International Center for Leadership in Education

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International Center for Leadership in Education
Developing 21st Century LiteracyDecember 12,
2007

• Dr. Willard R. Daggett

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International Center for Leadership in Education
The Education ChallengeDecember 12, 2007

• Dr. Willard R. Daggett

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International Center for Leadership in Education
Rigor and RelevanceDecember 12, 2007

• Dr. Willard R. Daggett

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International Center for Leadership in Education
What Makes Successful Schools Work?December
12, 2007

• Dr. Willard R. Daggett

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International Center for Leadership in Education,
Inc.
1587 Route 146 Rexford, NY 12148 Phone (518)
399-2776 Fax [phone] E-mail -
info_at_LeaderEd.com www.LeaderEd.com
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International Center for Leadership in Education
Staff BriefingJanuary 7, 2008

• Dr. Willard R. Daggett

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International Center Finding

• Nations top performing
• Nations most rapidly improving

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Skills Gap
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International Center Finding

• Nations top performing
• Nations most rapidly improving

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• I. Needs Assessment
• Learning Criteria
• 8 Components
• II. Implementation
• 8 Components

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Learning Criteria
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Actions that help you achieve what you believe in.
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Learning Criteria

• Focus on Beliefs Then Data
• Connects the Dots
• Flexible to Meet Dynamic Differences in Schools
  and Passage of Time

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Not on the Test
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Criteria

• Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core
  subjects of English language arts, math and
  science and others identified by the school)

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Core AcademicData Indicators

• meeting state proficiency
• Average scores on ACT / SAT / PSAT
• requiring English / math remediation in college
• graduating high school in 4 years
• Military ASVAB score

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Criteria

• Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core
  subjects of English language arts, math and
  science and others identified by the school)
• Student Engagement (The extent to which students
  are motivated and committed to learning have a
  sense of belonging and accomplishment and have
  relationships with adults, peers, and parents
  that support learning)

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Criteria

• Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core
  subjects of English language arts, math and
  science and others identified by the school)
• Stretch Learning (Demonstration of rigorous and
  relevant learning beyond the minimum
  requirements)
• Student Engagement (The extent to which students
  are motivated and committed to learning have a
  sense of belonging and accomplishment and have
  relationships with adults, peers, and parents
  that support learning)

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Stretch LearningData Indicators

• Credits Earned
• Interdisciplinary Work (e.g. Senior Exhibition)
• International Baccalaureate
• Advanced Placement Courses
• 3 Year Foreign Language
• Specialized Certificates

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Criteria

• Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core
  subjects of English language arts, math and
  science and others identified by the school)
• Stretch Learning (Demonstration of rigorous and
  relevant learning beyond the minimum
  requirements)
• Student Engagement (The extent to which students
  are motivated and committed to learning have a
  sense of belonging and accomplishment and have
  relationships with adults, peers, and parents
  that support learning)
• Personal Skill Development (Measures of personal,
  social, service, and leadership skills and
  demonstrations of positive behaviors and
  attitudes)

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Personal SkillsData Indicators

• Service Learning
• Participation in Clubs / Sports
• Teamwork
• Time Management and Organizational Skills
• Reduce Incidences of Conflict

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Guiding Principles

• Responsibility
• Contemplation
• Initiative
• Perseverance
• Optimism
• Courage

• Respect
• Compassion
• Adaptability
• Honesty
• Trustworthiness
• Loyalty

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Criteria

• Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core
  subjects of English language arts, math and
  science and others identified by the school)
• Stretch Learning (Demonstration of rigorous and
  relevant learning beyond the minimum
  requirements)
• Student Engagement (The extent to which students
  are motivated and committed to learning have a
  sense of belonging and accomplishment and have
  relationships with adults, peers, and parents
  that support learning)
• Personal Skill Development (Measures of personal,
  social, service, and leadership skills and
  demonstrations of positive behaviors and
  attitudes)

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• I. Needs Assessment
• Learning Criteria
• 8 Components
• II. Implementation
• 8 Components

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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
1. Create a Culture to Support R R For ALL
Students
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Challenges

• Globalization

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Computer Sales
Computer Manufacturers
Dell Sony Compaq HP IBM Think Pad Apple NEC Gatewa
y Toshiba
Quanta Wispron Asustek Compal Inventec
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Mainland China Companies
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Cities with 1 Million People
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Challenges

• Technology
• Globalization

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• Information Technology
• Processing
• Communications

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1983 - A Nation at Risk

• E-mail
• Web pages
• Google
• iPODs
• Laptops
• Digital cameras
• Doppler radar
• Cell Phones
• Debit cards

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2000

• Blogs
• Wikis
• Tagging
• Text messaging
• MySpace
• Podcasts
• PDAs
• Genetic code

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Todays Youth

• Digital Learners
• Multimedia
• Find and manipulate data
• Analyze data and images

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Semantic Web

• Analyze Documents
• Key words and headers
• Meaning/concepts
• Complete Task

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Dewey Decimal System

• gtBring order to books

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Evolution of the Web

• Web 1.0 (1990-2000)
• Web used as an information source

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Evolution of Web

• Web 2.0 (2000-2010)
• Web used as a communication source

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Increase Sophistication

• HTML
• gthighway system
• gtno connecting roads---Feline is a
  cat(people vs. computer)

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Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0
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Evolution of Web

• Web 1.0
• Web 2.0
• Web 3.0

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3 Levels

• Level 1 XML

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Increase sophistication

• HTML
• XML
• gtgood but---
• custom tags
• signs in different languages

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Web 3.0

• Web will transform from a network of separate
  applications to a seamless whole.

