active leadership: innovation and community engagement
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Active Leadership:
Innovation and
Community
Engagement
• Hurricane Katrina
• Wingspan Response
P A R T N E R S H I P S T H A T W O R KWingspan’s Story
P A R T N E R S H I P S T H A T W O R KWingspan’s Mission
To narrow the education gap through partnerships between public and private schools
• Independent Schools
P A R T N E R S H I P S T H A T W O R K
The Case for Partnerships
Impact national education
Strengthen educational
program
• National attention on education
P A R T N E R S H I P S T H A T W O R KThe Education Gap
The Nation• Demographics
• Funding
• Opportunities
• Outcomes
P A R T N E R S H I P S T H A T W O R KSeattle and the Nation
Education StatisticsPOVERTY ELL GRAD RATE
Seattle USD 38.3% 11.3% 59%
Los Angeles 67.7% 41.5% 48.7%
Boston 71.4% 19.1% 62.4%
San Francisco USD 53.80% 28.90% 79.30%
Rochester 80.6% 9% 37%
National Average 40.60% 8.60% 71.70%
P A R T N E R S H I P S T H A T W O R KWingspan’s Experience
• Encourages schools and organizations to innovate
• Reflects on its own organization and innovation
P A R T N E R S H I P S T H A T W O R KWingspan’s Approach
• Adheres to mission and is flexible over time from models to advocacy
• Leads and partners from creating to consortia
P A R T N E R S H I P S T H A T W O R KCurrent Momentum
• NAIS
• US Department of Education
• Private Schools in Public
Partnership
• NPEA
• Summer Learning
• Regional consortia
P A R T N E R S H I P S T H A T W O R K
Schools of the Future
P A R T N E R S H I P S T H A T W O R KSchools of the Future
• Navigate across cultures
• Solve problems creatively
• Demonstrate integrity and
ethical decision-making
• Extend beyond the school walls
School
P A R T N E R S H I P S T H A T W O R K
New Context: Paradigm Shift
Preparation
Engagement
parents school college community
ParentsCommunity
P A R T N E R S H I P S T H A T W O R KService
Community
service
Service learning
Community
engagement
P A R T N E R S H I P S T H A T W O R KSchool Leadership
• Collaborate not control
• Distribute leadership
• Engage intellectual & human
capital
P A R T N E R S H I P S T H A T W O R KSchool Partnership
• Relationships cultivated & sustained
• Programs & values strategically
integrated
• Community role re-envisioned