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The Power of YETInspired by
Dr. Jeffrey HowardHarvard Professor and Harvard Graduate
My Harvard Experience
A New Age of Learning and Instruction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8
• Whose children are these?
• Who is responsible for making sure they are prepared for the 21st century?
What do we know about teacher effectiveness?
Effective Teachers
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Gain Related toStudentMaturation
Effective TeachersFigure 1.2 Effects of a School vs. a Teacher on Student Entering at 50th Percentile
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What do we know about administrator effectiveness?
http://www.efficacy.org/Resources/tabid/226/Default.aspx
Administrator proficiency, as Dr. Howard has defined it, is the absolute requirement for achieving
proficiency among the adults who help develop children’s proficiency.
AdministratorProficiency
AdultProficiency
Proficiency for ALL Children
Two Models of Development
The Innate Model
aka…Very Smart
aka…Sorta Smart
aka…Kinda Dumb
Two Models of Development (cont.)
• Innate Ability– Intelligence and Character are fixed assets– Unevenly distributed among the population and
among different population groups
• Share with a neighbor how this model has affected your performance as a student.
http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MzQ4MzAzMjY5
Two Models of Development (cont.)
• What are possible implications of the Innate Ability model?
http://todaysmeet.com/Innate
• Tenacious Engagement
• Focus on Feedback
• Strategy Formulation
Confidence EffectiveEffort Development
The Efficacy «Get Smart » Model
The Belief that I can do it!
Think You Can WorkHard Get Smart
The Efficacy «Get Smart » Model
in kid-friendly terms…
Two Models of Development (cont.)
• The Efficacy « Get Smart » Model– Virtually all people are capable of brillance– Human characteristics are neither fixed nor given– Capacities are built through action of Effective Effort– Build Confidence in our Students
• Share with a neighbor how this model has affected your performance as a student.
http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MjE0MDYzNjYyMw
Two Models of Development (cont.)
• What are possible implications of the Efficacy « Get Smart » model?
http://todaysmeet.com/Efficacy
Dr. Howard’s Story
Tramy’s Story
Angie’s Story
The Efficacy Package
The Mission is College Readiness;
the Mindset is “Get Smart”;
The Method must be a data-based system of self-directed improvement, executed with equal force at
all levels of the learning community.
http://www.efficacy.org/default.aspx
Forman’s Story2008-20092009-2010
Administrator proficiency, as Dr. Howard has defined it, is the absolute requirement for achieving
proficiency among the adults who help develop children’s proficiency.
AdministratorProficiency
AdultProficiency
Proficiency for ALL Children
• Tenacious Engagement
• Focus on Feedback
• Strategy Formulation
Confidence EffectiveEffort Development
The Efficacy «Get Smart » Model
The Belief that I can do it!
Personal Reflectionshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI 2 minutes
• Take some time to write yourself a letter about your campus goals for 2011-2012 as it relates to improving student achievement for Plano ISD. (These letters will be delivered to you in June.)
• Teamwork for Excellence with our collective abundance of experience
Inch by inch…life’s a cinch.Yard by yard…life is hard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KjpyHX7X-o greatest lovehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6xLMCHFetA lean on mehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVhrIfaPKxw herohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0wbID4FsbQ power of the dream
Personal Reflections