The Heart of the Revolution Revealing the most CRITICAL issues inside the classroom

1. The Heart of the RevolutionRevealing the most CRITICAL issues inside the classroom By: Erick Palacio, Danielle Mendez, Moses Sanchez, PerlaAngulo

2. “Pedagogy is at the heart of revolution” -Paulo Freire Our Focus Area: Teaching

3. What quality of teaching is (or should ) every child in California be entitled to? Who are the various parties responsible for these entitlements? Research Questions

4. Methodology

5. Used to collect, in a systematic way, information from a sample of individuals • We used close-ended questions by presenting the respondent with a continuous scale • Allowed us to cover a large population in a small amount of time Purpose of Surveys

6. Teacher Surveys Student Surveys • 103 surveys • 17 questions • Distributed to teachers from Wilson and Roosevelt • 1,269 surveys • 30 questions • Distributed to Wilson, Roosevelt, Manual Arts, Crenshaw, Locke, L.A high Surveys

7. Born September 19, 1921 – May 2, 1997 • Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil • Brazilian educator and influential theorist of critical pedagogy Paulo ReglusNevesFreire

8. Freire’s Banking Concept Pedagogy of the Oppressed -Paulo Freire

9. Problem-Posing PedagogyPaulo Freire

10. So what does this all add up to? A Banking education system for the youth of America

11. Claim 1 • Although the state of California is providing students with an adequate number of highly qualified teachers, students also need teachers who care

12. A bachelor’s degree • Full state certification, as defined by the state • Demonstrated competency, as defined by the state, in each core academic subject he or she teaches. Source: US Department of Education Definition of a Highly Qualified Teacher: As of 2008-2009, LAUSD has 95.5% full credential teachers. Source: Ed-Data www.ed-data.k12.ca.us

13. Source: UCLA/IDEA Access to Qualified Teachers UCLA/IDEA

14. Teachers need to care about their students and not just care about how they do in class but care about them holistically Teachers Insights • …Equip students with the necessary skills in order to prepare them for higher education, that is the ultimate goal a good teacher should be striving for. -Mr.Jiang -Ms.Andrade

15. My teachers value my culture and ideas through their teaching

16. My teachers care about me and prepare me for the future

17. The pedagogy (teaching) displayed in urban schools reflects the banking method of education, ultimately preventing students from developing critical thinking skills Claim 2:

18. My voice is taken into consideration at my school

19. Claim 3 • Teachers who care for their students have high expectations for their learning

23. A good teacher really challenges their students as much as possible, doesn’t set low expectations, doesn’t see them as students that aren’t able to achieve but instead has high expectations for them Teacher Thoughts -R Dueñas

24. Teachers must be fully credentialed AND support students emotionally, personally, and use problem posing methods to be culturally relevant to students. Our Definition of Quality Teaching:

25. For Community Members: • support students and teachers by staying involved ( i.e. phone calls, email, text messages OUR DEMANDS!

26. Set high goals and help us achieve them • Challenge us to show you care • Focus on college going habits, skills and attitudes • Expand our horizons by teaching us about more than what is happening in our community but what is happening in the world • Develop a relationship with our family members Educators:

27. We want expertsand not just qualified teachers • We want recognition for teachers who excel • We want changes to seniority policies • We want to evaluate teachers based on student improvement and our opinion not just standardized testing Policy Makers

28. Teaching is the heart of the revolution