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In the last couple of years, the school district that I work for has joined the West Metro Education Programs Consortium (WMEP) and brought NUA to Minnesota to close the achievement gap and address issues of equity in education. From my work in inner city Columbus, OH, this work has really resonated with me and I have joined the district NUA Leadership team. As part of the work of the leadership team, I am training to become a Regional NUA Consultant. This work involves attending NUA's Summer Academies, working with teachers and staff in my building and across the district to provide ongoing professional development, as well as working with teachers from other districts, and the NUA Consultants. I have been really energized by this work and can't wait to implement more of the strategies in my classroom.
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Summer Academy 2008 -- Albany, New York
Yvette Jackson -- Opening Session
- Diane Zimmerman -- 5 Hats of Shared Leadership
- Stephanie Rome and Eyka Stevens -- Pedagogical Flow Map
- Denise Nessel -- Structuring the Lesson--part 2
- Katie Pearson -- Culturally Responsive Teaching
- David Hyerle -- Coaching with Thinking Maps (tm)
- Yvette Jackson -- Final Session
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The NUA's mission is to "substantiate in the public schools of urban America an irrefutable belief in the capacity of all children to reach the highest levels of learning and thinking demanded by our ever-changing global community." NUA, (2008). NUA. Retrieved September 30, 2008, Web site: http://www.nuatc.org/newsite/home.html
NUA was formalized in 1989 as an extension of the College Board to improve access to higher education for urban nonwhite students. In 1991 NUA was first launched at Teachers College, Columbia University as a center for collaboration with the College Board and targeted school districts.
NUA's work is focused on learning & teaching. We build toward high intellectual performance through students’ culture, language, and cognition. Mentors in NUA’s network plan with school districts and provide ongoing professional development activities for teachers and administrators to improve classroom instruction, and to improve how school communities are organized for sustained achievement. NUA mentors are scholar practitioners--teachers and university faculty who promote higher student achievement through structural and instructional interventions incorporating the latest research on organizational development, cognition, reasoning, thinking, and higher-order comprehension skills. NUA, (2008). NUA. Retrieved September 30, 2008, Web site: http://www.nuatc.org/newsite/home.html
NUA mentors go into schools to assess how each one is organized for instruction, examining its school climate and how data are used to “tune” instruction to each student. By demonstrating lessons in math, science, reading, and writing with groups of students, mentors coach instructional staff to accelerate student learning. Mentors deliver state-of-the-art theory & practice to school communities and classrooms. NUA, (2008). NUA. Retrieved September 30, 2008, Web site: http://www.nuatc.org/newsite/home.html
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