International Center for Leadership in Education

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International Center for Leadership in Education
Rigor Relevanceand the Education
ChallengeJuly 22, 2008

• Dr. Willard R. Daggett

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• If you can solve the education problem, you
  dont have to do anything else. If you dont
  solve it, nothing else is going to matter all
  that much.
• Alan Greenspan
• Former Federal Reserve
• Board Chairman

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• We go where the smart people are. Now our
  business operations are two-thirds in the U.S.
  and one-third overseas. But that ratio will flip
  over the next ten years.
• Howard High
• Intel Corporation Spokesman

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• If you want good manufacturing jobs, one thing
  you could do is graduate more engineers. We had
  more sports exercise majors graduate than
  electrical engineering grads last year.
• Jeffrey R. Immelt
• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
• General Electric

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• If I take the revenue in January and look
  again in December of that year 90 of my December
  revenue comes from products which were not there
  in January.
• Craig Barrett
• Chairman of Intel Corporation

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• When I compare our high schools to what I see
  when Im traveling abroad, I am terrified for our
  workforce of tomorrow.
• Bill Gates
• Chairman and Chief Software Architect
• Microsoft Corporation

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International Center Finding

• Nations top performing
• Nations most rapidly improving

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Application Model

• 1. Knowledge in one discipline
• 2. Application within discipline
• 3. Application across disciplines
• 4. Application to real-world predictable
  situations
• 5. Application to real-world unpredictable
  situations

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Rigor/Relevance For All Students
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Knowledge Taxonomy

• 1. Awareness
• 2. Comprehension
• 3. Application
• 4. Analysis
• 5. Synthesis
• 6. Evaluation

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Application Model

• 1. Knowledge in one discipline
• 2. Application within discipline
• 3. Application across disciplines
• 4. Application to real-world predictable
  situations
• 5. Application to real-world unpredictable
  situations

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Levels
Blooms
C D A B
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5
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3
2
1 2 3 4 5
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Application
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
Knowledge
Application
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2
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
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• Obtain historical data about local weather to
  predict the chance of snow, rain, or sun during
  year.
• Test consumer products and illustrate the data
  graphically.
• Plan a large school event and calculate resources
  (food, decorations, etc.) you need to organize
  and hold this event.
• Make a scale drawing of the classroom on grid
  paper, each group using a different scale.

• Analyze the graphs of the perimeters and areas of
  squares having different-length sides.
• Determine the largest rectangular area for a
  fixed perimeter.
• Identify coordinates for ordered pairs that
  satisfy an algebraic relation or function.
• Determine and justify the similarity or
  congruence for two geometric shapes.

D
C
5
4
3

• Calculate percentages of advertising in a
  newspaper.
• Tour the school building and identify examples of
  parallel and perpendicular lines, planes, and
  angles.
• Determine the median and mode of real data
  displayed in a histogram
• Organize and display collected data, using
  appropriate tables, charts, or graphs.

• Express probabilities as fractions, percents, or
  decimals.
• Classify triangles according to angle size and/or
  length of sides.
• Calculate volume of simple three- dimensional
  shapes.
• Given the coordinates of a quadrilateral, plot
  the quadrilateral on a grid.

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B
A
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1
2
3
4
5
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
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• Obtain historical data about local weather to
  predict the chance of snow, rain, or sun during
  year.
• Test consumer products and illustrate the data
  graphically.
• Plan a large school event and calculate resources
  (food, decorations, etc.) you need to organize
  and hold this event.
• Make a scale drawing of the classroom on grid
  paper, each group using a different scale.

• Analyze the graphs of the perimeters and areas of
  squares having different-length sides.
• Determine the largest rectangular area for a
  fixed perimeter.
• Identify coordinates for ordered pairs that
  satisfy an algebraic relation or function.
• Determine and justify the similarity or
  congruence for two geometric shapes.

D
C

• Express probabilities as fractions, percents, or
  decimals.
• Classify triangles according to angle size and/or
  length of sides.
• Calculate volume of simple three- dimensional
  shapes.
• Given the coordinates of a quadrilateral, plot
  the quadrilateral on a grid.

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4
3

• Calculate percentages of advertising in a
  newspaper.
• Tour the school building and identify examples of
  parallel and perpendicular lines, planes, and
  angles.
• Determine the median and mode of real data
  displayed in a histogram
• Organize and display collected data, using
  appropriate tables, charts, or graphs.

2
B
A
1
1
2
3
4
5
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
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• Obtain historical data about local weather to
  predict the chance of snow, rain, or sun during
  year.
• Test consumer products and illustrate the data
  graphically.
• Plan a large school event and calculate resources
  (food, decorations, etc.) you need to organize
  and hold this event.
• Make a scale drawing of the classroom on grid
  paper, each group using a different scale.

