Principles of a Turnaround District

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Principles of a Turnaround District

• Mike Miles
• Oct 2009

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The most important work of our time
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The most important work of our time
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For many, we are their last best hope.
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What they are up against.
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Graduation rate (70)
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Graduation rate -- Hispanic (55)
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White male dropouts jobless (34)
Plight Deepens for Black Men, Erik Eckholm, New
York Times, 20 Mar 2006
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Hispanic male dropouts jobless (19)
Plight Deepens for Black Men, Erik Eckholm, New
York Times, 20 Mar 2006
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Black male dropouts jobless (72)
Plight Deepens for Black Men, Erik Eckholm, New
York Times, 20 Mar 2006
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Black males w/o College jobless (50)
Plight Deepens for Black Men, Erik Eckholm, New
York Times, 20 Mar 2006
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Black males in their 20s incarcerated (21)
Plight Deepens for Black Men, Erik Eckholm, New
York Times, 20 Mar 2006
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Black males by mid 30s incarcerated (30)
Plight Deepens for Black Men, Erik Eckholm, New
York Times, 20 Mar 2006
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Black male dropouts by mid 30s incarcerated
(60)
Plight Deepens for Black Men, Erik Eckholm, New
York Times, 20 Mar 2006
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Monica Trujillo, Eric Anderson, Crystal Summers,
Jerry Duston, Linda Treeledge, Jose Santora,
Julio Martinez, Daniel Murry, Twanda Pannell,
Jodi Papproth, Marcus Wright, Jerry Castle,
Loretta Chance, Maria Centola, Ken Murphy, Albert
Gonzales, Michael Scanlan, Janelle Gibbons, Mira
Wisely, Angela Witt, John Thiel, Asfaw Tesar,
Shane Pagliosa,Tim Winterholt, Carolyn Winaski,
Shatiqua Davies, Carmen Shiolapa, Judy Easter,
Arthur Doyle, Steve Eckman, Aljerene Edgell,
Veronica Curtis, Tamara Fitts, Cesar Flemas,
Herbert Guild, Maria Gudino, Charlie Gryboski,
Terell Monday, Lee Grotter, Alaska Havens,
Phillip Haruf, Anna Ivey, Martina Irrera, Vivian
Infante, Helen Idol, Bob Ivers, Victor Kuzman,
Manual Kalahara, Christian Kuzma, Brian Latella,
Geraldine Larson, Matthew Langan, Richard
Larimore, Janette Macdowell, Ramon Macias,
Natalie Lusky, Bob Matta, Geraldine Luevano,
Thomas MacDonald, Alice Mayer, Darlene Martinez,
Tammy Massa, Billy Murphy, Jennifer Mummert, Anna
Murrillo, Brook Nemchik, Laura Neilson, David
Neubauer, Sharon Oleson, David Ogle, Connie
Obrien, Jerry Orosco, Martina Oliverio, Missy
Oliver, Claudia Orner, John Orlando, Hugo
Pierson, Francheska Pizarro, Terrell Pritchard,
Ida Pickett, Shawanda Adams, Caleb Plasters,
Edward Palisko, Kevin Pruett, Andrea Quinata,
Carlos Quintana, Lisa Quillo, Tom Remillard,
Renee Perez, Jackie Regan, Richard Reldy, Sajara
Rivas, Billy Sawyer, Joann Savala, Betty Sheets,
Arthur Shane, Conswelo Sundermann, Sharlene
Sullivan, Marcos Valderez, Brett Whetstone,
Charice Wescott, Douglas Wertamore, Darrell
Williams, Toniqua Yanik
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Monica Trujillo, Eric Anderson, Crystal Summers,
