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Success By Design
Raymond J. McNultyPresident
International Center for Leadership in EducationCasper, WY
January 4, 2011
• Not an expert
• I’m a learner and I change my opinion based on what I learn.
Why I do this work…
“The future is not some place we are going to, but one we (you) are creating. The paths are not found, but made, and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination.”
-John Schaar
Schools are Improving
School Improvement
Schools are Improving
School Improvement
Changing World
Making a better “20th Century School” is not the answer.
The Horse
The Automobile
Henry Ford quote…
• “If I had asked the public what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.”
Current System
Something Different
The Boston Globe
Ray, reading the paper on your “Kindle” or online just
isn’t the same!
Almost everyone wants schools to be better,
but almost no one wants them to be different.
Teacher – Student Comparisons
T – I make learning exciting for my students.
86%
S – My teachers make learning fun.
41%
Many of our efforts to transform education look like the same old system!
So what’s stopping us?How do we get ahead?
THEMES• Why Is It So Hard To Change?
• The Challenges We Face
• Conceptual Age
• Closing Thoughts
THEME• Why is it so hard to change?
We have a flawed perspective of always listening to our best customers… They tell us how good the system is working for them!
Why is it so hard to change?
• The more successful a system is, the more difficult it is to recognize when it must change. By example, market leaders are the last ones to transform.
• The American Education System, “The market leader during the industrial era!”
Market Leader Thinking• Dominant logic: “That’s the way we do
things here.”
What happened to GM..??
THEME• The Challenges We Face
The primary aim of education is not to enable students to do well in school, but to help them do well in the lives they lead outside of school.
We’ve created false proxies for learning…• Finishing a course or textbook has come
to mean achievement
• Listening to lecture has come to mean understanding
• Getting a high score on a standardized test has come to mean proficiency
Learning should have its roots in..• Meaning, not just memory
• Engagement, not simply transmission
• Inquiry, not only compliance
• Exploration, not just acquisition
• Personalization, not simply uniformity
• Collaboration, not only competition
• Trust, not fear
• Basic Knowledge/Skills
• English Language (spoken)
• Reading Comprehension • (in English)• Writing in English • (grammar, spelling, etc.)• Mathematics
• Science
• Government/Economics
• Humanities/Arts
• Foreign Languages
• History/Geography
Applied Skills
•Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
•Oral Communication
•Written Communication
•Teamwork/Collaboration
•Diversity
•Information Technology Application
•Leadership
•Creativity/Innovation
•Lifelong Learning/Self Direction
•Professionalism/Work Ethic
•Ethics/Social Responsibility
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Rigor/Relevance Framework®
NESS Study Subgroup Rankings
ELA Skill: Write clear and concise directions or procedures.
Group Rank
Overall 9
Business/Industry 2
Other Non-educators 10
English Language Arts Teachers
Other Educators 8
NESS Study Subgroup Rankings
ELA Skill: Write clear and concise directions or procedures.
Group Rank
Overall 9
Business/Industry 2
Other Non-educators 10
English Language Arts Teachers 25
Other Educators 8
NESS Study Subgroup Rankings
ELA Skill: Give clear and concise oral directions.
Group Rank
Overall 7
Business/Industry 3
Other Non-educators 9
English Language Arts Teachers
Other Educators 7
NESS Study Subgroup Rankings
ELA Skill: Give clear and concise oral directions.
Group Rank
Overall 7
Business/Industry 3
Other Non-educators 9
English Language Arts Teachers 28
Other Educators 7
NESS Study Subgroup Rankings
Math Skill: Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to right triangles.
Group Rank
Overall 20
Business/Industry 29
Other Non-educators 31
Mathematics Teachers
Other Educators 24
NESS Study Subgroup Rankings
Math Skill: Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to right triangles.
Group Rank
Overall 20
Business/Industry 29
Other Non-educators 31
Mathematics Teachers 4
Other Educators 24
NESS Study Subgroup Rankings
Math Skill: Understand accuracy and precision of measurement, round off numbers according to the correct number of significant figures, and determine percent error.
Group Rank
Overall 12
Business/Industry 3
Other Non-educators 10
Mathematics Teachers
Other Educators 8
NESS Study Subgroup Rankings
Math Skill: Understand accuracy and precision of measurement, round off numbers according to the correct number of significant figures, and determine percent error.
Group Rank
Overall 12
Business/Industry 3
Other Non-educators 10
Mathematics Teachers 30
Other Educators 8
We sometimes forget some of the more important issues in our work.
MOTIVATION
Motivation is a key ingredient for success in learning.
If we needed more artistsin this country our plan would be:
REQUIRE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE ART!
We need more scientists and mathematicians so our plan:
REQUIRE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
TO TAKE MORE MATH AND SCIENCE!
Kerry Mullis
What Works Best?• REQUIRE
• MANDATE
• FORCE
• EMPOWER
• CREATE PASSION
• MOTIVATE
We live in a world obsessed with science, predictability and control.
Some people believe if we can’t measure something, it must not count!
We must consider the possibility that if we can’t purely measure something, it might be the very most important thing!
Talking with kids…
It’s not us against them!
THEME
• Conceptual Age
Today’s learners are no longer the people our educational
system was designed to teach.
What does the “net generation” expect from us based on their
lifetime experiences with technology?
This Generation…
Teenagers surveyed…
• Use MySpace and Face Book
• use texting instead of e-mail (parents) • nearly 60% would rather use e-mail than a
telephone
• are likely to have 6 applications running at once on their PC
This Generation…
–The fastest growing segment of computer-users today in the U.S. is 5 to 7 year olds
NEXT PRACTICE THINKING
A Story….• Not a bad idea, but to
earn a grade more than a C+, the idea has to be viable! (Yale Professor)
• Fredrick Smith
• The idea FedEx
-Shurnyu Suzuki
“In the beginner’s mind there are many
possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few.”
Expertise (the way we do things around here) can sometimes be a road block to problem solving and the development of “Next Practices”.
System Innovation
Sustaining Innovation
Next Practice
Disruptive Innovation
Marshmallow Challenge
NEXT PRACTICE THINKING
• The Iterative Process
• Versions
• Create a disciplined, managed space for development of new ways to accomplish difficult tasks
THEME• Closing Thoughts
We can rationalize the failures of the past -----
or we can learn from them.
We can complain about the troubling inadequacies of the present ----
or we can face them.
We can talk and dream about the glorious schools of the future ---
OR TOGETHER WE CAN CREATE THEM!
Success By DesignRaymond J. McNulty
President International Center for Leadership in Education
San Francisco, CADec. 8-10, 2010