EDCON
2014
Strategies For
Administrators to Help
Support Teachers in
Improving Instruction
for Black & Hispanic
Males Students
Presenters
Rodney C. Lewis. Ed.S
Justin M. Jennings, Ed.S
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Video
Video Discussion
 Knee partner discuss what you just heard, what is
your reaction? (2 Minutes)
 Group reaction? (3 Minutes)
Let’s Look at the Data
 820,000 Black males in college vs. 1.6 million
Black Females
 In 1980 there were 100,000 Black Males were
involved in the penal system and currently there
are 1.5 million; 70% are drug related
 Black and Hispanic youth are 17% of the
educational system, but make up 41% of Special
Education and only 3% of Gifted and Talented
Programming.
Data
 1920- 90% of Black and Hispanic Males had
fathers, in 1960 -80% and currently 32%
 Black and Hispanic Males makeup 85% of the
NBA and 71% of the NFL but only 1% of doctors,
dentist, engineers and teachers
 55% of urban students do not graduate from
high school; 40% read only at 4th grade level
Causes
-Low Expectations
-Growing income inequality and
lack of resources in urban
districts and communities
-Unequal access to master
teachers who engage students
-Increased number of teachers,
teaching out of core area and
second career teachers
-unconscious bias by
administration and teachers
How
Administrators
Can Help?
1. School Leadership
Issues
2. Suggested Solutions
3. Strategy/Best
Practice/Options
School Leadership
 Disconnect between school personnel and male
students of color
 Create a culture that supports an equitable
outcome for all students to include culturally
responsive teaching while building relationships
with students
 Ensure culturally responsive instruction and
support activities that build relationships
School Leadership
 Lack of Understanding Social Classes
 Gain an Understanding of Social Classes and
how to respond effectively to school related
situations
 Provide students with skills to survive in a middle
class environment/society
School Leadership
 Lack of Addressing Academic Needs of Male
Students of color
 Re-evaluating effective instruction and move
toward quality instruction that creates supportive
learning environments
 Decrease remediation, low level questioning
and increase rigor, create non-negotiable
academic practices for all student, ensure
culturally relevant teaching and materials
School Leadership
 Cultural Sensitivity vs. Competency Among Staff
 Create professional learning opportunities in the
area of culturally competency
 Staff Training, Community Tour Opportunities,
Student Diversity Panel, Comprehensive
Guidance Program, Celebrate Diversity in Your
School (Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage
Month), African American and Hispanic History
Classes
Jigsaw Activity
 Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead in Urban Science Education
by Dr. Christopher Emdin
Helping Your
Staff
What you need to know and
how you can help your staff
get a handle on this?
Core Practices
 Incorporates think time and purposeful social
interaction to foster emotional, cognitive and
behavioral engagement in learning in support of
academic achievement.
Compliance vs. Engagement
 Compliance: the act or process of complying to
desire, demand, proposal, regimen or coercion.
• Vs.
 Engagement: sustained learning involving
academic and social behaviors that support a
positive emotional state, heightened
concentration and exerted effort.
6 Factors to Support Engagement
 Students feel……when you engage me I will give
you…….
 1. Goodwill
 2. Participation
 3. Attention
 4. Investment
 5. Effort
 6. Interest
What a Non-engaged Class Looks Like?
 1. Lack of Effort
 2. Compliance vs. Learning for Meaning
 3. Lack of Attention and Focus
 4. More Disciplinary Problems
 5. More Teacher Frustration, Stress and Burnout
 6. Tension-Filled Classroom Culture
What a Well Paced Classroom
Looks Like
1. Learning Targets
2. Multiple Rigorous
Learning Tasks
3. Active Learning
(Student
Communicating)
4. Group Structures
5. Instructional Support
Video
Questions?????