One of my personal research interests is in the area of working with minority students in order to increase academic achievement. Any time I go to a national conference, I always make it a point to attend sessions regarding this subject. Of every presenter I have heard, including some of the most famous in the country, Dr. Hines is without a doubt the best. The difference between Dr. Hines and a lot of other “big name” presenters I have heard is that when you leave a presentation by Dr. Hines, you feel motivated and inspired to make a difference, and that you actually can make a difference, regardless of your culture, race, and educational attainment. He makes you believe that regardless of the situation, you can have a positive impact on students. I’ve not always gotten that message from some presenters I have heard.
Benjamin Petty, Assistant Principal
Klein Oak High School
Klein Independent School District
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I first attended Dr. Mack Hines workshop at the 2010 conference of the National Association of Black School Educators. I was immediately impressed with his enthusiasm in the knowledge of culturally proficient teaching strategies and pedagogy. Dr. Hines presented the value and ultimate effects of knowing and learning the cultures that one teaches, in order to authentically realize the academic successes of the student. When I returned from that conference, I immediately contacted Dr. Hines to come to the Hopkins, Minnesota school district to do a daylong workshop. Because we are a predominately white district, and the color of our classrooms is changing, our teaching staff has requested staff development in culturally responsive teaching. In coming to our district, Dr. Hines assisted our teaching staff in discussing race, culture and ethnicity and how to infuse these elements in our teaching. The staff continues to speak highly of Dr. Hines and how he came into our district and transformed the thinking and teaching of many.
Dr. Stanley H. Brown, Equity Specialist
Hopkins Public School District
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I am a Professional Service Provider for The School Improvement Resource Center and attended last year’s Texas School Improvement Conference. As I browsed through the schedule of offerings, there was one session that caught my attention. It was entitled, “Racially Relevant Instructional Strategies for Teaching African American Students”.
The presenter was Dr. Mack Hines. After reading the class description, I knew I wanted to attend this class. When I arrived at the class, every seat was taken and people were standing around the walls. I became one of those standing, and we were later asked to leave because we were in violation of the fire code. Well, we did follow instructions, but most of us moved out into the hallway, and because the door was left open, we could continue to hear the presentation. We literally were not able to leave.
Dr Hines held us in rapt attention as he charismatically went through the points of his presentation. His illustrations and examples were relevant and practical and simply just made sense. Those in attendance were jotting notes on their handouts and asking questions. Dr. Hines had great rapport with the audience and passionately spoke with strong conviction, about how African American students relate, how they respond and how they learn. His presence in the room was dynamic and energetic, to say the least. We all marveled at how he could capture the audience’s attention and hold it throughout the presentation.
Dr. Hines has stories and insights and experiences that would spark and inspire all educators to go out and be better at what they do for the students they serve.
Billie Grays, Professional Service Provider
School Improvement Resource Center
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Dr. Hines speaks with The Morning Blend on his visit to the Commerce ISD January 19-20 to share his three-part approach to building positive behavior and academic success within African American students.
Parents are encouraged to attend his workshop at 6 p.m., Wednesday, January 20 at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. A light meal will be served and childcare will be provided for children under six.
Nine graduate students have taken what they learned inside the classroom and turned it into a resource kit for Scott Johnson Elementary school teachers.
The kits, called “CSI packets” as a spin off the popular crime scene television show—with CSI standing for Curriculum Students and Instruction in this case, were designed for assistant professor of education Mack Hines’ curriculum planning class, a principal preparation course. Read more
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Dr. Mack Hines III
6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 11
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
1202 Champion Lane, Commerce
Because of the importance of seeing all students succeed, Commerce ISD is bringing back Dr. Mack T. Hines III, a highly sought after author, educator, consultant and speaker, to share
his approach to building positive behavior and academic success within African American students.
Hines will conduct a workshop for African American parents. His presentation focuses on how parents can work with teachers to benefi t their children, academically and behaviorally.
Please attend Dr. Hines presentation to learn how we all can play a role in student success.
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Hopkins Public Schools hosted an Equity Symposium on June 7, 8 and 9. Each day was devoted to a different topic around equity and education. About 60 people attended each session, which was open to equity specialists, equity team members, principals, master teachers, and school board members. Three facilitators led the symposium. The lineup is listed below:
June 7 – “Undoing whiteness: calling out the wizard behind the curtain.” Led by Dr. Heather Hackman.
June 8 – “Teaching BeBe’s kids: methodology for teaching ‘hard to teach’ students.” Led by Dr. Lucian Yates, III.
June 9 – “Race matters when teaching and reaching African American students.” Led by Dr. Mack Hines, III.
The purpose of the seminar was to give teachers and staff the tools, knowledge and instructional methods to reach the knowledge base of all students and teach to their strengths. These tools increase the self-confidence and self-esteem of students, which also broadens the potential for academic success.
“In order to become culturally proficient, we must constantly be in search of opportunities to grow our knowledge of the cultures and races represented in our schools and classrooms,” said Dr. Stanley Brown, coordinator of equity and inclusion for Hopkins Public Schools.
Hopkins Public Schools is committed to equity and inclusion for all students. Currently, 36 percent of students are of color and 34 percent qualify for Free and Reduced Price Lunch. About 7 percent are English Language Learners.
Participants left the symposium with a greater knowledge of the importance and the relevance of teaching with race and culture in mind. Each day was constructed to challenge thinking, provoke courageous conversations on race and expand perceptions on teaching and learning.
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“Our African-American students are really struggling,” said G.W. Neal, NISD assistant superintendent for human resources.
NISD African-American students are 10 points behind the average TAKS, TAKS-acc, TAKS-m, and TAKS-ALT scores among African-American students statewide.
“We feel like we have to be able to make the curriculum relevant to them as well as build a better support system both inside the school district and outside the school district,” said Ronny Knox, assistant superintendent for instruction.
To improve academic achievement, principals and other administrators participated in a workshop Wednesday led by author and educator Mack Hines to learn how to build relationships with African-American students. Read more
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Black students in Texas are much more likely to be kicked out of their regular classrooms than children of other races when the decision is left up to school administrators, according to state data from the last three years.
Texas Education Agency data shows that black student referrals to “disciplinary alternative education programs” were twice the rate of those for Hispanic students and three times the rate for white students for incidents not serious enough to warrant automatic removal.
In these lower level cases, administrators can decide if a student should leave the school. And for black students, one child out of 30 was removed in 2009-10, compared with one in 96 white students and one of 62 Hispanic students.
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