This
artifact primarily addresses Standard 10: Collaboration. With
my colleagues, I helped bring about a change in the district
resulting from being a part of this TACKLE Box Committee.
We were divided into sub-groups once we came to the belief
that a more gender inviting introductory class Freshman year
may help to reduce the large drop of girls enrolled in our
Technology classes between 8th and 9th grade.
This
artifact secondarily addresses all of the other standards,
except for student assessment. Our group studied content as
compared to female development at the secondary level. We
discussed and implemented strategies for enticing girls to
stay in the Technology program. Environment and communication
were studied and discussed in the planning of the new Introduction
to Technology class. Plans for assessing the success
of the program were incorporated into the global plan of adopting
the class into the curriculum. Later we would reflect on the
success of creating a more diverse environment in Technology
Education.
UW-Platteville
School of Education Knowledge, Skill, Disposition Statement
Alignment
I
believe this artifacts best aligns with KSD4f: Establishes
a Culture for Learning. The concentration of effort kept migrating
to a discussion of the reasons girls tend not to remain in
Technology Education classes in high school. From those conversations,
our goal was to establish a welcoming "culture for learning." |
Date:
_March, 2007
