Speak Up Congressional Briefing 2013 Parent and Educators Findings

Speak Up 2013

National Findings:

Educators and Parents

Welcome to this year’s Briefing!

Washington DC – June 2, 2014

Welcome

Julie Evans

Chief Executive Officer

Project Tomorrow

(c) Project Tomorrow 2014

Welcome Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow

Dr. Joseph South, US Department of Education

Release of National Findings: Role of digital tools in supporting the development

of college and career ready skills

Discussion with our Panel of Experts

Your Questions, Thoughts and Comments

Closing comments Mark Belles, Blackboard, Inc.

Today’s Agenda


Thank you!

Rep. George Miller

11th District - California


© 2014 Project Tomorrow

Saluting our Speak Up 2013 Sponsors:


Many thanks to our K-12 National Champion Outreach Partners:

Welcoming Remarks

Dr. Joseph South

Deputy Director

Office of Educational Technology

U.S. Department of Education



What is

Speak Up?

Key

report

highlights

Panel

Discussion

Annual national research project

Using online surveys + focus groups

Surveys for: K-12 Students, Teachers, Parents,

Administrators, Community Members

Special: Pre-Service Teachers in Schools of Education

Open for all K-12 schools and schools of education

Schools, districts & colleges receive free report with

their own data

Inform policies, plans & programs

Local: your stakeholder data

State: state level data

Federal: national findings

Speak Up National Research Project

+ 3.4 million

surveys since

2003


K-12 Students 325,279

Teachers & Librarians 32,151

Parents (in English & Spanish) 39,986

School/District Administrators 4,530

Community Members (new this year!) 1,346

About the participating schools & districts

o 9,005 schools and 2,710 districts o 90% public schools – 10% private/parochial/charter/other o 32% urban / 31% rural / 37% suburban o 30% school wide Title 1; 43% majority minority school o All 50 states + DC + Guam + DODEA schools

National Speak Up 2013 Participation: 403,292



First report:

focus on

students’

views

Released

April 9, 2014

Why do schools and districts participate in

Speak Up?

.

Power of local data

Use data as input for planning

To justify budget and purchasing decisions

Inform new initiatives – as an evaluation tool

As a tool to engage parents

Use for grant writing and fund development

Content for professional development

To counteract mythology

To explore how to address critical needs



Critical Need: Preparing these students for

the future


100 7th grade

students

93 say they

want to go

college

70 will

graduate from

HS

Today’s reality


100 7th grade

students

93 say they

want to go

college

70 will

graduate

from HS

44 will

enroll in

college

Today’s reality


100 7th grade

students

93 say they

want to go

college

70 will

graduate

from HS

44 will

enroll in

college

Only 26 will

graduate from

college

Today’s reality


Are our students

set-up for success?

Meet our panel of experts


Dr. Katherine Bihr o Vice President and Executive Director, Tiger Woods Learning Center

Foundation

Tamika V. Culbreath o Reading/English Language Arts Teacher, Prince Georges County Public Schools

Monet Deadwyler o Junior, Cesar Chavez Public Charter School for Public Policy at Capitol Hill

Breck DeWitt o CTO and National Director K12 and Higher Education, EMC Corporation

Dr. Patrick Murphy o Superintendent, Arlington Public Schools


Today’s big questions

What do we mean by college and career

readiness skills?

What is the relationship between the use

of digital tools and the development of

these skills in the classroom?

How are schools, districts and

communities building up their capacity to

prepare students for the future?


Defining the skills

students need for

future success


College and Workplace Skills District

Administrators Teachers Parents

Community Members

Critical thinking and problem solving skills 91% 75% 85% 88% Ability to work with a diverse set of people 86% 69% 71% 82%

Teamwork and collaboration skills 83% 66% 69% 79%

Ability to learn independently 82% 77% 67% 79%

Technology skills 80% 52% 69% 80%

Effective communications through writing 76% 55% 68%

Being creative and thinking outside the box 75% 62% 72% 77%

Financial literacy 79%

Defining college and career ready skills:

ranking of importance for students


College and Workplace Skills District

Administrators Teachers Parents

Community Members

Critical thinking and problem solving skills 91% 75% 85% 88% Ability to work with a diverse set of people 86% 69% 71% 82%

Teamwork and collaboration skills 83% 66% 69% 79%

Ability to learn independently 82% 77% 67% 79%

Technology skills 80% 52% 69% 80%

Effective communications through writing 76% 55% 68%

Being creative and thinking outside the box 75% 62% 72% 77%

Financial literacy 79%

Defining college and career ready skills:

ranking of importance for students

Technology skills

Linkage to student success?


42%

59%

42%

41%

56%

36%

56%

57%

Parents of high school students

High School Teachers

High School Principals

District Administrators

Not important Important Extremely important

How important is the effective implementation

of technology within instruction on student

success?

