Like principals and administrators, teachers must take on greater roles today in order to successfully reach their students. They must provide increased classroom opportunities for success, after school programs that are relevant to the curriculum and the real world, and the possibility of hope for the future.

Module Objective: Through the examination of the case EBC Bushwick High School for Public Service, Stephen Peters' materials, and the virtual library readings, this module will help you to explore the realities of teaching and how best to meet those realities, which include but not limited to: addressing students in at-risk environments, low performance among pupils, funding issues, and problems with home-school communication.

Case Study Log out when you are finished viewing the case to avoid conflicting browser sessions. If you have trouble viewing the case, please see the CaseNEX login instructions. Go to www.casenex.com Enter this login into the green circle: USERNAME: peters08 PASSWORD: demo To access the CaseNEX Case, scroll through the list of cases that appear once you login. To access the CaseNEX Virtual Library, click on class materials, The Virtual Library, Readings (search), and enter the title in the Search Title field. EBC High School for Public Service Administrators and teachers of EBC High School for Public Service-Bushwick view themselves as citizen leaders responsible for the well-being of their community. EBC emphasizes changing the community not from the outside but from within. View the full case...

Discussion: What are some of the instructional and school-wide issues with which EBC High School is faced? How are these issues similar and/or different from those in your school and how are they currently confronted? What actions have teachers at EBC High School taken to resolve some of these issues and what are the consequences, both short and long-term, of the actions they have taken?

Journal: Review Peters' examination of "How the Roles of Teachers Have Changed" either in your text (Figure 3.1, p34) or from his presentation, and the knowledge from the readings, especially Gordon's and Maxey's "Six Environmental Difficulties." Compare how the new realities of teaching and environmental difficulties are addressed in your school. What lessons can you learn about how your school might better face these "new realities, issues, and environmental factors?"

Workbook: Using Peters' "System Deliverables to Students" (Figure 3.2, p39), describe how the administrators, staff, and teachers of EBC Bushwick have created successful "opportunities for effective teaching and learning." In an action plan, describe how your school might provide similar opportunities for students in each of the fifteen categories, describing the anticipated and unanticipated consequences for each.

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