Download - Leadership in 21st Century High Schools
Leadership in 21st Century High
Schools
THE PROBLEM Traditional approaches used in most education environments are only successfully for a small number of people.
Howard Gardner’s research at Harvard describes eight types of intelligence and suggests that traditional approaches and evaluation strategies are inefficient.
THE PROBLEM Meanwhile, businesses are telling educators that industrial age classrooms are not preparing our students for the post-industrial economy.
See SCANS and 21st Century Skills
SCANS U.S. Department of Labor Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills
COMPETENCIES - Effective workers can productively use:
• Resources - allocating time, money, materials, space and staff.
• Interpersonal Skills - working on teams, teaching others, serving customers, leading, negotiating, and working well with people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
• Information - acquiring and evaluating data, organizing and maintaining files, interpreting and communication, and using computers to process information.
• Systems - understanding social, organizational and technological systems, monitoring and correcting performance, and designing or improving systems.
• Technology - selecting equipment and tools, applying technology to specific tasks, and maintaining and troubleshooting technologies.
FOUNDATIONS - Competence requires:
• Basic Skills - reading, writing, arithmetic and mathematics, speaking and listening.
• Thinking Skills - thinking creatively, making decisions, solving problems, seeing things in the mind's eye, knowing how to learn, and reasoning.
• Personal Qualities - individual responsibilities, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, and integrity.
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Job Outlook 2002, National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
Bangalore
Bangalore•Silicon Valley of India
•7.2 million people, 5th largest city in India (+ 1 billion people)
•86% literacy
•1154 IT SW companies in 2003, up from 29 in 1993
•116 new SW technology part units established in 2002-3
Top Ten SW Exporters, 2002-03:
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Wipro Ltd.
IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd.
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Digital Global Soft. Ltd.
I-Flex Solutions Ltd.
Texas Instruments
Cisco Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Mphasis BFL Ltd.
Philips Software Centre
OUR ANSWER
“The School That Business Built”• Opened In 1996 after four
years of planning
• 1996: 240 Junior and Senior Students Capacity
• 2004: 400 9-12 Capacity
• “Enhancing the Average”
• 18 Core Teachers + 10 College Instructors
• More Than 400 Computers and 30 Software Applications
• 98% of NTHS Graduates Report Going On To Post-Secondary Education
1. Benefits of Small Schools
2. Student Centered, Project and Problem-Based Learning Tied to California Content Standards and School Wide Learning Outcomes
3. Integration and Cooperation Between Curricular Areas In Team Taught, Blocked Classes
4. Building a Professional Culture of Trust and Responsibility Between Staff and Students
5. Infusion of Technology as a Tool for Learning
6. Partnerships with Higher Education and Business
7. Modeling Education Reform
CORE PRINCIPLES
What knowledge and skills do school leaders need for 21st
Century Schools?
THE QUESTION
21st Century Leadership Design
OLD SCHOOL
• Admin team has monopoly on information
• Teacher leaders seldom asked to create or problem solve
• School community organized to be reactionary
• Staff, teachers, students work primarily alone
• School feedback is minimal and not geared toward 21st Century improvement
• Technology primarily used by a few adults
21st Century Leadership Design• OLD SCHOOL
• Admin team has monopoly on information
• Teachers seldom asked to create or problem solve beyond classroom
• School community organized to be reactionary
• Staff, teachers, students work primarily alone
• School feedback is minimal and not geared toward 21st Century improvement
• Technology primarily used by a few adults
TECH HIGH SCHOOL
• Designed participation, ownership and critique
• Teachers and students are engaged in site based problems and projects
• Proactive school community- nimble, efficient and shared decisions
• School and staff feedback is detailed and used for improvement
• Adults are expected to work with others
• Technology as a tool for everyone
21st Century Leadership Design
Changes and Challenges for School
Leaders•Plan for continuous change
•Model collaboration process and continuous learning
•The power of autonomy
•The power of community
• Identify your stakeholders and be strategic in cultivating
•Start small, stay focused, maximize your resources
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EMBRACE & MANAGE CHANGE
•Data driven and reflective culture
•Project and priority management
•Established problem solving strategy and process
Shared vision must be clear, public and supported by concrete steps
“fatigue makes cowards of us all” Vince Lombardi
Tools:
21st Century Leadership Design
Changes and Challenges for School
Leaders•Plan for continuous change
•Model collaboration process and continuous learning
•The power of autonomy
•The power of community
• Identify your stakeholders and be strategic in cultivating
•Start small, stay focused, maximize your resources
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MODELING COLLABORATION
• Staff agenda and discussion
• Staff selection process
• Parent alliance organization
• Student and staff focus groups
• Community meetings
• Advisory
• Teacher leader development
• NTN Mentor
Designed participation, ownership and critique
Tools
Staff agenda and discussion tool
MODELING CONTINOUS LEARNING
NTH Teacher Performance System
Student PLP’s
Principal Performance System
Tools:
Create Personal Learning Plans (PLP’s) for everyone!
