1. The Power of YET Inspired by Dr. Jeffrey Howard Harvard Professor and Harvard Graduate

2. My Harvard Experience

3. A New Age of Learning and Instruction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8 Whose children are these? Who is responsible for making sure they are prepared for the 21 st century?

4. What do we know about teacher effectiveness?

5. Effective Teachers

7. What do we know about administrator effectiveness? http://www.efficacy.org/Resources/tabid/226/Default.aspx

8. Administrator proficiency, as Dr. Howard has defined it, is the absolute requirement for achieving proficiency among the adults who help develop children’s proficiency. Administrator Proficiency Adult Proficiency Proficiency for ALL Children

9. Two Models of Development

10. The Innate Model aka…Very Smart aka…Sorta Smart aka…Kinda Dumb

11. Two Models of Development (cont.) Innate Ability – Intelligence and Character are fixed assets – Unevenly distributed among the population and among different population groups Share with a neighbor how this model has affected your performance as a student. http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MzQ4MzAzMjY5

12. Two Models of Development (cont.) What are possible implications of the Innate Ability model? http://todaysmeet.com/Innate

13. Tenacious Engagement Focus on Feedback Strategy Formulation Confidence Effective Effort Development The Efficacy «Get Smart » Model The Belief that I can do it!

14. Think You Can Work Hard Get Smart The Efficacy «Get Smart » Model in kid-friendly terms…

15. Two Models of Development (cont.) The Efficacy « Get Smart » Model – Virtually all people are capable of brillance – Human characteristics are neither fixed nor given – Capacities are built through action of Effective Effort – Build Confidence in our Students Share with a neighbor how this model has affected your performance as a student. http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MjE0MDYzNjYyMw

16. Two Models of Development (cont.) What are possible implications of the Efficacy « Get Smart » model? http://todaysmeet.com/Efficacy

17. Dr. Howard’s Story

18. Tramy’s Story

19. Angie’s Story

20. The Efficacy Package The Mission is College Readiness; the Mindset is “Get Smart”; The Method must be a data-based system of self- directed improvement, executed with equal force at all levels of the learning community. http://www.efficacy.org/default.aspx

21. Forman’s Story 2008-2009 2009-2010

22. Administrator proficiency, as Dr. Howard has defined it, is the absolute requirement for achieving proficiency among the adults who help develop children’s proficiency. Administrator Proficiency Adult Proficiency Proficiency for ALL Children

23. Tenacious Engagement Focus on Feedback Strategy Formulation Confidence Effective Effort Development The Efficacy «Get Smart » Model The Belief that I can do it!

24. Personal Reflections http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI 2 minutes Take some time to write yourself a letter about your campus goals for 2011-2012 as it relates to improving student achievement for Plano ISD. (These letters will be delivered to you in June.) Teamwork for Excellence with our collective abundance of experience Inch by inch…life’s a cinch. Yard by yard…life is hard.

25. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KjpyHX7X-ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KjpyHX7X-o greatest love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6xLMCHFetAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6xLMCHFetA lean on me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVhrIfaPKxwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVhrIfaPKxw hero http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0wbID4FsbQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0wbID4FsbQ power of the dream Personal Reflections