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Issues and Trends In Seventh-day Adventist Education

A Call To Faithfulness. Issues and Trends In Seventh-day Adventist Education. Larry Blackmer. NA Vice President. Overview. Why Adventist Education? Where is Adventist Education in relationship to educational technology What are the trends to follow

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Issues and Trends In Seventh-day Adventist Education

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  1. A Call To Faithfulness Issues and Trends In Seventh-day Adventist Education Larry Blackmer. NA Vice President

  2. Overview • Why Adventist Education? • Where is Adventist Education in relationship to educational technology • What are the trends to follow • What are the technology issues within Adventist education that are and could effect who we are and how we deliver education • Whom do we serve? • So What? • Q & A

  3. Why Do We Run Adventist Schools • Academics? • Great sports program? • To help students to know Jesus? • Yes and No! • The ONLY reason to operate Adventist schools is to inculcate Adventist values in students.

  4. So who should we serve? • Should we have unlimited admissions? • Who is our target market? • Mission-appropriate students • What about special needs students? • What about those not in the formal side of Adventist education?

  5. K-12 Enrollment

  6. NAD EnrollmentBy Grade

  7. Total Number of Schools

  8. New Schools Opened

  9. Net Gain/Loss of Schools Average Gain/Loss -33.33 Schools or 4.08%

  10. Demographics

  11. Can We Afford to Stay Status Quo? • CognitiveGenesis says we are providing great education • We are on the low side of tuition compared to other private school • Our Adventist population is shrinking and our non-Adventist population is growing, percentage wise • So What do we do?

  12. Where is Adventist Education in relationship to educational technology • Looking at the NAD K-12 system, Do you consider the system: • A leading technology system in the private school world • Adequate in technology • Way behind and in need of updating • Actually, we are seen as the leader • NCPSA • US Department of Education • Why the discrepancy?

  13. We Are a System • B-12 • Only private system in USA that 100% of schools are accredited • Only system in which the curriculum is developed and implemented system-wide • Perceived to be one of the best private school “systems” • 30% • Governance • Only system in which there is coordination of programs and technology to leverage benefits • Higher Education • Beginning to move toward cooperation • Imagine what would happen if we actually used our potential?

  14. Trends in Technology • Distance Education • Griggs • AAA • Remote/small schools • Home Schools • 70% of Adventist children who do not go to our schools • Professional growth and development

  15. Trends in Technology • Educational Technology • Interactive classrooms • eBooks • Web Services • Cloud • On-line registration/grade book/data collection • Web pages – almost obsolete • Social Networking • Mobile devises • Inquiry-based Education

  16. Trends in Delivery • Content-driven • Inquiry-based • Project-based • Competency-based • Student-driven • Distributed education • Mobile delivery

  17. What are the expectations of parents? • Does it matter? • Who’s responsibility? • Division/Union/Conference • School Board • Principal • Is technology the answer? • How do you pay for it? • How do you get started? • Tech plan • TDEC • Board

  18. Issues In Adventist Technology • Adventist School Management (ASM) • Adventist Accounting Software International (AASI) • Adventist School Connect • Free • Can be individualized • Conference/Union/Division pushed content • Curriculum Development • Science

  19. Hunter/STI • Small School Minder • iNow • Data Roll-up • Why are we doing this? What is in it for me?

  20. Future • Distance Education • InService/Training • www.adventisteducation.org • TDEC • eLists

  21. So What?

  22. Q & A

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