One NEA Message, Many Voices NSAII November 9, 2015 New Orleans, LA

One NEA Message, Many Voices

NSAIINovember 9, 2015New Orleans, LA

MESSAGE FRAME

STUDENT SUCCESS

YOU’VE GOT ISSUES.

Discussing Issues

All students, regardless of their zip code, deserve the support,

tools, & time to learn.Good education inspires students’

natural curiosity and builds their desire to learn.

Ensure every student has a caring, qualified, committed teacher.

OPPORTUNITYSTUDENT SUCCESS

QUALITY

• Gaps• Curriculum & Standards• Resources• Safety• Local Decision Making• School Discipline• School Facility (physical plant)• Support Services• Nutrition & Health

Good education inspires students’ natural curiosity and builds

their desire to learn.

STUDENT SUCCESS• Curriculum & Standards• Testing• Safety• Salary & Benefits• School Discipline• Early Childhood Edu• 21st Century Skills• Critical Thinking • Creativity• Problem Solving

Discussing Issues

Discussing Issues

Ensure every student has a caring, qualified, committed teacher.

QUALITY

•Tenure•Salary

•Professional Development•Residency & Training

•Peer Review•Retention•Teacher Prep

Professional Issues• Put students at the center. • “We want what is best for students. That’s why...”

• Use opportunity/equity as your entry point • “The most important thing is to ensure that all students,

regardless of their zip code, have caring and qualified educators, tools, time, resources, and support to learn. That’s why...”

• “All students, regardless of their zip code, deserve a great public school education. That’s why...”

• Be solutions-oriented. • Be values-oriented. The most critical value in this debate is

ensuring opportunity for all students, regardless of their zip code.

NOTES ON LANGUAGEReplace These … With These …

Education Reform Education Improvement/Excellence

Measure what matters; Rigorous, meaningful evaluations

Love of learning;Testing takes time from learning

Invest in classroom priorities Class sizes that enable one on one interaction

Educational equity Committed to the success of every child

Foundation for student learning; Providing basic skills and information

Inspiring natural curiosity, imagination and desire to learn

Inequality Living in the right zip code

Out of school factors;Wrap around services

Community support services like health and nutrition

Training and professional development Ensure every educator has development, resources, and support