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“TheEnglisheducationsystemisagoodsystemwithsomeoutstandingfeatures”MichaelGoveASCLConferenceMarch2011
KeyInfluences:McKinseyResearch
• Youcanhavethebestcurriculum,bestinfrastructureandbestpolicies;butifyoudon’thavethebestpeople…McKinsey – How the world’s best systems come out on top
• All improving systems (schools) use a similar set of interventions at a similar stage in their development. Context determines how, not what you do.
McKinsey – Howtheworld'smostimprovedschoolsystemskeepge?ngbe@er
TheU.S.andUKareimprovingbutnotatasfastarateasthebestsystems.
• Alwaysaskthequestiondoesitraiseachievementandhowdoyouknow?
• Embeduseofperformancedata–knoweverystudentandknowtheirpotential
• Sequence,harmoniseandintegratetheshort,mediumandlongerterm
RaisingAchievementTransformingLearning
RaisingAchievementwithDignity
“Itcombinedasenseofurgencyandapushforsuccesswithacultureofoptimismandinspiration".
Professors Hargreaves and Shirley Boston College, 2006
HowcanweBESTcontributeandmakethemostofCurrentandFutureChallengesfacingourschools?
• Foraninnovativeapproachtoschoolimprovement
• Forsomethingthatwinsheartsandmindsandisgenuinelyinspirational
• Tobuildfromwhateachschooldoeswellandtakeschoolsfromwheretheyaretowheretheymightbe
• Toengageschoolswithandintegrateshort‐,medium‐andlonger‐termstrategiesfromtheoutset
IntroducingourNashvilleProgramAC21stApproachtosustainableschooltransforma<on
WhyareweinNashville?Aninsideoutapproachtoschoolimprovement
• 5YearcontractwhichcreatesapartnershipwithMetroNashvillePublicSchoolsiniJallysupporJng33HighPriority(elementary,middleandhigh)
• Offereda“philosophyframeworkandapproach”thatlinksschoolselfreview,externalreview,planningandaschooltoschoolnetworktosupportimprovement
• Offeredaschoolimprovementratherthananaccountabilityprogrambutusingtherigorofanaccountabilityprogram…
• TennesseewasoneofthefirstRacetotheTop(RTT)States• Nashvillehasalsoadoptedaradical“WholeEducaEon”style
approachtothehighschoolcurriculumdesignedtomeettheneedsof“nextgeneraJon”learners
SchoolEngagement
DesktopAnalysis
Navigator
Self‐review
ExternalReview
ImprovementPlanning
SchoolSupportNetwork
TheISPProcess
SchoolEngagement
DesktopAnalysis
Navigator
Self‐review
ExternalReview
ImprovementPlanning
SchoolSupportNetwork
TheISPProcess
Schools can do anything but not everything
So abandonment and deployment of resources are key levers for change
This creates the capacity to do something different
SchoolEngagement
DesktopAnalysis
Navigator
Self‐review
ExternalReview
ImprovementPlanning
SchoolSupportNetwork
TheISPProcess
RedesigningallHighSchoolsGlencliffHighSchool
OneoftheAcademiesofNashvillePartoftheNaEonalCareerAcademyCoaliEon
WhyandHow?WHY• TocreatenextgeneraJonlearnersreadyforsuccesswherevertheygo
• TojumpstartthecollegeAndcareerexperience,
• Totryacareerbeforeheadingoutintotherealworld
• Implementedinthemostsuccessfulandmostchallenginghighschools
• PartoftheUSNaJonalAcademyCoaliJon
HOW–afocusonimplementaEon…• Aligningresources–schoolsfollow
commonschedulesandprocesses• Partnershipswithbusinessesand
otherstakeholders• Curriculum‐morefocusedon
studentsinterests,projectbasedinterdisciplinarylearning
• RaisingExpectaEons–intensivestaffPDanddatadrivendecisionmaking
• Accountability• AlignedwithNaEonalstandardsof
pracEce• ClearFiveYearPlan–arealisJc
stageddevelopment
WhattheAcademyprogramoffers:
“Itiseasytoassumethathighschoolstudentsdon’twantadultsaround.Ouryoungpeoplearelookingforrolemodels;adultswhotakeaninterestintheirprofessionalfuture.Theywanttohearfromadultswhoaresucceedingintherealworld.Theywanttoseeexamplesofwhattheycanbecomeinlife”MarshaEdwards–CEOMarthaOBrien–andCEOChampionsMember
• GlencliffAcademiesinclude:Medicine,FordBusiness,CulinaryArts,EnvironmentalandUrban.
• Relevant,rigourous,moreengagingcurriculumcurriculum
• Increasedparentalandcommunityengagement
• OpportuniJesforprofessionalcerJficaJonsandpracJcalworkthroughjobshadowingandinternships
• C21stskills‐thinking,commsandtechnology
• OpportuniJestolearnincontextofanindustryortheme
• Prepforcollegeandcareer
PauseforreflecEon
• Fromwhatyouandwehavelearntwhatislikelytomakethissortofapproachsucceedorfail?
• IsitlikelyorunlikelytoachievemorethanatradiJonaltopdownmodel
TheChallenge:• Cana“professionalised”schooltoschooltransformaJonmodelbebe@erthanatradiJonaltopdownmodel,saJsfyexternalstakeholdersandensureimprovementinoutcomes?
• Canweseizetheagenda?
FinalQuesJonsandreflecJons
Conclusions…
• Itisallaboutleadershipatalllevels
• The“hows”ma@erasmuchasthe“whats”andwetendtoneglecttheminschools
• Itisaboutprofessionalsseizingtheagenda
• Gettheculturerightandalmostanythingispossible…