• Analyze the graphs of the perimeters and areas of
  squares having different-length sides.
• Determine the largest rectangular area for a
  fixed perimeter.
• Identify coordinates for ordered pairs that
  satisfy an algebraic relation or function.
• Determine and justify the similarity or
  congruence for two geometric shapes.

• Calculate percentages of advertising in a
  newspaper.
• Tour the school building and identify examples of
  parallel and perpendicular lines, planes, and
  angles.
• Determine the median and mode of real data
  displayed in a histogram.
• Organize and display collected data, using
  appropriate tables, charts, or graphs.

D
C
5
4
3

• Express probabilities as fractions, percents, or
  decimals.
• Classify triangles according to angle size and/or
  length of sides.
• Calculate volume of simple three- dimensional
  shapes.
• Given the coordinates of a quadrilateral, plot
  the quadrilateral on a grid.

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B
A
1
1
2
3
4
5
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Levels
Blooms
C D A B
6
5
4
3
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Application
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Components of School Excellence
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Components of School Excellence
1. Create a Culture to Support RR R For ALL
Students
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Culture to Support Change

• 10 lbs. Loss

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Todays Youth

• Technologically literate

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1983 A Nation at Risk

• E-mail
• Web pages
• Google
• iPODs
• Laptops
• Digital cameras
• Doppler radar
• Cell phones

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2000

• Blogs
• Wikis
• Tagging
• Text messaging
• MySpace
• Podcasts
• PDAs

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E-Mail

• Adult use often

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E-Mail

• Adult use often
• 14 of teens use often

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Content Creation Social Media

• Facebook
• MySpace
• Flickr
• YouTube
• Blogs
• Personal Web Pages

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Use of Social Media Among Online Teens
Teens from single-parent or lower-income
households are more likely to blog than affluent
teens in more traditional households.
Source Pew/Internet American Life Project,
Teens and Social Media, 2007
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Be Not Afraid
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Educators Responsibilities

• Turn information into knowledge
• Bring meaning to knowledge
• Bring wisdom to knowledge

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Todays Youth

• Technologically literate
• Trophy generation

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Todays Youth

• Technologically literate
• Trophy generation
• Claim independence but return home
• Increasingly bored with school

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Obedientvs.Motivated
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Student Survey Percentages
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Student Survey Percentages
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Do you Know Me?Student Survey Faculty Survey
Successful Practices Network
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Do you Know Me?

• Perceptions of learners about your school and the
  value placed on student engagement and student
  aspirations
• Do they align with yours?

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Challenges

• Globalization

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China today exports in a single day more than
exported in all of 1978.
Source The Rise of India and China . . .
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China

• Largest Producer of
• Coal, Steel, Cement
• Five Times Amount of U.S. under Construction
• Largest Manufacturer
• Largest Saver
• Fastest Growing Economy
• 2nd Largest Consumer

Source The Post-American World
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Cars in China
Source The McKinsey Global Institute
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Oil
The United States consumes one-quarter of the
worlds oil.
Source Sydney Morning Herald
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Price of Oil

• 33 per barrel
• 2008 135 per barrel and could rise
  as high as 200 per barrel

Source SFGate.com
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Oil Production

• 83 Million barrels per day (M b/d)
• 2008 85 M b/d (and has barely moved
  since 2005)
• 2030 100 M b/d maximum.

Source SFGate.com Transport Logistics News
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Current Production
125
Million Barrels/Day (Mb/d)
100
85 Mb/d
75
50
25
2004
2030
2008
2012
2020
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Maximum Future Production
125
Million Barrels/Day (Mb/d)
100 Mb/d
100
75
50
25
2004
2030
2008
2012
2020
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2004 U.S. Demand
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Million Barrels/Day (Mb/d)
100
75
50
25
2004
2030
2008
2012
2020
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2008 U.S. Demand
125
Million Barrels/Day (Mb/d)
100
75
50
25
2004
2030
2008
2012
2020
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Projected U.S. Demand
125
Million Barrels/Day (Mb/d)
100
75
50
25
2004
2030
2008
2012
2020
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2004 U.S. / China Demand
125
Million Barrels/Day (Mb/d)
100
75
50
25
2004
2030
2008
2012
2020
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2008 U.S. / China Demand
125
Million Barrels/Day (Mb/d)
100
75
50
25
2004
2030
2008
2012
2020
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Projected U.S. / China Demand
125
Million Barrels/Day (Mb/d)
100
75
50
25
2004
2030
2008
2012
2020
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2004 World Demand
125
Million Barrels/Day (Mb/d)
100
75
Rest of World
50
25
2004
2030
2008
2012
2020
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2008 World Demand
125
Million Barrels/Day (Mb/d)
100
75
50
25
2004
2030
2008
2012
2020
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Projected World Demand
125
Million Barrels/Day (Mb/d)
100
75
50
25
2004
2030
2008
2012
2020
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Cars in China
Source The McKinsey Global Institute
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Gas Price Per GallonJuly 18, 2008
Source Energy Information Administration Oil
Information Center AP Reporting
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Savings Rate

