you can learn anything niswonger symposium 2015

You Can Learn Anything

Niswonger Symposium 2015

Establish Your Identity

• Words Matter• Identity Sticks• What identities to our students come to us

with?• What identities do we impose on them?

Dream Big

• Be Specific• Enable the Dreams of Others• Dreaming to Scale

Dream Big

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Dream Big

• Be Specific• Enable the Dreams of Others• Dreaming to Scale

Tennessee students are struggling in the early years after high school.

72,865 Students2007 Cohort of High School Freshmen

10,545 students did not graduate

from high school

22,334 students graduated from high

school and entered the workforce and earn an

average salary of $9,030 annually

40,235 students enrolledin postsecondary.

58 percent were still enrolled in one year (or

20,418 of the 35,055 who enrolled immediately

after graduation).

3,514 had completed a certificate or degree within

three years.

To ensure our students are ready for postsecondary

success, we must meet the following goals.

SUCCESS AFTER GRADUATION

GOAL #1 GOAL #2 GOAL #3

Tennessee will continue its rapid improvement

and rank in the top half of states by 2019.

MEASUREMENT

We will rank in the top half of states on 4th and 8th grade NAEP in 2019.

The average ACT score in Tennessee will be a

21, allowing more students to earn HOPE

scholarships.

MEASUREMENT

Tennessee will have an average public ACT composite

score of 21 by 2020.

A majority of high school graduates will go on to earn a certificate,

diploma, or degree.

MEASUREMENT

The class of 2020 will be on track to achieve 55% post secondary

completion within six years.

To achieve success after graduation, we will organize

our work around the following strategic priorities.

SUCCESS AFTER

GRADUATION

Support Educators

Early Foundations High School and Bridge to Postsecondary

Empower Districts

All Means All

High School & Bridge to Postsecondary

• High schools haven’t changed since high school became an entity about 100 years ago

• Our current structure fails us – and it’s not necessary• Let’s imagine a new way – a way that allows students

to dream and develop an identity of accomplishment• Technology is not the solution – creating a student-

centered culture is the solution; technology is a means to the solution.

Confidence

• Repetition• Feedback• Challenge• Success

Confidence

CHALLENGE + SUCCESS = CONFIDENCE

Charlie Marsh

Blended

• Students’ goals at the center• Self-paced• Quality time with teachers

To ensure our students are ready for postsecondary

success, we must meet the following goals.

SUCCESS AFTER GRADUATION

GOAL #1 GOAL #2 GOAL #3

Tennessee will continue its rapid improvement

and rank in the top half of states by 2019.

MEASUREMENT

We will rank in the top half of states on 4th and 8th grade NAEP in 2019.

The average ACT score in Tennessee will be a

21, allowing more students to earn HOPE

scholarships.

MEASUREMENT

Tennessee will have an average public ACT composite

score of 21 by 2020.

A majority of high school graduates will go on to earn a certificate,

diploma, or degree.

MEASUREMENT

The class of 2020 will be on track to achieve 55% post secondary

completion within six years.

We need more

• Early postsecondary opportunities• Accessibility to advanced coursework• Project-based learning• Authentic work-based experiences• Connections to career aspirations for all

students

You Can Learn Anything

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They Can Learn Anything

What would you do for students if there were no barriers?

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