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1. Whole School Reform – A New Model for Leadership and Change International Center for Leadership in Education

2. WHY Change Model • International Center for Leadership in Education Prepare students for their future

3. WHY Change Model • International Center for Leadership in Education

4. Rigor, Relevance, Relationships for ALL Students WHY Change Model • International Center for Leadership in Education W H A T

5. Rigor/Relevance For All Students

6. Knowledge Taxonomy • 1. Awareness • 2. Comprehension • 3. Application • 4. Analysis • 5. Synthesis • 6. Evaluation

7. Application Model • 1.Knowledge in one discipline • 2. Application within discipline • 3. Application across disciplines • 4. Application to real-world predictable situations • 5. Application to real-world unpredictable situations

8. Levels Bloom’s C D A B 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 Application

9. 6 5 4 3 2 1 Rigor/Relevance Framework Knowledge Application 1 2 3 4 5

10. WHY Where are you? Where do you want to go? Learning Criteria for 21st Century Learners Change Model • International Center for Leadership in Education W H E R E W H A T

11. The Learning Criteria

12. How do you want learning evaluated?

13. The Learning Criteria helps you put into action what you believe about learning.

14. Success Beyond the Test Rigor • Core Academics • Stretch Learning • Learner Engagement • Personal Skill Development Relevance Relationships International Center for Leadership in Education, Inc.

15. Criteria • Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core subjects of English language arts, math and science and others identified by the school) • Stretch Learning (Demonstration of rigorous and relevant learning beyond the minimum requirements) • Personal Skill Development (Measures of personal, social, service, and leadership skills and demonstrations of positive behaviors and attitudes) • Learner Engagement (The extent to which students are motivated and committed to learning; have a sense of belonging and accomplishment; and have relationships with adults, peers, and parents that support learning)

16. Core Stretch Learner Engagement Personal Skill Development

17. Core Dimensions of the Learning Criteria Stretch Learner Engagement Personal Skill Development

18. Change Model W H E R E H O W Components of Excellence Learning Criteria for 21st Century Learners WHY Rigor, Relevance, Relationships for ALL Students W H A T

19. Eight Components to School Excellence 1. Embrace Common Vision and Goals for Rigor/Relevance/Relationships for ALL Students

20. Challenges • Globalization

21. Wal Mart • Largest Corporation • 8 times Size of Microsoft • 2 % of GDP • 1.4 Million Employees • More Employees than: • GM, Ford, G.E. and IBM Combined Source: The Post-American World

22. Challenges • Globalization • Technology

23. 1983 – A Nation at Risk • E-mail • Web pages • Google • iPODs • Laptops • Digital cameras • Doppler radar • Cell phones

24. 2000 • Blogs • Wikis • Tagging • Text messaging • MySpace • Podcasts • PDAs

25. E-Mail • Adult use often • 14% of teens use often

26. Content Creation & Social Media • Facebook • MySpace • Flickr • YouTube • Blogs • Personal Web Pages

27. Eight Components to School Excellence 1. Embrace Common Vision and Goals for Rigor/Relevance/Relationships for ALL Students 2. Inform Decisions through Data Systems

28. Levels Bloom’s C D A B 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 Application

29. Student Survey Percentages

30. Criteria • Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core subjects of English language arts, math and science and others identified by the school) • Stretch Learning (Demonstration of rigorous and relevant learning beyond the minimum requirements) • Student Engagement (The extent to which students are motivated and committed to learning; have a sense of belonging and accomplishment; and have relationships with adults, peers, and parents that support learning) • Personal Skill Development (Measures of personal, social, service, and leadership skills and demonstrations of positive behaviors and attitudes)

31. Guiding Principles • Responsibility • Contemplation • Initiative • Perseverance • Optimism • Courage • Respect • Compassion • Adaptability • Honesty • Trustworthiness • Loyalty

32. SurveyToolsforRigor, RelevanceandRelationships We LearnStudent Survey We TeachInstructionalStaff Survey We LeadLeadership Survey

33. Eight Components to School Excellence 1. Embrace Common Vision and Goals for Rigor/Relevance/Relationships for ALL Students 2. Inform Decisions through Data Systems 3. Empower Leadership Teams to Take Action and Innovate

34. Four Quadrants of Leadership Decision Framework Staff Involvement

35. Four Quadrants of Leadership DECISION FRAMEWORK D C Anticipation Future-focused and Proactive High B A Preservation Rear View-focused and Reactive Low

36. Four Quadrants of Leadership D C Top Down Hierarchy Distributed Leadership B A Low High STAFF INVOLVEMENT

37. Four Quadrants of Leadership DECISION FRAMEWORK C D Culture-driven School Struggling School w/ conflict Anticip-ation A B Rule-driven School Tradition-driven School Preserv-ation Individual Team STAFF INVOLVEMENT

38. Four Quadrants of Leadership DECISION FRAMEWORK C D Rapidly Improving Islands of Innovation Anticip-ation A B Traditional Pockets of Success Level or Declining Preserv-ation Individual Team STAFF INVOLVEMENT

39. Eight Components to School Excellence 1. Embrace Common Vision and Goals for Rigor/Relevance/Relationships for ALL Students 2. Inform Decisions through Data Systems 3. Empower Leadership Teams to Take Action and Innovate 4. Clarify Student Learning Expectations

40. MCA II / GRAD English LABenchmarks Tested Test data for Writing MCA II not available Grades 5 and 10

41. Lexile Framework® for Reading Study Summary of Text Lexile Measures Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%) 1600 1400 1200 Text Lexile Measure (L) 1000 800 600 High School Literature College Textbooks Military High School Textbooks Personal Use Entry-Level Occupations SAT 1, ACT, AP* College Literature * Source of National Test Data: MetaMetrics

42. Eight Components to School Excellence 5. Adopt Effective Instructional Practices

43. Levels Bloom’s C D A B 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 Application

44. Rigor without Relevance and Relationships has never worked Rigor, Relevance and Relationship is not a concept it is a way of life in the nation’s most successful schools

45. Eight Components to School Excellence 5. Adopt Effective Instructional Practices 6. Address Organizational Structures

46. Supportive Structures • Small Learning Community • Alternative Scheduling • Team Teaching • CORE teams • School-based Enterprise • Professional Learning Community 45 36

47. Eight Components to School Excellence 5. Adopt Effective Instructional Practices 6. Address Organizational Structures 7. Monitor Progress/Improve Support Systems

48. You Lead Based Upon 1. What You Report 2. What You Assess 3. How You Evaluate Staff

49. Lexile Framework® for Reading Study Summary of Text Lexile Measures Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%) 1600 1400 1200 Text Lexile Measure (L) 1000 800 600 High School Literature College Textbooks Military High School Textbooks Personal Use Entry-Level Occupations SAT 1, ACT, AP* College Literature * Source of National Test Data: MetaMetrics

50. Lexile Framework® - Student ProfileMatt -Age 15, Grade 10, Lexile 1090, GPA 3.0 1600 1400 1200 Text Lexile Measure (L) 1000 910 800 600 Matt * Source of National Test Data: MetaMetrics