Introduction to Classrooms for the Future

Garden Spot High School

What is CFF?

Classrooms for the Future seeks to comparably equip core curricular classrooms in public high schools across PA.

However, this initiative is not about what schools get - it's about what they get out of it.

Classrooms for the Future is about recognizing and

embracing the need for reform, understanding the role of technology as a catalyst for, and adopting practices that may be unfamiliar.

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School 1.0 School 2.0• Teacher Centered • Content coverage • Memorizing information • Lecturer • Whole group configuration• Single instructional and

learning modality• Memorization and recall• Single discipline• Isolated• Textbook dependent• Teachers teaching to one

learning style• Learning content• Learning isolated skills

and factoids• Acting purely as a student• Technology as Add-on

• Learner Centered• Learning and Doing• Using Information• Facilitator/Co-Learner• Flexible grouping configuration• Multiple instructional and learning

modalities to include all students• Higher Order Thinking Skills - creativity• Interdisciplinary• Collaborative• Multiple sources of information• Teachers addressing multiple

learning styles• Learning how to learn• Completing authentic projects

• Acting as professional in the discipline• Technology integrated into Curriculum

and Instruction

Why is this important?

“The best employers the world over will be looking for the most competent, most creative and most innovative people on the face of the Earth and will be willing to pay them for their services.

This will be true not just for the top professionals and managers, but up and down the length and breadth of the workforce.”

Source: National Center on Education and the Economy, Tough Choices or Tough Times, Executive Summary, June 2007

Why is this important?

The ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) and Performance Indicators for Students

1. Creativity and Innovation.

2. Communication and Collaboration

3. Research and Information Fluency

4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, & Decision Making

5. Digital Citizenship

6. Technology Operations and Concepts

Roles of the Coach

Resource Provider• As a resource provider, the coach assists teachers with materials,

tools, information, etc., to support classroom instruction. Classroom Supporter• As a classroom supporter, a coach is a co-planner, a co-teacher and a

feedback provider. Learning Facilitator• As a learning facilitator, a coach helps coordinate and facilitate

learning experiences for school staff. A coach engages teachers in inquiry, collaborates with teachers to determine area of need and together they design ways to address the issues of concern.

Mentor• As a mentor, the coach is a critical friend supporting all teachers,

novice and experienced.

Joellen Killion,

Deputy Executive Director, National Staff Development Council

A Coach is not…..

• An Administrator• An Evaluator• A Supervisor• The Expert• A Whistle Blower• A Technology fix-it person

How do we get there?

Help teacher recognize what he/she knows

Help teacher recognize what he/she needs to learn

Help teacher recognize what he/she can do

If you have an interest in

incorporating technology into

your classroom or curriculum and would like some assistance, feel

free to contact me.