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Leading in the Digital Age. MASC/MASS Annual Conference November 10, 2011 Hyannis, Massachusetts. Contact Information. John F. Doherty, Ed.D . Superintendent , Reading Public Schools 82 Oakland Road Reading, MA 01867 Phone: 781-944-5800 Email: [email protected] - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Leading in the Digital Age
MASC/MASSAnnual Conference
November 10, 2011Hyannis, Massachusetts
Contact InformationJohn F. Doherty, Ed.D.Superintendent, Reading Public Schools82 Oakland RoadReading, MA 01867Phone: 781-944-5800Email: [email protected]: jdohertyBlog: http://readingsuperintendent.wordpress.com/
Gary Hayes Social Media Count
As of August, 2011Source: Gary Hayes
30 billion pieces of content are shared on Facebook each month Source Jul-11550,000 Android-enabled phones are activated every day Source Jul 1148 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute Source May-11$2.1 billion per year are spent on Virtual Goods in the US Source May-111 billion tweets are sent per week Source Mar-11YouTube per day has over 3 billion video views Source May-11There are currrently 10 billion iPhone apps downloaded each year Source Jul-1120 million people joined Google + in the first 3 weeks Source Aug-11
As of August, 2011Source: Gary Hayes
20 million people joined Google + in the first 3 weeks Source Aug-11There were 80 million new FB accounts 1st quarter 2011 Source Apr-11460,000 New twitter accounts daily Source Mar-11There are 50 million likes of Facebook pages per day Source May-11Skype users make 300 Million Minutes of Video Calling Per Month Source Jul-11Google Chrome browser webt from 10-20% of global browser share in 10 months Source Jul-11There are now one million new LinkedIn members every week Source Apr-11Facebook ad revenues per year now more than $4 billion Source Jan-11Google + users pressing +1 over 2.5 billion times every day Source Jul-11
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Focus For Today
Why Change? Our role as leaders What are 21st Century Learners? How will this get done? Leadership is the Key An example of how it is being done 15 Step Process
A look at some tools for administrators Closure and Questions
Key Question All Day
As an administrator/teacher leader, how can I lead my school/district to change their use of technology and 21st Century Skills?
Why do we need to change?
National Technology Education Plan
“We must dramatically improve teaching and learning, personalize instruction, and ensure that the educational environments we offer to all students keep pace with the 21st Century. We can get there with technology. Together, we must work to make sure every child has a world-class education-one that prepares them to live, learn, and work in our increasingly interconnected world.”
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
Did You Know?Howie DiBlasi
Did You Know?-Part VICourtesy of Howie DiBlasi
Three Fundamental Changes
The rapid evolution of the new global knowledge economy with profound effects on the world of work-all workThe sudden and dramatic shift from information that is limited in terms of amount and availability to information characterized by flux and glutThe increasing impact of media and technology on how young people learn and relate to the world and to each other
The Big FourFour Major Challenges for the United States
How to adapt to globalizationHow to adjust to the information technology revolutionHow to cope with the rising national debt How to manage a world of both rising energy consumption and rising climate threats.
That Used to be Us (Freedman & Mandelbaum, 2011)
The World Is Truly Flat
When I was growing up, my parents told me, “Finish your dinner, People in India and China are starving.” I tell my daughters, “Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.”
Thomas Friedman The World is Flat
Learning How to Learn is Key “You actually want to become really adaptable.
You want constantly to acquire new skills, knowledge, and expertise that enable you constantly to be able to create value….Being adaptable in a flat world, knowing how to “learn how to learn,” will be one of the most important assets any worker can have, because job churn will come faster, because innovation will happen faster.”
Thomas Friedman The World is Flat
“The fact is, our young people are woefully under prepared for the demands of today’s workplace” Ken Kay, President of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills
The Job
We need to become more right brained to compete and survive
“The future belongs to a very different kind of mind ─ creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers, and meaning makers. These people ─ artists, inventors, designers, storytellers, caregivers, consolers, big picture thinkers ─ will now reap society’s richest rewards and share its greatest joys.”
