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A Framework for Change
Next Generation Leadership AcademyLexington, Kentucky12 September 2013
Gene WilhoitExecutive Director
Change Must Have a Purpose
Our purpose, as educators, is to graduate all students ready for the demands of further learning, prepared for next steps in a chosen career, and equipped with the attributes to become contributing citizens in a highly interconnected, ever evolving world
What Will it Take?Clear and articulate vision that
is compelling and inclusiveA framework of principles to
underpin all aspects of workA theory of change that is
faithful to the vision, but grounded in reality and based in evidence
Are We Teaching What Matters Most?
What does it mean to be an “educated person”
What do we mean by “ready”
Beyond core knowledge, what characteristics do we hope children will develop and leave with?
What constitutes world-class knowledge and skills?
Mastery of rigorous content
Knowledge
Dispositions
SkillsStrategies to learn &
engage
Capacities & Habits of
mind
CCR
CCR Framework
Ways We Determine Success – for Schooling or for Learning?
Today? Tomorrow?On lower standards, inconsistently applied
Based on academics alone
A single score for a major decision
Testing
Movement in group by age and grade
Credit by participation in course
For what is taught in school, by schools
Reporting point-in-time results
For the student, a win or a loss
Accept birth as destiny, modify expectations
On high standards, consistently applied
Based on knowledge, skills and disposition
Multiple measures for most decisions
Demonstrations of learning
Progression based on individual mastery
Credentials by performance against competencies
For what is learned, anytime anywhere
Communicating progress along a continuum
For the student, a way forward
Reduce impact of personal circumstance on achievement, quality as equity
Ways We Engage Students Today? Tomorrow?
Success for school
Passive, compliant learning
One-size fits all curriculum, anchored to a class and assessment schedule
Using a textbook and working alone
Learning space/time = classroom/class schedule
Those who fall behind are left in failure, for long times or forever
Teachers plan alone and work alone for whole classes, as a single source of content delivery
Limiting supports and opportunities to what a school can deliver
Success for life
Student-directed, active learning
Flexible, relevant curricula - anchored to learning progressions
Accessing digital curricula and learning through social networking
Learning space = network/ 24x7
Those who need help receive it just-in-time; no one is left in failure
Teachers plan and work together as specialists around the needs of students, as a learning delivery and coaching system
Looking beyond the school to customize supports and opportunities
Unthink School. . .
To Rethink Learning
The paths we are following do not lead to the places we want to goIf we don’t change direction, we may end up where we are headed
Where are you already shifting practice?
What’s your next, best opportunity?
Where Are You Headed?
World-Class Knowledge and Skills
Competency-based Systems
Personalized Learning
Anytime, Anywhere Learning
Systems of Supports
Student Agency
The Learne
r
Design Principles for Transforming Systems
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