Educational Leadership &

Accountability

Future Pathways Teaching & Learning LaboratoryDes Moines Public Schools

Erin Stoen and Teresa Peterson

How much can you juggle?

Keeping these things in the air is like . . .

What did it take for you to be successful as a group?

Is there anything you can do to be more effective next time?

Leadership & Accountability

“Let me bounce this idea off of you . . . It is a really good idea and I would like to do it . . . . But only if you want to do it.”

Where is the leadership?How do you hold folks accountable?How much would you bet on this idea’s sustainability?Why would a principal say this?

Leadership v. Management

Management

Leadership

Leadership v. Management

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Peter F. Drucker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

Leadership v. Management

Management

Leadership

Building a case for change

Why are we doing things the way we are?

Any reason to do them differently?

The process where the ownership of staff happens

Ownership = Accountability

Elements of effective change

Sustainable & enduring Intrinsic accountabilityResults drivenContinual improvementProcessAll players are mutually accountable

What do we need to know and how to get there . . .

Where to start . . .

HistoryEnvisioningCurrent RealityAction plan – creating mission and vision and the path to get there

Who do you include on this path?What is your role during this journey?

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

George SantayanaU.S. philosopher and poet

What’s your history

What were you doing professionally five years ago?

What was your best learning experience?How did you know you were learning?

What’s our history

What were you doing professionally five years ago?

What was your best learning experience? How did you know you were learning?What was our organization doing in the past 10 years?

What initiatives have we attempted?What was our staff like?What did our practice look like?What did our leadership look like?What did our students look, act like?How were our parents involved?What was our professional development?

The unicorn conundrum

Unicorns are wonderful, beautiful, amazing and exciting beasts . . . But . . . a myth.

When organizations think about change, it becomes uncomfortable, the past looks pretty darn good . . . but the beautiful bliss is usually a myth.

What is our future . . .

“When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people:

those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.”

John M. Richardson, Jr.

What is our future?

SHIFT HAPPENS . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

What is our future

The year is 2013 . . .Mona Lisa Smile

Think and imagineClose your eyesWhat do we see, feel, and hear going on in our organization?

Students, staff, parents, community, resources

2013

What is 21st century teaching and learning? Learning for understanding80/20 20/80TransferRevisingTechnology ladenUncoveringProject-basedAuthenticEssential curriculum

Don’t allow “yeah, but . . . .”

Move to “yes, and . . .”

Mission

Without a commitment to mission, we don’t really have a school; we just have a home for freelance tutors of subjects.

Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe

Current Reality

There's something beautifully soothing about a fact - even if we're not sure what it means. 

Daniel J. Boorstin

Reality is our friend . . .

A vision of students today . . .

    “The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.”

Leon Trotsky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

Reality is our friend . . .

What do we need to know?

What is our data?

What does a data conversation look like?Protocols: www.nsrfharmony.orgwww.nsrfharmony.orgObservations

I find it interesting that . . . . I am wondering . . .

AnalysisConclusions Do we have a case for change?Action

Reality is our friend . . .

What does a data conversation look like?Protocols: www.nsrfharmony.orgwww.nsrfharmony.orgObservations

I find it interesting that . . . . I am wondering . . .

AnalysisConclusions Do we have a case for change?Action

A Case for Change

MissionVisionGoals – 5 year plan

ALL goals and action are driven by mission, vision and goalsALL folks are accountable for the mission and visionLeadership – to keep all of these in alignment

So what . . . Now what . . .

"Accountability breeds response-ability."

Stephen R. Covey

Future Pathways Teaching & Learning Laboratory

CurriculumUnderstanding by Design – Wiggins & McTigheProject Based Learning – Buck InstituteRigor & Relevance Framework

AdvocacySupport students to course completions and graduationPersonal Learning Plans

Community (2008)Technology

Working with Digital Natives

Our Mission

Future Pathways at Central Campus empowers young adults

in a progressive and personalized educational environment

through self-designed learning and technology.

Our Vision

Every Future Pathways student will:Have at least one Future Pathways adult who knows them wellMaster competencies in the courses, 21st century skills, and progressive technology through project-based learningBe challenged with rigorous coursework that honors their interests and is relevant to their livesBe engaged in learning and working toward graduation

Every Future Pathways staff member will:Convey professional integrity Be an advocate for the whole student and their personal successCommit to educational innovation and challenge tradition in educationBe dedicated to reflective practice, professional growth, and peer coaching of colleagues

Future Pathways Data 07 - 08

615 students166 graduates – raised DMPS graduation rate 9.6%15 Discipline Referrals15 Teachers 4 Student Advisors1731 course completions

Future Pathways Information

All staff are advocates for 8 – 12 studentsAll staff participate in professional learningOne classroom rule: while you’re here, you are learning and working toward graduationOne guide: you need to make progress toward your goal that you help define9 professional learning credits for staffStudents from 7:30 – 4:00Professional learning every Wednesday

Educational Leadership &

Accountability

Future Pathways Teaching & Learning LaboratoryDes Moines Public Schools

Erin Stoen: erin.stoen@dmps.k12.ia.usTeresa Peterson: teresa.peterson@dmps.k12.ia.us