1. Why School Change is Needed Communicating School Redesign through the Youth-Adult Partnership Lens class and Hazen Union Team, 2013-14.

2. Using this PowerPoint This PowerPoint was designed to help an audience understand why school change is needed, and sets the stage for introducing the details of Act 77. You are welcome to adapt it in any way that suites your needs, following a strategic framing sequence. Developed and piloted by the the Communicating School Redesign through the Youth-Adult Partnership Lens class and Hazen Union Team, 2013-14.

3. The Evolving Story of Education & Learning

5. In order for our town and our state to grow and prosper, we need schools that are aligned with our rapidly changing global society.

7. How is society changing? Different world….different skills

8. What do young people need to be best prepared for their futures? Play, passion, purpose: Tony Wagner 2:27-4:14 So if the world has changed so dramatically...

10. Our schools were created for an industrial era and it is time to remodel

11. Good to Great!

13. How we communicate

14. Who would have thought…?!

15. “Schools have to prepare students for jobs that have not yet been created, technologies that have not yet been invented and problems that we don’t know will arise.” Andrea Schleicher (2010)

16. If I am to have 10-14 jobs by the time I am 38, I need a broad & flexible skill set to be this adaptable.

17. It’s not about what I know any longer… It’s about how I use what I know….

18. Integrating technology into the classroom Using data to enhance instruction Using more project-based learning strategies

19. Remodeling Learning

20. Learning is a lot like cooking…

21. Knowledge and information are like raw ingredients…. They amount to nothing unless we do something with them

22. Learning and Cooking – Your Experience

23. Is active Often involves a guide And so, learning is like cooking because it…

24. requires tools & core ingredients Usually involves failure on the path to mastery… Learning is like cooking because it…

25. Includes experimentation & play (sometimes messy) Is fun and engaging… it’s it’s a life skill! Learning is like cooking because…

26. The brain and learning…

27. Learning is most likely to occur when the brain is active

29. National Institute of Mental Health, Paul Thompson Ph.D., UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging

30. Intellectual capacity is not fixed Everyone has untapped learning potential given the right environment

31. I think I can…I know I can…

32. The 4 Rs: Building Blocks for Act 77 Relevance

33. Rigor High expectations & challenging learning opportunities

34. Student-teacher Relationships

35. Shared Responsibility