REFORM SYMPOSIUM 2011 SESSION21:00 EST
JULY 30 T H , 2011STEVE JOHNSON
Let’s Talk About Kids That Come To Us From Poverty
Before we begin, please click the link below and take a short survey that will help us drive this
conversation:
Who am I?
Steve JohnsonTwitter: @edtechsteveWebsite: edtechsteve.comEmail: [email protected]: edtechsteve.blogspot.com
North Carolina, USA
Writer/Author
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Session Outline
Purpose: Talk about how we can best serve students that come to us from
povertyTake-away: Specific actions we can take in our schools to have a larger and
longer lasting impactConversation Points (be thinking about these!):
•Take a look at survey results, think about obstacles kids in poverty face.•Question: What do kids from poverty experience in school? Why do they experience this?•Question: How do we build teacher empathy? How do we move from pity to empathy?•Question: What do these students need from us to be successful, long-term? What actions do we take to address these needs?•Extra Credit Question : Is poverty an “excuse”?
Question: What do kids from poverty experience in school? Why do they experience this?
Effects of Poverty on Students
Family income level most consistent predictor of school success
Primary Risk Factors: Emotional and social challenges Acute and chronic stressors Cognitive lags Health and safety issues
“Children raised in poverty rarely choose to behave differently, but they are faced daily with overwhelming challenges that affluent children never have to confront.” (Jensen, P. 14)
Question: How do we build teacher empathy? How do we move from pity to empathy?
Question: How do we build teacher empathy? How do we move from pity to empathy?
Hope
Empathy is NOT
ENOUGH
Question: What do these students need from us to be successful, long-term? What actions do we take to address
these needs?
Question: Is Poverty an “excuse”?
Where to go from here?
Implement ways in your school to build empathy
Have this same conversation about how to convert empathy to action. Be action oriented
Follow through….all the way through.Continue to bring issue up at ed conferences
of all shapes and sizes (I’ll be submitting to Educon…).
Other ideas to keep this conversation going? #povertychat?
Thanks!!!!!