Personal Inquiry: scripting for inquiry learning by participatory design
Learning by design
description
Transcript of Learning by design
Learning by Design
Principals’ Summer 2011 Workshop
Academic and Technology ServicesBusiness ServicesCampus ServicesDistrict Services
Learning by Design
Moving from illuminating learners to learning by design
– Moving from using a floodlight to illuminate the fact that all of us are learners…
– To using a spotlight to provide intense insight into what each child needs to maximize their learning
– Last year I ended my conversation by asking you “are you ready?” and are you willing to be “architects of the future?”
Are You Ready?
To reinvent, redesign and reshape the learning experience for your students and teachers?
The New Norm
• Fewer dollars• Fewer staff• New accountability• New collaborations
– North Texas Visioning Consortium– Western States Benchmarking Consortium
• Focus on learning in addition to teaching
• More virtual/digital access to resources
Leading change (again)
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new modelthat makes theexisting model obsolete.” —R. Buckminster Fuller, American inventor and futurist
Learning by Design
• Learning by design implies paying attention to the little things that make learning personal for students or any of us as learners.
• Are you able to focus clearly enough to determine what each child needs to experience maximum learning?
Selective Attention
Daniel Simons video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY
Do you really see the potential and needs of each student?
Who Are We?
The “man on the street”
What is the image of Plano ISD?– White– Wealthy– Large, single-family residences– High performing
Diversity
What is the image of Plano ISD?
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-110.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
African American Hispanic WhiteNative American Asian/Pacific Islander
69.2
44.1
13.0
0.3
10.0
21.6
7.410.7
0.3
19.9
Free and reduced lunch
What is the image of Plano ISD?
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
9.510.4
13.5
15.516.6
20.5
18.7
20.7 20.7
23.6
26.0
7.58.6
9.310.6
11.5 11.5 12.0 11.9 11.9 12.2 12.2
Economically Disadvantaged Limited English Proficient (LEP)
Enrollment vs Multi-family housing
What is the image of Plano ISD?
2005-06 2010-110%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
4294 5640
52542 54989
Number of Students in Multi-family Dwellings Total Enrollment
8.2% 10.3%
4.4%
23.9%
ACT and SAT results
What is the image of Plano ISD?
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-1023.0
23.5
24.0
24.5
25.0
25.5
26.0
24.124.0 24.0
24.4 24.4 24.4
24.8
25.2
25.5
25.7
ACT
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-101100
1110
1120
1130
1140
1150
1160
1170
1126 11271129
1140
1147 1148
1142
1156
1165
1151
SAT
2010 and 2011 TAKS Ratings
What is the image of Plano ISD?
(both without TPM)
Exemplary Recognized Acceptable0
5
10
15
20
25
3029
23
12
2221
22
2010 2011
Middle School61%
Elementary School
75%
Elementary School
67%
Elementary School
56%
Are we paying attention…
Accountability creep
None of these schools currently have enough students in the subgroup to “count”, but the middle school will aggregate enough within the next two years to affect their rating.
Middle School68%
Elementary School
75%
Elementary School
62%
Elementary School
56%
Are we paying attention…
Accountability creep
The middle school subgroup has enough students to count for ratings, but none of the elementary schools have large enough numbers to count yet.
Time of Transition
• From who we are to who we want to be
• We need to be poised tore-imagine the story
• What do we need to be paying attention to during the 2011-12 school year?
Expectations
“Work the system”– Use the support of our academic and
technology, campus, and district services teams to help identify and design action plans to maximize the level ofachievement of all students
– Access, understand, and act on the information available for each student’s achievement to design meaningful, individual learning experiences
– Structure tutorial sessions to meet areas of targeted learning rather than broad areas and ensure each need is met
Expectations
“Work the system”– Leverage the ability to work more directly
with schools of like characteristics in their learners without worry of geographic boundaries (clusters) through professional learning communities
– Continue the focus of building capacity within our principal cadre towards master principals with an emphasis on instructional leadership through our iLead meetings, 2nd Wednesday Virtual meetings, and other learning opportunities
Expectations
“Work the system”– Continue and expand the use of student
owned devices to personalize, and make more relevant, learning opportunities for students
– Continue and expand collaborative learning experiences so students actively contribute to a broader effort of building knowledge
– Use the Plano Walk-Through process to ensure student engagement and ownership of learning is present in each classroom
So here is the “system”
We have flattened the system to have all of the major support divisions working with fewer boundaries to support you and keep you “in the loop”
Academic and Technology Services
Business Services
Campus Services
District Services
Government and Community Relations
Learning by Design
Design is an ongoing process where we will often learn by failure, even with the best intentions and preparation
Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ULeWyBN8w
Are You Ready?
To reinvent, redesign and reshape the learning experience for each student?