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CESA #1 Educational Transformation Initiative. WASB Legislative Advocacy Conference November 13, 2010 Presenter: Jim Rickabaugh, Ph.D. Director, the institute @ CESA #1. Our schools were not designed to do what is being asked of them There is not enough money to support the current system
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CESA #1 Educational Transformation Initiative WASB Legislative Advocacy Conference November 13, 2010 Presenter: Jim Rickabaugh, Ph.D. Director, the institute @ CESA #1
Our schools were not designed to do what is being asked of them • There is not enough money to support the current system • The Cavalry isn’t coming! Three Harsh Realities the institute @ CESA #1
United States Commitment to accountability and testing, blaming and shaming, to leverage improvement Top Performing Countries Commitment to invest in teaching, learning and curriculum Lessons to be Learned the institute @ CESA #1
Late Life-Cycle Reality the institute @ CESA #1
New Life Cycle the institute @ CESA #1
Build on Core Purposes • Focus on Personalized Learning • Engage New Learning Strategies in a Customized Environment • Develop Comprehensive Sustainable Systems Transform Our Public Education Delivery System the institute @ CESA #1
Rigorous, integrated world class learning standards • Competency-based progress • Anytime/everywhere learning • Progress-based grouping • Blended instruction using technology • Authentic comprehensive assessments Customized Learning Environment the institute @ CESA #1
Rapid cycle development and prototyping • Open source networking that is connected and aligned • Consortia of districts and partners around targeted transformation projects • Collaboration Statements of Commitment for all partners • the institute @ CESA #1: Infrastructure for support Next Steps: Basic Approach the institute @ CESA #1
A partnership of states and allies to design a new public education system The InnovationLab Network the institute @ CESA #1
Identify what constitutes effective NxGL—learning from existing exemplars here and abroad • Outlinethe systems implications • Illuminate innovation work for the field • Testways to act on these systems implications through schools, districts and states across the Lab Network • Scale this approach to more states across the system Lab Network Focus the institute @ CESA #1
the institute @ CESA #1 • Mobilize transformation initiatives • Build capacity • Establish and maintain effective network communications • Research/vet best practices • Build partnerships Next Steps: Infrastructure for Support the institute @ CESA #1
Not a matter of just catching up • Need to “leap frog” the leaders • Must create a new life-cycle for education • Cannot afford to wait for others • If it is going to happen, we must be willing to provide the leadership Looking Forward the institute @ CESA #1