World Café Ideas
November 4, 2010
What Do Our Students Need: At School
Existing Services / New Solutions
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New way of teaching
Opportunities before and after school
Cares, the student has to know the teacher
cares
Parent education
Reading is fun
Parent support
Parent mentors
Communication of the importance
CARE City Program
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Senior mentor program works
Global Café – experience breaking down
barriers
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Parents as Teachers
Help parents set high expectations
MAC Scholars
Global Village @ RBHS
Community – donations for supplies
Buddy Packs Program
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Food programs
High teacher expectations
Teachers truly care
Positive school relationship
o What about demanding “zero
tolerance”?
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Parents as teachers necessary
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PAT – CPS should provide it for all. Need
early intervention
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PTAs
University of Missouri
Partners in Education
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Excellent Teachers!
Healthy Snacks
MAC Scholars
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Rules in place and they are enforced
Communication
New solution = model Socratic 6-35 kids
PLC’s
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Partners in Ed
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Great teachers
Free breakfast / snack programs
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Free snacks
o Peter Drucker: No matter what the
job, the only expert is the person
doing it.
o What are the students doing to
address this?
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More team teaching
Is there something to measure success
besides grades?
Match someone doing good
Get teachers that inspire students making it
fun to learn
Convincing teachers that can tell you the
truth
Leadership that experience (principal &
trickle down)
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World Café Ideas: At School, Existing Services / New Solutions
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Indic. responses to student versus just the
grade
Get MACC Scholars to Boys and Girls Club
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Partner with organization that can offer case
management to the families of kids that are
struggling
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Interactive learning
o Facilitator, Socratic methodology
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Human resources are critical – invest here
Review policies that limit opportunities
o Expense of clubs; sports
o Transportation
o Entry into National Junior Honor
Society
Lower class size
Senior mentors at RBHS partner with
elementary schools
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Increase teacher salaries
Smaller classrooms
Paraprofessionals
Use volunteers
Need to revise policies, change learning
strategies
On-School advocates
Home School Communicators
Have kids/teens participate in school
discussions
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After school enrichment program of interest
to the students
“Achievement Through Adversity”
Recognition Breakfast Ceremony (Mary
Rodriquez 573-529-2171)
Good –
o Diversity to train students about real
world
o Can send to quality public school
Good teachers
High level of parent involvement
Uniforms – self dignity
Focus on learning
Parents helping to write curriculum
Rewards for good attendance or grade
achievement – i.e., seniors can wear own
clothes
Less testing!
o Accountability is great, but it’s
taking our eye off the ball  let’s
use teachers observations  they
know how the kid is doing
Media literacy
World Café Ideas: At School, Existing Services / New Solutions
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Increase teacher pay / tie to performance?
Teachers should do home visits
Get more grandparents, family members in
to schools – high schools
Mixed age groups
Year round school – the achievement gap
happens in the summer
Competency based advancement instead of
just grade level advancement
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Home visits
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Assest-based framework
PBS / DECA student peer
Do home visits
o 1 church
 Kid – involvement in
expectations/welcome group
o 1 school
 Columbia, MO student
alumni to come back and edu.
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Engage outside groups to participate in
classrooms
Diversity class at high school level
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Better salary
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Smaller classes
Jobs for students after school and summer
Let parents know curriculum
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Good attitude and parental involvement
What People Need to Succeed (Jan Swaney)
o Value to community
o Choree
o Confidence to that that on
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Encouraging parent involvement
Angel
Home Access
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Websites
Communication
Idea “Volunteer Bank”
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Need mathematical literacy at younger ages
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Website information
Good communication from schools
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“A” for Effort
Foster innovation
Parent involvement
Website, Home access, Angel
PBS
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Website Info
Good communication
Library provides computers
Need more city transportation options
More minority role models  connect to
role models in local organizations
Volunteer opportunities need to be
“advertised”
Home / school communication
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Mentoring
Before and after school programs
Partners in Education
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World Café Ideas: At School, Existing Services / New Solutions
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Walking School Bus
Guidance counselors
Big Brothers and Big Sisters
Library
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Bank Buddies
Partners in Education
Mentoring
Guidance counselors
MU Service Learning
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Diversity Training
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Title one preschool
Fun City
High Steppers
Mentoring
PIE
Guidance Counselors
Service Learning
Media Centers
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Mentoring – PIE, Moving Ahead
Guidance counselors – good!