Daniel Pink A Whole New Mind-Why Right-Brainers will Rule the Future
Technology-The Equalizer
“We should use technology funding to bolster new learning models and innovations, such as online learning environments, to level the playing field and allow students from all walks of life-from small rural communities to budget strapped urban schools-to access the rich variety that is now available only to children of wealthy suburban districts.” Clayton Christensen Disrupting Class
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
21st Century Skills Creativity and
Innovation Critical Thinking and
Problem Solving Communication and
Collaboration Information Literacy Media Literacy Technology Literacy
Life and Career SkillsFlexibility and adaptabilityInitiative and self directionProductivity and accountabilityCross Cultural SkillsLifelong learningResponsibilitySocial SkillsLeadershipPersonal Wellness
4 C’s
Critical ThinkingCommunicationCollaborationCreativity
Source: http://www.edleader21.com/approach.html
All of Our Schools Are Obsolete “In today’s highly competitive global knowledge economy,
all students need new skills for college, careers, and citizenship. The failure to give all students these new skills leaves today’s youth and our country, at an alarming competitive disadvantage. Schools haven’t changed; the world has. And so our schools are not failing. Rather, they are obsolete-even the ones that score the best on standardized tests.”
Tony WagnerThe Global Achievement Gap
Here are the questions…What changes must be made within the education system to prepare our nation’s students for both analytic and creative thinking?What must teachers and administrators do differently to stimulate student’s imaginations? What kinds of tests must be given to students to show whether we are making progress toward these ambitious goals?
Tony Wagner (2008)
Here is what is at stake…
The future of our economyThe strength of our democracyThe health of the planet’s ecosystemOur current and future generations of students
The bottom line… Our classrooms of today are still
using methods that we used over 30 years ago..
How will this get done?
To shift you need to change the culture
“…all school cultures are incredibly resistant to change, which makes school improvement--from within or from without--usually futile. Unless teachers and administrators act to change the culture of a school, all innovations, high standards, and high-stakes tests will have to fit in and around existing elements of the culture. They will remain superficial window dressing, incapable of making much of a difference.”
Roland BarthEducational Leadership May, 2002
The Key is
Transformational Leadership
Transformational LeadershipDeep Change (Quinn, 1996)
Realize the vision at all costsThe vision is far more important than individualsOrganization is viewed as a moral systemValues and principles outweigh political interestsTransformational leaders will develop a plan of action, mobilize the workforce, and unleash power by vocalizing the core values of the system
Transformational LeadershipLeader must walk the walk and talk the talkEvery action is consistent with the visionPeople watch the leader’s actions towards the vision and respond Risk taking is encouraged and welcomeSymbolic communication is importantLeader’s actions are beyond normal expectations and outside the rules of self-interest
Transformational Leadership
Transformational leadership requires looking at educational change systemically instead of a narrow focus. Transformational leadership aims to foster capacity development and higher levels of personal commitment to organizational goals, mission, and vision.
Nine Specific Practices of Transformational Leadership
Leithwood, 2007
Setting Directions Building school or district vision Developing specific goals and practices Holding high performance expectations
Nine Specific Practices of Transformational Leadership
Leithwood, 2007
Developing People Providing intellectual stimulation Offering individualized support Modeling desirable professional practices and
values
Nine Specific Practices of Transformational Leadership
Leithwood, 2007
Redesigning the Organization Developing a collaborative school culture Creating structures to foster participation in
school decisions Creating productive community relationships
How can you transform schools and districts?
On or off the bus??? “Good to Great: (Collins, 2001)
How to change and transform a good school/district into a great school or district.
1. Get the right people on the bus. 2. Get them in the right seats- Put the right people in
the right place in the bus 3. Get the wrong people off the bus.
One way to find out who the wrong people are: If you have to actively manage the people they are the wrong people.
