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Hero & Intel Teach-ers

School Board SpotlightJanuary 2011

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The Mission of Hero Teachers We are promoting the county’s Heroes for Ze-

roes mission this year

– Zero unexcused absences– Zero classrooms without rigor– Zero employees without positive & collaborative atti-

tudes– Zero suspensions/expulsions

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Our Mission… Hero teachers are in the schools modeling

these behaviors to others.

We are striving to be positive and collabo-rative in our respective environments- not only among our colleagues but also modeling and teaching our students these same things.

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What we’ve done so far… At our meetings we have discussed several

things:

– How to help implement the Heroes for Zeroes mission

– Ways to collaborate within our buildings– The decision to embed the INTEL model during

staff development– What 21st century skill to focus on and how to en-

sure our students are 21st century ready

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Getting our Students 21st Century Ready

Heroes have discussed ways to do this:

– Focus in on: critical thinking & problem solving

– What making our classrooms more rigorous looks like

– Practical implementation of technology to en-hance and engage students in the learning process

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Eyes & Ears The Hero and Intel teachers have also

been acting as the “eyes and ears” in our schools to gauge how the Heroes for Zeroes process has been going

We have brought both the negative and positive feedback from our colleagues to our meetings to discuss ways to improve our mission

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SupportHeroes are the models

and supporters of preparing our students to be 21st century ready

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Engaging our Students A large part of our time has been spent on

how to help teachers practically implement technology into their planning and instruc-tion, here’s why.

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Charlotte County Public Schools

Intel Teach ProgramGoals:-Teachers will collaborate with other teachers and discuss ideas for both introducing and using technology in the classroom.-Each teacher will leave the course prepared to effectively implement a technology-rich Unit Portfolio that engages students in effec-tive use of technology to achieve standards.

END RESULT: Students engaged in standards-aligned, technology-supported projects that promote the use of 21st century skills.

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Our Training A week long course was offered

at Randolph Henry High School two weeks before school began in August.

We worked in cooperative pairs to complete a project-based unit plan that addressed technology, 21st cen-tury skills, as well as the Standards of Learning.

The instructor helped us create a strategy for teaching the remaining staff the Intel Teach course.

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Teaching Others• Staff Development Days• Three Hour Sessions• Grouped by School

• Creating a Web of Tech-nical and Creative Sup-

port

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‘21st Century’ Skills High-lighted…

• Technology literacy (appropriate use and effective tools)

• Collaborative learning (working in small or large groups to complete assignments and projects)

• Project-based learning (creativity and trial)

• Higher-order thinking (critical thinking: synthesizing and evaluating information;

identifying, clarifying, and solving problems)