Jerry Duston, Linda Treeledge, Jose Santora,
Julio Martinez, Daniel Murry, Twanda Pannell,
Jodi Papproth, Marcus Wright, Jerry Castle,
Loretta Chance, Maria Centola, Ken Murphy, Albert
Gonzales, Michael Scanlan, Janelle Gibbons, Mira
Wisely, Angela Witt, John Thiel, Asfaw Tesar,
Shane Pagliosa,Tim Winterholt, Carolyn Winaski,
Shatiqua Davies, Carmen Shiolapa, Judy Easter,
Arthur Doyle, Steve Eckman, Aljerene Edgell,
Veronica Curtis, Tamara Fitts, Cesar Flemas,
Herbert Guild, Maria Gudino, Charlie Gryboski,
Terell Monday, Lee Grotter, Alaska Havens,
Phillip Haruf, Anna Ivey, Martina Irrera, Vivian
Infante, Helen Idol, Bob Ivers, Victor Kuzman,
Manual Kalahara, Christian Kuzma, Brian Latella,
Geraldine Larson, Matthew Langan, Richard
Larimore, Janette Macdowell, Ramon Macias,
Natalie Lusky, Bob Matta, Geraldine Luevano,
Thomas MacDonald, Alice Mayer, Darlene Martinez,
Tammy Massa, Billy Murphy, Jennifer Mummert, Anna
Murrillo, Brook Nemchik, Laura Neilson, David
Neubauer, Sharon Oleson, David Ogle, Connie
Obrien, Jerry Orosco, Martina Oliverio, Missy
Oliver, Claudia Orner, John Orlando, Hugo
Pierson, Francheska Pizarro, Terrell Pritchard,
Ida Pickett, Shawanda Adams, Caleb Plasters,
Edward Palisko, Kevin Pruett, Andrea Quinata,
Carlos Quintana, Lisa Quillo, Tom Remillard,
Renee Perez, Jackie Regan, Richard Reldy, Sajara
Rivas, Billy Sawyer, Joann Savala, Betty Sheets,
Arthur Shane, Conswelo Sundermann, Sharlene
Sullivan, Marcos Valderez, Brett Whetstone,
Charice Wescott, Douglas Wertamore, Darrell
Williams, Toniqua Yanik
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Matthew Langan, Richard Larimore, Janette
Macdowell, Ramon Macias, Natalie Lusky, Bob
Matta, Geraldine Luevano, Thomas MacDonald, Alice
Mayer, Darlene Martinez, Tammy Massa, Billy
Murphy, Jennifer Mummert, Anna Murrillo, Brook
Nemchik, Laura Neilson, David Neubauer, Sharon
Oleson, David Ogle, Connie Obrien, Jerry Orosco,
Martina Oliverio, Missy Oliver, Claudia Orner,
John Orlando, Hugo Pierson, Francheska Pizarro,
Terrell Pritchard, Ida Pickett, Shawanda Adams,
Caleb Plasters, Edward Palisko, Kevin Pruett,
Andrea Quinata, Carlos Quintana, Lisa Quillo, Tom
Remillard, Renee Perez, Jackie Regan, Richard
Reldy, Sajara Rivas, Billy Sawyer, Joann Savala,
Betty Sheets, Arthur Shane, Conswelo Sundermann,
Sharlene Sullivan, Marcos Valderez, Brett
Whetstone, Charice Wescott, Douglas Wertamore,
Darrell Williams, Toniqua Yanik
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Missy Oliver, Claudia Orner, John Orlando, Hugo
Pierson, Francheska Pizarro, Terrell Pritchard,
Ida Pickett, Shawanda Adams, Caleb Plasters,
Edward Palisko, Kevin Pruett, Andrea Quinata,
Carlos Quintana, Lisa Quillo, Tom Remillard,
Renee Perez, Jackie Regan, Richard Reldy, Sajara
Rivas, Billy Sawyer, Joann Savala, Betty Sheets,
Arthur Shane, Conswelo Sundermann, Sharlene
Sullivan, Marcos Valderez, Brett Whetstone,
Charice Wescott, Douglas Wertamore, Darrell
Williams, Toniqua Yanik
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They will need our best work.
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They will need our best work.
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Transformation
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A transformation, not a reform, is needed, and
time is against us.
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Epicycle?
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Planet
Earth
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Earth
Planet
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Epicycles?

