Education is Power Today Show-Katie Couric Interview of Brian Bennett-had grown up in a troubled and abusive environment. He struggled in school and had been picked on regularly. Now-a well adjusted and successful adult. Defining Moment-”when a grade school teacher simply told me that she cared about me and believed in me and that small interaction turned my life around”

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Education is Power To embrace learning rather than teaching as a school’s mission, to work collaboratively to help all students learn, to focus on results to foster continuous improvement and to assume individual responsibility to take steps to create such a school.

Education is Power Leading a successful enterprise calls upon everyone to know the organization’s purpose. Public education has to be clear in its purpose if schools are to grow and prosper.

Building a community of life long learners, one student at a time. RCAS Mission Building a community of life long learners, one student at a time.

Education is Power A purposeful community is one with the collective efficacy and capability to develop and use assets to accomplish purpose and produce outcomes that matter to all community members through agreed-upon process

Education is Power Are the processes that lead to patterns of communication, relationships among community members, a sense of well-being, connections between the school and other institutions, shared leadership opportunities, and a sense of order and discipline

The Three C’s of Community Building Confront the Brutal Facts Communication (Effective) Collaboration

Confront the Brutal Facts Create a culture where the truth is heard! Includes four basic practices: Lead with questions, not answers Engage in dialogue and debate, not coercion Conduct autopsies, without blame Build red flag mechanisms that turn information into information that cannot be ignored

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Collaboration “Successful schools are places where teams of teachers meet regularly to focus on student work through assessment and change their instructional strategies accordingly to get better results” Fullan

Learn by doing and you build community by doing the work together Education is Power Learn by doing and you build community by doing the work together

Education is Power The best way to improve a school or district is by developing the people within it!!

Education is Power Fullan (2006) defined capacity building as an action based and powerful strategy that increases the collective efficacy of a group to improve student learning through new knowledge, enhanced resources and greater motivation on the part of people working individually and together

Education is Power To create conditions for people to succeed by helping people find meaning, increase their skill development and their personal satisfaction while they make contributions that simultaneously fulfill their goals and the goals of the organization

What does this all mean??? We need to implement a strategic approach to create an environment of high quality learning Critical Steps: Point to the Destination Script the Critical Moves Build New Habits

#1-Focus on Learning: Are We Clear as to Our Purpose Big Ideas #1-Focus on Learning: Are We Clear as to Our Purpose Learning outcomes are clearly articulated to all stakeholders in the school, and each student’s attainment of the outcomes is carefully monitored. Staff members work together to enhance their effectiveness in helping students achieve learning outcomes. The school has developed systems to provide more time and support for students experiencing initial difficulty in achieving the outcomes

#2-Collaborative Culture: Staff Working Together Big Ideas #2-Collaborative Culture: Staff Working Together Staff function as a team. They work collaboratively to identify collective goals, develop strategies to achieve those goals, gather relevant data, and learn from one another. Unlike a work group, they are characterized by common goals and interdependent efforts to achieve those goals

Big Ideas #3-Govern by Results Teams of teachers are hungry for information on results. They gather relevant data and use these data to identify improvement goals and to monitor progress toward the goals

Education is Power Education goes beyond schooling Education empowers people Education is the true wealth of the community Education is the hope for the future Education is destiny

Education is Power We must expect education to develop: Good People Successful People Self-actualizing People We must view education as a never ending process for the individual and the community

Education is Power Life is a process of learning and growth Education is a part of the process of life We get the full power of education when it fulfils its true role in the process of life

Education is Power "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." Benjamin Franklin