Fly Your Kite - No Matter What the Weather!

General Info

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

• Replaces NCLB! 1st piece of federal legislation in 50+ years provides justification for funding library programs.
• 8K public schools in the U.S. do not have a school library.
• Of schools with school libraries: nearly 17,000 schools do not have a full or part-time state-certified librarian on staff.

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• LMS listed as specialized instructional support personnel
• Gives flexibility for spending funds for school library programs.
• Importance of school libraries finally being recognized in the educational arena.
• Bill passage means greatly increased chance for staffing each school with a certified LMS.

Teen Trends

The Good:

• Bullying among kids aged 12-18 dropped to 22% in 2013 (down from 32% in 2005).
• The high school smoking rate is 15.7% (lowest recorded since surveys started in 1991).
• National teen pregnancy rates are at a record low.
• Heroin use is at an all time low.
• Synthetic marijuana use is down.

The Bad:

• 41% of teens text and drive.
• eCigarette use tripled among middle and high schoolers in the past year.
• 18% of teens use prescription drugs without a prescription.
• For the first time ever, marijuana use exceeds tobacco use among teens.

Olathe, KS

• Latino students fastest growing group.
• Whites - 77%
• Latinos - nearly 11%
• African-Americans - 5%
• Asians - 4%

Know:

• 24% of teens online "almost constantly"
• More than 3/4 of teens have access to a smartphone
• Most likely group to have a smartphone? African-American students

Social Media

• Facebook is still #1 with 71 % of teens
• Next up are Instagram (52%) and Snapchat (41%)
• Boys visit Facebook more often than girls
• Girls are likely to visit Instagram more often

Social Media

• Facebook is still #1 with 71 % of teens
• Next up are Instagram (52%) and Snapchat (41%)
• Boys visit Facebook more often than girls
• Girls are likely to visit Instagram more often

Who uses the internet the most?

• African-American and Hispanic teens - 66%
• Teens from less-well-off families (less than 50K) use Facebook more
• Teens from more affluent families (more than 75K) use Instagram

Visual Media Platforms

• Girls use all visually-oriented social media in greater numbers than boys: Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest & Tumblr

Boys are still more likely...

• To have a video game console (91%) and to play video games online or via phone (84%)

Gaps in Access to Technology occur:

• Socioeconomic lines
• Racial lines
• Ethnic lines

Gender Gap

• Girls outpace boys in text messaging, and visual social media platforms
• Boys outnumber girls in console ownership and video game playing

Desktops/Laptops/Tablets

• 87% of teens have access to a desktop or laptop computer
• 58% of teens have access to a tablet computer
• White teens are most likely to have a desktop or laptop computer
• Among low-income teens ( less than 50K), 8 out of 10 have either a desktop or laptop

How much time online?

• 92% of teens go online daily
• 56% are online several times a day
• Only 12% reported just one-a-day use

Race/Socioeconomic Trends

• African-American and Hispanic teens go online with greater frequency
• Teens from well-to-do families (more than 75K) go online more frequently than teens from homes earning less than 50K

Texting

• 33% of teens use messaging apps like Kik or WhatApp - of those teens, 46% are Hispanic and 47% are African-American

Typical Teens

• Send and receive 30 texts a day
• Older teen girls (15-17) send and receive 50 messages a day
• The most messages are sent daily from teens within the lower socioeconomic group (less than 30K)

Anonymous Apps

• Whisper, Yik Yak, AskFM
• Only 11% of all teens using apps like this
• Girls are slightly more likely to use than boys; Hispanic teens are nearly twice as likely as white teens to use these apps

Digital Natives?

• 19% of students aged 12-15 believe information retrieved by Google or Bing must be true.
• Students are turning to YouTube for "true and accurate information" about current events.
• Only half of all student using YouTube for this purpose understand that advertising is the main source of funding for YouTube!

ACT Exam

• Find your answer bubble sheet/fill out your name
• All items on desk go onto floor
• No cell phones
• Calculator OK
• Pass out test passages

ACT Handouts - Prep from K-up

• Text complexity rubric - reading
• ACT reading readiness standards - what areas do we touch?
• Reading ideas for progress
• 8th grade non-negotiable knowledge and skills
• Persuasive essay example

Shelly Mac Book Talks

Brunch Time!

Discussion - time permitting

• Teen Trends - how do they play into the services you provide to students?
• ACT Goals - district composite score of 25 within the next year!
• How can your actions/services support this goal?

Cassy Osborn

• District Controller
• Blanket POs
• PunchOut POs
• Destiny/MPP integration