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THE FUTURE of education Vision 2017

THE FUTURE of education Vision 2017. Educational Plan for the Future Urban Elementary School Hardware City, CT. Hardware City. Part of Hartford County 13 square miles Population: Founded 1850 as a town Industry and manufacturing Immigrants. Current State of Education.

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THE FUTURE of education Vision 2017

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  1. THE FUTURE of educationVision 2017 Educational Plan for the Future Urban Elementary School Hardware City, CT

  2. Hardware City • Part of Hartford County • 13 square miles • Population: • Founded 1850 as a town • Industryand manufacturing • Immigrants

  3. Current State of Education • Title 1 in need of improvement • No Child Left Behind Under restructuring • Demographics: 10,224 students enrolled 7,854 students eligible for free and reduced lunch ESL : 44.2% 394 homeless • Mission Statement to provide a rigorous and relevant, high-quality, research- based, data-driven education that meets the intellectual, physical, moral, and social developmental needs of every child.

  4. Technology • PowerSchool • Learning analytics • iPads • DRA testing • Learning tool for special needs students • PC • Game-based learning • Keyboarding • Online research • Communication with parents

  5. Educational Technology Trends • Open Course Ware • Educational materials Freely available from • institutions, organizations, and educators around • the world (Iiyoshi and Kumar, 2008). • Consumption of Multiple Technologies by Young People • Multi-tasking relationship with new technology and • own multiple technological devices (Becta, 2008). • Laptops, Mobile Phones, MP3 players, Game Consoles, and Mobile Game Players • Parental Encouragement of Children’s Educational Use of Computers in the Home • Becta, Sept. 2008. Analysis of Emerging Trends Affecting the Use of Technology in Education Research to Support the Delivery and Development of Harnessing Technology: Next Generation Learning 2008–14 Web. 22 Nov. 2012. http://www.becta.org.uk/ • Iiyoshi, Toru, and M. S. Vijay. Kumar. Opening up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2008. Print.

  6. Economic and Public Policy Trends • January 2013, Budget Cuts Go Into Effect • Educational Effects: (NEA, 2012) • If Title I Grants are cut, • Then 1.7 million students lose services and • 15,000 educational jobs are lost. • If School Improvement Grants are cut by $44 million, • Then 67,000 students in the neediest schools are hurt. • In Connecticut alone these cuts will affect 20,000 students. • National Education Association (2012). Impact of Sequestration on Federal Education Programs - State-by-State. Retrieved from • www.nea.org

  7. FUTURINGDefined as:Anticipatory decision-making process that leads to planning and program development (Sobrero, 2004). SCANNING Technique used to identify trends and inform scenario building Data: Observational and Research-based Include: Local learners and stakeholder input. Identify: Emerging issues and perceived value of programs. Faculty and Staff: keep reading, listening, observing and researching. Observe indicators of change. SCENARIO Different paths that lead to possible futures. Advantages: Two to four scenarios. Fosters strategic thinking and learning. Provides initiatives. Gives direction. Framework for shared vision of education. Disadvantages: Finding efficient futurist methodology Measurement effectiveness One scenario Time

  8. Steps for Futuring 1. Scan and Monitor the Environment 2. Analyze Internal and External Assumptions 3. Create Scenarios Around Emerging Issues 4. Develop list of Forecasts with Each Scenario 5. Write Issue Brief 6. Assign Issue Briefs with Scenarios to Program Champion 7. Assign teams the Annual Responsibility of Continual Futuring to Inform Planning, Direction, Funding, Staffing, Partnerships, and Programs

  9. Trends in Enrollment Trend data from 1986 to 2008 • White/Non-Hispanic enrollment down 14% • Non-White enrollment up 14% African American show no growth Hispanic enrollment doubled • Nineteen of 20 largest schools are now majority minority. (The majority of those enrolling are minorities.) • Homeschooling Since 1970 there has been a 7-12% increase 70% of those homeschooled are white 23 % of those homeschooled are non-white

  10. ABSENTEEISM • Chronic Absenteeism: defined as missing 10% of the school year. • Connecticut children are: • Truant if they have four unexcused absences in a month or 10 or more unexcused absences in a year. • Chronic Absenteeism if they have 20 or more unexcused absences (10% of school days) in one school year.

  11. Trends in Absenteeism • More prevalent among: • High poverty students • Schools where 50% or more students receive free or reduced price lunches • Individuals who qualify for free or reduced priced lunches • Students with disabilities • Schools in cities and towns • Non-White students, particularly American Indians, African Americans and Hispanics

  12. Increasing Attendace and Decreasing Chronic Absenteeism OpPORTUNITIES CHALLENGES 1. Increasing attendance will increase school funding. 2. Decreasing absenteeism will decrease high school dropouts. 3. Increase in homeschooling will decrease class sizes and the cost of education. 4. Develop family-school-community relationships through improved communication and the use of technology, decreases absenteeism and increase attendance. 5. Provide alternative education initiatives for truants: in-school , homeschool and technology. • Changing what going to school means. • Increasing the number of non-white homeschooled students. • Building relationships with parents who already mistrust teachers and schools. • Keeping existing technology in working order • Upgrading technology and training for same.

  13. Preparing for the Future • Track absences and tardies using learning analytics software. • Change the definition of school to include • Online learning and • Hybrid learning • Learn from home on the computer using Open Course Ware created by the school district teachers. • Include videos, game-based learning, lessons, tutoring, and supplemental materials. • Quizzes and tests could be given at the school on specified days. • And Face to face learning.

  14. Preparing Continued 3. Increase Homeschooling: • Reduces class sizes • Reduces cost of education • Reduces Absenteeism 4. Begin creating an Open Courseware Database in the district. 5. Creatye and provide alternative educational initiatives for chronic truants.

  15. A CALL TO ACTION Remember that teaching is not a competition. It is done through collaboration and teamwork. If school district would create open education resource websites, then teachers could create and share Best practice lesson plans based on the Common Core State Standards. These steps would assist parents that home school their children and students and parents looking for help with homework. Wouldn’t it be great if an absent student could access the lessons for the day, videos and supplemental work and come to school the next day ready to start without skipping a beat.

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