How we are transforming our district
Six Years Ago…District
8 Schools Going in 8 Different Directions No District Improvement Plan or Vision
Technology No Wide Area Network No Wireless Internet Access Student to Computer Ratio High No laptops Minimal SMART Boards in District Inadequate Technology Staffing
Instruction Direct Instruction was the Norm Minimal Project Based Learning 21st Century Skills was just a phrase
Today
District Schools Moving Forward Together Toward a Common Vision while
Keeping Their Own Identity Developing a professional learning community District Improvement Plan based on Research Based Standards A vision developed by the stakeholders
Technology Adequate Technology Staff 90% of Classrooms Have SMART Boards Job Embedded Professional Development in Technology Mobile Computer Carts 65% of the District is Wireless WAN Student to Computer Ratio in District 3:1
Instruction Hands on, Project Based Learning Sharing of lessons on WAN Collaboration of lessons and skills
The Key is Changing the Culture
It is not going to happen overnight
Here is one way to do it…Some steps can happen simultaneously
Step 1Work with Community to
Develop a (or Change Your Current) Mission and Vision
Develop the Process
Use a school wide assessment (i.e. Blueprint for Success)Work with stakeholders to develop mission and vision for school and districtDevelop district goalsDevelop school goals that align with district goals and are measurableTeachers develop measurable goals aligned with school goals
Mission of the Reading Public Schools The Reading Public Schools strives to ensure
that all students will have common challenging meaningful learning experiences in the academics, health and wellness, the arts, community service, co-curricular activities and athletics. We will lead and manage our school community to reflect the values and culture of the Reading Community, and guide and support our students to develop the appropriate skills, strategies, creativity and knowledge necessary to be productive informed independent citizens in a global society.
Overall Plan for Continuous Improvement
Mission•Preparing Reading’s Youth to Be Respectful and Productive Citizens of a Global Society
District Goals•Learning and Teaching•Performance Management•Investment and Development•Resource Allocation
District Improvement
Plan •Strategy for Improvement of Student Outcomes
School Improvement
Plans •Align with District Goals
Individual, Team and Department
Goals •Align with School Improvement Plans and District Goals
Step 2Develop and Maintain the Infrastructure
Hire outstanding network managers and other technical staff Determine Equipment Needs and Purchase Servers Wireless Access Internet Connectivity in every classroom Wide Area Network/Local Area Network Phone Systems (VOIP) Virtualization
Maintain a replacement cycle
Step 3 Identify Tech Gurus in Your District
and Develop a Plan
Create a visionary group that can give you input on a planDevelop a realistic technology plan that is a working documentIntegrate curriculum maps with 21st Century Skills, DESE, and ISTE StandardsGet input on the plan from all stakeholders
I.S.T.E…NETS for administrators
1. Visionary Leadership2. Digital Age Learning Culture3. Excellence in Professional Practice4. Systemic Improvement5. Digital Citizenship
Step 4Identify Resources to Upgrade and Maintain
Federal and State Grant FundingBusinessesParents and AlumniPTOFundraisersLocal BudgetBuilding ProjectsEducational Foundations and Grantshttp://www.donorschoose.org/
Step 5Put the technology tools in the
hands of the right peopleIdentify who has the willingness and capacity to use the technology effectivelyProvide them with three tools Laptop Projector Internet Access
Let them go…Eventually, it will get contagious
Step 6Provide Access Outside of School Time
For CommunityFor TeachersFor Students
Step 7District Leaders Model the Use of Technology
Start a BlogJoin Social Networks Have a twitter, google and facebook account Join and develop Ning Communities
Subscribe to blogs and podcasts using google reader or rssIdentify Someone to Design and Maintain the District Web PageMake a Video Podcast
Step 7District Leaders Model the Use of Technology
(continued)Use technology (i.e. Google Docs, Skype) in your administrative meetingsStart a Discussion about 1:1 Computing in Your DistrictStart a Weekly Audio PodcastEncourage teachers to engage students in learningGo see how other school districts are using technologyUse Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence and ISTE Standards
Step 8Get Building Administrators on BoardGive them laptops/ipads and wireless accessUse applications at administrator meetings (i.e. google docs)Have them attend professional development workshops with their staffRun workshops for administrators onlyDevelop an administrator evaluation tool that has standards that include leading and modeling technology useRun an Administrative Book Group
World is Flat (Friedman, 2006) A Whole New Mind-Why Right Brainers Rule the World (Pink, 2007) The Global Achievement Gap (Wagner, 2008) That Used to Be Us (Friedman and Mandelbaum, 2011)
Have them visit schools and districts that use technology effectively
Do You and Your Administrators Know and Use These Tools?
