School Board Meeting

It can be tricky to bring a group of people together to make a decision on whether to open up a school or not. At the end of the day, the decision should be made based upon whats best for the students. In the case of the Escalante School, I am on the fence with if I support it or not. According to the board meeting, the goal of the school is for low-economic disadvantaged students of color. There are some positive ideas to support this charter school. One being that the school would be filled with vital tools and resources to help these students who are in need. While this school could provide useful resources to these struggling students and their families, there would be a few questions that I would have for board members on the real necessity for a school like this. Well, by creating this environment, wouldn't this be as if we are segregating these students? Why can't the board members and superintendents develop programs for them within the public school? I feel like there is really no need for all of this extra money to fund this brand new school, when we could just add these programs on to the already existing public school.

I think school boards can be resistant to change because charter schools kind of break away from the traditional academic setting. Many school board members also are resistant to where the funds will be coming from to finance these schools.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

MY Philosophy of Education and Learning

Image
Upon self-assessment, I learned what my educational philosophy really is. My philosophy follows the Behaviorism approach. Behaviorism  philosophy involves shaping our ideas by determination and forces in the environment. Learning occurs through reinforcing and responses to stimuli. I am not surprised that Behaviorism is my philosophy of education. Being that I teach special education students, a lot of my class is focused on repetition of skills and positive reinforcement. While Behaviorism was not the model I always intended on using, it is the method that works best with my class. In my class, reinforcing skills is essential to the student's understanding. Because they are in a 15:1 (self-contained) classroom, they need to be hit with the material from a view different angles in order to fully understand it. Here's a look at the history of the  Behaviorism Theory The philosophy that I like the best was Essentialism, which is the one I most associated with on my self-asse...
Read more

Digital Pedagogy

Image
Digital pedagogy involves classroom practices that require the use of other forms of modern technology incorporated into instruction. 1. I have observed a few digital pedagogy assignments in the classroom. I have seen students use social media as a form of classroom instruction and I have also seen virtual classrooms used. Interactive maps have become popular in social studies classrooms, and students are keeping up with classroom happenings and announcements through sites like Edmodo or Google Classroom. 2. For the teacher who is cautious about incorporating digital pedagogy, there are many ways to incorporate it in small ways. You can start by using blogging assignments in the classroom. By blogging, students have a safe digital outlet to share their thoughts and expressions. 3. According to the Digital Pedagogy  article, there are various training courses that teachers can take to work to incorporate digital pedagogy in the classroom. These can be found Khan Academy, Udaci...
Read more

Digital Age Education

1. What diverse learners are there in today's classroom? In today's class, we see a spectrum of different learners. We as teachers need to adapt and plan accordingly to the types of students that we have. We will get all different kinds of students who come into our classrooms. These students may have all kinds of disabilities with different kinds of skills. We as teachers need to address these issues and personalize our learning so they can be successful in the classroom. 2. What does brain research provide to adjust their teaching in the digital age? Brain research tells us that the way students learn is almost like a fingerprint, no student learns the same way as the other. If this is the case, then teachers need to access all the different parts of the brain that make it possible for the students to learn. 3. What is UDL? How do its principle's help teachers improve planning and teaching in the technologically advanced classroom? Universal Design for Learning is ...
Read more