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Kansas Leads the World in the

Success of Each Student.

Dr. Randy Watson, Kansas Commissioner of Education

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Kansas leads the world in the success of each student

A NEW Vision for Kansas ...



COMMUNITY

From the first set of focus group responses, what

characteristics of success were most frequently cited?

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY


The business and industry focal groups cited non-academic

skills with greater frequency than the community groups:


What Kansans want from their schools

Kansas children need quality preschool

including all day kindergarten

Changes need to be made to

address school culture

New dynamic roles for

counselor and social workers

Collaboration between

schools and businesses Reorganize

schools around students, not the system

Community service needs

to play a bigger role


Education in Kansas in early 1900s


Elementary Schools in Kansas in the 1940s


Elementary Schools in Kansas in the 2017


In the Economic Report of the

President (White House, 2016b),

White House economists

forecasted an 83 percent chance

that workers earning less than $20

per hour will eventually lose their

current jobs to automation. Sheninger, Eric C.; Murray, Thomas C.. Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools,

Today (Kindle Locations 468-472). ASCD. Kindle Edition.

What does this mean for our students?


According to research at Gartner, some 65 percent of children in grade school today are predicted to work in jobs that have yet to be invented.

Given this technological revolution, how should educators respond to accelerating change? Educators and education leaders would do well to focus less on translating knowledge—notably transferring existing knowledge to students— and more on the processes of entrepreneurial learning and creativity. Source: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2016/09/14/education-and-accelerated-change-the-imperative-for-design-learning/amp/

Student Success


How Does an IPS flow into Post Secondary Success?


Defining Success

A Successful Kansas High School Graduate has

the

• Academic preparation,

• Cognitive preparation,

• Technical skills,

• Employability skills and

• Civic engagement

to be successful in postsecondary education, in

the attainment of an industry recognized

certification or in the workforce, without the need

for remediation.

A Successful Kansas High School Graduate has the

• Academic preparation, • Cognitive preparation, • Technical skills, • Employability skills and • Civic engagement

to be successful in postsecondary education, in the attainment of an industry recognized certification or in the workforce, without the need for remediation.


Creating a Vision for Kansas – State Outcomes

Social Emotional Growth

Kindergarten Readiness

Individual Plan of Study

High School Graduation Rates

Post Secondary Completion


Partners in our redesign of Kansas education

https://myways.nextgenlearning.org/

http://www.researchcollaboration.org/

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Redesign?

Personalized

Project Based

Longer time with teachers (hours and years)

Immersion with parents and the community


Announcing...Gemini II – The Space Walk Begins


Gemini II Application Process

• Agree to redesign one elementary and one secondary school.

• Each district and school must provide evidence and have

approval by school board with vote; faculty with a vote of 80

percent; and local Kansas-National Education Association or

other professional organization support.

• Be able and willing to completely redesign one elementary and

one secondary school around the vision, outcomes and

definition of a successful high school graduate.

• Be able and willing to launch a new school design in the

2019-2020 school year.


Gemini II Application Process

• Window for application starts on

February 5, 2018

• Deadline for applications is April 2,

2018

• Gemini II districts will be announced at

the SBOE meeting on April 17, 2018

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