Transcript Welcome back - Lincoln County School District

WELCOME BACK
THE RESEARCH
• The Japanese eat little fat and suffer fewer…
• Heart attacks than Americans, British and Australians
• The French eat a lot of fat but also suffer fewer…
• Heart attacks than Americans, British and Australians
• The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer…
• Heart attacks than Americans, British and Australians
• The Italians drink a lot of red wine and also suffer fewer…
• Heart attacks than Americans, British and Australians
THE CONCLUSION
• Eat and drink whatever you like…
• It is speaking English that will kill you!
THE RESEARCH FORMULA
• Best Practices
• Danielson Teacher Framework
• SIOP
• RTI
• PBIS
• Data Teams
• PLCs
• ETC…ETC…ETC…
• Someone is profiting off each one!
•If it is formulaic someone would have
automated it and we wouldn’t need
you!
•There is no substitute for a great
teacher!
I AM NOT A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER
• I am a dreamer
• I am a worker
• I am a coach
• I am an alchemist
• What are you?
THE PROBLEM
• Public education started in 1918 as an economic trade-off
• Trade short term profits (child labor) for long term productivity (compliance)
• Tradable jobs – doing things that could be done elsewhere
• Only 600,000 added in the past 20 years
• The New York fast food workers
WHAT SHOULD A SCHOOL BE?
• Mechanism for opportunity
• Tool for empowerment
• Safe, healthy and happy place
• All children deserve this
• Place of learning, not a place of doing
• A place that children want to be a part of
THE SECRET FORMULA FOR A GOLDEN SCHOOL
DON’T TELL ANYONE!
• Create a culture the attracts and retains the most talented teachers
• Foster a culture of ownership, freedom and accountability
• Focus on growth: everyday for every student
• Relentlessly transfer our passion to our students
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
• Build Culture
• Win Engagement
• Achievement will follow
• Achievement leads to freedom
IT IS TIME TO LIBERATE OUR SCHOOLS!
CULTURE
• How would kids feel if they were welcomed by an adult and greeted by smiles from
every person every day?
• Maslow’s Hierarchy
• Social/emotional empathy
• Building norms and rules designed to promote learning and imagination
• Expectations that are explicitly taught and modeled
• Character development for students
• Discipline structures based on learning and social justice
• Equity not equality
• Remember we are here for children and adults are compensated to be
inconvenienced!
ENGAGEMENT
• Are our kids ready to learn before we ask them to?
• How do we respond when students ask to learn?
• Do we teach children or curriculum?
• What would happen if we switched from an expectation of doing to an
expectation of learning?
• Are our buildings set up for the learning of kids or the convenience of adults?
• Is there a constant connection being built between what we are asking
students to do and an obvious piece of their own present or future?
RETHINKING TEACHING AND LEARNING
• Precise, focused instruction
• Point of greatest impact
• Cooperation instead of compliance
• Mass customization
• Homework as practice rather than assessment
• Flipping the classroom
• Mastery of skills rather than the collection of points
• Real-world applications
• Think about what you do and if it truly impacts learning
HERE IS WHERE WE START
• Primed for change
• Surrounded by talented people
• It is not about what you have done, but about what you will do
DISTRICT WIDE READING DATA
90
80
70
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20
10
0
3rd
4th
5th
6th
State Average
7th
LCSD
8th
HS
DISTRICT WIDE MATH DATA
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
3rd
4th
5th
6th
State Average
7th
LCSD
8th
HS
SHORT TERM FOCUS
• CCSS (Math/Language Arts/Literacy)
• STAR (K-8)
• Character Development
• Content Literacy
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Read
Write
Speak
Listen
• Ocean Literacy
YEAR 1 GOALS
• 1 year of growth for all students
• Change the culture of expectations in the students, school and community
• Improve against the state average in Reading and Math
• Have WR 121 and Math 95 available for all seniors
• Improve and Integrate Ocean Literacy
• Build a quality alternative education program
• Develop an on demand professional development plan
3 YEAR GOALS
• All buildings score above the state average in Reading and Math
• Have available PE, Music and Art for every student, everyday
• Have a full college program available for dual credit
• Expand Ocean Literacy project to include other districts
• Recover homeschool and online school population through alternative
education program
5 YEAR GOALS
• LCSD in the top 35 districts in the state of Oregon for student achievement
• Have at least three schools in the top ten percent in the state.
• Will yours be one of them?
LIVE A BALANCED LIFE
• Work hard
• Play hard
• Make time for your loved ones
• Eat well and exercise
• Get enough rest
•Laugh everyday!
HAVE A GREAT YEAR!