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Reinventing Our Education System
Raymond J. McNulty, President
International Center for Leadership in Education
Tremont, IL
SUCCESS BY DESIGN NOT BY CHANCE
THEMES
• Challenge is complex
• Aim of Education
• Motivation and Relationships
• Rigor and Relevance
• Creativity and Innovation
• Resistance Factors
• Next Steps
THEME
• Challenge is complex
We have a flawed perspective of always listening to our best
customers… They tell us how good the system is working for
them!
Now if you don’t want to change, you do not need
to change, because survival is not guaranteed.
What happened to GM..??
We need fewer, clearer and more rigorous standards!
Texas NESS StudySubgroup Rankings
ELA Skill: Write clear and concise directions or procedures.
Group Rank
Overall Texas 9
Business/Industry 2
Other Non-educators 10
English Language Arts Teachers
Other Educators 8
Texas NESS StudySubgroup Rankings
ELA Skill: Write clear and concise directions or procedures.
Group Rank
Overall Texas 9
Business/Industry 2
Other Non-educators 10
English Language Arts Teachers 25
Other Educators 8
Texas NESS StudySubgroup Rankings
Math Skill: Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to right triangles.
Group Rank
Overall Texas 20
Business/Industry 29
Other Non-educators 31
Mathematics Teachers
Other Educators 24
Texas NESS StudySubgroup Rankings
Math Skill: Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to right triangles.
Group Rank
Overall Texas 20
Business/Industry 29
Other Non-educators 31
Mathematics Teachers 4
Other Educators 24
Texas NESS StudySubgroup Rankings
Social Studies Skill (Economics): Investigate how a cost/benefit analysis can influence decisions based on profits and losses.
Group Rank
Overall Texas 22
Business/Industry 3
Other Non-educators 15
Social Studies Teachers 57
Other Educators 18
We need fewer, clearer and more rigorous standards!
OUR PROBLEM IS NOT SIMPLY STANDARDS, BUT
“DESIGN” AS WELL!!!!
WE need to become the agents of change.
Objects of Change
VS.Agents of Change
Federal/State Gov’t.
SEA
Schools, Colleges, Staff, Students, Board
Policy, Community
Schools, Staff, Students, Board
Policy, Community
Federal/State Gov’t.
SEA
Stop waiting for the cure … educators are the cure!!
What got us to where we are today in education,
will not get us to where we need to be!
In many cases our efforts to transform education look so
much like the original system.
THEME
• Aim of Education
The primary aim of education is not to enable students to do well in school, but to help them do well in the lives they lead outside of school.
We’ve created false proxies for learning…
• Finishing a course or textbook has come to mean achievement
• Listening to lecture has come to mean understanding
• Getting a high score on a standardized test has come to mean proficiency
Learning should have its roots in..
• Meaning, not just memory
• Engagement, not simply transmission
• Inquiry, not only compliance
• Exploration, not just acquisition
• Personalization, not simply uniformity
• Collaboration, not only competition
• Trust, not fear
• Basic Knowledge/Skills
• English Language (spoken)
• Reading Comprehension • (in English)• Writing in English • (grammar, spelling, etc.)• Mathematics
• Science
• Government/Economics
• Humanities/Arts
• Foreign Languages
• History/Geography
“Are They Really Ready To Work?”
Applied Skills
•Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
•Oral Communication
•Written Communication
•Teamwork/Collaboration
•Diversity
•Information Technology Application
•Leadership
•Creativity/Innovation
•Lifelong Learning/Self Direction
•Professionalism/Work Ethic
•Ethics/Social Responsibility
21st Century SkillsLearning & Innovation Skills– Creativity & Innovation– Critical Thinking &
Problem-solving– Communication &
Collaboration
Information, Media & Technology Skills– Information Literacy– Media Literacy– ICT Literacy
Life & Career Skills– Flexibility & Adaptability
– Initiative & Self-direction
– Social & Cross-cultural Skills
– Productivity & Accountability
– Leadership & Responsibility
www.21stcenturyskills.org
THEME
• Motivation and Relationships
Motivation is a key ingredient for success in learning.
