WELCOME BACK

THE RESEARCH

• The Japanese eat little fat and suffer fewer…

• Heart attacks than Americans, British and Australians

• The French eat a lot of fat but also suffer fewer…

• Heart attacks than Americans, British and Australians

• The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer…

• Heart attacks than Americans, British and Australians

• The Italians drink a lot of red wine and also suffer fewer…

• Heart attacks than Americans, British and Australians

THE CONCLUSION

• Eat and drink whatever you like…

• It is speaking English that will kill you!

THE RESEARCH FORMULA

• Best Practices

• Danielson Teacher Framework

• SIOP

• RTI

• PBIS

• Data Teams

• PLCs

• ETC…ETC…ETC…

• Someone is profiting off each one!

•If it is formulaic someone would have automated it and we wouldn’t

need you!

•There is no substitute for a great teacher!

I AM NOT A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER

• I am a dreamer

• I am a worker

• I am a coach

• I am an alchemist

• What are you?

THE PROBLEM

• Public education started in 1918 as an economic trade-off

• Trade short term profits (child labor) for long term productivity (compliance)

• Tradable jobs – doing things that could be done elsewhere

• Only 600,000 added in the past 20 years

• The New York fast food workers

WHAT SHOULD A SCHOOL BE?

• Mechanism for opportunity

• Tool for empowerment

• Safe, healthy and happy place• All children deserve this

• Place of learning, not a place of doing

• A place that children want to be a part of

THE SECRET FORMULA FOR A GOLDEN SCHOOL

DON’T TELL ANYONE!

• Create a culture the attracts and retains the most talented teachers

• Foster a culture of ownership, freedom and accountability

• Focus on growth: everyday for every student

• Relentlessly transfer our passion to our students

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

• Build Culture

• Win Engagement

• Achievement will follow

• Achievement leads to freedom

IT IS TIME TO LIBERATE OUR SCHOOLS!

CULTURE

• How would kids feel if they were welcomed by an adult and greeted by smiles from every person every day?

• Maslow’s Hierarchy

• Social/emotional empathy

• Building norms and rules designed to promote learning and imagination

• Expectations that are explicitly taught and modeled

• Character development for students

• Discipline structures based on learning and social justice

• Equity not equality

• Remember we are here for children and adults are compensated to be inconvenienced!

ENGAGEMENT

• Are our kids ready to learn before we ask them to?

• How do we respond when students ask to learn?

• Do we teach children or curriculum?

• What would happen if we switched from an expectation of doing to an expectation of learning?

• Are our buildings set up for the learning of kids or the convenience of adults?

• Is there a constant connection being built between what we are asking students to do and an obvious piece of their own present or future?

RETHINKING TEACHING AND LEARNING

• Precise, focused instruction• Point of greatest impact

• Cooperation instead of compliance

• Mass customization

• Homework as practice rather than assessment

• Flipping the classroom

• Mastery of skills rather than the collection of points

• Real-world applications

• Think about what you do and if it truly impacts learning

HERE IS WHERE WE START

• Primed for change

• Surrounded by talented people

• It is not about what you have done, but about what you will do

DISTRICT WIDE READING DATA

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DISTRICT WIDE MATH DATA

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SHORT TERM FOCUS

• CCSS (Math/Language Arts/Literacy)

• STAR (K-8)

• Character Development

• Content Literacy• Read• Write• Speak• Listen

• Ocean Literacy

YEAR 1 GOALS

• 1 year of growth for all students

• Change the culture of expectations in the students, school and community

• Improve against the state average in Reading and Math

• Have WR 121 and Math 95 available for all seniors

• Improve and Integrate Ocean Literacy

• Build a quality alternative education program

• Develop an on demand professional development plan

3 YEAR GOALS

• All buildings score above the state average in Reading and Math

• Have available PE, Music and Art for every student, everyday

• Have a full college program available for dual credit

• Expand Ocean Literacy project to include other districts

• Recover homeschool and online school population through alternative education program

5 YEAR GOALS

• LCSD in the top 35 districts in the state of Oregon for student achievement

• Have at least three schools in the top ten percent in the state.

• Will yours be one of them?

LIVE A BALANCED LIFE

• Work hard

• Play hard

• Make time for your loved ones

• Eat well and exercise

• Get enough rest

•Laugh everyday!

HAVE A GREAT YEAR!