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building a coherent systems change strategy to close the achievement gap with a vengeance

We can, whenever we choose, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. We already know more than we need to do that. Whether or not we do it must finally depend on how we feel about the fact that we haven't so far.. Ron Edmonds, 1982 in DuFour et al., 2004. Brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough..

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building a coherent systems change strategy to close the achievement gap with a vengeance

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    1. Building a Coherent Systems Change Strategy to Close the Achievement Gap with a Vengeance! Steve Kukic VP, Strategic Education Initiatives Cambium Learning/Sopris West stevek@sopriswest.com

    2. We can, whenever we choose, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. We already know more than we need to do that. Whether or not we do it must finally depend on how we feel about the fact that we haven’t so far.

    3. Brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.

    4. A Call to ActionThe relentless pursuit of excellence:Thriving on CHAOS!   C – H – A – O – S –

    5. THRIVING ON CHAOS! Teaching to student success High expectations Realization of the potential of RtI Improvement based on data Validation of curricula based on student success Effective interventions implemented with fidelity

    7. Always remember, it is easier to get forgiveness than permission… Proceed until apprehended!

    9. Lee County, FL Larry Tihenisms (Part 1) One child (teacher, school) at a time…that didn’t work. From a system of schools to a school system Tier 1 was the problem. A teacher is someone who helps a student learn something they couldn’t have learned without the teacher. We stopped talking about teachers being the problem. The problem was the system. Teaching is a science (nonnegotiable) and an art (negotiable). Common language leads to systems that work. From constant change to continuous improvement Reducing variation and possible options…control variables or they will control you.

    10. Lee County, FL Larry Tihenisms (Part 2) The core question is: what can the system do? The system is clear: You WILL learn to read. We are out of the “1 year miracle” model You don’t make exponential change with incremental growth. I didn’t think of this until I started thinking about it. Never start a change you can’t support.

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