Effective and Efficient Practices | Origin: LC101
This is a general discussion forum for the following learning topic:
Role of CTE in High School Improvement --> Effective and Efficient Practices
What are the most effective practices in your school which have had significant positive impact on student engagement and achievement?
Take a few minutes to post your response and learn more from your peers.
I think adding in programs such as AVID has had an impact. I also think that having those conversations between teachers about their best practices and giving each other ideas and how can those ideas work in a multitude of different classes to give kids consistency and different ways to learn the same material.
Creating space for teachers and staff to connect is most beneficial. This time allows for collaboration that can lead to projects and programs working together and allowing students to engage as well.
grade level teaming to explore data, strong leadership with high expectations, involvement of students/staff in decision making have all played a part in building excellence...still much to be done though!
Some of the mot effective methods in our school are collaborative leadership and recognition of the strengths of students and teachers...as well as support staff.
Elevating student voice in decision-making processes. Encouraging choice for students to demonstrate their learning. Providing time and space for teachers to collaborate and make improvements to their curriculum and instruction.
Our focus on work-based learning opportunities, work-place simulations, and CTSO particpation lend great relevence to the work we do with our students. We need to keep succeeding in these areas because they provide real-life learning expereinces that are engaging and meaningful to students.
Classroom 2 Career has been a great way for teachers, administrators and parents/students to collaborate about a student's future goals. This program has allowed everyone to better communicate about each students' goals.
Using project future and other intervention classes empowers teachers to key in on blank spots in student development.
We have seen success in increasing student engagement in our district by connecting sdtudents and teachers with community partners to conduct client-centered projects. We work with employers in our community to present real problems to be solved by our students. Students may be asked to design a new logo, create a computer application or some other task related to the companies operation. We have employed this strategy across all content areas, but have seen the greatest buy in from our CTE teeachers. Students have reported enjoying these projects most.
Providing a clear vison to our staff was one of the first steps I took to move our school from good to great. Without vision, a clear mission and how we will meet both leads to a school that is simply a diploma factory. If the staff know where we are headed and have clear guidance on how to get there then they can focus on their students. teachers focused on students are teachers who are engaged. Engaged teachers lead to engaged students. We have also provided clear expectations for all students K-12 in discipline and academic areas. We are also working to allow students time to reflect with staff and peers each day to discuss issues and concerns ranging from specific lessons to lofty ideals such as why a certain subject area is important to their graduation plan. But most of all we are trying to make sure students are actively involved in creating and managing the completion of their graduation plan. Student ownership of their plan is vital to student engagement.
