1 / 26

Using LEARN NC Resources to Improve Teacher Working Conditions in Your School

Using LEARN NC Resources to Improve Teacher Working Conditions in Your School. Keri Church, Social Research Specialist Phil Kaufman, IT Director LEARN NC – School of Education The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions. Poll Questions

abby
Download Presentation

Using LEARN NC Resources to Improve Teacher Working Conditions in Your School

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Using LEARN NC Resources to Improve Teacher Working Conditions in Your School Keri Church, Social Research Specialist Phil Kaufman, IT DirectorLEARN NC – School of EducationThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  2. North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Poll Questions • Are you a North Carolina educator?

  3. North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Poll Questions • Have you heard of the Teacher Working Conditions Survey?

  4. History of TWC • In NC every two years since 2002 • Paper in 2002 • Online 2004, 2006, 2008 • National initiative • New Teacher Center – Santa Cruz CA • Local office in Durham – Director of Special Projects - Eric Hirsch • In 8 other states in 2008 • In 3 states in 2009 • 2010 • NC • Fairfax VA • Texas • Other States

  5. North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Poll Questions • Did you take the 2008 Teacher Working Conditions survey?

  6. North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Poll Questions • Have you seen the Teacher Working Conditions results for your school?

  7. NC TWC 2008 • 86% response rate • Every regular public school has a results report • How to find your report • http://www.ncteachingconditions.org

  8. http://www.ncteachingconditions.org

  9. http://www.ncteachingconditions.org

  10. http://www.ncteachingconditions.org

  11. http://www.ncteachingconditions.org

  12. http://www.ncteachingconditions.org

  13. North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Poll Questions • Have you used Teacher Working Conditions data in your school?

  14. TWC and LEARN NC Drawing on the findings of the 2008 Teacher Working Conditions survey, you can: • Identify resources and information on the LEARN NC website • Respond to the needs of your school and your students • Start a new conversation on improving the conditions in your school before the 2010 survey.

  15. NC TWC 2008 - Resources From the New Teacher Center

  16. NC TWC 2008 - Resources LEARN NC – (do I really need to tell you?) http://www.learnnc.org

  17. Purpose of TWC Examples • Time • Facilities and Resources

  18. Teachers’ Perceptions of Time The non-instructional time provided for teachers in my school is sufficient • 44.7% Elementary • 56.9% Middle • 58.3% High

  19. Differentiating Instruction • Teachers have reasonable class sizes, affording them time to meet the educational needs of all students. • Use LEARNNC.org to access resources for reaching different learners.

  20. Differentiating Instruction • Strategy – Go to Best Practices

  21. Differentiating Instruction • Click on English Language Learners in the tag cloud

  22. Differentiating Instruction

  23. Facilities and Resources • Teachers have sufficient access to appropriate instructional materials and resources. • Use LNC

  24. Facilities and Resources • Strategy – Go to Instructify.com

  25. Facilities and Resources • Example – Find great, FREE! resources for the classroom like the Climate Change Wildlife and Wildlands Toolkit posted on Sept. 22.

  26. Q & A Keri Church, Social Research Specialist kchurch@learnnc.org Phil Kaufman, Director of IT philk@learnnc.org

More Related