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One woman’s journey: leadership and passions
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Many different ways to be a “leader”
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• Manager vs leader• Ideas vs people• Informal vs positional• The role of passion in
“leadership”• Vision is something else
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Early influences & modelsMy amazing dad• -- less than HS• -- loved learning• -- avid reader• -- wrote poetry• -- debated policyI developed a passion for all the same
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A Pioneer: I’m First Gen!
• I had no college advising at home• A very special HS teacher, stepped in• College changed my life and my
family’s future trajectory• And ignited passion for public ed
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Another influence: becoming a feminist
• Dad was also a passionate advocate for civil rights• And I became a passionate advocate for women’s rights
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A spring board for growing into a leadership role
• Getting a Masters• Pushing forward• Overcoming self-doubt• Seeking challenges• Rising to the challenges• Balancing work-family• Grabbing the big leaps
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Insights from my journey:1)Read outside your field
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Good to Great, Jim Collins
Execution, Larry Bossidy
Great Work, David Sturt
Mindset, Carol Dweck
Compelling People, John Heffinger
TED talks
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2) Know yourself, and find yourself new again
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Strength Finder 2.0,Tom Rath
What Motivates Me,Adrian Gostick
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And more …..• Identify your passions and align with
work• Do your homework: it will give you
the power of your convictions• Keep a notebook of ideas and review
it often• Learn to connect dots between ideas,
people, projects, next steps
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And more …
• Hold yourself accountable, even if your organization doesn’t
• Don’t make excuses, make plans• Aim high for your organization, your
students, yourself• After analysis, leap to opportunities• Develop a growth mindset: you don’t
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Taking it to the State Board
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Son Elliot & Diabetes: my passion for NGSS
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Elliot today thanks to advances in biotech
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CA’s process for NGSS adoption
• Attended NGSS workshop 2011• Followed the development of the
standards and CA’s input thru 4/13• Attended six days of SEP meetings
5/13• Did my own homework & research• Led on motion for SBE to adopt
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CA’s NGSS adoptions Sept & Nov 2013
• In September: the NGSS K-12 as the new Science Content Standards for CA, and the NGSS Appendices A-M.
• In November: the CA Integrated Model for Grades 6-8 as the SBE’s “preferred model.”
• Also authorized a single 6-8 discipline focused model to be developed by the SEP as an LEA “alternate option”.
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Why is Integrated Preferred?• More aligned with and supportive of the
conceptual shifts in NGSS: the three dimensional learning of dissciplinary core ideas, cross cutting concepts and science/engineering practices.
• Consistent with how science is taught through 8th grade in all the highest performing countries in science (PISA, TIMMS); CA low ranking in NAEP
• SBE/CDE has high confidence in the deliberations & recommendation of Integrated by CA’s Science Expert Panel.
• This model will be in body of CA’s new science framework
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What is status of Discipline Model?
• SBE authorized its development to be done by SEP and aligned with same model in Achieve.
• Options for this model were posted on CDE; the field chose to keep the disciplines at same grade as now.
• This model will be in the appendix of the new CA science Framework
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Pros & Cons of Two ModelsDiscipline Specific•Teacher Content Expertise •Teacher Passion Integration •NGSS vision for science, not taught in silos •Implementation of Crosscutting Concepts •Articulated Learning progression with Life/Earth/Physical with Engineering at each year •SEP recommendation. Also now adopted by the states of WA and OR. According to CTC, will cause very few credential issues.
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NGSS work going on now?• CA NGSS K-8 Early Implementation Initiative with
8 districts & 2 CMOs• CA Curriculum Framework Committee meets thru
Feb 2015 then out for public comment• CDE NGSS State Systems Plan reviewed by SBE at
November 2014 meeting• Discussions underway on next science test• Discussions underway on changes to the state
accountability system – “may” be a move away from single indicator (API) to dashboard of multiple performance measures
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Let me be clear
• I’m a SBE champion for bringing Science Education back as a core subject in K-12
• Also beginning to work on options for expanding K-12 student access to computer science education.
• Both are critical to the education of all our students, and to the CA workforce.
•Thanks for the important work you do!
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