Raymond J' McNulty

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INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP

• Raymond J. McNulty
• Senior Vice President

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ICLE Program of Work

• Identify the essential characteristics of
  successful schools and the most rapidly improving
  schools
• Best Practices/Research to assist schools
• Organize our learning into useful tools

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• Not an expert
• Im a learner
• I change my opinion / what I do is based on what
  I learn.

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In times of change, learners inherit the Earth
while the learned find themselves beautifully
equipped to deal with a world that no longer
exists.- Eric Hoffer, American Social Writer
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21st Century

• We are already there!!

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Educators need to become the agents of change.
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Themes

• Opening Thoughts on Education and the Generation
  Gap
• Key Strategies for Change
• 3. Advice

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THOUGHTS ONEDUCATION / GENERATION GAP
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• Learning is the work for everyone.

- Michael Fullan
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• Learning is developing the individual and the
  organization day after day within the culture.

- Michael Fullan
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Motivation is a key ingredient for success in
learning.
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The primary aim of education is not to enable
students to do well in school, but to help them
do well in the lives they lead outside of school.
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Weve created false proxies for learning

• Finishing a course or textbook has come to mean
  achievement
• Listening to lecture has come to mean
  understanding
• Getting a high score on a standardized test has
  come to mean proficiency

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Learning should have its roots in..

• Meaning, not just memory
• Engagement, not simply transmission
• Inquiry, not only compliance
• Exploration, not just acquisition
• Personalization, not simply uniformity
• Collaboration, not only competition
• Trust, not fear

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What got us to where we are today in
education,will not get us to where we need to
be!
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BANKING

• Sears
• IBM
• Digital. In Search of Excellence
• Xerox

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• The Internet has created the greatest generation
  gap since the advent of rock and roll.

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Question

• How do we teach our children to live and work in
  this society?

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• We have to collaborate to get better.

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Theres no silver bullet!!NO EPIPHANY
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Leadership is action, not position.

• Donald H. McGannon

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Key Strategies for Change
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Key Strategies for Change

• Innovation
• Leadership and Leadership Density
• Attend to the Big Three
• Coherence

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1. Innovation
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A Story.

• Not a bad idea, but to earn a grade more than a
  C, the idea has to be viable! (Yale Professor)

• Fredrick Smith
• The idea FedEx

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In the beginners mind there are many
possibilities in the experts mind there are
few.
-Shurnyu Suzuki
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• Rules and Regulations
• Budget Constraints
• Union Contracts
• Devils Advocate

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Sustaining Innovation And Disruptive Innovation
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Coherence
Fidelity
Adaptability
Scalability
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Coherence
Fidelity
Adaptability
Scalability
Sustaining Innovation
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Coherence
Fidelity
Adaptability
Scalability
Disruptive Innovation
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2. Leadership and Leadership Density
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Too many managers, not enough leaders. Managers
keep the current system in place and minimize
risk.
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BIG BANG THEORY

• It doesnt work
• Fix whats not working by using data
• Versions..
• Tweaking practice. Something doable..
  Ambidextrous Organization

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INSTRUCTION NOT STRUCTURE

• Every close study of actual classroom practice
  reveals that instruction is typically mediocre.
  The gap to attack here is between effective
  practice and actual practice.

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Leaders know how to wield the right change tools,
at the right time? The secret is to gauge how
strongly your people agree on 1. Where they
want to go? 2. How to get there?
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Broad consensus
Where they want to go?
No consensus
Broad consensus
No consensus
How they want to get there?
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The fundamental task of a leader is to develop
confidence in advance of victory, in order to
attract the investments that make victory
possible.
-Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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3. Attend to the Big Three
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What are they?

• LITERACY
• NUMERACY
• WELL-BEING OF THE LEARNER

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4. Coherence
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System Coherence

• 1. Engaging 21st Century Learners
• 2. Rigorous and Relevant Content
• 3. Teachers Knowledge and Skills

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Strategy

• Can you say what your strategy will be?

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Components of School Excellence
Learning Criteria to Support 21st Century
Learners
Rigor/Relevance Framework

• Embrace a Common Vision and Goals
• Inform Decisions Through Data Systems
• Empower Leadership Teams to Take Action and
  Innovate
• Clarify Student Learning Expectations
• Adopt Effective Instructional Practices
• Address Organizational Structures
• Monitor Progress/Improve Support Systems
• Refine Process on an Ongoing Basis

Core Academic Learning Stretch Learning Learner
Engagement Personal Skill Development
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Components of School Excellence
1. Create a Culture to Support RR R For ALL
Students
2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform
3. Create and Support Leadership Teams
4. Define Student Learning Expectations
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Components of School Excellence
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
6. Address Organizational Structures
7. Monitor Student Progress
8. Review and Refine Process
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Closing Advice
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Is my desire for success to improve my system or
classroom strong enough to prompt me to change my
thinking?
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The things we fear most in organizations,
fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances are the
primary sources of innovation.

• - Meg Wheatley

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The Invisible Difference
Passion
Commitment
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INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP

• Raymond J. McNulty
• Senior Vice President