Preparing reflective, responsible decision

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• Preparing reflective, responsible decision-
• makers in a global and diverse,
• democratic society.

Nearly 25 of Iowas teachers are prepared
at UNI
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• Future Forces, Opportunities,
• and Dilemmas

Todays Teachers Tomorrows Teachers
Moving Forward
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• Future Forces, Opportunities,
• and Dilemmas

Todays Teachers Tomorrows Teachers
Moving Forward
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Future Forces, Opportunities, and Dilemmas
Direction of Change

• Centralized control Empowered periphery

Stable professions Dynamic, entrepreneurial
ones
One size fits all Custom fit
Computer Labs Pervasive, media-rich learning
Proprietary knowledge Collectively generated
knowledge
KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Map of Future
Forces, 2006
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Future Forces, Opportunities, and Dilemmas
Explosion of Learning Agents
Open Source Curriculum
Unbundling of Education
Deep Personalization
Global Trade in Pedagogy
Standards -- Personalization
Supporting Teachers Rights -- Changing
Teachers Roles
Digital Natives -- Digital immigrants
KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Map of Future
Forces, 2006
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• Future Forces, Opportunities,
• and Dilemmas

Todays Teachers Tomorrows Teachers
Moving Forward
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The First Reality Teacher Attrition
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Trends in Teacher Attrition
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Trends in Teacher Attrition
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Trends in Teacher Attrition
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Trends in Teacher Attrition
Generation X
Generation Y
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Consequences of Teacher and Principal Churn
Teacher experience at current school?
Principal experience at current school ?
Average School
43.6 have 3 years or less
4 years
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Teacher Leavers
Better in current position
Better in teaching
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Teacher Turnover is Expensive --
7.3 Billion A Year

• High turnover schools struggle to improve
  teaching quality and rarely close the student
  achievement gap because they are constantly
  rebuilding their staff.

NCTAF 2007
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Teacher Turnover Can Be Reduced

• Teacher Preparation strong content knowledge
  coupled with intensive clinical practice
  experiences.
• School Culture extensive induction support in a
  collaborative team environment.
• Professional Growth Opportunities continuous
  and embedded in the day-to-day work of the
  school.
• NCTAF.ORG 2007

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The Second Reality Teacher Retirement
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Age Distribution of Public School Teachers
of Teachers
Age
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A School Staffing Tsunami

• Teacher Attrition Teacher Retirement

The Great Wave by Hokusai 1832
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VETERANS (63 plus)(Silent Generation)

• 38 Million Americans
• Respect experience
• Duty before pleasure
• Eager to conform to group roles
• Equate age with status and power
• See change as disruptive and undesirable

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BABY BOOMERS (43-62)

• 76 million Americans
• Enjoy and value teamwork
• Want to get with the program
• Are willing to go the extra mile
• Have good people skills
• Embrace equity and fairness
• Like to receive credit and public recognition
• Less flexible when it comes to change
• Retiring but want to stay engaged

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GEN-XERS (26-45)

• 39 million Americans
• Technical savvy and creativity
• Work best with members of their own choosing
• Self-reliant, skeptical of authority
• Embrace alternative workplace structures
• Prefer informal roles and freedom to complete
  tasks their own way
• Willing to challenge higher ups
• Core of the work force but the trough in the
  teaching chart!

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NEXTERS (25 and under)GEN Y or MILLENNIALS

• Diversity as a norm
• Idealistic
• Collaborative
• Communication is constant
• Open to new challenges
• Prefer a flattened hierarchy
• Wired grew up digital
• Should be replacement for retiring teachers

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• Future Forces, Opportunities,
• and Dilemmas

Todays Teachers Tomorrows Teachers
Moving Forward
. from Teaching 1.0 to Teaching 2.0
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Teaching 1.0 Stand and Deliver

• Expect new teachers to work as solo practioners,
  without support in self-contained classrooms.
• Assume we can improve schools one teacher at a
  time.
• Assume recruitment, hiring and replacement
  practices of the past will work today.
• Assume new teachers are making a lifetime
  commitment to replace retiring teachers.
• Invest all our efforts at the front end in
  preparation and hiring with little attention to
  ongoing professional development and career
  advancement.
• Expect all teachers to do essentially the same
  job throughout their careers.
• Teaching Alone In a Flat World

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From Dr. Kildare to Medical Teams
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From Perry Mason.to Legal Teams
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From Superheroes to Super Teams
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From Flash Gordon to NASA
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From the Stand Alone Teacher
of the 1950s
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to the Stand Alone Teacher
of the 21st Century
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Teaching is a Team Sport
In Teaching 2.0

• Staged entry tiered expertise and
  certification.
• Entry through extended clinical practice and
  teaching residencies.
• Multiple teaching roles, positions, and levels of
  expertise during a teaching career.
• Staged options for exiting the profession
  part-time positions, mentors, coaches,
  job-sharing, team leaders, tutors, digital media
  specialists, etc.
• A blend of face-to-face and online teaching
  learning created and led by teachers who become
  learning experts. (Bricks and Clicks Schools).

When educators join forces, they can improve
learning beyond what any of them can accomplish
alone!
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In Teaching 2.0
Multigenerational Teams Create Genuine Learning
Organizations

• Collaboration will eventually replace solo
  teaching in self-contained classrooms.
• Modularized and personalized.
• Constant communication and assessment to improve
  teaching and learning.
• Digital technology is fully exploited.
• A user driven learning economy.

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Teaching 2.0 Requires

• Creation of genuine learning organizations where
  teachers as well as students are constantly
  growing.
• Preparation and continuous professional
  development in clinical teaching residencies.
• Career paths that recognize and reward
  collaboration, expertise, and accomplished
  teaching.
• Authentic teaching standards and learning
  assessments that become essential tools to
  improve learning.
• Distributed leadership that empowers educators to
  create and sustain successful learning
  organizations.

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Your Tasks Today..

• Backmap UNI into the Future!

building on
all of the very best that is UNI!

• Go Forth and Innovate

• Seize this amazingly powerful opportunity
• to Collaborate!

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Suggested Resources

• Building a 21st Century U. S. Education System
  (available at www.nctaf.org)
• KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Map of Future Forces
  (available at www.kwfdn.org)
• NCTAF web site www.nctaf.org

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Karen Smith, Chief Operating Officer ksmith_at_nctaf.
org
WWW.NCTAF.ORG