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From the Wheat Field to the White House. The Centre story of virtual education. 400 square miles. 260 students. Taking the zip code out of education. Table 14. Invite to the. Invitation to the White House. The White Meeting. on Virtual Education with NNDS.
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From the Wheat Field to the White House • The Centre story of virtual education
400 square miles • 260 students
Invite to the Invitation to the White House
The White Meeting • on Virtual Education with NNDS
Next steps • Board Approval to start KOLP • Sought application to the state to have a virtual program • Approved in July and started the program in August
KOLP2011 • 25 sudents • 3 SLA’s • Coordinator
“If I hear one more person say that buy-in is necessary for change to occur, I’ll scream,” Doug Reeves told a packed Thought Leader Session at the AASA national conference in Houston. “Changes do not need buy-in, they require leadership.”
Leadership Lessons so far..... • Network....You don’t know what you don’t know! • Firm understanding of the change process • Be brave
Change Lessons: Ron Heifetz • 1. Get on the balcony- get perspective of the problems • 2. Identify the adaptive challenge • 3. Regulate the stress and distress- creative tension (Senge) • 4. Maintain disciplined action • 5. Give work back to the people • 6. Protect the voices of leadership from below. Listen to opposition.
Adapting to Change Normal curve 2.5% Innovators 13.5% early adopters 34% early majority 34% later majority 16% Laggards
McRel Leadership • Concentrate on problem not solution • Leadership responsibilities:McRel Research • Leadership responsibilities associated with 2nd order change. • knowledge of curriculum, • optimize, • intellectual stimulation, • change agent • 4 Leadership responsibilities that do not correlate well with second order change: • Culture, • communication, • order • and input.
The White House is watching • and so are the neighbors
Next leadership lesson • continue to network!
From 25 students To 88 students
Why do we invest in technology ? • Because it makes our poorest students rich!
Jerri Kemble email: jkemble@usd397.com Jerri Kemble Jerri Kemble Jerri Kemble
Distance Learning Through the Ages • 1891: The University of Chicago began allowing students and teachers to work via the post office rather than a classroom. Eventually, the parties evolved to two-way radio transmissions and prerecorded TV broadcasts. • 1988: The federal Star Schools program awarded grants to rural schools to foster distance-education technologies with telecommunication companies. • 1995: The CyberSchool Project in Eugene, Ore., was launched to provide supplemental courses online. • 1997: Florida established the first statewide, Internet-based public high school. • November 2005: According to the North American Council for Online Learning, the United States supported 32 virtual charter schools, three online home-school programs and 53 public, noncharter virtual schools across 42 states.