Special PowerPoint Presentations

2008

Download Gene Bottoms’ 22nd Annual HSTW Staff Development Conference keynote presentation, which highlights the critical need to join academic and career/technical studies for more powerful student learning.
 
This PowerPoint presentation describes 10 conditions that result in students making greater effort to succeed in school.
 
To learn more about redesigning the ninth grade to improve student achievement, increase graduation rates, and help more at-risk students get off to a good start, download this PowerPoint presentation.
 

Here is Gene Bottoms' keynote address from the 21st Annual Staff Development Conference in July 2007. The title of this presentation is "Goals for the 21st Century: Increase Success, Decrease Failure."

Here is a session from the Summer Conference by Gene Bottoms entitled "Teach Mathematics Embedded in Career/Technical Classes: An Eight-Step Process."

Click here for Gene Bottoms' keynote address from the 20th Annual Staff Development Conference in July 2006. The title of this presentation is "Students Can’t Wait: High Schools Must Turn Knowledge into Action" Gene Bottoms looks at lessons that we have learned about improving middle grades and high schools. The best education is when you decide to teach all students to grade level and college-readiness standards.
 

2005

Orientation to High Schools That Work
This PowerPoint will address the HSTW framework of Goals, Key Practices and key conditions for whole-school reform and how school leaders can use the framework to customize a continuous school improvement effort.

Click here for Gene Bottoms' keynote address from the 19th Annual Staff Development Conference in July 2005. The title of this presentation is “Rigor, Relevance and Relationships: The 'New' Three Rs + High Expectations = High Performance for All Students.” Gene Bottoms will describe changes in school and classroom practices made by schools having the greatest gains in student achievement between 2002 and 2004. (05V22)
19th Annual Staff Development Conference program

Click here for Gene Bottoms' address from the pre-conference career/technical education workshop during the 19th Annual Staff Development Conference in July 2005. The title of this presentation is “The 'Career/Technical Education: Doing the Right Thing and Getting High Student Achievement.”

Click here for Gene Bottoms' presentation on rural schools from the 19th Annual Staff Development Conference in July 2005. The title of this presentation is “Rigor, Relevance and Relationships Matter in Improving Student Achievement in Rural Schools.” Gene Bottoms will present a study that compares rural high schools with higher percentages of students from poverty, minority backgrounds or both who perform above the mean on state assessment exams. These schools have more deeply implemented the HSTW design.

Click here for Gene Bottoms' presentation the 19th Annual Staff Development Conference in July 2005. The title of this presentation is “HSTW/CSR High Schools Making the Greatest Gains in Achievement: What Did They Do Differently?” Gene Bottoms will show that HSTW/CSR schools making the greatest achievement gains between 2002 and 2004 also made the greatest progress in implementing the HSTW reform model. Implementation of the HSTW design really does matter.

Click here for Gene Bottoms' presentation titled “A Comparative Study of High- and Low-implementation Middle Grades Schools.” Gene Bottoms will show that middle grades schools that have more deeply implemented the MMGW design have significantly higher achievement than schools with similar students that have not. Implementation of the MMGW model matters.

Click here for Gene Bottoms' presentation on state-level ways to improve career/technical education from the 19th Annual Staff Development Conference in July 2005. The title of this presentation is “What the States are Doing to Improve Career/Technical Education.” A panel of state directors will discuss how they are closing the achievement gaps between career/technical students and academic students in their states through successful innovations.

Click here for Gene Bottoms' presentation on career/technical education from the 19th Annual Staff Development Conference in July 2005. The title of this presentation is “A New Design for High School Career/Technical Studies.” Do PLTW students perform better than similar career/technical students in other programs? The presenter will compare the school and classroom experiences of students completing the pre-engineering curriculum with similar career/technical students completing other fields.

Click here for Gene Bottoms' presentation on raising achievement and improving graduation rates from the 19th Annual Staff Development Conference in July 2005. The title of this presentation is “Raising Achievement and Improving Graduation Rates: How Nine HSTW Sites Are Doing It.” This presentation will describe the actions employed by high schools that are both raising academic achievement and improving graduation rates.

Click here for Gene Bottoms' presentation from the 19th Annual Staff Development Conference in July 2005. The title of this presentation is “HSTW Follow-up Study of 2002 High School Graduates: Implications for Improving the Transition from High School to College and Careers.” Gene Bottoms will describe students' reflections from the 2002 follow-up study that indicate the level of success of their high schools' programs and practices. Schools can use this information to identify areas needing improvement and develop strategies for further improvement.
 

2004

Click here for Gene Bottoms' keynote address from the 18th Annual Staff Development Conference in July 2004. The title of this presentation is “Challenge to Lead: Building a Culture of High Expectations through Rigor, Relevance and Relationships.” By examining the data from the High Schools That Work Assessment in conjunction with established goals for achievement and high expectations, schools can determine where they stand in fully implementing the HSTW and MMGW school improvement designs. (04V45)
18th Annual Staff Development Conference program

2003

Click here for Gene Bottoms’ keynote address from the 17th Annual HSTW Staff Development Conference in July 2003. This speech profiles the top 50 schools within the HSTW network that have made significant progress by applying the 10 HSTW key practices to their school reform. Specific actions these schools have taken to more deeply implement the total HSTW improvement model are presented.

Click here for Karolyn Snyder’s keynote speech, “The Connection Between School Culture and Student Success,” from the HSTW staff development conference in July 2003. This speech addresses how the quality of life in a school organization significantly impacts the performance of its professionals and students. (Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Format  -- Microsoft offers a free viewer.)

2002

Click here for Gene Bottoms' keynote speech from the annual HSTW Staff Development Conference in July 2002. The title is “Doing What Works: Moving Together on High Standards for All Students.” The presentation explains the single characteristic shared by schools that have experienced significant gains in student achievement: Teachers and leaders agree on high standards for all students and work enthusiastically toward helping students meet those standards.