THEMES Change and Resistance to Change Innovation Rigor,
Relevance and Relationships Being Extraordinary Key Questions and
Closing
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What got us to where we are today in education, will not get us
to where we need to be!
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CHANGE
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What happened to GM..??
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Educators need to become the agents of change.
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Objects of Change VS. Agents of Change Federal/State Govt. SEA,
Policy Districts, Schools, Staff, Students, Community Federal/State
Govt. SEA, Policy
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Many involved in school re-invention work would argue that
change is the most talked about and least acted upon concept in
education today.
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EDD
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Educator Deficit Disorder A sense of hopelessness A sense of
exhaustion when confronted by problems and challenges that seem to
be more difficult than in the past Challenges are not responding to
traditional medicine (approaches) Cynicism as a result of reform
efforts coming and going
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The disease is based on the damaging belief that all efforts at
school reform are doomed.
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We live in a world of possibilities... when we believe it, well
see it.
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Stop waiting for the cure you are the cure!!
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Be respectful of those who dont believe we can follow through
on a plan.
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Three Resistance Factors
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1. Clutter and Doubt
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2. TO BE NORMAL Our evolution as humans has provided us a
powerful survival tool. Routines, Habits, Protocols.. This is all a
good thing except for when we must change or innovate.
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Short term survival requires routines. Long term survival
requires significant change.
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Why arent there more students achieving at higher levels?
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3. Innovation depends on a healthy dose of failure. Baby
walking
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Sustaining Innovation And Disruptive Innovation
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SystemInnovation
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Sustaining InnovationDisruptive Innovation
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A Story. Sir Ken Robinson Sir Paul McCartney George
Harrison
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-Shurnyu Suzuki In the beginners mind there are many
possibilities; in the experts mind there are few.
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WE NEED TO ACT OUT OF A COMMITMENT TO OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR
FUTURE.
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There can be no keener revelation of a societys soul than the
way in which it treats its children. Nelson Mandela
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Were No. 1! We lead the world in prison incarcerations. If only
we were No. 1 in education. One in every 100 Americans is behind
bars; the figure for African-American men between 20 and 34 is one
in nine. Tom Carroll, Education Beats Incarceration in Education
Week, March 26, 2008 (p. 32) referring to a recent Pew Center
study.
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ALL STUDENTS RIGOR RELEVANCE RELATIONSHIPS
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HOWEVER.##??
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ALL STUDENTS Relationships Relevance Rigor
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It is virtually impossible to make things relevant for, or
expect personal excellence from a student you dont know. Carol Ann
Tomlinson
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You cant teach kids you dont know.
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Motivation is a key ingredient for success in learning.
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Talking with kids Its not us against them!
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Think about how our education system generally behaves
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We need more artists, so heres our plan. REQUIRE ALL HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE ART!
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We need more scientists and mathematicians, so heres our plan.
REQUIRE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE MATH AND
SCIENCE!
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What Works Best? REQUIRE MANDATE FORCE EXCITE CREATE PASSION
MOTIVATE
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So relationships, got it? Whats this Rigor Relevance about? Is
it another add on to my already hectic life?
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Rigor and Relevance is NOT a new add on !! Rigor and Relevance
is a Philosophy of Teaching !!
Assimilation of knowledge Acquisition Thinking Continuum
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Application Model 1 Knowledge of 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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Acquisition of knowledge Application of knowledge Action
Continuum Relevance of learning to life and work
We dont have TIME to teach in this deep a manner. So how do we
find the time to keep teaching material over and over?
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So let me offer some suggestions for success as the new year
begins.
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BEING EXTRAORDINARY
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Committed to the truth Be committed to delaying gratification
Be someone who always has the chance of saying yes Live a life
where you do not make others wrong
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BEING EXTRAORDINARY Be committed to courage Be someone who
produces results with absolutely no force Be a person who is
peaceful in chaos
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BEING EXTRAORDINARY Be committed to courage Be someone who
produces results with absolutely no force Be a person who is
peaceful in chaos Be committed to managing success, while being
aware of its dangers (lottery winners and GM)
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The learning experiences of our students and how we ask them to
learn, matters profoundly!
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Deep Learning is holistic, inclusive and relational.
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Listen to the children To take children seriously is to value
them for who they are now rather than seeing them as adults in the
making.
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Ask: what do you want me to know about you?
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Engage in courageous conversations.
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KEY QUESTIONS TO GUIDE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CLOSING
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What is the problem we are trying to solve or the obstacle we
are trying to overcome, and what does it have to do with improving
teaching and learning?
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Who needs to understand what? How can teachers, parents,
students, and the community own re- invention and support the
strategies were implementing?
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Whats our theory of action our strategy for solving this
problem and the reason it will bring about the desired
outcome?
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Is my desire for success to improve my system or classroom
strong enough to prompt me to change my thinking?
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The things we fear most in organizations, fluctuations,
disturbances, imbalances are the primary sources of innovation. -
Meg Wheatley
