1. The Heart of the Revolution Revealing the most CRITICAL issues inside the classroom By: Erick Palacio, Danielle Mendez, Moses Sanchez, Perla Angulo

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

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

4. Methodology Survey Quantitative Interviews Qualitative

5. Purpose of Surveys 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

6. Surveys Teacher SurveysStudent 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

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

8. Freire’s Banking Concept Teachers Deposit information to students. Students Are depositorie s that only receive, fill, and store? Banking Concept Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Paulo Freire

9. Problem-Posing Pedagogy Paulo Freire Empowered Student Voice Teachers (Talk & Listen) Problem- Posing Pedagogy

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. Definition of a Highly Qualified Teacher: 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 As of 2008-2009, LAUSD has 95.5% full credential teachers. Source: Ed-Data www.ed-data.k12.ca.us

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

14. -Mr.Jiang Teachers need to care about their students and not just care about how they do in class but care about them holistically …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. -Ms.Andrade Teachers Insights

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

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

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

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. -R Dueñas 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

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

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

26. Educators: 1.Set high goals and help us achieve them 2.Challenge us to show you care 3.Focus on college going habits, skills and attitudes 4.Expand our horizons by teaching us about more than what is happening in our community but what is happening in the world 1.Develop a relationship with our family members

27. Policy Makers We want experts and 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

28. Teaching is the heart of the revolution