Transcript Rotary Presentation

The SLT met at least bi-monthly from September through
January
86 total members
 Teachers
 Parents
 Students
 Community Members
 Unlearn constructivism leadership theory and
learn transformational leadership theory.
 Cast a vision that prepares students to be
productive members of society
(Transformational / Legacy building)
 Establish a shared leadership plan to embed the
vision in practice
“The illiterate of the future are not those who cannot read or write, but
those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” -Alvin Toffler
Members read Transformational Leadership
Theory
Members did online research
 Members visited other schools
 Members listened to kids
 Members listened to parents
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Members discussed what we want for kids
Globally
Effective Students
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21 Century Professionals
Healthy and Responsible Students
Innovation
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21 Century Support Systems
Achieve our 3 BIG Goals
 Become a Distinguished district in the state accountability
model
 Grow career pathway partnerships with businesses
 Systematically support self-regulated learning and
acceleration without barriers
 Integrate curriculum across contents – “Stuff we learn needs
to make sense.”
 Assess learning through capstone projects that demonstrate
student wisdom
 Add incremental growth in creativity, collaboration, critical
thinking and communication to the Steps to College and
Career Readiness
 Assess learning through 21st Century Skills - creativity,
collaboration, critical thinking and communication
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Create more time for teachers to grow as professionals
 Learn through 21st Century skills - creativity, collaboration, critical
thinking and communication – in order to model learning for
students
 Make personal digital tools available to staff and students
 Regularly embed training in the use of digital tools
 Support life-long pedagogical growth
 Support content specific growth
 Support students as growing professionals
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Provide Leader in Me training for all staff
Teach Leader in Me practices to all students
Increase student voice in school leadership
Teach digital responsibility
Implement student-maintained digital networks
Implement standards-based grading district-wide
Structure schedules to include peer teaching and mentoring
Add service-oriented opportunities to our Steps to College and Career
Readiness
Provide needs-based scheduling for students
 Encourage performance-based learning
 Support student choice in ways to demonstrate mastery – prove it
 Re-invent libraries as innovation zones
 Support virtual learning, virtual discussions
 Support blended learning
 Support flipped classrooms
 Replace computer labs with 1:1 computing
 Implement a Career Academy – maximize the potential of the Area
Technology Center
 Engage partners to implement a community-wide Ready for Kindergarten
program
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Maximize access to our wireless system
Maximize digital efficiency –software, firewalls, cloud-based tools
Repurpose workspaces to encourage and support creativity,
collaboration, critical thinking and communication
Design a funding plan to support 1:1 digital conversion through
rental/lease agreements designed to keep current devices in the
hands of our students
Develop, implement and monitor a digital conversion master plan