1. Innovation, Leadership and Rules: Dilemmas Raymond J. McNulty, Senior Vice President International Center for Leadership in Education Successful Practices Network

2. Not an expert Im a learner and I change my opinion based on what I learn.

3. THEMES The Challenge is Complex Motivation Change, Creativity and Innovation Closing Thoughts

4. THEME The Challenge is Complex

5. SUCCESS BY DESIGN NOT BY CHANCE

6. Educators need to become the agents of change.

7. Stop waiting for the cure … you are the cure!!

8. HOWEVER

9. We need fewer, clearer and more rigorous standards! OUR PROBLEM IS NOT SIMPLY STANDARDS, BUTDESIGN AS WELL!!!!

10. Texas NESS Study Subgroup Rankings ELA Skill: Write clear and concise directions or procedures. GroupRank Overall Texas9 Business/Industry2 Other Non-educators10 English Language Arts Teachers Other Educators8

11. Texas NESS Study Subgroup Rankings ELA Skill: Write clear and concise directions or procedures. GroupRank Overall Texas9 Business/Industry2 Other Non-educators10 English Language Arts Teachers25 Other Educators8

12. Texas NESS Study Subgroup Rankings ELA Skill: Give clear and concise oral directions. GroupRank Overall Texas7 Business/Industry3 Other Non-educators9 English Language Arts Teachers Other Educators7

13. Texas NESS Study Subgroup Rankings ELA Skill: Give clear and concise oral directions. GroupRank Overall Texas7 Business/Industry3 Other Non-educators9 English Language Arts Teachers28 Other Educators7

14. Texas NESS Study Subgroup Rankings Math Skill: Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to right triangles. GroupRank Overall Texas20 Business/Industry29 Other Non-educators31 Mathematics Teachers Other Educators24

15. Texas NESS Study Subgroup Rankings Math Skill: Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to right triangles. GroupRank Overall Texas20 Business/Industry29 Other Non-educators31 Mathematics Teachers4 Other Educators24

16. Texas 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. GroupRank Overall Texas12 Business/Industry3 Other Non-educators10 Mathematics Teachers30 Other Educators8

17. 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.

18. Weve 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

19. 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

20. 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 Are They Really Ready To Work? 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

21. THEME Motivation

22. We need more artists, so heres our plan. REQUIRE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE ART!

23. We need more scientists and mathematicians, so heres our plan. REQUIRE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE MATH AND SCIENCE!

24. What Works Best? REQUIRE MANDATE FORCE EXCITE CREATE PASSION MOTIVATE

25. Motivation is a key ingredient for success in learning.

26. Talking with kids… Its not us against them!

28. CULTURE TRUMPS STRATEGY

29. Rigor Relevance Relationships

30. Relevance Rigor

31. You cant teach kids you dont know….

32. Theme Change, Creativity and Innovation

33. We have a flawed perspective of always listening to our best customers… They tell us how good the system is working for them!

34. BANKING Sears IBM Xerox

35. 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

36. -Shurnyu Suzuki In the beginners mind there are many possibilities; in the experts mind there are few.

37. Sustaining Innovation and Disruptive Innovation

38. SystemInnovation

39. Sustaining InnovationDisruptive Innovation

40. Theme Closing Thoughts

41. TO DO THE JOB WELL QUANTITATIVE DATA QUALITATIVE DATA GREAT QUESTIONS…

42. BE EXTRAORDINARY

43. Innovation, Leadership and Rules: Dilemmas Raymond J. McNulty, Senior Vice President International Center for Leadership in Education Successful Practices Network