carmen coleman center for innovation in education next generation leadership academy 23 july 2015

Carmen ColemanCenter for Innovation in Education

Next Generation Leadership Academy

23 July 2015

The New Realities

The loss of a quarter of our students before graduation is no longer acceptable. We must graduate virtually all

AND, the outcomes of our inherited system are no longer sufficient for success. All graduates must be prepared for success in a career, further education and as citizens in the interconnected world.

We Can’t Get There From Here: Make the Shift From Systems of

Schooling to Systems for Learning

“The goal we have established for all of our children to be ready is the right goal for them and for our nation. The “schooling” experience as it now exists is out of alignment with the lofty goals we have set. We will reach our aspirations only when we cast aside historic perceptions and practices about how one acquires knowledge and skills.”

Systems Change at Scale = Transformation

We have difficult choices to make:

• Continue moderate, incremental improvement

• Transform systems of schooling to systems of learning

Clear, High Expectations

If we have a compelling vision of

the Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions that a

graduate must possess, we can

construct progressions of learning from PreK

through postsecondary

Customized Pathways

We must understand each student as a

learner, where each is on the learning

continuum, continuously tailor learning and

supports, and provide choices that make

learning purposeful and relevant

Competency-based

LearningLeading to

developmental pathways &

competencies for success at next levels, demonstrated learning

through meaningful assessments, and

accountability for each learner

A System of Personalized Learning

Anytime, Anywhere LearningComprehensive Supports

Student Agency

Six Critical AttributesStudent Agency

ComprehensiveSupports

Anytime, AnywhereLearning

CustomizedPathways

Competency-based

Learning

Clear, HighExpectations




CustomizedPathways

Competency-based

Learning

Clear, HighExpectations• Strong and robust readiness

• Foundation for and alignment with college, career and citizenship

• Integrates essential knowledge, skills and dispositions

Our Goals for Young People: Learning experiences should integrate thinking, feeling and action to build the full suite of cognitive and non-cognitive skills, especially the life skills needed for learning and collaborating with others in a diverse society and rapidly changing world.

Knowledge

Mastery of rigorous content and application and transfer of what has been learned to complex

and novel situations

• Common Core State Standards

• Career and Technical Education

• Other Content Areas and Essential Literacies

• Global Competence• Applied Knowledge

Skills

The capacities and strategies that enable students to learn and engage in higher order

thinking, meaningful interactions and planning

for the future

• Critical Thinking• Creativity and Innovation• Problem Solving• Collaboration• Communications• Self-awareness• Learning How to Learn• Leadership

Dispositions

Behaviors that associate with success in college, career and citizenship,

helping students draw on the skills and knowledge

they possess

• Self-efficacy• Social awareness &

Empathy• Initiative• Persistence• Adaptability• Ethical Behavior & Civic

Responsibility• Self-control• Love of Learning




CustomizedPathways

Competency-based

Learning


• Competencies must be explicit, observable, measurable and transferable

• Instruction is organized around standards progressions

• Learning is credentialed based on demonstration against expectations

• Students who do not demonstrate mastery are provided time and support

• Students who demonstrate mastery move forward

• Evidence is gathered from multiple measures




CustomizedPathways

Competency-based

Learning

Clear, High• Every learner has a Personal Learning Plan owned

and managed by learner, over time, to support the development of aspirations and help students customize pathways to success

• Every learner has a Learner Profile that holds evidence of learning from numerous sources, over time, to inform decisions

• Learners experience an unbound continuum of learning (not bound by grade, age, traditionally packed course sequences, stratified credit structure )

• Teaching is adaptive to the learner• Learners have increasing choice• Learning is informed by neuroscience and

developmental psychology




CustomizedPathways

Competency-based

Learning


• Learning beyond the school walls is valued and credentialed

• All learners and educators have access to learning and productivity technologies

• All learners have broadband access• Online learning and blended learning are a part of

everyone’s educational experience• Time and place constraints are eliminated• Technology will be supported by new funding

models and resource allocation strategies• Learners have technology-based access to

teaching specialists, subject-matter specialists, learning resources and learning tools

• Educators insure online safety, appropriate behavior, alignment of tools and techniques




CustomizedPathways

Competency-based

Learning

• All students have a a sense of hope and confidence about their future

• Learners have sustained caring and positive relationships with at least oen adult

• Educators and partners do what they do best to maximize support

• Open and aggressive communication and shared responsibility with parents and guardians.

• Tiered support for struggling to thriving learners.

• All families have access to high-quality early childhood programs




CustomizedPathways


• Students grow to take responsibility for and manage their learning - to develop postsecondary goals, advocate for their needs, reflect on their progress, gradually assume responsibility for their own learning, and develop identity as a life-long learner

• Discourse between learners and adults is reciprocal, authentic, and honest

• Strong, collaborative relationships among parents/caretakers, educators and community resources support development of individual agency

• A systematic, ongoing approach for engaging and using student voice to shape learning and educational experiences is an essential, non-negotiable component of the learning community




CustomizedPathways

Competency-based

Learning


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