Talking with kids…
It’s not us against them!
ALL STUDENTS
• RIGOR
• RELEVANCE
• RELATIONSHIPS
HOWEVER….##??!!
ALL STUDENTS
• Relationships
• Relevance
• Rigor
“It is virtually impossible to make things relevant for, or expect personal excellence
from a student you don’t know.”
Carol Ann Tomlinson
You can’t teach kids you don’t know….
Participation Gap• Self-Worth: Self-Worth occurs when
students know they are valued members of the community; have a person they can trust; believe they can achieve.
• Active Engagement: Active Engagement happens when students are deeply involved in the learning process.
• Purpose: Purpose exists when students take responsibility for who and what they want to become.
STUDENT ASPIRATIONS / PARTICIPATION GAP
SELF WORTH
ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT
PURPOSE
BelongingHeroesSense of Accomplishment
Fun & ExcitementCuriosity & CreativitySpirit of Adventure
Leadership & ResponsibilityConfidence to Take Action
Relationships
Relevance
Rigor
SELF WORTHBelongingHeroesSense of Accomplishment
6-8 9-12 STATEMENT54% 49% I am proud of my school.49% 49% I enjoy being at school.58% 41% Teachers care about my problems and feelings.54% 46% Teachers care about me as an individual.50% 45% Teachers care if I am absent from school.19% 21% I have never been recognized for something positive at school.52% 48% If I have a problem, I have a teacher with whom I can talk.68% 51% Teachers respect students. 49% 37% Students respect teachers.36% 29% Students respect each other .
NATIONAL DATA
Copyright 2008 Quaglia Institute
I am proud of my school. T = 85S = 50
I am excited to be working with students. T = 96Teachers enjoy working with students. S = 56Students have fun at school. T = 78School is boring. S = 47Students make school an exciting place to work. T = 87Teachers make school an exciting place to learn. S = 31I have fun at school. T = 85Teachers have fun at school. S = 39
NATIONAL DATADelusional Discrepancies
Copyright 2008 Quaglia Institute
Teacher – Student Comparisons
T – I make learning exciting for my students.
86%
S – My teachers make learning fun.
41%
Teacher – Student Comparisons
T – I am aware of my students’ interests outside of school.
84%
S – My teachers know my interests outside of school.
28%
Standardized Assessment
Necessary but NOT SUFFICIENT
STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES ARE AN
ACCURATE MEASURE OF STUDENT LEARNING AND
SCHOOL SUCCESS.
We behave like………..
OUR WORK IS COMPLEX
A test score is not a synonym for what a student has learned or a school has
accomplished.
TO DO THE JOB WELL
• QUANTITATIVE DATA
• QUALITATIVE DATA
• GREAT QUESTIONS…
So hold on to that motivation and relationship piece for a
few moments, and let me build a case for RIGOR and
RELEVANCE.
THEME
• Rigor and Relevance
Rigor and Relevance is
NOT
a new add –on !!
Rigor and Relevance
is a
Philosophy of Teaching !!
Rigor and RelevanceWhat is it?
And what does it mean?
Define Rigor and Relevance
3 Mis-Conceptions on Rigor
1. That rigor means ‘ more’
2. Raising a grade is not ‘rigor’
3. Being stricter and enforcing tighter policies
Rigor !
Rigor means increasing the level of thinking in a more
sophisticated and complex manner.
