An Analysis of Federal And State Educational Reforms: Staff Development & Implications For African Americans Learners

An Analysis of Federal And State Educational Reforms: Staff Development & Implications For African Americans Learners

Introduction

Education sector is the most important domain in any country; one that makes its citizens productive and constructive. While in the United States, this sector is flourishing and progressing; there are still some problems that need adequate attention from the authorities. One of such problems that are contributing towards educational deficiencies is the gender insensitivity and racial discrimination within schools and high schools. In some or all of the educational activities including extracurricular and sporting activities,

Afro-American students are either being suppressed or not being given their due share. This problem leads to inefficiencies in the environment and overall schooling system. This problem needs to be sorted out as developing countries boost of being equal to all of the society. No specific gender should have a preference over the other and everyone should enjoy a common position and status within the educational premises.

Teacher training contributes to the quality of teaching and tender to the success of all students. The training must enable each teacher to practice his or her profession in the best conditions to develop their knowledge and skills acquired from the courses for students. Teacher professional development planning has become a common necessity when introducing a system of promotion based on new levels. The workshops will provide the participant opportunity to develop knowledge to be integrated into the materials, providing the student specific activities and promote authentic learning. The workshop aims to enrich the innovative teaching practice strategies amongst educators. The quality of teaching is a key factor for achieving the objectives in creating social cohesion and developing economic growth and competitiveness. The teaching staff must be able to provide a quality education to enable citizens to acquire the knowledge and skills they will need in their personal and professional lives (Wells, 1994).

Goals & Objectives of Staff Development Workshops

The topic of our workshop is “Emphasis on effective education methods”. Following are the goals and objectives to be achieved by the end of this staff development workshop:

Goal # 1: Evaluation of the existing education methods

Objective: To analyze the determinants of a effective educational methodologies

Objective:To examine the role of educational euipments in improving the existing educational methods

Goal # 2: Examination of the student's competence level

Objective: To determine the skills required to develop interest amongst students

Objective: To identify successful assessment methods in order to determine student's competence level with precision.

Goal # 3: Impact of the role of curriculum design on effective educational strategies

Objective: To analyze the features of a successful curriculum designs

Objective: To determine the room for improvement in the existing curriculum design

Goal # 4: Impact of technology on educational methods

Objective:To analyze the effect of audio euipments in the classroom

Objective:To examine the impact of videos on student's knolwedge grasping skills

Goal # 5: Impact of extra curricular activities on student's performance

Objective:To assess the effect of activities such as educational games, dramas, quizzes ...