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Evaluations at the end of the class, so they
can share their thinking
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Activity bus
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Activity bus
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Address this issue of how teachers view
children
Professional development (Dr. Muhammad)
Also, teachers should have willingness to
make change
Students able to do teacher evaluations and
believe it
In after school activities – either school or
community (school = positive / safe
environment)
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CPS
Outreach
List / search
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Teachers!
Parents
Stable economic support from community
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Effort
Open to ideas/ innovative
Parental involvement
Home access – communications
Website
Home School Communicator
Role Models
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Special interest: drama – athletics
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Resources (counselors, programs, grants)
Existing school programs
Counselors, etc.
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Open door policy with interested parents
Websites/Angel/Home Access/CPS
Alerts/Open Houses/Conferences
PAT!!! Need more
Early intervention – identify all students
with needs
Educators need to find and express
specifically to the students
Recognition
Relationships
Extracurricular – a reason to go to school
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Extra curricular
Volunteer Bank – 211
Make it easier for team to help
Partner with Parents! It’s not you versus
them
Ask kids what their barriers are
Offer lots of options for communication –
not just school office hours – parents are
working just like teachers are
Look at your own statistics – your science
score are low, but you got rid of science
coaches – kids are in crisis but crisis
counselors were cut
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Shoes that fit
Buddy Packs
Solutions – offer courses where strengths are
Show benefits of education
Career Paths
Leadership Roles
Friendship groups
Extra Curricular activities – clubs
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Facilities
Technology
World Café Ideas: At School, Existing Services / New Solutions
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Strengths
Teachers
Adequate resources
Parents
Good teachers that are respected willing to
provide genuine positive feedback
Surveys without multiple choice
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Facilities
Teachers
Parents
Stable econ base
In-service/peer support for teachers
Positive feedback
Co-teaching: student teaching student,
teacher and teacher, both teach most of the
time. One doesn’t watch white the other
teaches very often.
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Technology
Facilities
Teachers that want to teach
Parents
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Stable economic base in the community
Small community help succeed
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Start by framing issue as who; instead focus
on the why of all low performers
Lack of cultural competency
Social distance issue creates conflict and
misperceptions of inappropriate behaviors
instead of recognizing there is a difference –
it is not right and wrong
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Home access
Communication between teachers, students,
parents
Smithton
Technology
PTA
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Return respect, personal responsibility
accountability and discipline to the
classroom
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JA
Outdoor classroom
VAC
Professional Learning Communities
University students
MAC Scholars
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Junior Achievement
Strengths
o MU volunteers
o Parent volunteers
o St. teaching program
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Junior achievement volunteer program
Outdoor classroom program
Community support in classroom
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Extra people
o University folks
World Café Ideas: At School, Existing Services / New Solutions
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AWWN
Mentors
Jumpstart
Title I Preschools
Headstart
PAT
Boys and Girls Club
 Transportation
o Career Center
o MAC Scholars
 “Where are the boys?”
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School Uniforms
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WalMart – Assoc. Critical Need Fund to
cover emergency cost
VAC
Family counselors to tell about resources –
crisis counselors in school setting
Support system with in school
Community support:
o Junior achievement
o Linked to state standards
o Resources
o Outdoor, classroom bring additional
adults to school to help in outdoor
classroom
Professional Learning Communities
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Change working to positive
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Change foreign language reg to allow for
more core study hall homework needs
Positive reinforcement CD
School Uniform
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What resources are available to make
awareness
A hub for parents to go for support or help
High school has opportunities for “social
expression”
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Need a dress code!
o Uniforms
o Addresses equity issues
Need multicultural and diversity training!
Must improve the Parent-Teacher
relationship
Improve the teacher-student relationship
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Honors teaching other classes across grades
(?!?)
Teacher assistance!!
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MAC Scholars
Identify – support system – Middle / HS
Adventure Club
Summer School bus limited
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Junior Achievement
K – 12 programs
Professional Learning Communities
Volunteers, mentors
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“Guided Reading” at Blue Ridge
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MAC Scholars
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School Board – panels to discuss a more
resources and streamlined agenda
Peer tutors
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Home School Communicators
A+ Program / mentors
More diverse teacher population
New way to assess students
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Achievement Gap
Cultural Gap
Training
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“All the Way” teachers
World Café Ideas: At School, Existing Services / New Solutions
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Home School Communicators at most
schools
“Sterling Elementary School” was
mentioned as a good model
Stop looking at students that do well as
“exceptions”
Consistency is key despite ethnicity
Understand people as individuals
Mixing student levels (even across grades)
so that students can help pull each other up.
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