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Educational Leadership &
Accountability
Future Pathways Teaching & Learning LaboratoryDes Moines Public Schools
Erin Stoen and Teresa Peterson
How much can you juggle?
Keeping these things in the air is like . . .
What did it take for you to be successful as a group?
Is there anything you can do to be more effective next time?
Leadership & Accountability
“Let me bounce this idea off of you . . . It is a really good idea and I would like to do it . . . . But only if you want to do it.”
Where is the leadership?How do you hold folks accountable?How much would you bet on this idea’s sustainability?Why would a principal say this?
Leadership v. Management
Management
Leadership
Leadership v. Management
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Peter F. Drucker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U
Leadership v. Management
Management
Leadership
Building a case for change
Why are we doing things the way we are?
Any reason to do them differently?
The process where the ownership of staff happens
Ownership = Accountability
Elements of effective change
Sustainable & enduring Intrinsic accountabilityResults drivenContinual improvementProcessAll players are mutually accountable
What do we need to know and how to get there . . .
Where to start . . .
HistoryEnvisioningCurrent RealityAction plan – creating mission and vision and the path to get there
Who do you include on this path?What is your role during this journey?
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George SantayanaU.S. philosopher and poet
What’s your history
What were you doing professionally five years ago?
What was your best learning experience?How did you know you were learning?
What’s our history
What were you doing professionally five years ago?
What was your best learning experience? How did you know you were learning?What was our organization doing in the past 10 years?
What initiatives have we attempted?What was our staff like?What did our practice look like?What did our leadership look like?What did our students look, act like?How were our parents involved?What was our professional development?
The unicorn conundrum
Unicorns are wonderful, beautiful, amazing and exciting beasts . . . But . . . a myth.
When organizations think about change, it becomes uncomfortable, the past looks pretty darn good . . . but the beautiful bliss is usually a myth.
What is our future . . .
“When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people:
those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.”
John M. Richardson, Jr.
What is our future?
SHIFT HAPPENS . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U
What is our future
The year is 2013 . . .Mona Lisa Smile
Think and imagineClose your eyesWhat do we see, feel, and hear going on in our organization?
Students, staff, parents, community, resources
2013
What is 21st century teaching and learning? Learning for understanding80/20 20/80TransferRevisingTechnology ladenUncoveringProject-basedAuthenticEssential curriculum
Don’t allow “yeah, but . . . .”
Move to “yes, and . . .”
Mission
Without a commitment to mission, we don’t really have a school; we just have a home for freelance tutors of subjects.
Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
Current Reality
There's something beautifully soothing about a fact - even if we're not sure what it means.
Daniel J. Boorstin
Reality is our friend . . .
A vision of students today . . .
“The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.”
Leon Trotsky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o
Reality is our friend . . .
What do we need to know?
What is our data?
What does a data conversation look like?Protocols: www.nsrfharmony.orgwww.nsrfharmony.orgObservations
I find it interesting that . . . . I am wondering . . .
AnalysisConclusions Do we have a case for change?Action
Reality is our friend . . .
What does a data conversation look like?Protocols: www.nsrfharmony.orgwww.nsrfharmony.orgObservations
I find it interesting that . . . . I am wondering . . .
AnalysisConclusions Do we have a case for change?Action
A Case for Change
MissionVisionGoals – 5 year plan
ALL goals and action are driven by mission, vision and goalsALL folks are accountable for the mission and visionLeadership – to keep all of these in alignment
So what . . . Now what . . .
"Accountability breeds response-ability."
Stephen R. Covey
Future Pathways Teaching & Learning Laboratory
CurriculumUnderstanding by Design – Wiggins & McTigheProject Based Learning – Buck InstituteRigor & Relevance Framework
AdvocacySupport students to course completions and graduationPersonal Learning Plans
Community (2008)Technology
Working with Digital Natives
Our Mission
Future Pathways at Central Campus empowers young adults
in a progressive and personalized educational environment
through self-designed learning and technology.
Our Vision
Every Future Pathways student will:Have at least one Future Pathways adult who knows them wellMaster competencies in the courses, 21st century skills, and progressive technology through project-based learningBe challenged with rigorous coursework that honors their interests and is relevant to their livesBe engaged in learning and working toward graduation
Every Future Pathways staff member will:Convey professional integrity Be an advocate for the whole student and their personal successCommit to educational innovation and challenge tradition in educationBe dedicated to reflective practice, professional growth, and peer coaching of colleagues
Future Pathways Data 07 - 08
615 students166 graduates – raised DMPS graduation rate 9.6%15 Discipline Referrals15 Teachers 4 Student Advisors1731 course completions
Future Pathways Information
All staff are advocates for 8 – 12 studentsAll staff participate in professional learningOne classroom rule: while you’re here, you are learning and working toward graduationOne guide: you need to make progress toward your goal that you help define9 professional learning credits for staffStudents from 7:30 – 4:00Professional learning every Wednesday
Educational Leadership &
Accountability
Future Pathways Teaching & Learning LaboratoryDes Moines Public Schools
Erin Stoen: [email protected] Peterson: [email protected]