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Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon. Kenneth Grover Principal Innovations High School.

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Good Afternoon

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  1. Good Afternoon Kenneth Grover Principal Innovations High School

  2. I don’t know the future. I didn’t come here to tell you how this is going to end, I came here to tell you how this is going to begin . . . I’m going to show these people what you don’t want them to see. I’m going to show them a world without you, a world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries. A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you. Neo, The Matrix

  3. current reality

  4. Traditional High School

  5. What do students want?

  6. Have we asked them?

  7. boring

  8. student centered

  9. flexible

  10. individualized for them

  11. imagine

  12. Student Centered LearningTHE Disruption in Education Status Quo Student Centered Individualized progress Adaptive Testing Competency Based Mobile Access Team Instant feedback • Age cohorts • Sequential • Annual tests • Tethered • Teachers • Place

  13. Why look at Blended Learning? Blended learning is the only response to higher expectationswithout new resources. • Personalized learning • Student-Centered Learning • Engagementand motivation • Individual progress • BYOD • Online testing in 2015 • Leverage good teachers • Improved conditions • Equalization: narrow the divide • Student and parent computer literacy

  14. Working Toward a Career and College • Graduate with college credit • A clear career path identified with industry certificate • 100% graduation rate • School Support • Competency based digital curricula • Mentor Teachers • High expectations SELF-PACED, FLEXIBLE CURICULUM PEP Personalized Educational Plan STUDENT SUCCESS

  15. School Hours: 7 am to 5 pm No class “periods”- learning at least 6 hours a day Students choose what and when they learn—to a point Teachers “teaching” 8 hours per day Class sizes 35% lower No more “sage on the stage” Direct, one-to-one student instruction Outcomes: Education Rebuilt

  16. 5 quarters a year Strong Mentor Teacher Implementation 1 - 1 Student computer ratio Significant academic progress All 11th/12th grade take college courses Courses are delivered digitally as well as “brick and mortar” Parents re-engaged FINALLY (learning/attendance/student progress) Outcomes: Education Rebuilt

  17. Projected: 40 Current: 185 2013-14: 275 Current Wait List: 150+ Student Demographics: 45% Free and Reduced Lunch 35% Latino 5% African American 5% Polynesian 10% Special Education Outcomes: Enrollments

  18. 9th Grade Class 92% at or ahead of peers nationally - no drop outs 10thGrade Class 94% at or ahead of peers nationally – no drop outs 11thGrade Class 91% at or ahead of peers nationally – no drop outs Every student registered for college courses 12th Grade Class 30/33 students graduated Outcomes: Academic Achievement

  19. Barriers • Opportunites Labor Leadership-local, state Board Community Political

  20. Push the boundaries of what is possible System is ready for dramatic changes Culture and professional performance is what determines success Technology can be a powerful lever for rethinking schooling but it’s the rethinking that matters, NOT the technology (which provides the tools to solve problems). Use technology to free up the time and talent and money for better uses—teaching directly students. How well will you use the political levers to serve your students? Play it cool and ride the wave Caged Leadership What are you waiting for?

  21. So let’s go change . . .. . . the world!¿Questions? Kenneth O. Grover ken.grover@slcschools.org www.innovationshigh.org 801-598-7253

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