Public+Communication

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In order to succeed in the 21st century, students must be prepared and adaptable to the changing needs of the global community. The allocation of resources workgroup has set out to outline how the Hooksett SD can allocate time and human resources to prepare students precisely in this way. So far we have determined that our current agrarian calendar and daily schedule do not match the common schedule followed by the top performing nations.

More pressing, perhaps, is the need to thoroughly communicate our educational mission throughout our and the greater community. That may mean educating parents to the importance and key skills of early childhood education, encouraging our top high school graduates to attend college preparatory programs, or recruiting the best teacher candidates. Internationally, students enter their educational programs more consistently prepared and the teachers who teach them are some of the highest performing graduates in their respective countries.

Recap of most recent meeting:

=March 21, 2011= Charge: To refocus our charge, centering mostly on 21st century learning. From there, we will create a reasonable timeline of recommendations to SAU 15 regarding the changing needs of our students in the 21st century, focusing mostly on time and human resources.

Provide the best instruction for students via well trained teachers who have the ability to focus more on teaching...? and less on administrivia

Meeting Dates: 11/17 12/14 3/21 4/18

Resources: WIKI (see links on Resources page) __Annual Growth, Catch-Up Growth__ __A Place Called School__ Various Scholarly Articles

Progress: The group has identified the leading nations in education (Korea, Finland, Canada, New Zealand). The group analyzed findings to identify the commonalities between these countries' educational systems (High Quality Teachers, Student Centered Instruction) The group discussed John Goodlad's __A Place Called School__ and addressed his ideas in chapter 10 (Beyond the Schools We Have) and applied those ideas to 21st Century Learning. We prioritized a list of "Must Do's" and agreed to tackle the first item: The group will seek to identify methods to maximize learning times and identify methods and opportunities to provide student centered instruction by adjusting students' school day.