M³ Aligning English Curricula Based on Teacher Perceptions

Mentor 1

Vicki Bott

Location

Union Wisconsin Room

Start Date

28-4-2017 1:30 PM

End Date

28-4-2017 4:00 PM

Description

M3 is the educational initiative that partners Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), and UW-Milwaukee (UWM) with several goals to increase post-secondary education success rates. The section of M3 focused on in this study is aligning the English/Language Arts curricula. In order to conduct this research, several surveys (to varied audience and in multiple contexts) were devised and distributed to MPS middle and high school teachers, MATC English professors, and UWM first-year composition instructors. The results were then compiled and analyzed using Qualtrics. The large scale results of this research have not yet been determined because the study is ongoing. However, initial survey results reflect that MPS educators feel concerned that students are performing at too low of a level for college standards and that the current high school curriculum, standards, and placement are not conducive to getting students prepared for college. Additionally, the surveys reported that teachers desire to see more alignment in regards to instructional vocabulary, rubrics, and placement testing. These results provide a starting point for continued understanding of exactly what goes on in classrooms at each level in the hopes of taking the best of various methods, approaches, and techniques used to educate students in English classrooms and apply them throughout the three major institutions - Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Area Technical College, and UW-Milwaukee.

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M³ Aligning English Curricula Based on Teacher Perceptions

Union Wisconsin Room

M3 is the educational initiative that partners Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), and UW-Milwaukee (UWM) with several goals to increase post-secondary education success rates. The section of M3 focused on in this study is aligning the English/Language Arts curricula. In order to conduct this research, several surveys (to varied audience and in multiple contexts) were devised and distributed to MPS middle and high school teachers, MATC English professors, and UWM first-year composition instructors. The results were then compiled and analyzed using Qualtrics. The large scale results of this research have not yet been determined because the study is ongoing. However, initial survey results reflect that MPS educators feel concerned that students are performing at too low of a level for college standards and that the current high school curriculum, standards, and placement are not conducive to getting students prepared for college. Additionally, the surveys reported that teachers desire to see more alignment in regards to instructional vocabulary, rubrics, and placement testing. These results provide a starting point for continued understanding of exactly what goes on in classrooms at each level in the hopes of taking the best of various methods, approaches, and techniques used to educate students in English classrooms and apply them throughout the three major institutions - Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Area Technical College, and UW-Milwaukee.