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1. Beyond Pockets of
Excellence
Justin Reich
bit.ly/edtechresearcher
@bjfr

2. • Why Change?
• What Kind of
Change?
• What Does
Change Look
Like?
• How Do Leaders
Support Change?
• Did We Change?

3. WHY CHANGE?

4. Underpants
Gnome iPad
Theory of Theory of
Change Change
Give
Learning
iPads

6. At the end of a semester, or a
year, or four years, or twelve
years,
What do you want
students to be able to do?

7. WHAT KIND OF CHANGE?

8. Technical Change vs.
Adaptive Change
Does promoting your learning goals require
the application of well-established
procedures and technical skills?
Or does it require a paradigm shift in culture,
values and mindset (along with a shift in
procedures and technical skills)?
Ron Heifetz, The Work of Leadership,
http://mowgli.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/laurie-jump-off-balcony-leadership

10. NearPod: PowerPoint on
Steroids

11. It’s the hardest work I ever undertaken in my
career. We’re trying to effect change in scale,
and we have to “play on two playing fields” at
once. We’re still being judged by the criteria for
“Adequate Yearly Progress” and state
accountability standards, while we are holding
ourselves to a much higher standard. We have
to succeed at both. It’s hard work, but it’s the
right work to be doing.
- Jim Merrill, Superintendent of Virginia Beach Public Schools (in
Wagner, Global Achievement Gap)

12. WHAT DOES CHANGE LOOK
LIKE?

13. Cycle of Experiment and
Experience
Experiment
Fear - Growth+
Review
Plan (Experience)
Institutional Capacity+

14. WHAT DO SCHOOL LEADERS
DO TO SUPPORT CHANGE

15. Be the Change
you Wish to See
in the World

16. I’m talking
to the Man
in the
Mirror, I’m
asking him
to make
that
change.

19. Empower
your
teachers
as
Edupreneur
s

20. Nur turing Eduprenuers
• Provide access to hardware
• Provide time for planning and co-planning
• Provide motivation for experimentation
• Provide protection from the
consequences of mistakes and failures
• Celebrating and showcasing successful
projects and lessons

24. Using Data to Address Instruction
Further Reading: Data Wise and Data Wise in Action

25. What does
awesome look
like?