UIC World Class Education, Birth to 20

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UIC World Class Education, Birth to 20
Colloquium
Stakeholder Representatives Weigh in
From a systemic change perspective, to improve
student learning in Illinois at scale -
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UIC World Class Education, Birth to 20
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• Three key questions for reflection and action
• What should we START doing that we are not now
  doing?
• What should we do MORE of that we are doing now?
• What should we be doing much less of, or STOP
  doing altogether?

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UIC World Class Education, Birth to 20
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Miguel del Valle, Chairperson Illinois P20 Council

• START doing
• Examining the longitudinal impact of our systems
  
• Establishing data systems to support
  longitudinal, cross-system analyses that allow
  answering the most pressing questions in
  education
• Do MORE
• Framing issues in a P20 perspective to find
  systemic, rather than piecemeal, solutions to
  persistent problems in education
• Do less or STOP
• Looking for quick fixes and short term solutions
  to persistent problems in education

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Gillian McNamee, Director, Teacher Education,
Erikson Institute

• START doing
• Promoting curricula rich in play, the arts, and
  literature that connect to childrens culture and
  history
• Do MORE
• Enrich early childhood classrooms with
  opportunities for children to speak in
  conversations, discuss, dictate, and write
• Invest in and support experienced teachers in the
  system
• Be social justice activists Work pro-actively to
  bring housing, health care, and social services
  to children and families in underserved areas
• Do less or STOP
• Reduce standardized multiple-choice testing in
  favor of close observation and documentation of
  learning

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Beverly Gulley, Co-Chairperson Council of Chicago
Area Deans of Education

• START doing
• Ensure there is aligned, concerted effort among
  all entities involved in preparing educators
• Do MORE
• Ensure that critical stakeholders are at the
  table for discussions on the selection,
  preparation, development, and assessment of
  effective educators
• Educate constituents and the public about the
  quality work that is being done to educate our
  children
• Do less or STOP
• Stop blaming and get down to work to develop
  teacher capacity

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Jennifer Gill, Principal McClernand School,
Springfield

• START doing
• Build in collaborative, on-going inquiry into the
  expectations of educators
• Professionalize teacher practice
• Work adaptively rather than reactively
• Do MORE
• De-privatize practice among schools, districts
  and educators
• Use inquiry models to examine student learning
  and make decisions
• Foster distributed teacher leadership
• Do less or STOP
• Implementing fragmented or non-integrated
  practices that create silos
• Creating systems of compliance and
  competitiveness

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Sylvia Puente, Executive Director Latino Policy
Forum

• START doing
• While working to ameliorate achievement gaps,
  leverage the strong socio-emotional skills that
  Latino students bring to the classroom
• Add cultural competency to the definition of
  quality teacher
• Address funding inequities
• Do MORE
• Increase Latino access to quality early childhood
  education programs
• Invest more in teacher preparation Equip
  teachers to work with multicultural students
• Do less or STOP
• Overusing standardized testing for English
  Language Learners (ELLs)

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Sharon Thomas Parrott, Senior VP DeVry, Inc.

• START doing
• Put best teachers in lowest performing
  schools/areas
• Address inequitable tax-based funding streams
• Address the whole child
• Do MORE
• Expand dual-credit and dual-degree programs
• Provide early intervention programs at
  elementary, middle, and HS levels
• Bolster Common Core Standards to reflect top five
  nations
• Do less or STOP
• Instructional practices that assume all children
  learn the same way
• Failing to look to the community for answers

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Kojo Quartey, Provost Chicago City Colleges

• START doing
• Develop programs that will retain high-achieving
  students
• Aggressively pursue stop-outs and drop-out
  students
• Do MORE
• Drive greater degree attainment, job placement,
  and career advancement
• Develop effective, scalable solutions to improve
  student success
• Continue reach out to K-12 partners and business
  to ensure academic programs are aligned
• Do less or STOP
• Hiring and promoting staff with no attention to
  outcomes

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UIC World Class Education, Birth to 20
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What should we START doing that we are not now
doing?
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UIC World Class Education, Birth to 20
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What should we do MORE of that we are doing now?
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UIC World Class Education, Birth to 20
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What should we be doing much less of, or STOP
doing altogether?
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UIC World Class Education, Birth to 20
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