• 1. India -- 25
• 2. Japan -- 28
• 3. Korea -- 30
• 4. China -- 50
• 5. United States -- (-4)

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Federal, State Local Budget

• Total Deficit --- 61.7 Trillion
• Deficit per Household --- 531,472
• Family Debt --- 125,000

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U.S. has lost key industries, its people stopped
saving money, and its government has become
increasingly indebted to Asian Central Banks
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Wal Mart

• Largest Corporation
• 8 times Size of Microsoft
• 2 of GDP
• 1.4 Million Employees
• More Employees than
• GM, Ford, G.E. and IBM Combined

Source The Post-American World
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1968
1983 Japan Nation-At-Risk
1972 China
1964 Japan
2020 Vietnam

• 1946
• WWII

1992 China
2008 China
Vietnam
Panama
Brazil
Argentina
Indonesia
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U.S. 2nd Half of 20th Century

• Only Superpower
• Highest per Capita Income
• 1st in Economic Growth
• 5 of Population gt 24 of Consumption

Source National Academy of Science 2007
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Goldman Sacks has predicted that, by 2040, five
emerging market countries China, India,
Brazil, Russia and Mexico will together have a
larger economic output than the G-7 countries.
Source The Post-American World
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Challenges

• Globalization
• Technology

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• Information Technology
• Processing
• Communications

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Emotiv

• 16 embedded sensors
• Detect facial expressions and emotions
• Push, pull, lift, and drop

http//emotiv.com/INDS_3/inds_3.html
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Semantic Web

• Web 1.0 Information based
• Web 2.0 Communication based (tagging, social
  networks, etc.)
• Web 3.0 Organize data and draw conclusions

Source A Smarter Web
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• Bio Technology
• Biological Science
• Practical Application

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• Nano Technology
• Atom Up

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2000
Info Tech
Nano Tech
Bio Tech
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2008
Info Tech
Nano Tech
Bio Tech
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2012
Info Tech
Nano Tech
Bio Tech
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Chinese Science
Source Ed Week 6/6/07
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Components of School Excellence
1. Create a Culture to Support RR R For ALL
Students
2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform
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Criteria

• Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core
  subjects of English language arts, math and
  science and others identified by the school)

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Criteria

• Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core
  subjects of English language arts, math and
  science and others identified by the school)
• Stretch Learning (Demonstration of rigorous and
  relevant learning beyond the minimum
  requirements)

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Criteria

• Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core
  subjects of English language arts, math and
  science and others identified by the school)
• Stretch Learning (Demonstration of rigorous and
  relevant learning beyond the minimum
  requirements)
• Student Engagement (The extent to which students
  are motivated and committed to learning have a
  sense of belonging and accomplishment and have
  relationships with adults, peers, and parents
  that support learning)

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Levels
Blooms
C D A B
6
5
4
3
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Application
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Student Survey Percentages
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Student Survey Percentages
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Criteria

• Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core
  subjects of English language arts, math and
  science and others identified by the school)
• Stretch Learning (Demonstration of rigorous and
  relevant learning beyond the minimum
  requirements)
• Student Engagement (The extent to which students
  are motivated and committed to learning have a
  sense of belonging and accomplishment and have
  relationships with adults, peers, and parents
  that support learning)
• Personal Skill Development (Measures of personal,
  social, service, and leadership skills and
  demonstrations of positive behaviors and
  attitudes)

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Guiding Principles

• Responsibility
• Contemplation
• Initiative
• Perseverance
• Optimism
• Courage

• Respect
• Compassion
• Adaptability
• Honesty
• Trustworthiness
• Loyalty

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Criteria

• Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core
  subjects of English language arts, math and
  science and others identified by the school)
• Stretch Learning (Demonstration of rigorous and
  relevant learning beyond the minimum
  requirements)
• Student Engagement (The extent to which students
  are motivated and committed to learning have a
  sense of belonging and accomplishment and have
  relationships with adults, peers, and parents
  that support learning)
• Personal Skill Development (Measures of personal,
  social, service, and leadership skills and
  demonstrations of positive behaviors and
  attitudes)

