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Education And The Black Community: What Are We Missing?, Evetty Satterfield, Katherine Mencer
Education And The Black Community: What Are We Missing?, Evetty Satterfield, Katherine Mencer
Black Issues Conference
Teachers of Color in the state of Tennessee comprise only 13% of overall teachers in the workforce*. As Tennessee's student body becomes increasingly diverse, recruiting and retaining teachers of color, as well as providing cultural relevant content, is paramount. This session will provide an interactive presentation that will allow community voices to shape education priorities among Black and Brown students in Knox County Schools. Led by Knox County School Board Member, Evetty Satterfield and 2018 Teacher of the Year, Katherine Mencer, participants will engage in an action lab. Action labs are problem solving platforms that engage citizens to create solutions …
Measuring School-Based Agriculture Education Total Program Success: Classroom, Ffa, And Sae, Katie J. Shields
Measuring School-Based Agriculture Education Total Program Success: Classroom, Ffa, And Sae, Katie J. Shields
EURēCA: Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement
The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) is exploring options for determining effectiveness of career and technical eduction programs. The purpose of this study was to deteremine the metrics Tennessee agricultural education teachers perceived as indicators of excellent total programs – classroom instruction, FFA (student organization), and Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE). A Delphi was used to obtain a general consensus by a panel of 21 agriculture teacher experts. A 66.7% agreement rate was determined a priori to represent a general consensus. The panel identified one classroom, five FFA, and three SAE metrics to indicate total program excellence. Student pesticide certification was …