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Results in Class www.sde.state.ok.us • Help keep our schools safe • 1-877-SAFE-CALL ext. OKI • 1-877-723-3225 ext. 651 OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION VOLUME 39 NUMBER 3 SPRING 2010 PAGE 2 Testing Windows Expanded PAGE 3 Workshops, Conferences and Opportunities PAGE 4 Upcoming Events Results 2010 Sandy Garrett State Superintendent Our Spring issue of Results: In Class features Kristi Lovett, art teacher at Crescent High School in Logan County. Kristi isn't significantly different from other teachers at Crescent who welcomed the State Board of Education to their classes when we toured the all-digital secondary school in February. Yet, we were impressed with her ability to engage a class of students taking Art I through Art IV simultaneously, and without relying on textbooks. Professional development and collaboration time provided by her school are the keys to success. High school math teacher Jan Willson explained to us that educators at Crescent no longer struggle with the dilemma of holding higher-achieving students back, or leaving lower- performing students behind. Each student progresses at a pace that is right for them and their teachers because mastery is frequently assessed. This is the future of education, but does not mean the end of textbooks. Crescent is a traditional high school with books in the library and time and budget constraints on the table. But, at Crescent, every student has a laptop and one-to-one (1:1) Web-based instruction utilizing digital textbooks along with high-quality resources from the Internet. Crescent educators and administrators prepared and trained for a couple of years to manage instruction digitally. Of course, our digital natives (your students) take to Web- based instruction like ducks to water. Plus, the teachers at Crescent are on fire, and that is truly exciting! On March 5, Governor Henry signed legislation enacting the agreement he made with Oklahoma House and Senate leaders in February addressing the state budget crisis. The plan uses a variety of funding sources to limit reductions in total public school funding to approximately 3 percent, compared to the 7.5 percent annualized cut to most other state functions. The agreement is expected to bring current State Aid formula funding nearly to the level appropriated by lawmakers last spring, which is the best budget news in six months! Oklahoma lawmakers have opened an umbrella over public education by See "Results 2010," page 4 On"Results"TV Superintendent Garrett interviews Crescent Superintendent Steve Shiever along with Lovett, Wininger and Crescent High School students on the March edition of "Results: Oklahoma's Education Report Card." Viewing locations are OETA (Wednesdays), other local stations and online at <www.sde.state.ok.us>. 3 Education Es: Efficiency, Empowerment and Energy As a freshman college student at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Kristi Lovett knew she wanted to be a teacher. The question was, of what. History and math were appealing. Then a friend convinced her to take her first- ever art class—her high school had only offered shop—and Kristi Lovett found her vocation. Sandy Garrett and Kristi Lovett "Art allowed me to use all of the principles of the subjects I enjoyed most—history, algebra, research and creative thinking," she says. Kristi teaches in Crescent—at a digital high school and, ironically, in her hometown. A National Board Certified Teacher, Lovett is the master of multitasking—she has five children under the age of ten, and teaches Art I, II, III and IV in the same class, at the same time. Lovett's curriculum is a discipline-based art education model, incorporating art history, criticism, production and aesthetics, running the gamut from prehistoric art and Old World Masters to graphic design. Her classroom contains overflowing bookshelves, a gallery of student masterpieces, an interactive whiteboard, quads of student desks, and a worktable. She utilizes as many media as possible: watercolor, acrylics, clay, glass fusing, charcoal and—laptop computer. Lovett admits that before Crescent adopted digital instruction, she was "not a technology guru by any stretch of the imagination." But the district allows two hours weekly of professional development and, under the tutelage of IT Director Michael Wininger, Crescent teachers maintain their own Web sites and collaborate on integrating curriculum. This, Lovett says, "blew open the door" for her students. "Their research is richer, they have much more information than textbooks alone offer," she noted. "Technology has introduced them to a plethora of images and artists, with the opportunity to study in greater depth." Technology has also enhanced content delivery, improving both quality and quantity of instructional time. Students begin learning as soon as they click on that day's date to begin work, rotating between class lectures and the Web to do research and complete assignments. Lovett says Web-based instruction has actually increased the amount of individual interaction she has with students in class, and via e-mail outside the classroom. Crescent teachers and students alike say the new technology brings greater efficiency, empowerment, and energy to the classroom. "The rewards of using technology in this way are great—for teachers, students and taxpayers," Superintendent Garrett concluded. "Students are engaged and educational opportunities maximized for all children regardless of their school's size or location." 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Purpose | Results 2010 Sandy Garrett; 3 Education #s: Efficiency, Empowerment and Energy; PASS additions distinguish upcoming Oklahoma City bombing anniversary; Testing windows expanded; Moss teacher named Oklahoma Society for Science Fellow; Pennies for Peace launched; State Superintendent's Technology Day @ the Capitol; Workshops, Conferences & Opportunities; Common English and math standards in the works; Oklahoma Today Honors Dr. Paul; Census in schools |
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Results in Class
www.sde.state.ok.us • Help keep our schools safe • 1-877-SAFE-CALL ext. OKI • 1-877-723-3225 ext. 651
OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
VOLUME 39
NUMBER 3
SPRING 2010
PAGE 2 Testing Windows Expanded
PAGE 3 Workshops, Conferences and Opportunities
PAGE 4 Upcoming Events
Results 2010
Sandy Garrett
State Superintendent
Our Spring issue of Results: In Class features Kristi Lovett,
art teacher at Crescent High School in Logan County.
Kristi isn't significantly different from other teachers at
Crescent who welcomed the State Board of Education to
their classes when we toured the all-digital secondary school
in February.
Yet, we were impressed with her ability to engage a class
of students taking Art I through Art IV simultaneously, and
without relying on textbooks. Professional development and
collaboration time provided by her school are the keys to success.
High school math teacher Jan Willson explained to us that
educators at Crescent no longer struggle with the dilemma
of holding higher-achieving students back, or leaving lower-
performing students behind. Each student progresses at a pace
that is right for them and their teachers because mastery is
frequently assessed.
This is the future of education, but does not mean the end
of textbooks. Crescent is a traditional high school with books
in the library and time and budget constraints on the table.
But, at Crescent, every student has a laptop and one-to-one (1:1)
Web-based instruction utilizing digital textbooks along with
high-quality resources from the Internet. Crescent educators
and administrators prepared and trained for a couple of years to
manage instruction digitally.
Of course, our digital natives (your students) take to Web-
based instruction like ducks to water. Plus, the teachers at
Crescent are on fire, and that is truly exciting!
On March 5, Governor Henry signed legislation enacting the
agreement he made with Oklahoma House and Senate leaders
in February addressing the state budget crisis. The plan uses a
variety of funding sources to limit reductions in total public
school funding to approximately 3 percent, compared to the 7.5
percent annualized cut to most other state functions.
The agreement is expected to bring current State Aid formula
funding nearly to the level appropriated by lawmakers last
spring, which is the best budget news in six months! Oklahoma
lawmakers have opened an umbrella over public education by
See "Results 2010," page 4
On"Results"TV
Superintendent Garrett interviews Crescent Superintendent Steve
Shiever along with Lovett, Wininger and Crescent High School
students on the March edition of "Results: Oklahoma's Education
Report Card." Viewing locations are OETA (Wednesdays), other local
stations and online at |
Date created | 2013-03-12 |
Date modified | 2013-03-12 |