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[00:00.04]When teachers at one of the top
[00:02.36]public schools in Florida
[00:04.36]are asked how they succeed,
[00:06.72]one answer is universal:
[00:09.12]They have autonomy in the classroom.
[00:13.00]Teachers with autonomy
[00:14.96]are able to make decisions
[00:16.76]and plans independently in their classrooms.
[00:20.32]The majority of American teachers report
[00:23.44]feeling stressed and unhappy at work,
[00:26.44]a Pew Research Center study found last year.
[00:30.20]Another study by Brown University
[00:33.12]and the University of Albany
[00:35.32]found that reduced job satisfaction
[00:38.32]has been connected to a drop in teachers'
[00:41.04]sense of autonomy in the classroom.
[00:44.76]But at A.D. Henderson School in Boca Raton, Florida,
[00:49.08]school leaders permit their staff
[00:51.32]high levels of classroom autonomy — and it works.
[00:56.48]Henderson is a public school of 636 kindergartners
[01:01.84]to eighth graders on the campus
[01:04.36]of Florida Atlantic University.
[01:07.16]Henderson students scored in the top 1 percent
[01:10.88]to 3 percent in nearly every subject
[01:14.16]in the state's latest standardized tests.
[01:17.28]In almost every subject,
[01:19.56]60 percent or more of Henderson students
[01:22.72]scored far above the Florida state average.
[01:27.52]"There is a lot of our own individual input
[01:30.72]allowed in doing the activities
[01:32.84]that we want to do in the classroom,"
[01:35.08]said Vanessa Stevenson.
[01:37.36]She is a middle school science teacher at Henderson.
[01:42.16]She plans to start a horse medicine class next fall
[01:46.04]even though the school has no horses.
[01:49.04]She believes she will find a way
[01:51.48]to make the class a success.
[01:54.64]"It's a bit of trial and error
[01:57.12]because there's nothing being handed
[01:59.16]to you saying, ‘Do it this way.'
[02:01.64]You just have to figure it out," she said.
[02:05.44]Joel Herbst is the superintendent of Henderson
[02:08.96]and its partner FAU High School.
[02:12.60]He called the teachers his "secret sauce."
[02:15.88]He said the school's success
[02:18.52]can be done anywhere if administrators
[02:21.16]give teachers more freedom.
[02:24.24]When that happens, he said,
[02:26.08]teachers create hands-on programs
[02:28.68]that help students learn more.
[02:31.20]"Give (teachers) the freedom to do what they do best,
[02:35.28]which is to impart knowledge,
[02:37.44]to teach beyond the textbook," Herbst said.
[02:42.12]Madhu Narayanan is an education professor
[02:46.20]at Portland State University.
[02:48.56]He studies teacher independence.
[02:52.12]He said independence is highly related
[02:55.32]to teacher morale and success.
[02:58.32]But independence must be combined
[03:01.28]with administrative support.
[03:04.48]"It can't be, ‘Here is the classroom,
[03:07.24]here is the textbook, we'll see you in six months.'
[03:11.04]Those teachers have tremendous autonomy,
[03:14.32]but feel lost," he said.
[03:17.68]About 2,700 families
[03:20.44]enter a lottery each year
[03:22.56]for the 60 spots in Henderson's kindergarten class
[03:26.60]and openings in other grades.
[03:29.56]Some children entering Henderson are gifted.
[03:32.72]Some have learning disabilities.
[03:35.48]Most are average learners, however.
[03:39.08]The school must follow a Florida law
[03:41.84]that requiring the student population
[03:44.32]at university-run "laboratory" schools
[03:47.16]to match state population demographics
[03:50.16]for race, gender and income.
[03:52.84]Because families apply to attend,
[03:56.08]parental involvement is high.
[03:59.80]Jenny O'Sullivan teaches a class on art and technology.
[04:05.60]Her kindergartners learn computer coding basics
[04:08.92]by playing a game with a robot.
[04:11.84]And fourth and fifth graders
[04:14.72]make videos celebrating Earth Day.
[04:18.96]Her new classroom has the newest technology.
[04:22.88]But she says such classes can be taught anywhere
[04:26.24]if the teacher is given the ability to be creative.
[04:31.64]Amy Miramontes teaches sixth graders
[04:35.20]a Medical Detectives class.
[04:37.56]They examine pieces of rabbit muscle
[04:40.60]under a microscope, using safe chemicals
[04:43.68]to find what disease each animal had.
[04:48.24]Miramontes hopes the class
[04:50.32]grows students' interest in medicine.
[04:53.08]She also hopes her class
[04:55.52]gives students the knowledge needed in two years
[04:58.72]when they take the state's eighth-grade science test.
[05:03.60]Henderson's success
[05:05.36]has led to more money and grants.
[05:08.28]The middle school's drone program, for example,
[05:11.68]recently won a national competition in California.
[05:17.00]Henderson's drone teams have a room
[05:20.04]to practice flying the devices through an obstacle course,
[05:23.72]plus flight simulators
[05:25.68]donated by the local power company.
[05:28.88]The drone program is a chance to compete
[05:31.80]while using the physics and aeronautics
[05:35.24]learned in the classroom, teacher James Nance said.
[05:40.68]Eighth grader Anik Sahai
[05:42.68]is in Stevenson's science class.
[05:45.60]He created an app that uses the camera
[05:48.92]to diagnose diabetic retinopathy.
[05:52.68]The eye disease is a leading cause
[05:55.36]of blindness worldwide.
[05:58.64]Sahai's app took first place
[06:01.08]in the state's middle school science fair
[06:03.28]and is being considered for commercial use.
[06:07.36]The 14-year-old credits his success
[06:10.16]to his years at Henderson,
[06:11.72]beginning in the preschool program.
[06:15.44]"The teachers here, they're amazing," he said.
[06:17.96]"They've been trained
[06:19.48]on how to get us to the next level."
[06:21.80]I'm Dan Novak. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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