Reviving an Ancient Change Model: Modern Applications to Age-Old Practices

Steve Boynton, Superintendent, Arlington Community Charter School

Travis Reeser, Principal, Arlington Community Charter School

Lorena Woods, Teacher, Arlington Community Charter School

Rinda Montgomery Conwell, Assistant Superintendent, North Central ESD

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This presentation can be found online at:

Traditional Teaching

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWYcOR18-x0

School Systems

• What is the role of a school?• How would you prioritize the steps in the

change process?• How would you restructure your system to

meet expectations for the 21st century?

School Systems, continued

• What is the role of the educational system in the 21st century?

• What are the difference between what we expect the system to accomplish and what we actually do?

• How would you change the system to meet the expected outcomes?

The Role of a Leader

• What are the primary responsibilities of an education leader?

• Compare those responsibilities with how you/your leader’s time is spent.

• What would be the result if your time investment changed to reflect your primary responsibilities?

The Role of a Leader, continued

• What is the problem/barrier in your school system/structure which keeps you from making this change of time investment?

• What would you suggest to change your school’s system to refocus school leadership efforts?

• How would you generate a plan to implement these needed systemic changes?

Culture and Discipline

• How would you outline effective discipline?

• What is the desired outcome from an effective discipline plan?

• How is learning connected to discipline?

Culture and Discipline, continued

• What motivates students to be “well disciplined”?• Except for those incidences where students must be

removed (violence), how do you approach your teachers to elicit their ideas on how issues could be resolved differently in the following areas?– Character Education/Positive Interventions– De-escalation – Relationship

The Role of a Teacher

• How would you recognize a teacher in a classroom? • What words would you use to characterize a teacher?• What modifications would you implement to make

teachers more effective?

The Role of a Teacher, continued

• How would you correlate engagement of students and the effectiveness of teachers?

• What criteria would you use to evaluate the effectiveness of teachers?

• Formulate an analogy of the relationship between effective teachers and engaged students that best represents this model.

Professional Development

• Who is the target of PD?                • Explain (to someone or the group) how to

target the teacher.• How would you change current PD practice to

accommodate teacher need?

Professional Development, continued

• How would you explain to a colleague the purpose of changing the PD model?                                

• List three ways you can know that a PD was effective.                                   

• How will you redesign your PD evaluation model based on this?

Naomi and Sadie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1PeL-sW4F0&list=UUNlFQP4EZ7BQwpjoJEahhPg&index=14&feature=plcp

Jonah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzgvHr63ihA&feature=BFa&list=UUNlFQP4EZ7BQwpjoJEahhPg

Sylas and Douglas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OVKJLjaA-o&feature=BFa&list=UUNlFQP4EZ7BQwpjoJEahhPg

Sara

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYf8AWX6RPQ&feature=relmfu

The Lemon Battery

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

Questions