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Santa Cruz Schools from Now to 2020
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Model Classrooms of Technology
PVUSD ClassroomsIn the next year or so, we will see a rise in alternatives to the traditional classroom model. Individual classrooms will be outfitted with technology that empowers student learning. This will include 1 to 1 iPad implementation and interactive technologies that engage students in conceptual understanding. -
Common Core State Standards Implementation
CCSS WebsiteWith the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in the 2014-15 school year, we will see a shift in instructional practice to include more collaboration and communication among students. There will be more emphasis on higher order thinking and conceptual understanding. This will begin to change classrooms by making the front of the classroom less of the focus and the facilitator role of the teacher will require the setup of desks, tables, student groupings to change. -
Next Generation Assessments
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium TimelineThe first year of the next generation assessments will be the ultimate wake-up call for the Common Core State Standards. Performance-based tasks will truly test the skills of students to research, communicate, collaborate and be creative. Even the multiple choice portion of the assessment will be a change. The fact that it is a computer adaptive test will challenge the network infrastructure and hardware capacity of schools... but will improve the experience of testing for students. -
Systemic Project-Based Learning
Digital Connections
After the Next Generation Assessments are real for schools, we will see and investment in laptops and digital media programs that allow for more Project-Based Learning. We will see entire schools organized around Essential Questions, and curriculum maps will be paced out by the projects that students will be completing in addition to the concepts they will be learning and their habits of mind. -
1-to-1 Digital Instructional Materials
EdTech Taskforce RecommendationsBy the beginning of the 2018-19 school year, schools will be required to provide digial instructional materials for all students. I will be conducting Williams Visits that year by checking a database of a schools digital textbook adoptions and counting the number of laptops and the number of students to ensure that they all have access to the essential tools for learning. -
A Whole New Classroom
School 2.0Schools and classrooms will undergo a complete change by the year 2020. When you arrive at a school in January 2020 you will see classrooms of different sizes and with different numbers of teachers. Classes will be multi-grade and learning will be mostly directed by the students themselves. Part of the class will be taught online, and creativity tools will be available on digital devices for all students. The teacher will work with smaller groups and students will complete integrated projects.
