The Power of YETInspired by

Dr. Jeffrey HowardHarvard Professor and Harvard Graduate

My Harvard Experience

A New Age of Learning and Instruction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

• Whose children are these?

• Who is responsible for making sure they are prepared for the 21st century?

What do we know about teacher effectiveness?

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Effective TeachersFigure 1.2 Effects of a School vs. a Teacher on Student Entering at 50th Percentile

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What do we know about administrator effectiveness?

http://www.efficacy.org/Resources/tabid/226/Default.aspx

Administrator proficiency, as Dr. Howard has defined it, is the absolute requirement for achieving

proficiency among the adults who help develop children’s proficiency.

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Proficiency for ALL Children

Two Models of Development

The Innate Model

aka…Very Smart

aka…Sorta Smart

aka…Kinda Dumb

Two Models of Development (cont.)

• Innate Ability– Intelligence and Character are fixed assets– Unevenly distributed among the population and

among different population groups

• Share with a neighbor how this model has affected your performance as a student.

http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MzQ4MzAzMjY5

Two Models of Development (cont.)

• What are possible implications of the Innate Ability model?

http://todaysmeet.com/Innate

• Tenacious Engagement

• Focus on Feedback

• Strategy Formulation

Confidence EffectiveEffort Development

The Efficacy «Get Smart » Model

The Belief that I can do it!

Think You Can WorkHard Get Smart

The Efficacy «Get Smart » Model

in kid-friendly terms…

Two Models of Development (cont.)

• The Efficacy « Get Smart » Model– Virtually all people are capable of brillance– Human characteristics are neither fixed nor given– Capacities are built through action of Effective Effort– Build Confidence in our Students

• Share with a neighbor how this model has affected your performance as a student.

http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MjE0MDYzNjYyMw

Two Models of Development (cont.)

• What are possible implications of the Efficacy « Get Smart » model?

http://todaysmeet.com/Efficacy

Dr. Howard’s Story

Tramy’s Story

Angie’s Story

The Efficacy Package

The Mission is College Readiness;

the Mindset is “Get Smart”;

The Method must be a data-based system of self-directed improvement, executed with equal force at

all levels of the learning community.

http://www.efficacy.org/default.aspx

Forman’s Story2008-20092009-2010

Administrator proficiency, as Dr. Howard has defined it, is the absolute requirement for achieving

proficiency among the adults who help develop children’s proficiency.

AdministratorProficiency

AdultProficiency

Proficiency for ALL Children

• Tenacious Engagement

• Focus on Feedback

• Strategy Formulation

Confidence EffectiveEffort Development

The Efficacy «Get Smart » Model

The Belief that I can do it!

Personal Reflectionshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI 2 minutes

• Take some time to write yourself a letter about your campus goals for 2011-2012 as it relates to improving student achievement for Plano ISD. (These letters will be delivered to you in June.)

• Teamwork for Excellence with our collective abundance of experience

Inch by inch…life’s a cinch.Yard by yard…life is hard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KjpyHX7X-o greatest lovehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6xLMCHFetA lean on mehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVhrIfaPKxw herohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0wbID4FsbQ power of the dream

Personal Reflections