Re Inventing Schools Coalition(RISC) A Journey of Hope!

1. Re Inventing Schools Coalition(RISC) A Journey of Hope! Richard DeLorenzo reinventingschools.org

2. Scott, You’ve been watching too much TV.

3. “I hope those of you who turn out to be failures won’t blame us!”

4. I have a meeting with the board I won't be long!

5. Today’s Goals • What are the components of a high performing organization? • Knowledge of best practices in education systems (Chugach Story) • Awareness of the RISC components • Introduction to some cool tools and processes

6. Affinity ChartWhat are the characteristics of high performing organizations? Individually brainstorm a list on sticky notes As a group organize the sticky notes into like categories Label each group (data, processes, etc.) Share back with the rest of the group

7. Presenters Scoring Guide

8. The highest performance score card • Baldrige Criteria • (Core values and beliefs) • Visionary leadership • Learning-centered organization • Organizational and personal learning • Valuing faculty, staff, and partners • Agility • Focus on the future • Managing by innovation • Management by fact • Social responsibility • Focus on results • Systems perspective

9. Baldrige Categories • (using clear process and being systemic in nature) • Leadership • Strategic Planning (annual, stretch, break goals) • Student, Stakeholder, and Market Focus • Information Analysis • Faculty and Staff Focus • Process Management • Organizational Performance Results

10. PDER Process • Plan (students, staff, community and business input) • Do (design and delivery) • Evaluate (results and analysis) • Refine (needed changes)

12. What are the components of the RISC Model? • Shared Vision • Leadership • Standards-Based Design • Continuous Improvement

13. What is the purpose of the RISC Model? • To meet the individual needs of every child • Deploying best practices in a systematic way • Moving from a TIMED to PERFORMANCE system • Preparing students for the 21st century • Sustained positive trends in student and organizational results

14. CRIS ProcessUsing the Self Assessment Tool Score your organization in the 4 components • Clarify: the question or activity • Reflect: individually and proceed • Impact: on you and your system • Share: your thoughts within your group

15. Begin the change process with questions • According to current research, how are our students nationwide doing in the new global economy? • What will students need to know in the 21st century? • If needed, what and how do we change our current system to meet the needs of all students?

16. CRIS Process • Clarify: the question or activity • Reflect: individually and proceed • Impact: on you and your system • Share: your thoughts within your group

17. How are our students doing nationally?

18. Our Educational CrisisHouston ChronicleViewpointApril 3, 2006 “There is little debate that our education system in Texas is broken. Our dropout rate is more than 40%. The number is even larger among our Latino and African-American students. It is very clear that something is very wrong with public education.” Think reform, reinvent and reinvest for academic success

19. “Rising Above the Gathering Storm”WILLIAM J. BROADPublished: October 13, 2005 • Last year, more than 600,000 engineers graduated from institutions of higher education in China, compared to 350,000 in India and 70,000 in the United States. • The cost of employing one chemist or engineer in the United States is equal to about five chemists in China and 11 engineers in India.

20. National Governors Association/Achieve Summit (February 26, 2005)
Prepared Remarks by Bill Gates, Co-chair"When we looked at the millions of students that our high schools are not preparing for higher education—and we looked at the damaging impact that has on their lives—we came to a painful conclusion: America’s high schools are obsolete."

21. Chugach Profile 1994 • REAA school district which covers 22,000 square miles • Unemployment = 52.3% • Poverty level = 75.7% • 90% of our students could not read at grade level • One college graduate in 20 years • 50% teacher attrition rate

22. "Courage" “Gee, where to start? First of all my mother is an alcoholic and drug user – she’s been doing this as long as I can remember. Now I find myself following in her steps even though I know I don’t need to, I continue to go along with it.” Anchorage House Student

24. What skills do our students need for the 21st century?

25. Teamwork Problem Solving Interpersonal Skills Oral Communications Listening Personal/Career Development Creative Thinking Leadership Goal Setting/Motivation Writing Organizational Effectiveness Computation Reading Skills Desired by Fortune 500 Companies(In order of Importance)

