Thinking Differently : Best Practices to Next Practices Raymond J. McNulty,

Schools are Improving School Improvement

Schools are Improving School Improvement Changing World

The primary aim of education is not to enable students to do well in school, but to help them do well in the lives they lead outside of school.

Making a better 20 th Century School is not the answer.

We are getting better at things that do not matter as much anymore.

Unless we unlearn some of our traditional practices, we will never get beyond an improvement mindset.

Systems are challenged today like never before. The key challenge that we face is results.

In an environment driven by results, the best strategy is to DEVELOP YOUR PEOPLE. Broaden the definition of learning in your system to include adults.

I believe the future is not about the latest gadgets, it is about something more than gadgets, its about … LEARNING

Adult Learning Year! 2011

The focus must be on the way we work. –Cooperation is what was valued in the past. It is about efficiency: You do this and I will do that. –Collaboration is where we should focus. It is about shared creation, in which the focus is not on the process but on the specific results.

WE need to become the AGENTS of change.

The Boston Globe Ray, reading the paper on your Kindle or online just isnt the same!

Almost everyone wants schools to be better, but almost no one wants them to be different.

Teacher – Student Comparisons T – I make learning exciting for my students. 86% S – My teachers make learning fun. 41%

First Different - Then Better

Themes Changing Roles Best and Next Practices Why It Is So Hard To Change The Three Rs Closing Point

Theme Our roles as educators is challenged by easy access to an abundance of resources Sense Making Coaching Credentialing

Theme People expect to be able to learn, study and work whenever and wherever they want.

Importance of Relationships in learning and deeply understanding the students who struggle in our systems. Third Key Trend Theme

Intentionally Non-Compliant Student

The Fundamental Attribution Error When looking at our own behavior, we tend to view the situation in the environment that surrounds our action. When looking at the behavior of others, we make assumptions about their personal qualities.

The Effects of Praise Fixed or Growth Cant hand confidence to learners on a silver platter.

David Brooks, Social Animal

Theme Best and Next Practices

Best practices allow you to do what you are currently doing a little better.

Next practices increase your organizations capability to do things it has never done before.

SystemInnovation

Sustaining Innovation Next Practice

Disruptive Innovation

A Story…. Not a bad idea, but to earn a grade more than a C+, the idea has to be viable! (Yale Professor) Fredrick Smith The idea FedEx

-Shurnyu Suzuki In the beginners mind there are many possibilities; in the experts mind there are few.

First practice must change, then results, then policy.

Current System Something Different

The Horse The Automobile

Henry Ford quote… If I had asked the public what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.

Proportions of students scoring in each decile of the MCAS 8 th grade ELA distribution

Proportions of students scoring in each decile of the MCAS 8 th grade Math distribution

MCAS math gains 8 th to 10 th grade, compared to others from the same 8 th grade decile (School Rank Percentile)

MCAS ELA gains 8 th to 10 th grade, compared to others from the same 8 th grade decile (School rank percentile/100)

Theme Closing Point

BE EXTRAORDINARY

BEING EXTRAORDINARY Committed to the truth Be committed to delaying gratification Be someone who always has the chance of saying yes Live a life where you do not make others wrong

BEING EXTRAORDINARY Be committed to courage Be someone who produces results with absolutely no force Be a person who is peaceful in chaos

BE EXTRAORDINARY

Thinking Differently : Best Practices to Next Practices Raymond J. McNulty,