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Student Survey Percentages
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Student Survey Percentages
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Student Survey Percentages
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Successful Practices Network
Do you Know Me?Student Survey Faculty Survey
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Components of School Excellence
1. Create a Culture to Support RR R For ALL
Students
2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform
3. Create and Support Leadership Teams
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Leadership

• Dictate or Direct VS Lead

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Leadership Initiative

• Built on Successful Practices
• Based on Student Performance
• Requires Leadership Teams

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Leadership Initiative

• Education leaders
• Business leaders

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Building Leadership Capacity

• Overall -- Bill Daggett and Ray McNulty
• Supt. Bill McNeal, National Supt. of Year
  
• Principal -- Susan Sackowitz and others
• Teacher Harry Wong
• Spec. Ed., ESL Larry Gloeckler
• Business Stefan Kohler

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Building Leadership Capacity

• 1 day Summit
• Year Long Needs Assessment, 4 one day
  sessions and Model School Conference
• Year Long plus ongoing facilitator

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Building Leadership Capacity

• 1 day Summit
• Year Long Needs Assessment, 4 one day
  sessions and Model School Conference
• Year Long plus ongoing facilitator

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Components of School Excellence
1. Create a Culture to Support RR R For ALL
Students
2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform
3. Create and Support Leadership Teams
4. Define Student Learning Expectations
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PSSA English LAAnchors/Eligible Content Tested
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Literacy is Key
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Lexile Framework for Reading Study Summary of
Text Lexile Measures
Interquartile Ranges Shown (25 - 75)
1600
1400
1200
Text Lexile Measure (L)
1000
800
600
High School Literature
College Literature
High School Textbooks
College Textbooks
Military
Personal Use
Entry-Level Occupations
SAT 1, ACT, AP
Source of National Test Data MetaMetrics
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2005 ProficiencyGrade 8 Reading
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2005 ProficiencyGrade 8 Reading
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2005 ProficiencyGrade 8 Mathematics
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2005 ProficiencyGrade 8 Mathematics
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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
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Levels
Blooms
C D A B
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5
4
3
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Application
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Pennsylvania Career and Technical Education
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Pennsylvania Arts Education
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Levels
Blooms
C D A B
6
5
4
3
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Application
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Connections / Pathways
Association Area
Prefrontal Cortex
Sight
Hearing
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Levels
Blooms
C D A B
6
5
4
3
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Application
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• Technology

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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
6. Address Organizational Structures
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Model Schools

• Transition years
• Electives to 9th
• SLC
• Bell schedules
• School calendar

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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
6. Address Organizational Structures
7. Monitor Student Progress
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Criteria

• Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core
  subjects of English language arts, math and
  science and others identified by the school)
• Stretch Learning (Demonstration of rigorous and
  relevant learning beyond the minimum
  requirements)
• Student Engagement (The extent to which students
  are motivated and committed to learning have a
  sense of belonging and accomplishment and have
  relationships with adults, peers, and parents
  that support learning)
• Personal Skill Development (Measures of personal,
  social, service, and leadership skills and
  demonstrations of positive behaviors and
  attitudes)

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Core Academics

• State Achievement Test Results
• SAT/ACT Results
• Grade Point Average
• Full Schedule in Four Core Subjects

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Learner Engagement (15 pts. Max for Each)

• On Schedule to Graduate with Cohort Group
• Attendance Rate
• Tardiness Rate
• Submits Homework Assignments on Time
• Community Service
• No Discipline Referrals
• Participation in Extracurricular Activities
• Participation in Interscholastic Sports

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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
6. Address Organizational Structures
7. Monitor Student Progress
8. Review and Refine Process
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Successful Practices Network

• Mission
• Rigor, Relevance, and Relationship for ALL
  Learners
• Good to Great
• Best Practices
• Sustainability

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Successful Practices Network

• 2003
• SPN 1.0
• 600 Schools
• 2008
• SPN 2.0
• 200 Schools

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ICLE Initiatives

• Model Schools Conference (1993)
• Successful Practices Network (2003)
• Leadership (2008)

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Leadership Initiative

• Education leaders
• Business leaders

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Leadership Initiative

• Built on Successful Practices
• Based on Student Performance
• Requires Leadership Teams

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2008 Leadership Academy September 26
28 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

• Explore the changing role of educational
  leadership
• Understand the impact that instructional
  leadership has on student performance
• Strategies for embracing change and building
  leadership capacity

www.LeaderEd.com for more information
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Mark Your Calendar!
17th Annual Model Schools Conference June 28-
July 1, 2009 Atlanta
Visit www.LeaderEd.com for more information
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International Center for Leadership in Education,
Inc.
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