Raymond J' McNulty

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LEADERSHIP for the 21st CENTURY

• 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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21st Century

• We are already there!!

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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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THINK of a number from 1 to 10 MULTIPLY that
number by 9 If the number is a 2-digit number,
ADD the digits together Now SUBTRACT 5
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DETERMINE which letter in the alphabet
corresponds to the number you ended up with
(example 1a, 2b, 3c,etc.) THINK of a country
that starts with that letter REMEMBER the last
letter of the name of that country
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THINK of the name of an animal that starts with
that letter REMEMBER the last letter in the name
of that animal THINK of the name of a fruit that
starts with that letter
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Are you thinking of a Kangaroo in Denmark eating
an Orange?
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• Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

- Leonardo da Vinci
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You cannot wait for someone else to change first.
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• Learning is the work for everyone.

- Michael Fullan
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• Daniel Pink
• Alan November

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Questions

• How can we provide educational services that are
  tailored to each learners needs, without
  increasing costs dramatically?
• Is there a way to improve the productivity of
  teachers without compromising outcomes per
  learner?
• If spending more money per pupil isnt the
  answer, how can we achieve fundamental change and
  improvement in our schools?

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What will be your digital footprint?
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• Learning is developing the individual and the
  organization day after day within the culture.

- Michael Fullan
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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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We have a flawed perspective of always listening
to our best customers They tell us how good the
system is working for them!
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BANKING

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

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What are you learning and how has it changed what
you are doing?
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Leadership is finding ways to create the results
you desire!

• Change happens all the time, the hard part is
  creating change that is sustaining and
  transformational.

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The Changing Face of Leadership
NOW
THEN
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The Changing Face of Leadership
NOW
THEN

• Focus on management

• Focus on learning

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The Changing Face of Leadership
NOW
THEN

• Focus on management

• Focus on learning

• Risk avoiders

• Risk takers

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Too many managers, not enough leaders. Managers
keep the current system in place and minimize
risk.
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The Changing Face of Leadership
NOW
THEN

• Focus on management

• Focus on learning

• Risk avoiders

• Risk takers

• Lead by controlling

• Lead by empowering

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The Changing Face of Leadership
NOW
THEN

• Focus on management

• Focus on learning

• Risk avoiders

• Risk takers

• Lead by controlling

• Lead by empowering

• Focus on stability

• Focus on change

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The Changing Face of Leadership
NOW
THEN

• Focus on management

• Focus on learning

• Risk avoiders

• Risk takers

• Lead by controlling

• Lead by empowering

• Focus on stability

• Focus on change

• Value effort

• Value results

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Three Key Ideas About Systems

• The quality of a system is determined by the
  quality of the relationships within it.
• Systems fail their people, long before people
  fail within their systems.
• Dont fix blame. Fix the system. Thats where
  your problems are.

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• Professional Learning Communities
• Common words, Shared knowledge, Open
  communication
• Coherent Strategies
• Tight - Loose

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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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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

Foundation Learning Stretch Learning Learner
Engagement Personal Skill Development
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The Learning Criteria helps you put into action
what you believe about learning.It builds
capacity to live in Quad D.
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Implementation Components for School Excellence
Embrace Common Vision and Goals
Inform Decisions Through Data Systems
Empower Leadership Teams to Take Action and
Innovate
Clarify Student Learning Expectations
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Implementation Components for School Excellence
Adopt Effective Instructional Practices
Address Organizational Structures
Monitor Progress / Improve Support Systems
Refine Process on an Ongoing Basis
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Leadership Attributes throughout the 8 Components
1. Create a Culture to Support R R For
ALL Students
Leadership Attributes
2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform

• Agreed upon vision
• Driven by goals
• Clearly defined goals
• Very visible
• Implement empowerment

3. Create and Support Leadership Teams
4. Define Student Learning Expectations
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
6. Address Organizational Structures
7. Monitor Student Progress
8. Review and Refine Process
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Leadership Attributes throughout the 8 Components
1. Create a Culture to Support R R For
ALL Students
Leadership Attributes
2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform

