Adaptive Leadership in Changing Curricular Times Instructional Leaders Thursday, April 15

Imagine… Professional Basketball Coaching Staff Announced Rule Changes Free throw line to basket – 2 feet increase 2 minute penalty for fouls – 4 on 5 Purpose of Change More Challenging for the 21st Century Next Changes will affect how Game is Scored

How might these announcements affect your coaching? What will need to change? What won’t need to change? What might be your strategy for implementing change?

Possible Changes… Game Conference Title & Playoff Purposes Salary Caps 3 Point shots = 4 points Conference Title & Playoff Purposes Wins will be given = 2 points Overtime Loss = 1 point Salary Caps 10% increase for teams for teams with 50% of their players meeting 50% or higher growth margins

What should you do? What should you do first? How does this affect your team? What should you do first? What should you do?

Dealing with Moving Targets Connect Peers with Purpose Build Capacity Learning is the Work

Connecting Peers with Purpose Why is this change being proposed? What are the hoped for gains?

Connecting Peers with Purpose Why is this change being proposed? Our nation’s graduates are not ready for complex, creative, collaborative work Wagner’s Global Achievement Gap Pink’s Drive & A Whole New Mind R. Florida’s The Rise of the Creative Class

Connecting Peers with Purpose What are the hoped for gains? 21st Century Graduates College & Career Ready Productive, Adaptive, Collaborative Learners Engaged in society and ready to support themselves into their future

Community and Family Readiness Building Capacity Leadership Readiness Staff Readiness Student Readiness Community and Family Readiness

Building Capacity Leadership Readiness Understand the Change Purpose Systems Thinking Ability Assess their own and staff skills Support their own and staff needs Manage change in ambiguous times

Building Capacity Staff Readiness Understand the Change Purpose Understand the Skills needed in this Context Self-assess current level of Skills Manage self in ambiguous times

Building Capacity Student Readiness Understand the Change Purpose Self Assess their own Skills Ability to monitor and manage personal growth Capacity to connect with adults and other resources to support their learning and growth

Building Capacity Community & Family Readiness Understand the Change Purpose Invitations and Expectations for Support and Engagement Identify basis for partnering and partnerships

Learning is the Work Selecting the right work Supporting people in the work

Learning is the Work Selecting the right work Shared Vision of Quality Instruction Shared Vision of Robust Learning Comprehensible 21st Century Outcomes Quality Unit Design Principles Collegial Models & Exemplars

Learning is the Work Supporting people in the work Know and Understand the Vision Know Tasks and Expectations Clear Targets and Achievable Goals Opportunities to strengthen each stakeholder’s Knowledge & Skills Provide time for Dialogue and Discussion

What we Need Students need robust learning opportunities to graduate and be college and career ready. Teachers need a strong understanding of what robust learning looks Teachers need to be able to develop robust learning opportunities to engage students and increase their skills

Robust Learning What we Need Highly engaged, relevant learning Focused on deep, enduring understandings Applied to authentic and globally contextual learning situations Supported with intellectually rigorous conversation and collaborative practices Requiring flexibility and creativity in thinking Intentionally designed to increase self-directed behavior

What we Still Need to Know… How students will demonstrate their knowledge and skills to the state/feds How students will demonstrate their knowledge and skills to us How schools will demonstrate their “effectiveness” How teachers and principals will demonstrate their “effectiveness”

What can and should we do to lead this change? So… What can and should we do to lead this change?

Doing the Right Work Build Capacity Strength and Conditioning Training Understand the Purpose Build Capacity Strength and Conditioning Training Learn Together

Assess our current skill sets and available resources at hand Doing the Right Work Develop a common vision and rationale for Robust Learning and 21st Century Skills Shape a shared vision for what that looks like in each of our content areas Assess our current skill sets and available resources at hand Strengthen systems to provide early warning, communication, and responsiveness

What is Robust Learning? 10-11 What is Robust Learning? What are our Grade Level Expectations/Course Outcomes? What might our ways of knowing what students know and can do? What is the Teaching/Learning Cycle & Backwards Design? 11-12 Am I using Robust Learning Strategies? Are my units aligned with GLE/Course Outcomes? Am I creating exemplars of evidence outcomes and enduring understandings? Am I using Teaching/Learning Cycle and Backwards Design? 12-13 Are my students Self-Directed, Robust, 21st Century Learners? Does our curriculum guide teaching of GLE’s and Course Outcomes? Do we have sufficient exemplars to use collegially to exemplify 21st Century learning outcomes?