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Learning Forward Annual Conference

Presented by

Edwin Lou Javius, Ed.D.

December 5, 2012

� Understand and apply the key principles of Equity in planning and instructional practice

� Examine the essential elements to refining Professional Learning Communities

� Construct culturally conscious lesson to meet the demands of Common Core Standards

The knowledge and skills to educate all children already exist. … There are no There are no There are no There are no pedagogical barriers to teaching and pedagogical barriers to teaching and pedagogical barriers to teaching and pedagogical barriers to teaching and

learning when willing people are prepared learning when willing people are prepared learning when willing people are prepared learning when willing people are prepared and made available to children.and made available to children.and made available to children.and made available to children.

If we embrace a will to excellence, we can deeply restructure education in ways that will enable teachers to release the full

potential of all our children.

ASA G. HilliardASA G. HilliardASA G. HilliardASA G. Hilliard

Information does not mean transformation!

Anthony Muhammad

Predict the Sequence� Number the following first, second, and third to indicate the order in which you believe these events usually occur:

___ Changes in teacher behaviors

___ Changes in teacher beliefs and attitudes

___ Changes in student learning

� Findings of a landmark staff development study

by Thomas Guskey (1989):

Staff development leads to…

___ Changes in teacher behaviors

___ Changes in teacher beliefs and attitudes

___ Changes in student learning

Rationale: Teachers must first try a strategy or practice and see the positive results with their students before they become convinced that it will work and therefore change their previous belief, attitude, or assumption.

1

3

2

Equity Staff development leads to…

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy – Pygmalion Effect….

___ Changes in teacher behaviors

___ Changes in teacher beliefs and attitudes

___ Changes in student learning

Rationale: Teachers must have high expectations for all students first! Then the teacher will feel the efficacy (belief that I can teach any student) which changes teaching behaviors, therefore yielding positive academic achievement.

3

1

2

The greatest barrier to learning is not what the student knows, but what the teacher believes!

Dr. Wade Nobles

Special Ed of Honor Student?

� Mind-set ◦ What are my beliefs in the student’s learning abilities?

� Knowledge◦ What is my student(s) bringing to the academic setting

� Skill◦ What can I connect academically to what the student(s) is bringing to class?

� Action ◦ What instructional approach(s) will I use to get my student(s) to the learning goal?

75% Mind-set

25% Strategies

What do you need to “know and do” to teach Tre’ rigorous learning goals?

The greatest barrier to learning is not what the student knows, but what the teacher believes!

Dr. Wade Nobles

It’s O.K. not knowing; But it’s not O.K. to be O.K. not knowing.

75% Mind-set(what I believe)

25% Instructional Strategies(What I do)

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Awareness

Attitude

Analysis

Action

Accountability

Mind-Set

Strategies

75%

25%

7/12/2012

Educational Equity is the belief quality instruction for allallallall students will be achieved when the results of deliberate actions to

close the racial achievement gap becomes

the driving force of the organization; by

pushing the top performing groups to

accelerate student achievement for all all all all students

Equity means…Applying additional or different resources

to ensure allallallall students receive what they

need to exceed grade level standards.

EQUITY EQUITY EQUITY EQUITY EQUALEQUALEQUALEQUAL

To understand the impact of race and

culture on student achievement, you

need to be willing to abandon the belief

that colorblindness is a possible

solution.

Equity Based Instructional Leaders are

Color Conscious.

Race does not impact student achievement! It’s how educators view and react to race that

impacts student achievement.

EquityEquityEquityEquity is the process, EqualityEqualityEqualityEquality is the outcome!

Culture is to humans, as water is to fish!

Dr. Wade Nobles

� ClarityClarityClarityClarity of expected knowledge and skills (expected outcomes)

� EngagementEngagementEngagementEngagement of the mind; cognitive engagement at the highest level (synthesis, analysis and evaluation)

� TransferTransferTransferTransfer of knowledge is attained

� Sophisticated and complex applicationapplicationapplicationapplication of knowledge and skill that is relevant to the learner

� Multiple ways of constructingconstructingconstructingconstructingmeaning of learning and language objectives (verbal & written)

Structured oral language practice ◦ Think-Pair-Write-Share (3 levels)

� Turn and talk

� Modeling of academic vocabulary and focused sentence frames by language levels

� Use of verbal data to quickly intervene or enrich the student interaction

◦ Teacher must explicitly model the language

◦ Pairing of students must be strategically (educational benefit for each student)

� Should not be uses a classroom control strategy!

Academic Vocabulary◦ Transfer use of academic and content vocabulary

� Students need to know how to use academic vocabulary at the synthesis and evaluation level of Blooms

� What is the academic vocabulary requiring the students to do cognitively

� i.e. analyze, defend, justify etc..

� Modeling of academic vocabulary and focused sentence frames by language levels

� Use of verbal data to quickly intervene or enrich the student interaction

Positive descriptive feedback on effort◦ Explicitly providing students peacock moments for their thinking

� Students need to know that efforteffortefforteffort is a critical factors to success in schools

� When teachers are descriptive in their feedback students have more success in replicating the practice

� Relationship building in the classroom

� What will be the one the greatest challenge for administrators and teachers in implementing the Common Core in the following years?

� One of the essential outcome of Rigor is… “not what the teacher is doing, it is what the students’ produce!”

� Refining our current practice to instructional leadership to thinking leadership. The advent of the common Core will not require leadership to “do stuff” but to strategically think of the positioning and coaching staff to improve practice.

moving from doing to thinking!~

� Understanding that English learners as well as minority and poor students experience different academic achievement than their counter parts. The common core will require the school system and teachers to demonstrate overt resiliency to their students. The issue of intellectual resiliency by the teacher and students must be an integral part of Common Core training.

� Adding Equity to the Common Core Standards after the fact is like adding your favorite seasoning after the soups has been made! It never taste the same as adding it while you are cooking!

All to often Equity is an after-thought in school reform, or instructional initiatives!

Edwin Lou Javius, Ed.D.

CEO/President, EDEquity, Inc. 2033 Gateway Place Ste. 602

San Jose, CA 95110 Toll Free 1-877-EDEQTY1 (333-7891)

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