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School Improvement
By Mark WesterburgEducation
School Improvement episodes
- School Improvement #42 Teaching English in a Trimester
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This is the thrid of many trimester videos I put together during the Covid lockdown. This was used with a school in New Mexico. These are still very relivant and have lots of information. I have a full complement of videos for each department and admin.There is more available upon request.
MarkTrimesters.org - CLEP testing - Larry Bell - Merit Pay - Bart goes to SP.Ed. - Homework Strategies - CLEP - ASVAB
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.trimesters.org
Text: 269-449-609150 min - School Improvement #41 Policy and Practice in a Trimester System
Video Download
This is the second of many trimester video I put together during the Covid lockdown. This was used with a school in New Mexico. These are still very relivant and have lots of information. I have a full complement of videos for each department and admin.Trimesters.org - CLEP testing - Larry Bell - Merit Pay - Bart goes to SP.Ed. - Homework Strategies - CLEP - ASVAB
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.trimesters.org
Text: 269-449-60911 hr 15 min - School Improvement Episode #40 Why use a trimester schedule?
Video Download
This is the first of many trimester video I put together during the Covid lockdown. This was used with a school in New Mexico. These are still very relivant and have lots of information. I have a full complement of videos for each department and admin.Trimesters.org - CLEP testing - Larry Bell - Merit Pay - Bart goes to SP.Ed. - Homework Strategies - CLEP - ASVAB
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.trimesters.org
Text: 269-449-609144 min - School Improvement #39 Twelve Step Program for Legislators on Helping Schools
I have listed the 12 things legislators could do to really help schools. These items are big in scope but don't require money.
1. Prohibited Rules of Bargaining
2. Stop doing Grants
3. School Improvement Team
4. Cell Phones
5. Minimum wage
6. Work permits and driver's licenses
7. Local Control Focus ( #1)
8. Stop doing state made testing in secondary
9. State graduation standards for CTE diploma and College Ready Diploma
10. All public employees in the same health insurance program
11. Allow a European style of college to exist
12. Set a % cap on special education, encourage 504Trimesters.org - CLEP testing - Larry Bell - Merit Pay - Bart goes to SP.Ed. - Homework Strategies - CLEP - ASVAB
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.trimesters.org
Text: 269-449-609128 min - School Improvement #38 District Services
This is a podcast dedicated to understanding and working with Transportation, Food Service and Maintenance/Custodial Services. It is critical for an admin to know about how these work and what they cost. This is the area where lots of people want to cut funding from first, but it's not that easy. I know this one is a little longer than normal but before you cut services, you might want to listen to this one.
Trimesters.org - CLEP testing - Larry Bell - Merit Pay - Bart goes to SP.Ed. - Homework Strategies - CLEP - ASVAB
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.trimesters.org
Text: 269-449-609134 min - School Improvement #37 Testing, too much or not enough?
This podcast focuses on the growing trend of not requiring testing and complaints about it does mean anything. The other issue is that teachers are teaching to the test. Spoiler alert, I hope so. Does anyone give a test they don't teach to and if so why. It is about accountability for the 810 Billion a year spent on K-12 education. I explain some changes that should be make and one of those is to embrace it and expect performance testing.
Trimesters.org - CLEP testing - Larry Bell - Merit Pay - Bart goes to SP.Ed. - Homework Strategies - CLEP - ASVAB
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.trimesters.org
Text: 269-449-609120 min - School Improvement #36 Rethinking the High School Diploma
This episode is about rethinking the high school diploma process for students. Differentiated diplomas make sense and say something about the students work in high school. How about a Scholarship / College Ready Diploma, Career Ready / CTE Endorsed Diploma and a standard diploma as an option. Set criteria for them and make transcript so it show attendance, suspensions, college course taken, and test scores. Maybe an employer might ask for high school information if it was useful. The states have make the number of kids graduating the target and we spend all our time helping students to met the minimum standard instead of being able to set a standard and have them come back next fall should not be considered a district failure.
Trimesters.org - CLEP testing - Larry Bell - Merit Pay - Bart goes to SP.Ed. - Homework Strategies - CLEP - ASVAB
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.trimesters.org
Text: 269-449-609115 min - School Improvement #35 Everything You Need to Know About CLEP Testing
This podcast is devoted to CLEP testing. CLEP is one of the least used but most effective and efficient ways to get student college credits. CLEP testing allows any high school teacher in the core classes, business and foreign languages to teach a college credit course. Tests are scored 20-80 with 50 being the passing score. CLEP gives credits not grades so it does help or hurt GPA's. I have attached my notes from the podcast below.
Trimesters.org - CLEP testing - Larry Bell - Merit Pay - Bart goes to SP.Ed. - Homework Strategies - CLEP - ASVAB
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.trimesters.org
Text: 269-449-609116 min - School Improvement #34 Everything You Need to Know About the ASVAB
This is a pitch to schools to make the ASVAB test a more important part of their program. There are few tests that have more of an impact on students than the ASVAB will on their military tenure. It is a great test for IEP's and a check on the CTE programs to see if students are getting the basic skills. In short, a student should never take the ASVAB without preparation. I have some notes available in the bottom of this presentation.
Trimesters.org - CLEP testing - Larry Bell - Merit Pay - Bart goes to SP.Ed. - Homework Strategies - CLEP - ASVAB
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.trimesters.org
Text: 269-449-609114 min - School Improvement #33 Why Schools Should Relax on AI Concerns
This episode is a response to the growing number of educator who are concerned about AI. I focused on ChatGPT which I view as the new wave in technology we should embrace. It is not going away and has some very useful purposes. This is not about Robots who are taking over human interaction, it is a wonderful new tool in the ELA box for writing.
Trimesters.org - CLEP testing - Larry Bell - Merit Pay - Bart goes to SP.Ed. - Homework Strategies - CLEP - ASVAB
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.trimesters.org
Text: 269-449-609113 min
About School Improvement
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As a long time school administrator, I have been in-servicing schools for 30 years. I have a website called Trimesters.org where I focus on scheduling for secondary schools and some policies that…
work. This podcast is going to a series of short podcast that center around quality policies and practices for school to use. At this point, I am doing it solo and ask listeners to go to my website and email or call if they wish to talk more.