Not an expert

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• Not an expert
• Im a learner and I change my opinion based on
  what I learn.

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• In times of change, learners inherit the Earth
  while the learned find themselves beautifully
  equipped to deal with a world that no longer
  exists.
• Eric Hoffer, American Social Writer

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Why I do this work.
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AGENDA

• Opening Thoughts
• Generation Gap and Learning
• Strategy For Closing The Gap
• Closing Advice

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Opening Thoughts
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People are born freeThey are not born
wiseThe purpose of schooling in a democracy is
to make free people wise.
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The primary aim of education is not to enable
students to do well in school, but to help them
do well in the lives they lead outside of school.
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Weve created false proxies for learning

• Finishing a course or textbook has come to mean
  achievement
• Listening to lecture has come to mean
  understanding
• Getting a high score on a standardized test has
  come to mean proficiency

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• Applied Skills
• Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
• Oral Communication
• Written Communication
• Teamwork/Collaboration
• Diversity
• Information Technology Application
• Leadership
• Creativity/Innovation
• Lifelong Learning/Self Direction
• Professionalism/Work Ethic
• Ethics/Social Responsibility

• Basic Knowledge/Skills
• English Language (spoken)
• Reading Comprehension
• (in English)
• Writing in English
• (grammar, spelling, etc.)
• Mathematics
• Science
• Government/Economics
• Humanities/Arts
• Foreign Languages
• History/Geography

Are They Really Ready To Work?
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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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We have a flawed perspective of always listening
to our best customers They tell us how good the
system is working for them!
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• Agricultural Age Farmers
• Industrial Age Factory Worker
• Informational Age Knowledge Worker
• Conceptual Age Creator / Empathizer

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BANKING

• Sears
• IBM
• Digital. In Search of Excellence
• Xerox

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Educators need to become the agents of change.
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Leadership is action, not position.

• Donald H. McGannon

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A Story.

• Not a bad idea, but to earn a grade more than a
  C, the idea has to be viable! (Yale Professor)

• Fredrick Smith
• The idea FedEx

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In the beginners mind there are many
possibilities in the experts mind there are
few.
-Shurnyu Suzuki
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Sustaining Innovation And Disruptive Innovation
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An Idea
Fidelity
Adapt
Scalable
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An Idea
Fidelity
Adapt
Scalable
Sustaining Innovation
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An Idea
Fidelity
Adapt
Scalable
Disruptive Innovation
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Generation Gap and Learning
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• Learning is developing the individual and the
  organization day after day within the culture.

- Michael Fullan
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Motivation is a key ingredient for success in
learning.
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• The Internet has created the greatest generation
  gap since the advent of rock and roll.

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This Generation

• Teenagers surveyed
• Use Face Book, My Space then text
• nearly 60 would rather use e-mail than a
  telephone
• are likely to have 6 applications running at once
  on their PC
• 26 of U.S. students access a foreign news
  service as a primary source for news

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This Generation

• The fastest growing segment of computer-users
  today in the U.S. is 5 to 7 year olds

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Question

• How do we teach our children to live and work in
  this society?

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• Relationships
• Relevance
• Rigor

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Strategy

• Can you say what your strategy will be?

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Components of School Excellence
Learning Criteria to Support 21st Century
Learners
Rigor/Relevance Framework

• Embrace a Common Vision and Goals
• Inform Decisions Through Data Systems
• Empower Leadership Teams to Take Action and
  Innovate
• Clarify Student Learning Expectations
• Adopt Effective Instructional Practices
• Address Organizational Structures
• Monitor Progress/Improve Support Systems
• Refine Process on an Ongoing Basis

Foundation Learning Stretch Learning Learner
Engagement Personal Skill Development
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Success Beyond the Test

• Foundation Academics
• Stretch Learning
• Learner Engagement
• Personal Skill Development

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Implementation Components for School Excellence
Embrace Common Vision and Goals
Inform Decisions Through Data Systems
Empower Leadership Teams to Take Action and
Innovate
Clarify Student Learning Expectations
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Implementation Components for School Excellence
Adopt Effective Instructional Practices
Address Organizational Structures
Monitor Progress / Improve Support Systems
Refine Process on an Ongoing Basis
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Closing Thoughts
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Every student in your school has words and images
to describe you. They know who you are.

• Do you know who they are?

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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 key is in the capacity of the people and the
system to learn and grow.
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The things we fear most in organizations,
fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances, are the
primary sources of innovation.

• Meg Wheatley