26. What is CSD’s Shared Vision and what evidence can you find to support we do things better? • Individual needs of students • Personal / Social development • School to life transition • Technology • Basic skills • Accountability

27. RISC School Districts Level 5 • World Class System • Performance System 24/7 • A, B, and try again • Performance Pay (35+ days inservice training) • Shared Vision with stretch and break goals • 21st Standards, instruction, assessments and reporting • Standards Driven(Local, State, National,and International Standards) • Traditional System • Timed System • Graded System • Step and Column Pay • Traditional Strategic Plan driven by central office • Traditional Courses • Textbook Driven

28. How do we change our system?

29. “Change Forces with a Vengeance” New Horizons for System Change Horizon #2 System change that results in unleashing energy, commitment, resources and learning on a very large scale to accomplish things never done before that is sustainable. Horizon #1 Large-scale improvement of literacy and numeracy that is not sustainable Missing force: moral purpose & passion - Michael Fullan, 2003

30. Change Readiness B P 1st S L S V + + + R to C > =

31. Change Readiness Burning Platform (crisis/opportunity) 1st Successes Leadership Shared Vision + + + Resistance to Change > =

32. Shared VisionHow did Highland Tech High change their system?

33. Leadership for Incremental Change • Emphasize relationships • Establish strong lines of communication • Be an advocate for the school • Provide resources • Maintain visibility • Protect teachers from distractions • Create culture of collaboration • Look for and celebrate successes Marzano 2006

34. Leadership for Second Order Change • Shake up the status quo • Expect some things to seem worse • Propose new ideas • Operate from strong beliefs • Tolerate ambiguity and dissent • Talk research and theory • Create explicit goals for change • Define success in terms of goals Marzano 2006

35. Managing Effective Change Richard DeLorenzo Leader Shared Vision Strategic Plan Right People Baldrige/CIM + + + + = Utopia Shared Vision Strategic Plan Right People Baldrige/CIM Happy Hour = + + + + Leader Strategic Plan Right People Baldrige/CIM Lone Ranger = + + + + Leader Shared Vision Right People Baldrige/CIM = + + + + Scarecrow Leader Shared Vision Strategic Plan Baldrige/CIM Alice in Wonderland = + + + + Leader Shared Vision Strategic Plan Right People Heisman Winner + + + + =

36. DeLorenzo’s Top Eight Excuses to Guarantee No Change • We tried that before • Our district is different • We don’t have the money • Our organization is too small or big • Micro management is our friend • If only you really understood our situation • It’s impossible with our bus schedule! • If only we didn’t have any students I think we could change a few things!

37. Possible Models of Implementing Standards

38. Advantages: Unchanged system (e.g.course, scheduling, and record keeping) Parents are used to this approach Disadvantages: Limited to the core subject areas Limited connection to daily classroom activities High anxiety at specific grade levels Approaches That Rely on External Assessments(Student must score proficient on a region high-stakes assessment)

39. Advantages: Easy transition into current system Course grade indicate student performance Easy to identify what standards are being addressed Disadvantages: Does not accommodate many standards Does not lend itself to integration of multiple standards Specific needs of students aren’t being addressed Approaches that use core courses(State standards are embedded in specific, required courses)

40. Advantages: Performance tasks are concrete representations of specific standards Connected to daily classroom activities Variety of ways to demonstrate standards Disadvantages: Difficult to address all standards through projects Time needed for staff to create the projects Concerns about validity and reliability Approaches that rely on projects, exhibitions, and portfolios(Students must score proficient on performance tasks that are connected to standards)

41. Advantage: Research strongly supports this model Meets the individual needs of every student Everyone knows the expectation Highly accountable/aligned Support multiple ways to reach standards Disadvantage: Massive paradigm shift for education Scheduling, reporting, assessments and resource allocation are redesigned Advil, Mallox, and Rogaine will be your best friends Approaches that redesign their systems to meet the needs of each individual student(Students progress through developmental levels at their rate to meet specific standards this includes aligned standards, assessment, instructional best practices, and reporting)