• Programs to provide more data when the data one
  has are not being used to change instruction
• Evaluation process without instructional feedback
  
• Programs to help teach students or suggest
  interventions when there is not good first
  instruction
• Complex remediation or dismissal process
• Professional development without on-the-job
  coaching
• Negotiations for salary increases based on
  questionable criteria

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What does it take to be a turnaround District?
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Key concepts and operating principles
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1) Put philosophy first
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Harrison Philosophy

• Our main purpose is to improve student academic
  achievement.
• Effective instruction makes the most difference
  in student academic performance.
• There is no excuse for poor quality instruction.
• At risk students can achieve at the same rate as
  non-at risk students.
• Staff members must have a commitment to children
  and a commitment to the pursuit of excellence.

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Lets see it on the court!
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Congruence?

• All kids can learn
• We put kids first
• Effective instruction makes the most difference
  in student achievement
• Teaching is a profession we are professionals

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Congruence questions

• As far as you know, what are the top 3 priorities
  of your school this year?
• From your perspective, what should be the top 3
  priorities of the school?
• Review your answers to questions 7 and 8 above.
  Rate the level of congruence between the two sets
  of answers.
• Great congruence
• Mostly congruent
• Somewhat congruent
• Not very congruent
• Definitely not congruent

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Three philosophy questions

• Congruence
• To what extent do you feel you have control over
  your success or failure?
• To what degree does your immediate supervisor
  understand your challenges?

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Five ways to strengthen philosophy

• Individualize goals and objectives
• Empower staff
• Involve the staff in action planning
• Involve the staff in designing walkthrough form
• Make the mission statement real what does it
  look like?
• Talk the talk and then walk the talk
• Use symbols and stories

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2) Keep the quality of instruction the main
thing
High Quality Instruction
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The top-performing school systems recognize that
the only way to improve outcomes is to improve
instruction learning occurs when students and
teachers interact, and thus to improve learning
implies improving the quality of that
interaction.
How the Worlds Best-performing School Systems
Come Out on Top, McKinsey and Company (2007)
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Teaching is the first and most important element
of progress. Neither programs nor curricula nor
assessments nor administrative mandates will
replace the primacy of teaching effectiveness as
the number one impact on student achievement.
Leading Change in Your Schools, Douglas Reeves
(2009).
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3) Develop a culture of instructional feedback
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Replace what gets measured, gets done, with
what gets feedback, gets done better.
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Administrators have to stop apologizing for
observing instruction and writing accurate
evaluations. Teachers have to get over being
observed numerous times and having their
performance assessed regularly.
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4) Expand leadership at all levels
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There is a difference between leadership and
decisionmaking.
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D1 to D5 Leadership

• The urgency of the situation
• The experience level of the staff
• The maturity of the organizational processes
• Leadership density

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Leadership is neither situational nor based on
position.
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. . . a good leader remains a good leader
regardless of the position she has or the length
of the project she directs. A good leader does
not cease being a good leader just because the
project for which she has been responsible has
ended. Similarly, a poor leader does not
suddenly become a good leader just because they
have been promoted to a position of leadership.
This is so because leadership is something you
carry with you inside you. It is not something
that can be bestowed.
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It is important to note that in none of our
academies do we attempt to describe or develop
good followership. Instead, we attempt to
develop good leadership even among those who
follow.
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Leadership is revealed through action and
therefore can be practiced.
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5) Put practices over programs
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6) Plan and work systemically
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7) Differentiate evaluations based on performance
and results
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8) Change the recruitment and retention paradigms
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9) Build the capacity for change
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10) Invest in innovation
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The need is great.
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The challenges many . . .
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They will need our best work.
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Lead well.
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