Good morning!
Welcome to our session today on Supervision for Learning. Within this blog, please find links to some of the surveys and resources that we will be using for today's session.
It is my hope that you will use these links as ways to interact with my session today, and to collaborate with our colleagues here in School District #73--enjoy!
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Friday, January 14, 2011
School District #73 AdminBLOG: Math thoughts for discussion this week
School District #73 AdminBLOG: Math thoughts for discussion this week: "As this is going to be on the agenda for the admin meeting this week, we have had numerous discussions around what we are planning on doing ..."
School District #73 AdminBLOG: 21 Things that Will Become Obsolete In Education b...
School District #73 AdminBLOG: 21 Things that Will Become Obsolete In Education b...: "21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2010 Our teacher-librarian (thanks Cecile!) posted this link on Twitter and circulated i..."
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Math thoughts for discussion this week
As this is going to be on the agenda for the admin meeting this week, we have had numerous discussions around what we are planning on doing with Math at SKSS. Right now, it has become painfully obvious that there truly is no 'easy' math: students will have to get their math credit through Foundations of Math 11 unless they are truly bound for the trades. One of the ideas that we are kicking around is not to offer AW 10. As there is the ability for students to take AW 11 without taking AW 10, and Core Math 10 leaves the most number of options open for students, it seems less important to make students make the choice in Grade 10. Considering the fact that the resources for AW 10 seems to be less than adequate according to our teachers, it seems odd to offer it.
At the Grade 8 and 9 level, I would like to have all students take the core Math, without having adapted classes. I just wrote a blog on some research that has come to me through Dean Coder on streaming, and the research is pretty compelling, it doesn't work.
Ability grouping of students
My initial thought: Very mixed. It might have some benefits for certain subject areas, maybe math?
The loud, bold claim that I hear: "Kids need to be grouped by ability so the teacher can focus on their specific needs."
What the research says: The steaming or ability grouping factor ranks 121st out of 138, with 500 different studies done over hundreds of schools. It has an average effect of .14, and mostly for higher achieving students. In specific subject areas, it has almost no impact: in English, .02, and in Math ZERO effect. But it has "profoundly negative effects" on student's feelings of equity.
My new thought: There is no benefit to 'streaming' students in schools, and with the changes in the current Math curriculum in British Columbia, the idea of creating adapted classes for students will have more cost than benefit.
However, these are my initial thoughts after talking to seemingly everyone around our school as well as Dean and Mark. I am looking forward to what the other schools are thinking of doing.
At the Grade 8 and 9 level, I would like to have all students take the core Math, without having adapted classes. I just wrote a blog on some research that has come to me through Dean Coder on streaming, and the research is pretty compelling, it doesn't work.
Ability grouping of students
My initial thought: Very mixed. It might have some benefits for certain subject areas, maybe math?
The loud, bold claim that I hear: "Kids need to be grouped by ability so the teacher can focus on their specific needs."
What the research says: The steaming or ability grouping factor ranks 121st out of 138, with 500 different studies done over hundreds of schools. It has an average effect of .14, and mostly for higher achieving students. In specific subject areas, it has almost no impact: in English, .02, and in Math ZERO effect. But it has "profoundly negative effects" on student's feelings of equity.
My new thought: There is no benefit to 'streaming' students in schools, and with the changes in the current Math curriculum in British Columbia, the idea of creating adapted classes for students will have more cost than benefit.
However, these are my initial thoughts after talking to seemingly everyone around our school as well as Dean and Mark. I am looking forward to what the other schools are thinking of doing.
Monday, December 13, 2010
21 Things that Will Become Obsolete In Education by 2010
21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2010
Our teacher-librarian (thanks Cecile!) posted this link on Twitter and circulated it to staff as well as a conversation-starter re: the future of education. Some very interesting points, although I don't agree with them all.
My personal faves are #6 (differentiated instruction) and #14 (integration of social media)... hopefully we're all past #7 (wikipedia fear) already?
Take a look and see if any of these might start conversations in your school.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
PISA Results
Good morning!
Interesting stuff when you read the PISA results. Canada is doing a lot of things right! Holy China!
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/54/12/46643496.pdf
Interesting stuff when you read the PISA results. Canada is doing a lot of things right! Holy China!
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/54/12/46643496.pdf
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Math 10 concerns
I am wondering what others are considering for the weaker grade 9 math students moving into grade 10. As we prepare course selection booklets we want students to select the appropriate math course as well as have our math teachers recommend the appropriate course.
Is anyone considering a minimal essential type course for either AWP 10 or FPC 10?
Is anyone considering a minimal essential type course for either AWP 10 or FPC 10?
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