Knowledge TaxonomyKnowledge Taxonomy
1. Recall Knowledge1. Recall Knowledge2. Comprehension 2. Comprehension 3. Application 3. Application 4. Analysis 4. Analysis 5. Synthesis 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation 6. Evaluation
AssimilationAssimilationof knowledgeof knowledge
Acquisition Acquisition of knowledgeof knowledge
Thinking Thinking ContinuumContinuum
KnowledgKnowledge e
TaxonomTaxonomy y
Verb ListVerb List
Relevance
To determine a lessons Relevance you must ask the following questions…
1. Is it an application?
2. Is it real world?
3. Is it unpredictable?
Application Application ModelModel
Application ModelApplication Model
1 Knowledge of one discipline1 Knowledge of one discipline2 Application within discipline2 Application within discipline3 Application across 3 Application across
disciplinesdisciplines4 Application to real-world 4 Application to real-world
predictable situationspredictable situations5 Application to real-world 5 Application to real-world
unpredictable situationsunpredictable situations
AcquisitionAcquisitionof knowledgeof knowledge
Applicationof knowledge
Action Continuum
Relevance of learningto life and work
1 2 3 4 5
ApplicationApplication
KnowledgeKnowledge
1
2
3
4
5
6
Rigor/Relevance FrameworkRigor/Relevance Framework
RIGOR
RELEVANCE
AA BB
DDCC
Rigor/Relevance FrameworkRigor/Relevance Framework
TeacherTeacherWorkWork
Teacher/Student RolesTeacher/Student Roles
StudentStudentThinkThink
StudentStudentThink & WorkThink & Work
StudentStudentWorkWork
High
HighLow
Low
RIGOR
RELEVANCE
AA BB
DDCC
Rigor/Relevance FrameworkRigor/Relevance Framework
Describe function Describe function of gasof gas
spectrophotometerspectrophotometer
DifficultDifficult
Solve quadratic Solve quadratic equationsequations
Determine cost efficent Determine cost efficent heating for new home heating for new home
designdesign
Troubleshoot Troubleshoot lawnmower that lawnmower that
doesn’t startdoesn’t start
High
HighLow
Low
RIGOR
RELEVANCE
AA BB
DDCC
Rigor/Relevance FrameworkRigor/Relevance Framework
Count by 5s to 100Count by 5s to 100
EasyEasy
Compare Compare captialism and captialism and
socialismsocialismWrite a letter to the Write a letter to the
editoreditor
Make change as Make change as cashier without cashier without working registerworking register
High
HighLow
Low
Theme
• Creativity and Innovation
A Story….• Not a bad idea, but to
earn a grade more than a C+, the idea has to be viable! (Yale Professor)
• Fredrick Smith
• The idea FedEx
-Shurnyu Suzuki
“In the beginner’s mind there are many
possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few.”
Sustaining Innovation
and
Disruptive Innovation
System Innovation
Sustaining InnovationDisruptive Innovation
Theme
• Resistance Factors
Three Resistance Factors
1. Clutter and Doubt
2. TO BE NORMAL
• Our evolution as humans has provided us a powerful survival tool…. Routines, Habits, Protocols…..
• This is all a good thing except for when we must change or innovate….
Short term survival requires routines. Long term survival requires significant change.
Why aren’t there more students achieving at higher levels?
3. Innovation depends on a healthy dose of failure.
Baby walking
Theme
• Next Steps
Where do we go from here?
Four stages that build a great “significant” system.
Good to Great and the Social Sectors
Monograph by Jim Collins
Where do you go from here?
Stage 1 — Disciplined People:
• Attract the best and the most committed
• Commit to engagement and hard work
Where do you go from here?
Stage 2 — Disciplined Thought:
• Raise difficult but important questions
• Make thought leadership a strategic imperative
• Create and support an internal environment for critical conversations
Where do you go from here?
Stage 3 — Disciplined Action:
• Transform strategic planning into strategic thinking and action
• Ratchet up efforts to go beyond your comfort zone.
Where do you go from here?
Stage 4 — Building Greatness that Lasts:
• Find the courage to critically evaluate your work and change
There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul
than the way in which it treats its children.
Nelson Mandela
We can rationalize the failures of the past -----
or we can learn from them.
We can complain about the troubling inadequacies of the
present ----
or we can face them.
We can talk and dream about the glorious schools of the future ---
OR WE CAN CREATE THEM!
Reinventing Our Education System
Raymond J. McNulty, President
International Center for Leadership in Education
Tremont, IL