CAP Conference Presentation - May 13, 2015

INNOVATION THAT STICKS Real Examples From Real Schools

May 2, 2014

CHRIS KENNEDY Superintendent of Schools, West Vancouver School District

Connecting Leaders – Inspiring Change #cap15

CAP 2015 National Conference

ALL ABOUT CULTURE

“Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast”

A Culture of Innovation

A Culture of Yes

More than just trying

stuff – disciplined

inquiry

Feeling permission takes time

Focus on a Few Things

Inquiry

• No one “model”

• It is more than just asking questions

Self-Regulation

• Start to focus at the younger grades

• Looking across domains

Digital Access

• Start with teachers

• Modernize classrooms

• Embrace BYOD in the context of equity

Common secondary timetable

• One District Campus

• Joint Ownership of students and learning

School Wide Signatures

• Every school needs an elevator pitch

• They don’t need to be the same but need to be part of a coherent network

STRUCTURES

ALIGNING RESOURCES Learning Teams

Dedicated $100,000 for teams to use – micro-budgeting

Meet inside and outside the school day

Work with a mentor

Ends with a celebration

ALIGNING RESOURCES

“So if you ever wondered if the innovation grants were making a difference – just take a look at what’s going on here! There is a massive shift in teaching and learning”

Elementary School Principal

DISCUSSION

What are the structures in your school and district that are promoting a culture of innovation?

NEW ROLE FOR PARENTS

Parents are part of the process not just observers of the polished product

INNOVATION IN ACTION

Letter grade free

assessment

Maker movement

iPads in elementary music class

Reggio Emilia inspired

programs

Bienalle arts projects across

schools

Passion projects

Heart rate monitors in

PE

What is something that is “sticking” in your school and / or district that didn’t exist 3 years ago?

DISCUSSION

What Does Support Look Like? CELEBRATE RISK TAKING

SHINE A LIGHT ON INNOVATION

MATTERS

WHERE LEADERS SPEND THEIR TIME MATTERS

Teachers

Schools

Districts

Governments

• Will make it easier for students...

• Will make it easier for teachers...

• Will make it easier for schools...

• Will make it easier for districts...

To be FLEXIBLE

Yeah, but . . .

?

How do you scale the work

YOU DON’T

YOU CONNECT AND BUILD NETWORKS Think diffusion not replication

He says the problem with teachers is

What’s a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?

He reminds the other dinner guests that it’s true what they say about teachers:

Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.

. . . I mean, you’re a teacher, Taylor. Be honest. What do you make?

This is . . .

OUR WORLD

OUR LIVES

OUR CHILDREN

OUR CURRICULUM

OUR CHALLENGE

OUR WORK

OUR ART

OUR JOY

You want to know what I make? I make kids wonder,

I make them question.

I make them criticize. I make them apologize and mean it.

I make them write. I make them read, read, read.

I make them spell definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful over and over and over again until they will never misspell either one of those words again.

. . . and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you by what you make, you give them this.

. . . Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true:

Teachers make a goddamn difference! Now what about you?

Excerpts from poem: What Teachers Make by Taylor Mali

Thanks for Leading Learning.

Where you can find me: [email protected] 604-202-4379 @chrkennedy Chris Kennedy cultureofyes.ca

www.sd45.bc.ca

CAP Conference Presentation - May 13, 2015

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