Ohio needs a new superintendent of public instruction. One who can be student centered, charismatic and politically savvy all at the same time. This hero must also have a strong understanding of public education and strong administrative skills to manage 650+ people and an operating budget of $11.2 billion. Finally, this mortal who is only slightly less powerful than Zeus, should be an independent thinker capable of building consensus while effectively leading and building trust and confidence in Ohio’s public education system.
When this amazing person surfaces and begins the herculean task of leading Ohio’s educational efforts, will we see a difference at the grass roots level in the 600,000+ classrooms across Ohio? Will we see teachers and administrators rallying behind this new leader? Will we see a ripple effect throughout the educational community?
As Ohio’s Governor Ted Strickland visits CET and other public television stations around the state over the next few weeks to engage in community forums focusing on education, this topic will come up. Let’s see where the conversation goes.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Those who can't do, teach
Is it true that those who can’t do, teach? If so, what does that mean for students being taught by teachers who don’t have a strong understanding of and enthusiasm about the content area they are teaching? Is it an even more pronounced problem in the areas of math and science?
The University of Cincinnati has two new grants that are researching ways to lure more highly qualified young adults to teaching, specifically elementary and middle-school math and science teachers. The goal is to train more teachers to provide challenging and engaging instruction in math, science, technology and engineering. Better trained teachers will do a better job of teaching these concepts to their students. Better educated students will be more likely to consider careers in these areas. More highly qualified scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians coming out of America’s schools and universities will lead to a cycle of teaching and learning that will reverse a decades-old trend of declining STEM growth in our country.
Cincinnati Public Schools is making math and science instruction a priority by converting two existing schools into schools that emphasize math and science. The GE College Bound math- and science- grant is aggressively pushing math and science instruction along with professional development for teachers.
As more and better teachers fill our math and science classrooms, maybe the saying will go something like “Those who can do, teach.”
Diane
The University of Cincinnati has two new grants that are researching ways to lure more highly qualified young adults to teaching, specifically elementary and middle-school math and science teachers. The goal is to train more teachers to provide challenging and engaging instruction in math, science, technology and engineering. Better trained teachers will do a better job of teaching these concepts to their students. Better educated students will be more likely to consider careers in these areas. More highly qualified scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians coming out of America’s schools and universities will lead to a cycle of teaching and learning that will reverse a decades-old trend of declining STEM growth in our country.
Cincinnati Public Schools is making math and science instruction a priority by converting two existing schools into schools that emphasize math and science. The GE College Bound math- and science- grant is aggressively pushing math and science instruction along with professional development for teachers.
As more and better teachers fill our math and science classrooms, maybe the saying will go something like “Those who can do, teach.”
Diane
Monday, July 7, 2008
PBS Teachers Connect connects to you
Do you ever feel isolated in your classroom? Do you feel that the time to communicate and collaborate with your colleagues is too limited? Do you long for the chance to share ideas and learn from others as part of your professional development? Would you like easily accessible and high quality multimedia resources to use in your classroom? PBS has a solution for you.
PBS has unveiled a new online community for preK-12 educators that supports the use of digital media content and technology integration in education. PBS Teachers Connect provides teachers, school library media specialists, technology coordinators, early childhood educators and other education professionals with opportunities to share ideas, collaborate and support the effective use of instructional technology and multimedia into the classroom with the enhancement of student learning and achievement as the ultimate goal.
This free collection of resources allow educators to search more than 3,000 standards-based classroom activities, lesson plans, interactive resources and other materials, then easily bookmark, annotate, share and manage their tagged content within the PBS Teachers Connect community. Many of the resources feature PBS’ award-winning programming and content, including on-demand streaming video from select PBS programs. Among the many high quality resources you’ll find are video and other materials created right here in Ohio. Educators here in Greater Cincinnati will be able to customize their homepages to receive information about CET programming and event schedules as well as have direct access to the many localized education resources created by CET’s Learning Services department.
PBS Teachers Connect will foster discussion and use of digital media content, and enable educators to form shared-interest groups online. The community features a personalized homepage for each user, enhanced user profiles, a searchable database of resources and community members, bookmarking tools and discussion threads. A key component is the PBS Teacher Leader program, which recognizes and rewards innovation in the use of digital media and technology in education. PBS Teacher Leaders will be an integral part of the online community’s continued development by fostering discussion, collaboration and contribution of teacher-created content.
With the vast majority of students using social networking sites on a weekly basis, more educators are incorporating social media tools in their professional lives to collaborate with and support each other. Community-building that once was confined to face-to-face encounters in school departments and association conferences, or informal contacts with like-minded staff members, is now increasingly happening online. PBS Teachers Connect is another tool that opens doors to an unprecedented array of learning opportunities in an environment where educators often feel freer to express themselves, share their ideas and be catalysts for change.
PBS has unveiled a new online community for preK-12 educators that supports the use of digital media content and technology integration in education. PBS Teachers Connect provides teachers, school library media specialists, technology coordinators, early childhood educators and other education professionals with opportunities to share ideas, collaborate and support the effective use of instructional technology and multimedia into the classroom with the enhancement of student learning and achievement as the ultimate goal.
This free collection of resources allow educators to search more than 3,000 standards-based classroom activities, lesson plans, interactive resources and other materials, then easily bookmark, annotate, share and manage their tagged content within the PBS Teachers Connect community. Many of the resources feature PBS’ award-winning programming and content, including on-demand streaming video from select PBS programs. Among the many high quality resources you’ll find are video and other materials created right here in Ohio. Educators here in Greater Cincinnati will be able to customize their homepages to receive information about CET programming and event schedules as well as have direct access to the many localized education resources created by CET’s Learning Services department.
PBS Teachers Connect will foster discussion and use of digital media content, and enable educators to form shared-interest groups online. The community features a personalized homepage for each user, enhanced user profiles, a searchable database of resources and community members, bookmarking tools and discussion threads. A key component is the PBS Teacher Leader program, which recognizes and rewards innovation in the use of digital media and technology in education. PBS Teacher Leaders will be an integral part of the online community’s continued development by fostering discussion, collaboration and contribution of teacher-created content.
With the vast majority of students using social networking sites on a weekly basis, more educators are incorporating social media tools in their professional lives to collaborate with and support each other. Community-building that once was confined to face-to-face encounters in school departments and association conferences, or informal contacts with like-minded staff members, is now increasingly happening online. PBS Teachers Connect is another tool that opens doors to an unprecedented array of learning opportunities in an environment where educators often feel freer to express themselves, share their ideas and be catalysts for change.
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