Toxic Culture of Education / Teachers: Aiden Hoke, Molly Bickle, Olivia Aufforth, Alanna Garcia

 

  I 

Unit: Teaching

Theme: Toxic Culture of Education

 

Introduction

A toxic school culture is defined as an environment where professionals are not on the same page; do not trust each other and where the performance and mental health of teaching staff has impacted in a negative way. Joshua Katz goes further by saying that "we have created a 'Toxic Culture of Education' in our country that is damaging students, impacting our economy, and threatening our future." The video presented today reflects Katz's notion about how this situation can be fixed.

 

II

Learning Objectives


  • Understand the challenges faced by public school teachers

  • Explain aspects of Katz' speech with which you agree or  disagree

  • Gain an awareness of the way in which we could fix the system

  • Experience what is like to empower new teachers by discussing this subject


 III

Main Lesson

 

1

Minilessons

John Kennedy, Tyler Egan, Michael McLaughlin, Nick Robert


2

Students' Feedback


IV

A Note to Remember

Since the passage of No Child Left Behind, we have embraced a culture of high stakes testing and are perpetuating a false sense of failure in our schools. We have ignored research and data on effective policy making practices in order to serve the interest of private industries that have monetized our students. The impact is being felt in communities, on college campuses, and in our economy. The solution lies in a common sense approach to student development, curriculum choice, career exploration, and relevant data analysis.

 

 V

Case Study

 

 

 Toxic culture of education: Joshua Katz

 This talk will present a vision of an education system that allows us to embrace our full potential if we only had the courage to ask "Why Not"?







VI 
 
Discussion Questions

After watching this video; what do you think is Joshua Katz main message? Explain your answer.

 

 VII

Journaling

 

VIII

Glossary

 

IX

Sources

 

X

Students' Work

Lesson Plans

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