Corvallis School District
Creative Leadership Achieves Student
Success
October 18, 2012
AN INITIATIVE OF FOUNDATIONS FOR A BETTER OREGON
CLASS Project
Creative Leadership Achieves Student
Success
October 18, 2012
Agenda
Welcome
What are you hearing?
Questions from staff?
Review of September 25
Survey and Prioritization
Marsha Lincoln / Jennifer Duvall
Cec Amuchastegui
Allison Handley
AN INITIATIVE OF FOUNDATIONS FOR A BETTER OREGON
Operating Agreements
All
Research Review
All
Guiding Principles/Design
Cec Amuchastegui
Communication: Talking Points
All
Agenda Planning For Next Meeting
All
Debrief: How are you feeling?
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Collaborative Leadership
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Purpose:
Trust
Current Practices
Research
Future Needs and Actions
Ensuring Instructional Excellence to Enhance Student
Achievement
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Research
“Characteristics of Effective Teaching”
“Shared Leadership and Student Achievement”
“A-PATH Accomplished Teaching Pathways”
“What is your Professional Learning IQ?”
“Teacher Evaluation”
“Performance Evaluation Process”
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Research Report
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Meet as a group.
Prepare a brief summary with three to four key talking
points.
Present to the Design Committee.
AN INITIATIVE OF FOUNDATIONS FOR A BETTER OREGON
CLASS
The CLASS Project focuses on four
components of effective teaching to
increase student achievement and
teacher leadership; expanded career
paths, rigorous performance evaluations,
relevant professional development and
new compensation models.
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AN INITIATIVE OF FOUNDATIONS FOR A BETTER OREGON
CLASS Project
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Four Components:
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Expanded career paths
2.
Effective performance evaluations
3.
Relevant professional development
4.
New compensation models
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Career Enhancement Strategy:
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Seven Key Design Principles to Guide Blueprint
Development
1. Student Achievement
2. Collaborative Relationships
3. Attract and Retain Highly Effective Staff
4. Employee Knowledge and Skills
5. Career Opportunities
6. Employee Performance and Motivation
7. Compensation
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Group Activity
An e-mail sent will have links to seven Google Docs, each with
a specific question.
In groups of three, work together on an iPad and provide an
answer or comment for each question. You may also add or
comment on another group’s answer.
Discuss the key topics and subjects presented…
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Design Principles
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Three Major Components:
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Key Message: I Believe
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Rationale: Because I Know
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Activity: What will we do
AN INITIATIVE OF FOUNDATIONS FOR A BETTER OREGON
Student Achievement
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What do you believe?
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What do you know to support the
beliefs?
Activity:
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Take ten minutes to list your beliefs
and your rationale for Student
Achievement. You will be expected to
share these in your small group in order
to present the committee with two
belief statements supported with
rationale.
AN INITIATIVE OF FOUNDATIONS FOR A BETTER OREGON
Design Principle # 1
Student Achievement
Key Message:
We believe that students must develop the knowledge and skills necessary to
reach their full potential in an ever-changing world.
We believe in students actively engaging in purposeful, personalized, and
rigorous instruction.
We believe in students demonstrating continuous growth towards leading a
happy, healthy and productive life.
AN INITIATIVE OF FOUNDATIONS FOR A BETTER OREGON
Design Principle # 1
Student Achievement
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Rationale:
Students must develop the knowledge, attitudes,
and habits of mind necessary for success in the 21st
century.
Students need to be challenged to become creative
and critical thinkers.
Each student is unique and benefits when provided
choices and guidance in education.
Students need to engage in learning as a lifelong
process requiring motivation, inspiration and
opportunity.
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AN INITIATIVE OF FOUNDATIONS FOR A BETTER OREGON
Design Principle # 1
Student Achievement
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Activities:
Incorporate outcomes for graduates of Ashland
School District into all curriculum and instruction to
ensure career and college readiness across all grade
levels.
Provide clear standards and performance
expectations for students in all content areas and
grade levels, including the implementation of the
Common Core standards.
Adopt the INTASC teaching standards so that
students will experience high quality teaching and
learning.
Ensure that each student has a Personalized
Education Plan beginning in grade 7.
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Design Principle Committees
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Use recommended format for Corvallis School District.
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Meet and prepare the Design Principle by November 5.
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Submit Design Principle to Allison via email.
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All work will be emailed to all committee members for
recommendations and or revisions for each committee by
November 12.
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Each Committee will finalize their document present it at
the November Design Committee meeting.
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Communication
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Talking Points:
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Debrief:
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Individual Check in…
AN INITIATIVE OF FOUNDATIONS FOR A BETTER OREGON