1. Western Area
Principals’ Meeting
September 13, 2016

2. Dillard Drive Elementary
Welcome
Keith Richardson
Crossroads Flex HS
Shejuanna Rodgers
Dillard Drive Middle
Keith Richardson – Crossroads Flex
James Douglas
Dillard Drive Elementary

3. Agenda Review Welcome Vision 20/20 Learning and Teaching
Core Instruction
School Improvement
Data Analysis and Alignment
Closure

4. LAUNCH! How did you LAUNCH! your 2016-2017
school year with your staff/parents/community?

5. Suitecase in front with area Launch items – Principals’ handbook, Strategic Plan, Schools, Fast Lane and Personalized Learning books,

6. Tracking Our Journey: What are the Ports of Call?
Mention work of March, April, May, June and Leadership Conference

7. Travel Agency that has booked this adventure is…

8. Objectives:

10. Continuing the work of the 4Cs
What can we do?
We need to focus more work on connecting teachers to 21st Century Skills & NC Standards
for deeper learning and understanding
STANDARDS
How does this happen?
We need to look at….
- Curriculum/lesson design
- Create learning experiences
- Demonstration of learning

11. Resources to guide the work:
Learning and Teaching > Learner Agency > Personalized Learning
Core Instruction > Learning in the Fast Lane

12. Complete your
Learner Profile

14. Dynamic Learning Experiences SEL – Social Emotional Learning
4 Components of
Dynamic Learning Experiences
4Cs
Learner Agency
Digital Learning
SEL – Social Emotional Learning

15. Dynamic Learning Experiences
4 Components of
Dynamic Learning Experiences
4Cs

16. 4Cs

17. Dynamic Learning Experiences
4 Components of
Dynamic Learning Experiences
4Cs
Learner Agency

18. The 10 Skills Employees Most Want in 2015 Graduates (According to Forbes)
Ability to work in a team structure
Ability to make decisions and solve problems
Ability to communicate verbally with people inside and outside an organization
Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work
Ability to obtain and process information
Ability to analyze quantitative data
Technical knowledge related to the job
Proficiency with computer software programs
Ability to create and/or edit written reports
Ability to sell and influence others

19. Dynamic Learning Experiences
4 Components of
Dynamic Learning Experiences
4Cs
Learner Agency
Digital Learning

20. Digital Learning:

21. Dynamic Learning Experiences SEL – Social Emotional Learning
4 Components of
Dynamic Learning Experiences
4Cs
Learner Agency
Digital Learning
SEL – Social Emotional Learning

22. Social Emotional Learning
developing the whole child, fostering learner agency

23. SEL – Social Emotional Learning:

24. Every Opportunity

25. Next year each of your schools should be progressing significantly
in one or more of these areas.
At the June Principals’ Meeting Brian Kingsley…
Make instructional decisions that promote Learner Agency using the 4Cs, Social Emotional Learning and Digital Learning by:
Designing flexible, collaborative learning environments for students and adults
Integrating the 4Cs with our Content Standards to facilitate and assess learning
Modeling how to choose the right digital and non-digital tools and resources for the right situation and outcome
Modeling and share learning with peers and those whom we support throughout the year

26. Dynamic Learning Experiences
Digital
Learning
4Cs
Communication, Creativity, Collaboration, Critical Thinking
Learner Agency
SEL – Social Emotional Learning
STANDARDS

27. Resources to guide the work:
Learning and Teaching > Learner Agency > Personalized Learning
Core Instruction > Learning in the Fast Lane

28. The Power of Assumptions
Personalized Learning Chapter 1

29. Find your group
All read bottom p18 – top p19
Group reads assigned assumption pp19-21
Discuss
What extent are you currently
working under this assumption?
Complete chart
What would your school look like
if this assumption did not exist?

30. Find your group Assumption: Students learn at the
same rate and are ready for new
learning at the same time as others
born in the same year.
Assumption: Using a system
of rewards and sanctions
to control behavior.
Assumption: Using the same
Instructional approaches for
Entire groups of learners.
Assumption: Administering standardized Tests and assessments that focus almost exclusively on
content knowledge.
Assumption: Waiting for learners to fail
repeatedly before providing “remediation”.
Assumption: Attempting to capture learning performance and progress through credits and letter grades.

31. Tapping the Power of Personal Learning
Four of a Kind

32. Personalized Learning
November 15
Chapter 2 The Honeycomb Model
December 13
Chapter 3 Personalized Learning from the
Students’ Perspective
January 10
Chapter 4 The Five Key Instructional Shifts
Of Personalized Learning
February 14
Chapter 5 Building Educator Capacity:
Personalized Professional Development
March 14
Chapter 6 Secrets to Scaling and
Sustaining Transformation

33. Western Area
Learners’ Profile
Compilation