WikispacesBlogsGoogleGcastJingiShowUCamtasiaSkypeZamzarYou TubeInternet GrammarUstream
FacebookRSSTwitterWikipediaDel.icio.usGoogle MapsAudacityMouseposeProfCastVoice ThreadPhoto StoryAnd more…
MSNBC’s Brzezinski: You Better Embrace Tech Tools … and Soon
"If you are a thoughtful leader and you are running a school system, then you should be technologically on the front lines and you should be the voice of that school system," she said. "I urge you to blog, to use the Web anyway that you can to get the great news about your schools out.“
Mika Brzezinski at 2010 AASA National Conference on Education
Step 9Create Job Embedded Professional
Development
Examples of Job Embedded Professional Development
Train the Trainers Model (SMART Trainers)Become a SMART Showcase DistrictSharing WorkshopsStaff MeetingsExpanding the Boundaries of Teaching and Learning Graduate Level Course using Cohort ModelInstructional Technology SpecialistsWorkshops and CoursesNational Blue Ribbon School InstituteRegional WorkshopsAlign goals with teacher evaluationBook GroupsProfessional Learning Communities
What is a learning community?Works together to share and build an enriching environment.
A safe place to try, fail, and try again. A learning community takes risks together.
An environment that fosters innovation and creativity.
A way to discuss "Big Ideas."
An atmosphere of respect where people are comfortable sharing their ideas.
A place where we can learn from our own and each others’ mistakes and feel comfortable doing so.
A place where everyone is interested in learning.
A place to share.
Exchanging ideas.
Collaboration cross-curricular/division
Step 10Identify Tools that Teachers/Administrators Need to
or Want to UseOutlookTest WizAudio BooNingAdministrator’s PlusGrade QuickEdline
Google ToolsSkypeWikispacesWordpress.comSlideshare.netDiscovery EducationTwitterNing
Step 11Encourage Risk Taking and Experimentation
Break the rulesMinimize your filtersDevelop an AUP that encourages the use of Web 2.0 ToolsGive students email addressesSupport the teachers who want to changeRedesign teacher evaluation to include technology integrationRun Pilot Projects, Collect Data and Assess ResultsDevelop assessments that measure 21st Century Skills
Step 11Encourage Risk Taking and Experimentation
(Continued)Start a Discussion about 1:1 Computing in Your District
1:1 Computers Netbooks versus laptops Tablets Mobile Phones Ipads BYOT
Have a tool that allows teachers to have their own web pages (Edline)Add Virtual Learning (Virtual High School) and Distance Learning OpportunitiesSubscribe to Digital Textbooks and Discovery EducationHave students create own textbooks on a Wiki
Step 12
Ask the Question…
What should learning look like?
Change the classroom
Alan NovemberTeam of students1.Research team – Google – AltaVista Search2.Tutorial Team – Jing (Create Screencasts)3.Curriculum Team –Podcasts (Recordings)4.Scribes Team – Google Docs (take class notes)5.Global team – e-pals – IVC- Skype6.Contributions To Society - Kiva
Need 5 students each day then rotate-every student participates in a team
Step 13Internet Safety and Web LiteracyEducate the communityHOW DO I HELP MY CHILD LEARN TO USE THE INTERNET WISELY?Teach the skills in school, so they can use it safely outside of school
Step 14Give them time
Eliminate other mandatesMake this a priorityDo not make it the “flavor of the month”
Step 15Remember Why we Are Doing This
Closure
Will you be the 10th person?
For every nine people who denounce innovation, only one will encourage it. For every nine people who do things the way they have always been done, only one will ever wonder if there is a better way. For every nine people who stand in line in front of a locked building, only one will ever come around and check the back door. Our progress as a species rests squarely on the shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are satisfied with things they are told are valuable. Person 10 determines for himself what has value.
Think Different
Thank You
Contact InformationJohn F. Doherty, Ed.D.Superintendent, Reading Public Schools82 Oakland RoadReading, MA 01867Phone: 781-944-5800Email: [email protected]: jdohertyBlog: http://readingsuperintendent.wordpress.com/