The Big Picture Design

• Section 1: Philosophy• Presentation• Question and answer

• Section 2: Structure and Practice• Presentation• Question and answer

• Section 3: Particulars• Presentation• Question and answer

Section 1:Philosophy

• Relationships – Know Them

• Relevance – Passions and Interests Real Work in the Real World

• Rigor – Deep Challenging work

• Pedagogy – Hands On

Relationships

• How can we help them if we do not know them?• Find appropriate learning

opportunities for each student• Match them with appropriate

internships• Be a caring adult ear for their

emotional development• Teach them in ways that work for

their learning style• Motivate them to persevere and

strive

Relevance

• Interest Exploration – we start with what interests the student

• Connect the student in the real world with a person who does what they are interested in.

• Bringing the outside, in and the inside, out.

• Make a weakness, a strength

Rigor

• Personalized Learning Plan• Assessment

• Authentic Project Work (Real World Standards)

• Exhibitions (Public)• Narratives• Weekly Meetings

• Advisory

Pedagogy

• Who Are You?• A main benefit of deep relationships with students is to

meet not only their learning level, but learning style.

• “Learn by Doing, do by Learning”• BP schools prioritize active, authentic, hands – on learning.

• Reflection• Private and Public• Formal and Informal

Question and

Answer

Section 2: Structure and Practice

• The Schools by the numbers

• A Typical Week• The Learning Plan• The LTI

(Learning Through Internship)

• Advisory• Exhibition

By the Numbers

• Advisories (13-17 students per advisor)

• Advisor stays with students for 4 years

• Schools Max at 8- 10 advisories (120-150 students)

• Students are in Internships (LTIs) 2 days (10-12 hours) per week

R e l a t i o n s h i p s

What’s best for kids?

A Typical Week

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

9:00 PMU9:30 Advisory –

welcome back, check in, news, take out learning plan and plan in the super calendar for the week.

11:00 Independent work Time: Begin working on individual project (s).

9:00 Check In

LTI or Interest Exploration

9:00 PMU – Breakfast Club

9:30 Advisory – Empirical Reasoning Focus

10:30 – Independent work

(on individual project)

9:00 Check In

LTI or Interest Exploration

9:00 PMU9:30- Advisory - bio

poem

10 - Independent work Time: Work individual project(s).

Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch

12:30 Silent reading1:00 Independent

work Time2:30 Advisory –

Review Social Reasoning as a learning goal.

12:30 Check In

LTI or Interest Exploration

2:30 Advisory-review progress

12:30 Book Group

1:30 Independent work Time: Work individual project(s).

2:15 Advisory – Quantitative Reasoning Focus

12:30 Check In

LTI or Interest Exploration

2:30 Advisory-review progress

plan for tomorrow

12:30 Silent reading1:00 Fun group activity 2:30 Advisory

Debrief+ Journal (1-10 reflection. On a scale of one to 10 how productive was I and explain). Read aloud

How’s ___ Doing and newsletter goes home

The Learning Plan

• All of the students’ work stems from their individual learning plan – a personalized document that is the created each quarter by the learning team. • Student, Advisor, Parent, Mentor

• The Learning Plan answers the questions:• What are your passions and learning style?• What will be done? • When will you work on it? When will it be completed?• What learning goals (academic disciplines) does it investigate? • How will we assess it?

The LTI (Learning Through Internship)

• Long term mentors

• 2 days per week (minimum)

• Authentic experiences and projects

• Real World Assessment

R e l e v a n c e

Advisory

R e l a t i o n s h i p s R i g o r

Exhibition

• Quarterly Public Presentations• Students, Advisors,

Principal, Parent, Mentor

• Is the student meeting the goals of his learning?

R i g o r

Question and

Answer

Section 3: Particulars

• Who do we serve? How Many?• Costs – Money where our mouth is• Facilities – Design of our Design• Challenges – The Road is Long• Results – What is the Effect?

Who and How Many

• Big Picture Schools serve many constituents: • Mostly Urban• Varied Socioeconomic and racial backgrounds• Varied educational preparation and education history

• How Many: Network wide, we are working with: • Over 3,000 high school students • Over 300 staff• 35 schools

Costs of the BP Design

• BP has schools in many states, each with a different per student expenditure• California - $6,500 per student• Rhode Island – over $12,000 per student

• The vast percentage of the budget is allocated to staff salaries. Other large expenditures include transportation.

• Money does not go into: large athletic facilities, textbooks, “extra” staff, large scale facilities.

Facilities – The Design of our Design

• What is best for students? What is best for the community?• Welcoming• Open, Light, Small• Individual Schools, Campus• Meets “Human Response”• Carefully Considers Site

Sensitive Planning• High Quality Materials

"An integrated process to manage design and construction needs to be developed in order to translate innovative educational designs into facilities. This process should include educators in decisions at every step.“

-Elliot Washor

Results

• College Acceptances• SALT Survey

ResponsesState Report Card

• Attendance Numbers• Anecdotal

Experiences• Personal Qualities

Rigor, Relevance, Relationships

Education is the lighting of a fire, not the filling of a pail.

Question and

Answer