42. Continuous Improvement Cycle Effective Instruction Meaningful Reporting Relevant Standards Multiple Assessments

43. Level I Level II Level III Level IV Level V Level VI Level VII Level VIII Level IX Level X Level XI Level XII • Strive for 30 WPM speed and accuracy goal on keyboard. • Publish a document using basic editing software and skills to revise. • Create multimedia projects using increasingly sophisticated linking of ideas and media. • Locate specific info on Internet and log onto a shared network folder. • Proficient at 30 WPM speed and accuracy. • Explore uses of technology in the workplace and examine careers that require the use of technology. • Demonstrate ethical and legal use of technology. • Diagnose and solve common technology problems. • Quickly locate info on Internet for use in class projects. • Use appropriate software • Use appropriate keyboarding skills at all times. • Publish a document incorporating appropriate page design and formatting tools. • Create a minimum of 3 cross-curricular multimedia projects for public presentation. • Create a spreadsheet that allows student to analyze Technology • Introduction to the keyboard as students learn the alphabet. • Stamp or type letters as students learn the alphabet. • Use appropriate software independently and collaboratively to support learning across the curriculum. • Learn and use the basic function keys. • Type in a short story or description and save it. • Create at least 1 page of several classroom multimedia projects. • Use appropriate software independently and collaboratively to support learning across the curriculum. • Begin to use new keys and 2 handed typing. • Type in larger projects with several sentences and begin editing. • Create pages for class multimedia projects using variety of media. • Work with teacher to locate information on the Internet. • Use appropriate software • Develop keyboarding skills that are quicker and as accurate as handwriting. • Create and publish a product. • Create simple multimedia projects which contain hacked ideas. • Work with the teacher to access info on the Internet. • Use simple programs to record and graph data. • Strive for 25 WPM speed and accuracy goal on keyboard. • Publish a document using an accepted format. • Create multimedia projects linking key ideas through variety of media. • Use simple spreadsheet to solve problems. • Navigate independently through Internet to locate resources. • Proficient at 25 WPM speed and accuracy goal on keyboard. • Publish a document that uses info imported from variety of sources. • Identify various formats of writing. • Create multimedia projects containing 3 media components minimum. • Navigate through. STANDARD: Students will operate technology based tools to manage information, solve problems, and express ideas in a responsible manner. • KEY ELEMENTS: • Use a computer to enter and retrieve information. • Use technological tools for learning, communication, and productivity. • Manage and maintain technology tools. • Diagnose and solve common technology problems. • Use technology to observe, analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions. • Examine the role of technology in the workplace and explore careers that require the use of technology. • Use ethics when using software and hardware. • Use appropriate keyboarding at all times. • Create a simple WWW page including at least one graphic, text, and link to another Internet site. • Access info from various databases for class projects. • Begin a personal electronic portfolio for job or university placement. • Use appropriate technology to access info and evaluate learning in the academic and vocational areas of interest. • Develop a working knowledge of specific technology for interest areas such as programmable calculators, subject specific software and hardware, CAD/CAM • Present personal electronic portfolio to public while explaining career and schooling options. • Demonstrate competency in technological area of interest by instructing younger students in that area. • Complete personal electronic portfolio while

44. Student Performance Snapshot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Standard Areas 1 Mathematics 2 Technology 3 Social Science 4 Reading 5 Writing 6 Cultural Awareness/Exp 7 Personal/Social/Health 8 Career Development 9 Service Learning 10 Science

45. High School DiplomaChugach School District Competencies 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 KEY Reading Writing Communication Personal Development Social Development Service Learning Career Development Cultural Heritage Social Sciences Science Technology Mathematics Required Proficiency Level Student’s Level of Performance

46. Today’s Goals • What are the components of a high performing organization? • Knowledge of best practices in education systems • Awareness of the RISC components • Introduction to some cool tools and processes

47. CRIS What was one “aha” and what can you take with you to build a better organization • Clarify: the question or topic • Reflect: individually • Impact: on you and your system • Share: your thoughts within your group

49. “Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t shake the feeling we’re being used as pawns.”

50. “We begin our WASLs tomorrow.”