serving our children well focusing on the person in personalized learning
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Superintendents’Leadership
InstituteSERVING OUR CHILDREN WELL
Focusing on the Person in Personalized Learning
WELCOMELEADERS
Join us in learning, reflecting, and planning - better ways to serve our children.
*Please have your conference handout and agenda in front of you.
Opening Comments
Dr. Jorea MarpleState Superintendent of Schools
Pledge of Allegiance
America the Beautiful
Nadye Menking Hoggett
Capital High School
Be Thankful…
Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire,If you did, what would there be to look forward to?Be thankful when you don’t know somethingFor it gives you the opportunity to learn.Be thankful for the difficult times.During those times you grow.Be thankful for your limitationsBecause they give you opportunities for improvement.Be thankful for each new challengeBecause it will build your strength and character.Be thankful for your mistakesThey will teach you valuable lessons.Be thankful when you’re tired and wearyBecause it means you’ve made a difference.It is easy to be thankful for the good things.A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who arealso thankful for the setbacks.
GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.Find a way to be thankful for your troublesand they can become your blessings.~ Author Unknown ~
WITH GRATITUDE…WITH APPRECIATION…
55 Examples Accomplishments for
Students
Please Visit the Student
Exhibits!Where
creativity meets
technical ability.
STAYING THE
COURSE“Good Kids Doing Great
Work”
Viewpoints from Our Colleagues
Gerry Sawrey, Cabell CountyTom Williams, Kanawha County
Donna Barksdale, Pleasants County
What are your aspirations for students in your county?
Our AspirationsDonna, Tom and Gerry
Happy – Healthy Contributing Citizens
Knowledge and Skills Sets for Post-Secondary Goals
Optimism about the FutureResilience – Dreams
Productive & Responsible Citizens
Whatever the words, we share common aspirations for our children.
“Good Kids Doing Great Work”
•KNOW•BEHAVE•ACCOMPLISH
Historical Context…
A long journey of educational change to realize a powerful ideal.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
1635 TO 2012PUBLIC
EDUCATION…From Few…To Some…To Many
…To All
and now…to EACH
Look How Far We’ve Come!
• 1635 - The first Latin Grammar School is established in Boston for sons of certain social classes who are destined for leadership positions.
• 1787 - The first school for girls, the Young Ladies Academy opens in Philadelphia ; begins to legitimize a proper education for girls.
•1885 - 16 states have compulsory-attendance laws but most are sporadically enforced : required children between the ages of eight and fourteen to attend school for twelve weeks. All states have them by 1918.
• 1865 –13th Amendment ends slavery; no longer illegal for blacks to learn to read and write.
• 1954 - Brown v. Board of Education ends segregated schools.
Few…
Some…
Many…
• 1944 – The G.I. Bill ended the long-standing
• tradition that a college education was only for the wealthy is broken.
•1972-Title IX becomes law. Prohibits discrimination based on gender in all aspects of education.
1975 - PL94-142 becomes federal law. Students with disabilities have opportunities to learn in the least restrictive way.
• 2001 – NCLB is signed into law. Holds schools accountable for student achievement by subgroups.
Many…
Many…
Many…
All…
Each significant step forward took tremendous courage, involved missteps and refinement of practice...
From FewTo Some
To ManyTo All
The ideas embedded in Personalization are
about improving and refining practice so we
can achieve our aspirations for students:
the same thing that’s been done each time our nation has taken a major
step in expanding opportunity.
But it’s not only about ideals
and aspirations.
It’s about REAL KIDS and REAL PROBLEMS…
REAL KIDS-REAL PROBLEMS•We are educating children is a state with the least well-educated population in the nation.
•Over half our kids live in poverty. The number of students in poverty increased by 3,000 from 2009 to 2010.
•19,000 WV students are cared for by extended family members/family friends.
•1 in five babies born is affected by prenatal drug use; our kids have among the highest rates of obesity and related health issues.
•23% of ninth graders failed two or more subjects.
•If all the students in institutional programs were combined, the student enrollment would be larger than 23 of the 55 county school systems. Annually, the percentage of students is growing.
•About 1 in 4 of our students fail to graduate from high school.
•Less than half (47.1%) are proficient in Reading/LA and mathematics(43%).
•Poverty continues to manifest itself in ubiquitous ways that affect a child’s readiness to learn: expectations, background experiences, nutrition, health, stress, uncertainty, instability.
Like you, I want to
change this.
I want more for our kids.
My actions are based on my beliefs…
We believe kids learn best
when they know they
matter.
We believe kids must own their own learning and see the connection between their own actions and what they achieve.
We believe kids learn at higher levels if they
are active, well-nourished healthy
and safe.
We believe education is the place that must open a world of ideas, to expand interests and build dreams founded from a rich and broad curriculum.
We believe kids learn in different ways and at different rates with differing needs and dreams. We
must do a better job of addressing that in schools.
We believe the value a child has for learning is dramatically impacted by the expectations of the parents and community. Families and stakeholders have a moral obligation to improve the education of their children.
We believe that learning is about developing the total child: the Body, Mind and Spirit.
We believe opportunities to learn must exceed the walls of the school and the time limits
of the school day.
We believe if learning is to last a lifetime then kids must see connections and relevance; they need understanding of big ideas learned through critical thinking and problem solving.
So Why Are We Here…
To Ask: Are we on the right track?
Do the beliefs, principles , and plans represent what you feel we need to do to serve our children well? Are these the actions we need to take?
How will we answer this question?- Attend General Sessions to cover big ideas.- Listen to students.- Attend practitioner sessions on sample practices.- Listen to a superintendent who has begun this work.- Have large group and team discussions
To begin answering this question, let’s hear the voices of our kids…
Let’s talk about school…
Chuck HeinleinDeputy Superintendent of Schools
Nadye Menking Hoggett Capital High School
Recognition of Our Guest StudentsChuck Heinlein
Deputy Superintendent of Schools
Instructions,Logistics and
HandoutsLydia McCue,
Superintendent’s Office
Logistics and Materials- Program Overview/Packet Materials- Exhibits- Student Interviews
Group on back of name tag for student interview and fitness team
Locations of interview in packet
Put students at easeAsk Q’s to determine assets/barriersRelate Q’s to personalization if
possibleListener Send key “take-aways” to
Lydia [email protected] and
escort student to
- No for Password Internet – Use Marriott Conf.
Let’s Move:Superintendents’
Fitness Trophy
Mary WeikleOffice of Healthy Schools
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