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Hebrew proverb

Hebrew proverb. Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. Dr. Richard D. Jones. International Center for Leadership in Education. Best Practices in High School Reform.

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Hebrew proverb

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  1. Hebrew proverb Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.

  2. Dr. Richard D. Jones International Center for Leadership in Education Best Practices in High School Reform

  3. International Center for Leadership in Educationand Council of Chief State’s School Officers30 Exemplary High Schools

  4. Looking at High Schools

  5. What does it feel like to be a Superintendent that proposes high school reform?

  6. What is the reaction of the Board of Education?

  7. Looking at High Schools

  8. Video Students

  9. International Center for Leadership in Educationand Council of Chief State’s School Officers30 Exemplary High Schools

  10. Characteristics • Personalized Learning • High Expectations • Data - Driven Decisions • 9th Grade Transition • Challenging 12th Grade • Rigorous and Relevant Curriculum • Effective Leadership • Relationships Driven by Guiding Principles • Sustained Professional Development

  11. Characteristics • Personalized Learning • High Expectations • Data - Driven Decisions • 9th Grade Transition • Challenging 12th Grade • Rigorous and Relevant Curriculum • Effective Leadership • Relationships Driven by Guiding Principles • Sustained Professional Development

  12. Looking at High Schools

  13. Personalized Learning • Multiple Pathways • Early Intervention • Disaggregation of Data • Small Learning Communities

  14. Changes That Are Easier • Building Relationships • Identifying Student Needs • Articulation of Curriculum • Staff Collaboration • Creating Positive School Culture • Contextual Learning

  15. Pitfalls • Lack of Specific Goals • Failure to Address Literacy • Unchanged Curriculum • Too Much Emphasis on Belonging • Ignoring Staff Concerns • Uninformed Student Assignment • Bad Timing • Focusing only on Teachers

  16. Small Learning Communities

  17. High Expectations

  18. Expectations • Expectations are Behaviors • Collaborative • High Levels of Support

  19. Data Driven - especially about reading

  20. Lexile Framework • Semantic Difficulty • Syntactic Complexity

  21. Lexile Range Medical Academy

  22. Lexile Range Visual Arts & Design Academy

  23. 9th & 12th Grades MS HS HE 9 12

  24. Curriculum • Focused

  25. Teachers struggling to teach an overloaded curriculum!

  26. PSSA English LABenchmarks Tested

  27. PSSA MathematicsBenchmarks Tested

  28. Pennsylvania Career and Technical Education

  29. Pennsylvania Arts Education

  30. Curriculum • Focused • Standards vs. Curriculum vs. Instruction

  31. Curriculum • Focused • Standards vs. Curriculum vs. Instruction • Constantly raising Rigor and Relevance

  32. Ask Me..... “How will I ever use what I’m learning today?”

  33. In schools the status quo persists!

  34. Rigor

  35. Relevance My only skill is taking tests.

  36. All Students

  37. Rigor/Relevance Framework Text

  38. Assimilation of knowledge Thinking Continuum Acquisition of knowledge Thinking Continuum

  39. Knowledge Taxonomy Knowledge Taxonomy 1. Knowledge 2. Comprehension 3. Application 4. Analysis 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation

  40. Knowledge Taxonomy Basic Nutrition 1 Label food by nutritional groups 2 Explain nutritional value of foods 3 Use nutrition guidelines in planning meals 4 Examine success in achieving nutrition goals 5 Develop personal nutrition goals 6 Appraise results of personal eating habits over time

  41. Application Model

  42. Action Continuum Acquisition of knowledge Application of knowledge Action Continuum

  43. Application Model 1 Knowledge in one discipline • Application within discipline • Application across disciplines 4 Application to real-world predictable situations 5 Application to real-world unpredictable situations

  44. Application Model Basic Nutrition 1 Label food by nutrition groups 2 Rank foods by nutritional value 3 Make cost comparison of foods considering nutritional value 4 Develop nutritional plan for a health problem affected by food 5 Devise a sound nutritional plan for a group of 3 year-olds who are “picky” eaters

  45. 6 5 4 3 2 1 Rigor/Relevance Framework Knowledge Application 1 2 3 4 5

  46. Rigor/Relevance Framework 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5

  47. Rigor/Relevance Framework 6 5 4 3 2 A 1 1 2 3 4 5

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