• Agreed upon vision
• Driven by goals
• Clearly defined goals
• Very visible
• Implement empowerment

3. Create and Support Leadership Teams
4. Define Student Learning Expectations
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
6. Address Organizational Structures
7. Monitor Student Progress
8. Review and Refine Process
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2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform

• 11,000 students
• 28 minority
• 30 free/reduced lunch
• 10 with disabilities

CEO Bob Sommers
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2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform
Empowering teachers with clarity of expected
results and significant teacher coaching
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2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform

• 2 person information analysis team

• Consistent classroom observations

• State-of-the-art data collection reporting

• Student engagement measurements

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2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform

• Teachers empowered to make their own decisions on
  intervention

• Job descriptions based on student performance

• Eliminated most faculty evaluations moved to
  coaching using walk-thrus

• Year-long Leadership Academy

We have a team culture, not a family culture.
We take good care of you until you quit
producing, then we send you to your family.
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Leadership Attributes throughout the 8 Components
1. Create a Culture to Support R R For
ALL Students
Leadership Attributes
2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform

• Agreed upon vision
• Driven by goals
• Clearly defined goals
• Very visible
• Implement empowerment

3. Create and Support Leadership Teams
4. Define Student Learning Expectations
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
6. Address Organizational Structures
7. Monitor Student Progress
8. Review and Refine Process
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5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
Founding Principal Sue Gunderman Current
Principal Kevin Daniel

• 2,880 Students
• 160 teachers / admin
• 17.4 free/reduced lunch
• 8.7 with disabilities

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Kennesaw Mountain HS
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
Empowering students to understand and implement
rigor and relevance in their school
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5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
Best Practice Kennesaw Mountain HS

• Administrators train 4-5 students
• 5 students train 150
• 150 students train 2,880 on RRR

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5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
Best Practice Kennesaw Mountain HS

• Students meeting to plan RR as part of
  introductory new teacher training

• Part of Prize Patrol to determine teacher that
  exemplifies relevance

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Leadership Lessons

• Implementing a vision

• Empowering students

• Building relationships

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Leadership Attributes throughout the 8 Components
1. Create a Culture to Support R R For
ALL Students
Leadership Attributes
2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform

• Agreed upon vision
• Driven by goals
• Clearly defined goals
• Very visible
• Implement empowerment

3. Create and Support Leadership Teams
4. Define Student Learning Expectations
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
6. Address Organizational Structures
7. Monitor Student Progress
8. Review and Refine Process
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7. Monitor Student Progress

• 730 K-3 Students
• 59 minority
• 60 reduced lunch
• 10 with disabilities

Principal Beth Sharpe
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7. Monitor Student Progress
Improving student performance by empowering
students to monitor their own progress and take
responsibility for their achievement.
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7. Monitor Student Progress
Empowering students by

• Classroom meetings to help them understand the
  school vision

• Data notebooks developed by the student

• Student led parent teacher conferences

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Traits of Top Performers
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Break the self-limiting mindset

• MENTAL TOUGHNESS

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Roger BannisterDara Torres
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Love pressure

• Devote yourself passionately to improvement

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Focus on what you can control

• Dont get distracted

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Fixate on the long term

• The trick is to meticulously plan
• short- term goals

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• A Few Closing Thoughts

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ACTION PLANNER
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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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Four Guidelines for Action as an Individual

• Act and talk as if you were in control and
  project confidence
• Take credit and some blame
• Talk about the future
• Be specific about the few things that matter and
  keep repeating them
• -Pfeffer Sutton 2006

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Four Recommendations for the School

• Signal the need for dramatic change with strong
  leadership
• Maintain a consistent focus on improving
  instruction
• Engineer some quick wins early
• Build a committed staff

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Many involved in school re-invention work would
argue that change is the most talked about and
least acted upon concept in education today.