school culture & the common core
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School Culture & the Common Core. Abner Oakes MENA Common Core Conference Nov 1 & 2, 2013 Dubai, UAE. Balancing the Topple Board. Environment. Curriculum. Standards. Assessment. Instruction. Crea ted by Modern Red SchoolHouse. Do Now. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
School Culture& the Common Core
Abner OakesMENA Common Core Conference
Nov 1 & 2, 2013Dubai, UAE
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Balancingthe Topple Board
Environment
Instruction
Curriculum
Assessment
Standards
Created by Modern Red SchoolHouse
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Do Now
• Think of a favorite school and your first year there. Remember a story that someone told you that year – a story about the school, about someone there, about some important school activity or ritual. Turn to a partner and share with him or her that story. Please be ready to share with the rest of the group.
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Our learning targets
• Participants will be able to– Describe school culture– Identify ways that organizations build strong
culture– Describe the culture that aligns with effective
Common Core implementation– Plan for this school culture
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Ritz Carlton
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Ritz Carlton
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Ritz Carlton’sService Values
• I build strong relationships and create Ritz-Carlton guests for life. • I am always responsive to the expressed and unexpressed wishes
and needs of our guests. • I am empowered to create unique, memorable and personal
experiences for our guests. • I understand my role in achieving the Key Success Factors,
embracing Community Footprints and creating The Ritz-Carlton Mystique.
• I continuously seek opportunities to innovate and improve The Ritz-Carlton experience.
• I own and immediately resolve guest problems.
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Telling stories
• Howard Gardner in Leading Minds: "Stories speak to both parts of the human mind – its reason and emotion…[they] constitute the single most powerful weapon in the leader's literary arsenal."
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KIPP
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KIPP
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KIPP
• All KIPP students identified by college graduation year
• College banners throughout KIPP schools• Teachers’ classrooms identified by college
attended• KIPP Through College
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School culture
• School culture is its climate, atmosphere, values
• Collins and Porras call it “core ideology…the enduring character of an organization – a consistent identity that transcends product or market life cycles, technological breakthroughs, management fads, and individual leaders.”
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Hay Group’s“reinforcing behaviors”
• Rituals: celebrations & ceremonies, rites of passage, & shared quirks & mannerisms
• Hero-making: role models, hierarchies, public rewards, & mentors
• Story-telling: shared humor, common anecdotes, foundation myths, & oral & written history
• Rules: etiquette, formal rules, taboos, & tacit permissions
• Symbolic display: decoration, artwork, trophies, & architecture
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Tabor Academy
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Balancingthe Topple Board
Environment
Instruction
Curriculum
Assessment
CCSS
Created by Modern Red SchoolHouse
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Common Core’sPedagogical Shifts
• ELA/Literacy
– Balance informational and literary texts– Knowledge in the disciplines– Staircase of complexity– Text-based answers– Writing from sources– Academic vocabulary
(For more information, see www.engageNY.org)
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Common Core’sPedagogical Shifts
• Mathematics
– Focus– Coherence– Fluency– Deep understanding– Application– Dual intensity
(For more information, see www.engageNY.org)
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Teachers& the Common Core
• What do you hear that demands a shift in culture?
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Next steps
• Get a baseline– School culture protocol
• Prioritize– The Common Core & the shifts
• Develop an action plan
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School cultureprotocol
• All school personnel understand and are committed to the mission, vision, and school culture-related activities.– The hiring and onboarding process for all school personnel
is aligned with the mission, vision, and school culture.– The evaluation process for all school personnel is aligned
to the spirit and letter of the mission, vision, and school culture.
– The day-to-day activities of school personnel reflect the school’s mission, vision, and school culture.
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HiringActivity People responsible Due date Resources Evidence
Revise phone interview questions to align with culture
Principal and upper school head
Jan 2, 2014 Current phone interview questions
The set of questions
Revise campus interview schedule to include grade level team members
The upper school’s grade level leaders
Feb 2, 2014 None Example of schedule
Revise campus interview schedule to include students
Upper school head and school counselor
Feb 2, 2014 None Example of schedule
Develop training for students for their interviews
School counselor Feb 2, 2014 Sample questions from Agnes Martin HS
Training materials
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School cultureprotocol
• Instruction is rigorous and supports the school’s culture.– Rigorous and student-centered, instruction is aligned to
the mission, vision, and school culture.– Instruction reflects the pedagogical shifts brought on by
the Common Core State Standards.– All tools used to evaluate the effectiveness of classroom-
level instruction are aligned to the school culture.– Professional development for instruction is aligned to
the school’s mission, vision, and school culture.
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Instruction:Common Core
Activity People responsible Due date Resources Evidence
Identify informational texts being used, with difficulty level
Grade level chairs Jan 2, 2014 Curriculum documents List of texts
Identify percentage of usage of informational vs. literary at grade levels
Grade level chairs Jan 2, 2014 Curriculum documents List of texts and percentages
Develop lists of new informational texts for grade levels
Grade level teams Feb 2, 2014 Common Core documents; sample lists from other schools
List of texts
Identify new informational texts to be piloted at grade levels
Grade level teams Mar 2, 2014 None List of texts
Develop PD for use of new texts
Grade level teams Mar 2, 2014 Sample PD materials, if found
Training materials
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Changing culture
• Fullan: “Re-culturing is a contact sport that involves hard, labor-intensive work.”
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Re-culturing
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Balancingthe Topple Board
Environment
Instruction
Curriculum
Assessment
Standards
Created by Modern Red SchoolHouse
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Our learning targets
• Participants will be able to– Describe school culture– Identify ways that organizations build strong
culture– Describe the culture that aligns with effective
Common Core implementation– Plan for this school culture
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Lastly
• What did you learn?• What surprised you?• What was I missing?
Abner Oakes, PrincipalOakes Educational Consulting