IGNITE Presentation

2. NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL
Location: Farmington, WV
Student Population: Approximately 800 – Class AA, Low
SES
Mascot: Huskies

3. 6 YEARS AND STILL GOING
STRONG…

4. IDENTIFIED ISSUES
- High Dropout Rates
- Student Empathy
- Teacher Frustrations
- Low Test Scores

5. POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
- Project-based learning
- Hands – on activities
- More opportunities to take
electives
- Combined core subjects

6. INNOVATION ZONE:
TRUST, RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY

18. WHAT WE’VE LEARNED
- Students can enjoy coming to school
- Students love to be challenged
- Teachers enjoy their jobs more when students are happy
- A learning environment can be setup based on trust,
respect, and responsibility
- Students like to be treated like young adults, not babies
- Students will work harder when they know there will be
some sort of accountability (more than a grade) at the
end of it all

19. ONE SIZE FITS ALL?
- Not all students respond well to this type of teaching
- Some enjoy more traditional styles of learning
- Some don’t learn the content well through projects /hands-
on activities
- Traditional assessments are oftentimes necessary
- Just like a teaching strategy of lecturing over and over again
gets boring, so does the PBL

20. WHAT THIS MEANS FOR ME AS A TEACHER
- This experience has made me such a better teacher –
having another teacher in the classroom with me ups the
accountability!
- My teaching philosophy has changed drastically for the
better!
- I used to be the strict, miserable teacher that ruled with
an iron fist, now I’m existing in a classroom full of mutual
respect and happiness!
- You have control of what happens inside your classroom
walls so make the difference there! Know your students
and do what’s best for them!