC level. • Spoke up at the convo. With district • 2 years exploratory teacher • 3 years peer counseling • 4 years as media clerk • 2 years in early childhood ed • Tutoring • William.roller@live.com
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Case 1- testing • Common core? • Focus 2000? • FCAT • NCLB? (I FAILED 3RD GRADE, KIDS FAILING CORE) • MARZANO (I CAN SCALE) • HOW THE STUDENT DOES IS HOW MUCH THE TEACHER IS WORTH IN $$? (FALSE) • STRESS • COMPUTER • TEACHING TO THE TEST? • TESTS ARE NOT THE FUTURE OF TEXTBOOK.
Case 2- transportation • STUDNETS WHO LIVE NEAR A BUS STOP are denied bus services • Kids who live closer to school get on bus • Kids who have no other mean of transport are forced to walk hazardous conditions • Is this a bully tactic?
Case 3- scheduling • The logic: • Straight 8 • 7 classes • 1 period is lunch • 30 minute teacher lunch • 20 minute teacher duty • 50 minute student lunch
Straight 7 • Loss a planning period as compared to rotator 7 • 50 minute periods • 6 passing • 35 minutes lunch • Not enough time • Crunching ( school is not a crunch bar)
Scheduling • Rotator • constant period • 60 minute block • 6 period a day • Extra hw time • Teachers have 5 classes 2 planning
A/B BLOCK • 100 MINUTE • 1- 50 MUNUTE CONSTANT • 4 CLASSES • EVEN/ ODD DAY
SCHEDULING: EXECTIVE STYLE • SCHEDULES SABOTOUGHED • LOWER TEST SCHOOLS • MISSING CRUTICAL • CSR IS AND ISNT THE EXCUSE • FAILING CLASSES NEVER TOOK • TRANSCPIRT • COLLEGES LOOK AT THIS STUFF • GPA/RANK
Case 4- loss of electives (indiviuality) • Budget???? • testing based? • Electives are meant to express yourself, not sit infront of a computer completing online work? • Are students robots? Are teachers machine? • If you answered no, then A+ for you students are humans so are teachers.
Case 5- bullying • Student to student • Student to teacher • Teacher to student • Admin to teacher • admin to student • Board to admin • Education heads to all of us
Case 6- change in POWER • Admin shifts • Different style • different rules • Lack of consistency • Questioning teachers (biggest petpeeve) • Different approachs • In crowd
Case 7- massive personnel shift • Ousting • Teachers leaving without cause • Transfer • REPLACED WITH INCOMPETENT UN STUDENT FRIENDLY TEACHERS • SPYS GET PERKS • RUINING THE CULTURE OF SCHOOLS
Case 8- homework (why cant teachers teach there own stuff?) • KIDS UP ALL NIGHT • TEACHERS GRADING TOO MUCH OF A BURDEN • YES IT IS A NEED, ADMIN DOESN’T PROVIDE TIME (PULL OUTS, TESTS,
Schools aren’t prisons • VOICE • TEACHERS ARE ENSLAVED • THE UNIQUENESS OF SCHOOLS IS BEING STOLEN. • TEACHERS ARE ROBBED OF VALUEABLE INTERACTION. • CHEATED OF CLASS BREAK ( NO VENDING MACHINE BETWEEN BELLS) • BELITTLEMENT OF STUDENTS • AS I CALL “ THE BABIES ACT” • Favoritism
Cookbook teaching? • ROBOTIC METHOD • BULLY TACTIC • TELLING SEASONED TEACHERS HOW TO DO THERE JOB • IF YOU DON’T FOLLOW THE RECIPIE, YOUR SHOWN THE DOOR? • Alternative approaches! • IFC/ MARZANO
Pop quiz • how can we fix this stuff? • They broke us now time to go to the emergency room to fix this trauma • Lets be the physicians • Suggestions for the treatment plan? • Lets operate!
FIN • QUESTIONS?? • COMMENTS?? • CONCERNS??