Let’s hear from our experts



Foundation






Classroom use of

digital tools and

linkages to

college/career prep


Teachers’ use of digital tools for professional

tasks

Teachers who self assess their skills as

“advanced” compared to peers:

Internet research to info a lesson (90%)

Watch an online video to learn something (74%)

Text with colleagues (67%)

Customize digital content for class use (56%)

Participate in online PLC (55%)


14%

32%

32%

42%

52%

63%

11%

27%

18%

9%

22%

48%

Videos that I create

Online textbooks

Real time data

Virtual labs

Animations

Videos that I find online

All teachers Gr 6-12 Science teachers

Teachers’ use of digital content in the classroom


Teachers’ use of digital content in the classroom

“Use of digital content helps students

develop critical thinking and

problem solving skills”

2009: 27% of classroom teachers

2013: 38% of classroom teachers


Perceived benefits of technology use for students

Teaching in an online

class

Teaching using digital

content

Teaching in a 1:1

mobile class

Developing creativity 50% 44% 49%

Developing problem solving and critical thinking skills

57% 44% 45%

Taking ownership of their learning 57% 35% 37%

Learning to work collaboratively 30% 34% 37%

Understanding how to apply academic concepts to real world problems

58% 37% 42%

Increased motivation to learn 50% 60% 55%

How has use of technology in your classroom

enhanced student skills and success?


Professional Development Wish List

1st year 1-3 4-10 11-15 16+

How to differentiate instruction using technology

51% 48% 44% 44% 46%

Identifying digital content 39% 33% 33% 34% 35%

Identifying mobile apps 39% 37% 36% 36% 35%

Using games 37% 29% 26% 24% 26%

Using tablets 32% 31% 31% 30% 31%

Implementing a blended classroom

27% 24% 23% 23% 22%

Teachers’ wish list for professional development in

technology use

Years of experience




Foundation






Building school,

district & community

capacity for digital

tool use and

college/career prep


District administrators’ views on solutions

that have greatest potential to impact

student readiness

1. Enhancing teacher effectiveness (58%)

2. Integrating 21st century skills into curriculum

(49%)

3. Leveraging technology more effectively (46%)

Digital content

Blended learning

Tablets and other mobile devices

1:1 programs

Online textbooks

Flipped learning models

Online classes for students


Online learning in schools

41% of high schools offering online classes for

students in:

Math

Science

History

English/Language Arts

1/3 of high schools offering classes in World

Languages

Only 17% report not offering any online classes


Why online learning? High School Principals

Provide academic remediation 66%

Keep students engaged in staying in school 63%

Provide options for students that need credit recovery 61%

Provide options for home-bound students 53%

Provide options for at risk students 50%

Provides students with options for advanced coursework 49%

Provide options for gifted students 41%

Provides students with dual enrollment options with local colleges

39%

How online learning is supporting the

needs of many types of students


Mobile learning in schools

Principals say that mobile devices within instruction:

Increases engagement in learning (86%)

Personalizes learning (67%)

Extends learning beyond school day (62%)

Develops critical thinking and problem solving skills (51%)

Develops collaboration and teamwork skills (47%)


22%

41%

63%

32%

13% 17%

3%

10%

Principals in 2010 Principals in 2013

Likely

Unlikely

Unsure

Already do

Principals: How likely is it that you will allow

students to use their own mobile devices at

school?


Parent by Community / Age of Child(ren)

I want my child in a BYOD class

I would buy my child a device

Parents from urban communities

64% 65%

Parents from rural communities

64% 66%

Parents from suburban communities

59% 64%

Parents from Title 1 communities

63% 64%

Parents of elementary students

58% 62%

Parents of middle school students

63% 67%

Parents of high school students

65% 67%

Parents’ desires for mobile learning – in class

with devices / willingness to buy devices


Digital content use in schools

54% of administrators say that use of digital content

can increase students’ readiness – linking real world

problem solving to academic content

Two challenges however:

• Enough computers and devices for students

• Bandwidth capacity issues




Foundation






Creating a new digital

learning playbook –

focused on college and

career readiness skill

development

Closing Remarks

Mark Belles

Senior Vice President, K12

Blackboard, Inc.



Saluting our Speak Up 2013 Sponsors:


Many thanks to our K-12 National Champion Outreach Partners:

National Speak Up Findings and reports Targeted and thematic reports

Online learning trends Mobile learning & social media Print to digital migration Social learning Intelligent adaptive software New digital parent series

Presentations, podcasts and webinars Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy studies

Speak Up 2014 opens on October 6


More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

Thank you.

Let’s continue this conversation.

Julie Evans

Project Tomorrow

[email protected]

949-609-4660 x15

Twitter: JulieEvans_PT

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