1. AEIN Celebration & Symposium
April 26 & 27, 2010
Welcome, colleagues!

2. Activities for today & tomorrow
Share & reflect on & celebrate our work
Practice collaborative wisdom-seeking through success analysis protocol & probing questions
Demonstrate our network to friends & interested Alaskans
Draft our unique narratives
Dance & laugh & enjoy each other’s company

3. Monday’s Agenda
Review probing question protocol using University of Chicago essential elements
Participate in fishbowl around the development of our network
Visit each other’s posters (odd numbered poster groups work with even numbered groups…then switch)
Debrief the day; prepare for our guests
Reception for the public (3-5 PM)

4. Reminders…. Lunch will be around noon
Please attend to time when viewing posters
Be sure everyone’s poster has viewers…there will be other times to discuss posters you may want to see, but want everyone to have the benefit of your probing questions
Please recycle your paper, plastic, & aluminum

5. University of Chicago study Anthony S. Bryk et al.
A study of Chicago’s decentralization strategy;
Why were the results different in schools that started in the similar situations?
Used more than “status” measures, e.g. snapshot standardized tests
Conceptualized “value-added” components
Identified essential elements
All operated in schools that improved

6. Five essential elements that support improved student learning
Leadership
Parent-community ties
Professional capacity
Student-centered learning climate
Instructional guidance

7. Leadership is driver for change Principals are catalytic agents for systemic improvement who…
Strengthen connections between parents & local community (mutualism)
Build professional capacity through effective hiring, developing professional community, fostering learning
Nurture a safe & orderly environment where students are challenged intellectually
Cultivate schoolwide supports for rigorous curriculum & instruction

8. A Systems Approach…everything in school organization supports the classroom & student learning
Dynamics of student learning
Motivation to learn
Participation
Technical core
Classroom instruction (teacher engaging students in subject matter)
Effective learning time
Resources to support learning

9. Professional capacity subsystem impacts teacher’s classroom instruction & student motivation
Teacher knowledge, skill, & practice
Support for teacher learning
School-based professional community

10. Learning climate affects student motivation & participation, plus instructional time
Personal support norms of teachers
Academic press
Engagement & motivation
Order & safety
Peer academic norms

11. Parent-school-community ties provide external supports & learning press
Social support for schooling/ partnerships
Direct services & fiscal support
Parental press for learning
Cultural connections/ helping teachers learn about culture & community

12. Instructional guidance subsystem provides infrastructure & frame
Curriculum currency & alignment
Tools to support academic press

13. All supports are essential
Cannot be easily separated; interact with each other
Improvement requires orchestrated initiatives across the elements

14. Further…
Schools with strong indicators across all elements were 10 times more likely to improve students’ reading & math learning than those with 3 or more weak indicators
Sustained weakness in any one subsystem undermined attempts for improvement

15. Success analysis protocol
Today we examine our work in light of these elements by posing probing questions on behalf of others…this will help to prepare for your 2-pager
Success analysis protocol
Poster overview (10 minutes)
Clarifying questions (2-3 minutes)
What do I need to know…short answers, factual
Viewers remark on what differences they see (a metaphor?), probe further regarding Chicago essential elements (10 minutes)
Notetaker records probing questions & answers

16. Probing questions… Help presenters focus on his/her wisdom
Do not: give advice, offer suggestions, pass buck, place blame, or tell your story
Elicit a slow, reflective response
Move thinking from reaction to reflection

17. We begin with odds probing evens! Two 25 minute segments
Poster tenders:
Narrator
Notetaker
Timer

18. Our reception… We are all hosts
Please make our interns feel comfortable
Extend welcome to visitors…elevator speech about what you’ve learned in the network
You have done good work…be proud of yourselves

19. AEIN Celebration & Symposium
April 26 & 27, 2010
Welcome back, colleagues!

20. Tuesday’s agenda Debrief from yesterday Overview of 2 page narrative
Poster viewing
Reception
Governing board
Overview of 2 page narrative
Team time for metaphor-ic thinking & sharing
Team time for writing; sharing; writing
Large group sharing
Finale…our (hopefully not) last words

21. A metaphor…

22. In your team…
Define and illustrate your metaphor

23. Start writing… With your metaphor in mind
Consider your work in light of the 5 essential elements from the University of Chicago study
Tell your story