Teacher Performance Rubric
MODELING CONTINOUS LEARNING
30 days of PD
5 day summer training, early release days, October reflection, meeting of the minds, NTN mentor, weekly staff meetings
Performance based pay/rewards (not tied to student performance)
Opportunities for professional growth such as presenting, coaching, teacher leader and consulting
Tools:
Create incentives for teachers
21st Century Leadership Design
Changes and Challenges for School
Leaders•Plan for continuous change
•Model collaboration process and continuous learning
•The power of autonomy
•The power of community
• Identify your stakeholders and be strategic in cultivating
•Start small, stay focused, maximize your resources
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THE POWER OF AUTONOMY
Flexibility for decision making and nimbleness
Ownership
Personalization and customer service
The art of leverage and negotiation
Outcomes:
All School Clean-up
21st Century Leadership Design
Changes and Challenges for School
Leaders•Plan for continuous change
•Model collaboration process and continuous learning
•The power of autonomy
•The power of community
• Identify your stakeholders and be strategic in cultivating
•Start small, stay focused, maximize your resources
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THE POWER OF COMMUNITY
Image/vision
Fundraising
Strategic Public Relations tasks
The art of communication leverage and negotiation
New Skills
Tech Lends a Hand
La Strata de Arte
21st Century Leadership Design
Changes and Challenges for School
Leaders•Plan for continuous change
•Model collaboration process and continuous learning
•The power of autonomy
•The power of community
• Identify your stakeholders and be strategic in cultivating
•Start small, stay focused, maximize your resources
New Tech Network Directors
STRATEGIC STAKEHOLDER CULTIVATION
• Parent Alliance Development
• Business Alliance
• Education Alliance
• Internship
• Outreach
Private school model designed for public education
Identify your
stakeholders
Presentations, Mentors, College Classes, Sports, Internships, Community
Service
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21st Century Leadership Design
Changes and Challenges for School
Leaders•Plan for continuous change
•Model collaboration process and continuous learning
•The power of autonomy
•The power of community
• Identify your stakeholders and be strategic in cultivating
•Start small, stay focused, maximize your resources
New Tech Network Directors
START SMALL, STAY FOCUSED, MAXIMISE YOUR RESOURCES, BUDGET FOR A LOSS
Start small, stay focused, maximize your resources
Be your schools firewall for new ideas, strategies, and programs
Change is resource hungry-
become a resource miner
Strategic use of alliances- leverage NTF relationship
ACOT Study
Strategies
2005 All Schools Conference
MANAGEMENT TOOLS
MODELING REFORM
NETWORK PROGRESS
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North Carolina (7)Los Angeles (5)
Texas (1)
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Mark MorrisonDirector of Leadership DevelopmentNew Technology Networkwww.newtechnetwork.org
New Technology High SchoolNapa, Californiawww.newtechhigh.org