1. Ray McNulty SUCCESS BY DESIGN NOT BY CHANCE

3. Generally, we get what we design for!

4. THEMES Change and Resistance to Change Innovation Rigor, Relevance and Relationships Being Extraordinary Key Questions and Closing

5. What got us to where we are today in education, will not get us to where we need to be!

6. CHANGE

8. What happened to GM..??

9. Educators need to become the agents of change.

10. Objects of Change VS. Agents of Change Federal/State Gov’t. SEA, Policy Districts, Schools, Staff, Students, Community Federal/State Gov’t. SEA, Policy

11. Many involved in “school re-invention work” would argue that change is the most talked about and least acted upon concept in education today.

12. EDD

13. Educator Deficit Disorder A sense of hopelessness A sense of exhaustion when confronted by problems and challenges that seem to be more difficult than in the past Challenges are not responding to traditional medicine (approaches) Cynicism as a result of reform efforts coming and going

14. The disease is based on the damaging belief that all efforts at school reform are doomed.

15. “We live in a world of possibilities... when we believe it, we’ll see it.”

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

17. Be respectful of those who don’t believe we can follow through on a plan.

18. Three Resistance Factors

20. 1. Clutter and Doubt

21. 2. TO BE NORMAL Our evolution as humans has provided us a powerful survival tool…. Routines, Habits, Protocols….. This is all a good thing except for when we must change or innovate….

23. Short term survival requires routines. Long term survival requires significant change.

24. Why aren’t there more students achieving at higher levels?

25. 3. Innovation depends on a healthy dose of failure. Baby walking

27. Sustaining Innovation And Disruptive Innovation

28. SystemInnovation

29. Sustaining InnovationDisruptive Innovation

30. A Story…. Sir Ken Robinson Sir Paul McCartney George Harrison

31. -Shurnyu Suzuki “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few.”

32. WE NEED TO ACT OUT OF A COMMITMENT TO OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR FUTURE.

33. There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children. Nelson Mandela

34. “We’re No. 1! We lead the world in prison incarcerations. If only we were No. 1 in education.” One in every 100 Americans is behind bars; the figure for African-American men between 20 and 34 is one in nine. Tom Carroll, “Education Beats Incarceration” in Education Week, March 26, 2008 (p. 32) referring to a recent Pew Center study.

36. ALL STUDENTS RIGOR RELEVANCE RELATIONSHIPS

37. HOWEVER….##??

38. ALL STUDENTS Relationships Relevance Rigor

39. “It is virtually impossible to make things relevant for, or expect personal excellence from a student you don’t know.” Carol Ann Tomlinson

40. You can’t teach kids you don’t know….

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

46. Talking with kids… It’s not us against them!

49. Think about how our education system generally behaves…

50. We need more artists, so here’s our plan. REQUIRE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE ART!

51. We need more scientists and mathematicians, so here’s our plan. REQUIRE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE MATH AND SCIENCE!

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

54. So relationships, got it? What’s this Rigor Relevance about? Is it another add on to my already hectic life?

55. Rigor and Relevance is NOT a new add –on !! Rigor and Relevance is a Philosophy of Teaching !!

56. Knowledge Taxonomy 1. Recall Knowledge 2. Comprehension 3. Application 4. Analysis 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation

57. Assimilation of knowledge Acquisition Thinking Continuum

58. Application Model 1 Knowledge of one discipline 2 Application within discipline 3 Application across disciplines 4 Application to real-world predictable situations 5 Application to real-world unpredictable situations

59. Acquisition of knowledge Application of knowledge Action Continuum Relevance of learning to life and work

60. 12345 Application Knowledge 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rigor/Relevance Framework

62. We don’t have TIME to teach in this deep a manner. So how do we find the time to keep teaching material over and over?

64. So let me offer some suggestions for success as the new year begins.

65. BEING EXTRAORDINARY

66. Committed to the truth Be committed to delaying gratification Be someone who always has the chance of saying “yes” Live a life where you do not make others wrong

67. BEING EXTRAORDINARY Be committed to courage Be someone who produces results with absolutely no force Be a person who is peaceful in chaos

69. BEING EXTRAORDINARY Be committed to courage Be someone who produces results with absolutely no force Be a person who is peaceful in chaos Be committed to managing success, while being aware of its dangers (lottery winners and GM)

70. The learning experiences of our students and how we ask them to learn, matters profoundly!

71. Deep Learning is holistic, inclusive and relational.

72. Listen to the children To take children seriously is to value them for who they are now rather than seeing them as adults in the making.

73. Ask: what do you want me to know about you?

74. Engage in courageous conversations.

75. KEY QUESTIONS TO GUIDE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CLOSING

76. What is the problem we are trying to solve or the obstacle we are trying to overcome, and what does it have to do with improving teaching and learning?

77. Who needs to understand what? How can teachers, parents, students, and the community “own re- invention” and support the strategies we’re implementing?

78. What’s our “theory of action” – our strategy for solving this problem and the reason it will bring about the desired outcome?

79. Is my desire for success to improve my system or classroom strong enough to prompt me to change my thinking?

80. “The things we fear most in organizations, fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances are the primary sources of innovation.” - Meg Wheatley

81. The Invisible Difference PassionCommitment

82. Ray McNulty SUCCESS BY DESIGN NOT BY CHANCE