Every Student

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NSP Summer Institute
2005
Every Student College-Ready June 13-16, 2005

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Statewide Overview
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NSP Fall 2003
Health and Life Science Themed Schools
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NSP Fall 2004
Learn and Earn Early College High Schools
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NSP January 2005
Project R3 Northeastern North Carolina
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NSP May 2005
IT Themed Schools
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NSP Summer 2005
Proposals Received Schools of International
Studies
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NSP Summer 2005
Proposals Received Cohort IV General Innovation
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NSP Summer 2005
Proposals Received Cohort V Learn and Earn ECHS
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Cohorts I and II Lessons

• Value of time the coach
• Entrenched belief systems
• Structure easier to change v. instruction
• Power of observation, visits
• Commitment of the State
• Money is not enough
• Small is also not enough

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Changing Expectations for Teachers
Attitudes and Beliefs

• Conventional School
• All students can learn
• Teach subjects
• Readiness is the students job
• Students benefit from lots of choices
• Management and order

• Redesigned School
• All students college-ready
• Teach students
• Readiness is the teachers job
• Students benefit from focus
• Learning

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Changing Expectations for Teachers
Knowledge and Skills

• Conventional School
• Data to evaluate students
• Deliver knowledge
• Teach tracked courses
• Focus on content

• Redesigned School
• Data to improve instruction
• Facilitate
• Teach untracked courses
• Balance content and skills

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Changing Expectations for Teachers
Professional Practice

• Conventional School
• Work in departments
• Teaching is private
• Make decisions in classroom
• Build relationships incidentally

• Redesigned School
• Work in teams
• Teaching is public
• Make decisions in school
• Build relationships intentionally

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The Words of Our Teachers
Attitudes About College

• The kids who are going to college and university
  will go to college and university and those who
  are not going to do it are not going to do it.

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The Words of Our Teachers
Attitudes About College

• I think some kids choose to fall through the
  cracks, but I think that it has not really been
  the schools responsibility. We spend all this
  time with kids that do not even try to help
  themselves.

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The Words of Our Teachers
Attitudes About College

• Are you kidding? Its not even realistic. We
  know not all these kids are going to college. It
  would never happen.

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The Words of Our Teachers
Attitudes About College

• I think a lot of the problem of motivation is
  with the teacher.

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The Words of Our Teachers
Attitudes About College

• Its a matter of figuring out how to reach
  them.

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The Words of Our Teachers
Attitudes About College

• They can do it, even though a lot of them dont
  know that they can do it.

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Implications for Schools

• What do teachers in your small school believe
  about college?
• Do students believe they can attend college?
• What needs to happen to change beliefs about
  college?

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NSP Summer Institute
2005
Every Student College-Ready June 13-16, 2005