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