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Lead Forward

Lead Forward. The MASA Vision For Comprehensive Redesign Of Michigan’s Pre-K - Grade 12 Public Education System Winter Conference 2010. Today’s Lead Forward Goals. Build Understanding Build Commitment Build Action. What is Lead Forward About?.

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Lead Forward

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  1. Lead Forward The MASA Vision For Comprehensive Redesign Of Michigan’s Pre-K - Grade 12 Public Education System Winter Conference 2010

  2. Today’s Lead Forward Goals • Build Understanding • Build Commitment • Build Action

  3. What is Lead Forward About? • Serving every child with a world class education • Retooling and reshaping Michigan’s Public Education System for: • High Impact • High Efficiency • High Reliability • Creating a Child Investment Strategy for Michigan • A stronger, more vital Michigan

  4. Why Did MASA Take Up This Challenge? • Tipping points all around • Taking a positive, proactive approach to building a bright future for Michigan • Perfect storm of challenge and opportunity • Moral responsibility • If not us, who? If not now, when?

  5. How We Created Lead Forward • Scanned for the best ideas • Read reports and analyses • Challenged our own thinking • Examined major issues • Formed and refined ideas • Put it out there

  6. Lead Forward – Where Is It? • December 11 Leader • MASA Web Site • Executive Summary • Full Report • Survey for your feedback • Handouts

  7. The Lead Forward ReportWhat is in it? Part I: The future of Michigan’s Pre-K-12 Education System • Values and beliefs about the importance of Michigan’s Educational System • Vision for how Michigan can better serve students through a comprehensive redesign of that system

  8. The Lead Forward ReportWhat is in it? Part I Continued: • Assurances for each and every Michigan student • Imperatives for redesign work • Child Investment Strategy for Michigan

  9. The Lead Forward ReportWhat is in it? Part II: Defining a World Class Educational System for Michigan • World class student outcomes • Systems needed to insure those outcomes • Definitions and evidence of success

  10. The Lead Forward ReportWhat is in it? Part III: Exercising a Shared Trust: MASA’s Lead Forward Commitment • What we are prepared to do as an association • What our members can do as district leaders

  11. The Lead Forward Action Strategy • Fulfilling the Mission of Teaching and Learning – 9 Targets • Supporting the Mission of Teaching and Learning – 9 Targets • Broad outreach to promote and achieve the targets • Implement, showcase, and celebrate Lead Forward in action

  12. The 9 Targets for the Mission of Teaching and Learning • System for assessing and tracking student achievement and school success • System of aligned leadership development for schools and school districts • 21st Century technologies to support a multi-dimensional and dynamic learning system

  13. Fulfilling the Mission of Teaching and Learning • Quality teachers and quality instruction for all students • Elimination of all achievement gaps • Early (pre-K) childhood education for all children

  14. Fulfilling the Mission of Teaching and Learning • High proficiency with a globally competitive curriculum and successful matriculation to post-secondary options for all students • Personalized learning and differentiated instruction with on-demand (24/7/365) access to learning • Safe, inviting, empowering, and motivating schools for all students

  15. The 9 Targets for Supporting the Mission of Teaching and Learning • Health Insurance Reform • Retirement System Reform • School Finance Reform • Employee Compensation, Negotiations, and P.E.R.A. Reform • Tenure Reform

  16. Supporting the Mission of Teaching and Learning • Efficient, coordinated services with elimination of redundancy and bureaucracy • Governance for stability of quality leadership and constancy of moral purpose • 21st century technologies for operating and managing schools • A Broad-based child investment strategy for Michigan

  17. Getting Traction on the Lead Forward Ideas • First, your feedback – complete the survey (see handout) • Keep the conversation going in: • Your local districts • Your ISD’s and RESA’s • Your Regions • With your legislators

  18. Getting Traction on the Lead Forward Ideas • Get to lots of “tables” – get our ideas in play • Capture the story of your Lead Forward work • Communicate and Advocate • MASA action • Member action • S.O.S. action • Use Lead Forward as our Filter to evaluate new ideas • Use new ideas to keep Lead Forward leading forward

  19. Make It Happen • Become a Lead Forward District • Board Resolution • Community Engagement • Select Lead Forward Focus Areas for your district • Capture and share the “story” of your Lead Forward Work • Inspire and model the way • Offer new Lead Forward Ideas

  20. Become a Lead Forward Leader • Tell your legislatures to support Lead Forward ideas • Help MASA continue to refine and develop the Lead Forward Ideas • Help your district become a Lead Forward district • Help MASA make Leading Forward a way of life in the 21st Century

  21. Now, let’s have some conversation about Leading Forward • About MASA’s role in the redesign of Michigan’s education system • About becoming a Lead Forward district • About being a Lead Forward leader

  22. The End Game • Timing is everything • Can’t sit this one out • Critical mass moves mountains • Eat the elephant one bite at a time • Discuss the un-discussable • Make the ideas grow

  23. Thank YouFor Leading Forward • MASA 2008-09 and 2009-10 Council and Executive Board • MASA Presidents, Craig Douglas and Tom Langdon • MASA members • William Mayes and MASA staff

  24. The way is Forward…The Lead is ours..If we dare!

  25. Thank you

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