CREATING a CULTURE of LEARNING
MOVING TOWARDS
STUDENT-CENTERED
LEARNING
NEW EXPECTATIONS ARE MAJOR
SOURCE of TENSION for K-12
ORGANIZATIONS
First Source of Tension
- New Expectations
• New Curriculums
– Substantial Increase In Academic Rigor and Civic Achievement
– 4C’s (Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking, Creativity)
– Career AND College Ready
• On-Line Assessments
– Substantial Increase in Student Academic Achievement and
Progress
• Teacher / Principal Evaluations
– Student Achievement Accountability
– 21stC Learning Methods Accountability
Second Source of Tension
- 21st Century Students
DIGITAL
NATIVES
DIGITAL
IMMIGRANTS
MARK PRENSKY
Prensky’s Two Types of
People
DIGITAL
IMMIGRANT
• SOMEONE WHO
REMEMBERS A
TIME WHEN
THERE WAS NO
TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL
NATIVE
• SOMEONE WHO
CANNOT
REMEMBER A
TIME WITHOUT
TECHNOLOGY
Digital Native Learning
Expectations
• Visual- Spatial Preference
• Learning in More – But Smaller Bits
• Monitoring Several Dimensions At
Once VS In-Depth In One
• Need Interactivity and Collaboration
as Meaning Making Structures
• Expect to Connect With Each Other
and Information Differently Than Us
Existing Teaching Model
The Committee of Ten - 1892
Distinguished University and College
Leaders Define What Students Need To
Prepare for College. - 8 Yrs of Primary
and 4Yrs of HS - Specific Subject
Matter By Grade Level.
+
John Dewey 1880 1905
Student As Social
Being – Grouped
By Age Cohort
=
Carnegie Foundation 1906 –
Paid Pension of HS and College
Faculty Who Provided Specific
Qty of Contact Hours Over Four
Years = Carnegie Unit
The INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL MODEL
(Teacher Centered)
Resolution of Tension
(Existing)
The INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL MODEL
ANSWERS TENSION WITH
TEACHERS NEED MORE TIME WITH
STUDENTS
Resolution of Tension
(Future)
STUDENTCENTERED
LEARNING
Data From Hundreds
of Studies,
Demonstration
Projects, and ForProfit-Companies
And The Deeper
INDIVIDUALIZED
LEARNING
PLANS
Flavors of StudentCentered Learning
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Interdisciplinary (STEM / STEAM)
Individualized Mastery Skill
Hands-On/Experiential Learning
Project/Task Based Learning
Collaboration / Discussions
Flipped Classroom, ETC …
Learning Communities
Hybrids and “Mash-Ups” of All
21st Century SCL is
Complex
DELIVERY
METHODOLOGIES
21st CENTURY
SKILLS
DATA
DRIVEN
EXPERIENCES
NEW
CURRICULUMS
BLENDED
LEARNING
DIGITAL
ENVIRONMENT
How Do We Change Your Culture of Learning?
Peter Senge – The Fifth
Discipline (Systems
Thinking)
I FILLED MY GLASS WITH WATER.
English Is Linear – Therefore,
We Think Linearly
REALITY
It Is A Feedback
Loop System
Systems Thinking – Two
Types of Structures
REINFORCING
BALANCING
KNOWING WHERE TO PUSH TO ACCOMPLISH EFFECTIVE
CHANGE IS CRITICAL
CREATING a
CULTURE of
LEARNING
M OVING T OWARDS
S TUDENT- C ENTERED
L EARNING
IS A “SYSTEMS THINKING” APPROACH for CHANGING
YOUR CULTURE OF LEARNING
Coherent Planning
Process
PLACES
FACILITIES
INFRA –
STRUCTURE
SYSTEMS
& LOOSE
EQUIPMENT
THINGS
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT/
HOW KIDS
LEARN
POLICIES &
PROCESSES
TECHNICAL
SUPPORT
PEOPLE
Underlying Principles
FACILITIES
INFRA –
STRUCTURE
SYSTEMS
& LOOSE
EQUIPMENT
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT/
HOW KIDS
LEARN
POLICIES &
PROCESSES
TECHNICAL
SUPPORT
• EFFECTIVE – Has Positive Impact on
Student Achievement
• EFFICIENT - Improves Teacher
Efficacy
• SUSTAINABLE - Enables and
Supports Long Term Change
• CHANGE- If Thirty Percent (30%) of
the Members of an Organization
Adopt Change – The Organization
Changes
How It Works
• Identifies Seven Organizational Silos
Impacting Student-Centered Learning
• Creates District Mission and Rubric for
Learning, Aligning Organization
FACILITIES
INFRA –
STRUCTURE
SYSTEMS
& LOOSE
EQUIPMENT
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT/
HOW KIDS
LEARN
POLICIES &
PROCESSES
TECHNICAL
SUPPORT
• Reviews Best Practices for Each Silo From
Successful Districts
• Identifies Obstacles and Hindrances to SCL
In Your District
• Prioritizes Impact of Those Obstacles and
Hindrances
How It Works
• Creates Strategies Addressing Obstacles
and Hindrances
• Estimates Operational or Capital Costs to
Execute Strategies
FACILITIES
INFRA –
STRUCTURE
SYSTEMS
& LOOSE
EQUIPMENT
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT/
HOW KIDS
LEARN
POLICIES &
PROCESSES
TECHNICAL
SUPPORT
• Reconciles Operational or Capital Costs With
Available Budget (5yr)
• Places All Activities Into Five Year Timeline
• Defines Conditions That Indicate Success
Five Years From Now
End Result
SCL ROADMAP
FACILITIES
INFRA –
STRUCTURE
SYSTEMS
& LOOSE
EQUIPMENT

Five Year Operational Plan

Explicitly Aligned to Your Needs

Explicitly Aligned to Your Operating /
Capital Budgets

Moving a District From Where They Are
Today to a Point Further Down The Path
of Creating a Culture of StudentCentered Learning
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT/
HOW KIDS
LEARN
POLICIES &
PROCESSES
TECHNICAL
SUPPORT
Questions
And
Dialogue