The document discusses building school systems and structures around educational values and beliefs. It advocates for progressive education using 21st century tools, with a focus on citizenship over workforce preparation. Several models are presented that emphasize inquiry, collaboration, student-centered learning, and connecting learning to the real world. The challenges of creating change and overcoming obstacles to transform traditional classrooms are also addressed.

1. Where Does It Live?
Building Systems and Structures
Around What You Believe
Chris Lehmann
Science Leadership Academy

2. My Bias:
School 2.0 is
Progressive Education
with 21st Century
Tools

3. More Bias:
Citizenry, Not Workforce

4. One Last Bias:
Public Education = Democracy

5. Project-Based Learning Blogs
Web 2.0
Student-Centered Learning
Numeracy
Differentiated Instruction 21st Century Literacy
Edu-Speak
Direct Instruction
Authentic Assessment
Standards-Driven Instruction
Twitter
Accountability
Life-Long Learning
Wikis

6. We Deny Words Power
When They Are Not Embedded In Practice

7. Our Biggest Problem:
A Lack of Vision
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lnx/6257130/

8. Who Do We Want Our Kids To Be?
How Do We Help Them Best?

9. My Two Cents:
Thoughtful
Wise
Passionate
Kind

10. Science Leadership Academy
•Inquiry
•Research
•Collaboration
•Presentation
•Reflection

11. Gates Foundation
• Rigor
• Relevance
• Relationships
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/UnitedStates/Education/TransformingHighSchools/

12. Coalition of Essential
Schools
• Learning to use one’s mind well.
• Less is More, depth over coverage
• Goals apply to all students
• Personalization
• Student-as-worker, teacher-as-coach
• Demonstration of mastery
• A tone of decency and trust
• Commitment to the entire school
• Resources dedicated to teaching and learning
• Democracy and equity
http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/about/phil/10cps/10cps.html

13. High Tech High
• Personalization
• Adult World Connection
• Common Intellectual
Mission
http://www.hightechhigh.org/about/design-principles.php

14. Christian Long’s Learning Manifesto
• “Playing Small Does Not Serve The World:” Your Brain Is Your Brand.
• What Would Socrates Do?
• Nobody Cares That You Walked Uphill Both Ways in the Snow.
• Got Passion? If Not, I’ll Tell You What To Care About.
• My Memory Is Only As Big As My Heart, Otherwise I’ll Stick With Google.
• Look It Up Or Die.
• Collaboration Ain’t About Holding Hands. It’s About Going Places Fast.
• This Will Go Down On Your Permanent Record.
• It Ain’t About the Technology, It’s About Being Inside the Story
• Nobody Knows the Answer. Get Comfy With the Questions.
http://thinklab.typepad.com/think_lab/2007/01/the_future_of_l.html

15. Discussion:
What Do You Believe Your School Should Be?

16. Caring Institutions
We Teach Kids, Not Subjects

17. Inquiry-Driven
What are the questions we
can ask together?

18. Student-Centered
It’s Not About Us.

19. Teacher-Mentored
Kids Need Adults

20. Community-Based
We can learn from many

21. Collaborative
Synthesis Works

22. Passionate
And it has to matter.

23. Integrated
The day has to make sense

24. Meta-Cognitive
We need to think
about thinking.

25. Authentic
Assessment as Real and Transparent

26. Transparent
We Can Invite the World To Our Schools

27. What Does Tech Do?

28. Paraphrasing Neil
Postman:
Certain Technologies Are Not
Additive, They Are
Transformative

29. Technology Must Be
Like Oxygen
Ubiquitous, Necessary and Invisible

30. Research
Collaborate
Create
Present
Network

31. A Convenient And Reasonably False Taxonomy
Research Collaborate Create Network Present
RSS Wikis Blogging Twitter uStream
Google
Del.icio.us Docs Drupal Skype Flickr
Google Moodle Podcasting Facebook iTunes U
Wikipedia Digital Films IM Voicethread
Email

32. The Killer App:
•Student Information
System
•Student Reporting System
•Parent Interface
•“Walled Garden”
•School / Student
Publishing Tool
•And more... (Library, etc...)

33. Hiring
Scheduling
Curriculum
Administration
Systems and Structures
Parent Relations
Professional
Food Service
Development
Assessment

34. Say What You Do
And Do What You Say

35. We Teach Kids,
Not Subjects

36. Common Language of
Teaching and Learning

37. Traditional
Classrooms:
Recall-Based Tests
Homework
Projects
Class Participation

38. The Schools
We Need:
Understanding-
Driven Projects
Homework
Class Participation
Tests & Quizzes

39. Common Inputs

40. Common Process

41. Common Assessment
Tools

42. Discussion Prompt:
• How do we create curriculum in this
model?
• What do we teach when THIS is
available 24/7?
• How do you establish a link between
your manifesto and your curriculum?
• What does assessment look like in
your model?

43. What is Teacher 2.0?
• How is a teacher’s life
different in this model?
• What are the skills necessary
to teach in this world?
• How will you find new
teachers?
• How will you help older
teachers to adapt?

44. Break-Out:
Examine Five Other Systems and Structures
of Your School / District:
How They Must Change To Better Reflect
Your Values.

45. Hard Questions:
• What is the worst consequence of your
best idea?
• How can you mitigate them?
• What are the obstacles to this change?
• How can you overcome them?

46. Big Questions:
• How will you create the time
and space for your teachers
to learn?
• How will you make your
faculty meetings part of a
running, constant dialogue?
• How will your values inform
every thing you do?

47. Creating Change
What is the action plan to move the systems and
structures of your school / classroom closer to the
values you espouse?
• One month plan
• One year plan
• Three year plan

48. Keep In Touch:
Chris Lehmann
Science Leadership Academy
chris@practicaltheory.org
http://www.practicaltheory.org
Twitter: chrislehmann
Skype: chrislehmann
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