Common Core Standards Ready for College, Work, and Life  A framework around which teachers can create a collectively built body of effective knowledge and practice.  A framework for education workforce talent development from preparation through accomplished teaching. A Game Changer: From Artisan Teaching to Professional Collaboration in Genuine Learning Organizations

 Fiscal Shift  Demographic Shift  Open Learning Ecosystem Driving Forces Will Transform the Culture of Teaching and Learning

Stop Fixing the Schools We Have… ….And Create the Schools We Need  Focus on redesigning core structures and processes and creating new roles, rules, relationships, and tools.  Focus on balancing individual capacity building with organizational capacity building.  Focus on system alignment that supports collaborative policy and practice development across levels. Quality Teaching is a Team Sport.

 Learning is no longer preparation for a job… learning is the job. And teamwork is the way the job gets done.  We need to remodel our schools into learning organizations that support: deeper learning; more effective teaching; higher impact community engagement. We Are Living in the Learning Age

College, Careers, and Civic Engagement S transfer Expert Novice Knowledge & Skill

College, Careers, and Civic Engagement S transfer application Expert Novice Knowledge & Skill

College, Careers, and Civic Engagement S transfer application creation Next Generation Learning Teams Next Generation Talent Development Next Generation Assessment Next Generation Accountability Expert Novice Knowledge & Skill

Source: Richard M. Ingersoll. University of Pennsylvania, original analyses for NCTAF of Schools and Staffing Survey

Source: Richard M. Ingersoll. University of Pennsylvania, original analyses for NCTAF of Schools and Staffing Survey.

Source: Richard M. Ingersoll. University of Pennsylvania, original analyses for NCTAF of Schools and Staffing Survey.

Source: Richard M. Ingersoll. University of Pennsylvania, original analyses for NCTAF of Schools and Staffing Survey.

From Perry Mason…to Legal Teams

From Dr. Kildare…to Medical Teams

From the Stand-Alone Teacher of the 1950s…

…to the Stand-Alone Teacher of the 21 st Century

From Good Teachers to Great Teaching  Effective Teaching is a Team Sport.  NCTAF: Highly Qualified Teachers in Schools Organized for Success.  Fullan: Individual AND Collective Capacity Building.

Teams Are Not Communities  Teacher Artisans: Solo Practitioners.  Professional Learning Communities (Guilds and Independent Teams): Artisan Teachers Collaborate to Improve Individual Capacity & Performance.  Learning Teams: Teachers Orchestrate Diverse Knowledge and Skills of Interdependent Members to Achieve Greater Impact Than Solo Artisans.

Principles of Effective Learning Teams Shared Values & Goals Self-Directed Reflection Authentic Assessment Stable Settings Collective Responsibility Strong Leadership

National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future  Learning Studios: Deeper Learning, More Effective Teaching, Higher Impact Community Engagement.  Educator Development Studios: Competency-Based, Inquiry Projects (PBL), Support Educator Talent Development.  Networked Learning Studios: Socially Networked Innovation Space.

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