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Increase Sophisication

• HTML
• XML
• RDF
• gtontologies
  

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• Semantic Memory
• Capacity

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Next Five Years

• Semantic Web
• DNA vs. Binary
• Quantum computing

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Teacher Characteristics

• What teacher characteristics?
• Student success
• in school
• in higher education
• employment

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1973 2002 5 years

• 18 months

1 month
minutes
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Possible Causes of Autism

• Hereditary factors (genes)
• Agents that cause birth defects
• Mercury (vaccines)
• Ultrasound
• Lead
• Television

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Goal

• Highest impact initiatives to improve student
  academic performance

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• State test scores by
• Discipline
• Grade
• Subgroups
• Other criteria
• Stretch
• Student Engagement
• Personal Skill Development

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• School size
• Social/Economic
• free/reduced lunch
• Graduation rate (same calculation)
• Per pupil expenditure

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Compare to

• Class size
• Physical plant
• Professional development
• Educational materials
• Technology
• Organizational structure of teachers
• Bell schedule
• Administrative structure

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Best Examples at Conference

• Schedule time to meet/discuss
• Sit at same round table

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Teaching Practices

• Use of Rigor/Relevance Framework
• Gold Seal Lessons
• Reading in content area
• Writing across discipline
• Service Learning
• Use of data to
• Focus instruction
• Set proficiency levels
• Student engagement

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Give 5 Initiatives for Greatest Impact

• Create a Culture to Support Change
• Curriculum Matrix
• Professional Development in Rigor/Relevance
• Gold Seal Lessons
• Reading in the Content Area
• Model Schools Conference
• Successful Practices Network

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2008 How?

• International Center for Leadership in Education
• Needs analysis (2 days)
• Pull from successful schools (2 days)
• Make recommendations (1 day)

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Five Years

• Enter data
• Seconds
• Data sources
• International Center for Leadership in Education
• Effective schools
• McRel
• HSTW
• U.S. Department of Education
• Flight schedule
• Hotel

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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
1. Create a Culture to Support R R For ALL
Students
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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
1. Create a Culture to Support R R For ALL
Students
2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform
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Criteria

• Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core
  subjects of English language arts, math and
  science and others identified by the school)
• Stretch Learning (Demonstration of rigorous and
  relevant learning beyond the minimum
  requirements)
• Student Engagement (The extent to which students
  are motivated and committed to learning have a
  sense of belonging and accomplishment and have
  relationships with adults, peers, and parents
  that support learning)
• Personal Skill Development (Measures of personal,
  social, service, and leadership skills and
  demonstrations of positive behaviors and
  attitudes)

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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
1. Create a Culture to Support R R For ALL
Students
2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform
3. Create and Support Leadership Teams
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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
1. Create a Culture to Support R 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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PSSA English LAAnchors/Eligible Content Tested
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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
1. Create a Culture to Support R 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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Quantile Framework

• Numbers and Operations
• Algebra / Patterns Functions
• Data Analysis Probability
• Measurement
• Geometry

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Levels
Blooms
C D A B
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5
4
3
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1 2 3 4 5
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Application
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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
1. Create a Culture to Support R 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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Actions that help you achieve what you believe in.
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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
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Technology
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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
6. Address Organizational Structures
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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
6. Address Organizational Structures
7. Monitor Student Progress
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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
6. Address Organizational Structures
7. Monitor Student Progress
8. Review and Refine Process
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What Works

• Rigor and Relevance
• Academics Into
• Arts
• CTE
• Interdisciplinary
• Academies
• Electives in 9th Grade
• Foreign Language
• Looping
• Technology
• Read 180
• I CAN Learn

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2008 Symposium for Grades K-12 Shifting the
Focus from Teaching to Learning and How to Manage
the Change

• Friday, February 8 - Sunday, February 10
• Town and Country Resort Convention Center
• San Diego, California

For more information and registration visit
www.LeaderEd.com
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• I. Needs Assessment
• Learning Criteria
• 8 Components
• II. Implementation
• 8 Components

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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
1. Create a Culture to Support R 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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Eight Implementation Steps to Excellence
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
6. Address Organizational Structures
7. Monitor Student Progress
8. Review and Refine Process
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International Center for Leadership in Education,
Inc.
1587 Route 146 Rexford, NY 12148 Phone (518)
399-2776 Fax [phone] E-mail -
info_at_LeaderEd.com www.LeaderEd.com
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Available Resources

• 1. Create a Culture
• White Papers
• Creating Model Schools DVD Series
• 2. End in Mind
• Consulting Services
• Student Surveys

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Available Resources

• 3. Leadership Teams
• Professional Development
• Coaching
• 4. Define Expectations
• Curriculum Matrix
• Literacy and Math Kits

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Available Resources

• 5. Instructional Practices
• Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships Kit
• Instructional Strategies Kit
• Gold Seal Lessons
• 6. Organizational Changes
• Small Learning Community
• 9th Grade Kit

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Available Resources

• 7. Monitor Student Progress
• Technical Assistance
• 8. Ongoing Review
• Model Schools Conference
• Symposium
• Case Studies
• Successful Practices Network

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Whole School Reform SymposiumBest Practices to
Engage 21st Century Learners

• Friday, February 8 - Sunday, February 10
• Town and Country Resort Convention Center
• San Diego, California

For more information and registration visit
www.LeaderEd.com
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Mark your calendars!The 16th Annual Model
Schools Conference

• June 22-25, 2008Walt Disney World
• Swan Dolphin ResortOrlando, Florida

For more information and registration visit
www.ModelSchoolsConference.com
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International Center for Leadership in Education,
Inc.
1587 Route 146 Rexford, NY 12148 Phone (518)
399-2776 Fax [phone] E-mail -
info_at_LeaderEd.com www.LeaderEd.com