Results of High School Staff Development Survey

Winter 2002

Note:  the number represents repetitive responses

 

TECHNOLOGY:

  1. Internet
  2. Power point presentations; extensive training (including audio & video) (3)
  3. Basic programs
  4. Technological techniques for teaching strategies for use everyday (3)
  5. “Mathtype” in-service
  6. Content area software development
  7. Web design (3)
  8. Computer courses
  9. Maintenance
  10. Electronic diagnostic assessment software such as ETS Criterion
  11. Online classroom communications and effectiveness of online discussion boards, projects, portfolios
  12. Excel spreadsheets

 

ASSESSMENT:

  1. Homework (2)
  2. Getting papers graded (especially English essays)
  3. Student self management-especially in areas of getting assignments completed
  4. Developing & Assessing students in reading fluency at grade level in content areas (2)
  5. Designing standards based tests (2)
  6. Effective Portfolio/project  assessment for high school teachers (5)
    • Requested by 4 teachers specific to mathematics
  7. Alternative assessment strategies for students who do not test well (2)
  8. Using rubrics effectively (2)

 

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

  1. Lightening the paperwork load
  2. Effectively managing tardiness and chronic absence
  3. Effective management of disruptive and rebellious behavior (2)
  4. Keeping your cool as a teacher
  5. Latest and greatest classroom management methods/How to maximize teaching time.

 

 

 

LEARNING STYLES

  1. Non-motivated learners/ non-self-starters
  2. What are the different learning styles and how can they all be accommodated in a science classroom
  3. Reaching non-science and math oriented students in a science classroom
  4. What are the most recent theories in learning styles and how do we use it in our content areas?
  5. Special Education students in mainstream classes and effective teaching strategies
  6. How to figure out a student’s learning style
  7. How to create lesson plans for different learning styles.
  8. What does brain research say about retention of information?

 

 

 

TEACHING STRATEGIES

  1. More activities for kinesthetic learners
  2. Ways to develop lessons to hit all types of learning styles (2)
    • Especially differences between males and females
  3. Receive various activities or lessons from experienced teachers
  4. Motivating students at risk
  5. Helping the male student in the classroom and outside of the classroom
  6. Anything to do with reading fluency, comprehension, phonology
  7. How to present math standards in ways that engage students (2)
  8. How to incorporate research about learning styles to communicate concepts and theory to the most students in the shortest amount of time.
  9. Written language/oral language
  10. Effective group work for all levels of courses (2)
  11. Making lectures more engaging

 

Suggestion:  Showcase one or two strategies at meetings, not too much at once.

 

DIVERSITY

  1. Male/female
    • “How does one deliver education or relate to males of different cultures?”
  2. Multicultural diversity in the classroom (2)
  3. Students with learning disabilities who are mainstreamed and yet need a wide range of support for the reading process, and any other areas which are part of the learning disability
  4. Training in diversity
    • “This is an area I believe should be at the top of our list! We need training in diversity and not just a few days.  We need to make this an ongoing process.”
  5. Is a slow connection to the Internet a learning disability?
  6. Digital divide

 

CONTENT STANDARDS

  1. Writing Application: 2.6 Write technical document
  2. Reading Comprehension: 2.6: Demonstrate use of sophisticated learning tools by following technical direction.
  3. Writing IEP’s in content areas
  4. TIME to work with same subject teachers
  5. Need to bridge the content standards across the grade levels (elementary to middle to high school)
  6. Math standards for graduation (especially for special education students)
  7. Counselors attend annual CSU and UC conferences and Independent conferences/ How to effectively disseminate information learned to teachers, parents, students.

 

 

TEACHING STANDARDS (CSTP)

  1. How do we as professionals hold ourselves accountable for these
  2. What are they?

 

COMMUNICATION

  1. Help with discussion abilities via the internet with peers
  2. How to bridge the communication gap between parents, teachers, peers, & community
  3. How to communicate graduation requirements for special education students.
  4. Tips on parent conferencing
  5. Improve communication between counselors and stakeholders

 

 

 

 

Preference for Staff Development:

 

  1. During school
  2. School Site

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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