Community Summit

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 What are your most memorable experiences?  What teachers made the biggest impact on your education?

 Sir Ken Robinson - Changing Education Paradigms Sir Ken Robinson - Changing Education Paradigms  What are your highest hopes for your students?  What type of future do you want for them?

A Review of Education and Industry

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List technology that your kids have available to them that you did not have at their age.

Looking at these pictures, what skills do students need to excel?

“ If we give students the same educational opportunity as their parents, they will also be well- prepared for the 20 th century. Let’s prepare them for the 21 st century before it ends!” Bill Daggett, President of ICL and futurist “If Rip Van Winkle woke up today, the only place he would recognize is school.” Claudia Wallis and Sonia Steptoe, “How to Bring Our Schools Out of the Twentieth Century” Time, Dec. 2006

 What are your ideas for what we should start doing in schools?  What should we stop doing in schools?  What does a challenging classroom look like?  How do we create a culture of challenge in all classrooms?

 When we get to the point that we don’t measure the level of our success based on a state assigned rating we can change education  Less preparation for standardized tests  More work on ◦ Critical thinking skills ◦ Collaboration with others ◦ Communication ◦ Creative thinking

 Research School Transformation in Texas  Participate in District and Campus Action teams  Provide feedback

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