1. Characteristics of the Nation’s Most Successful Schools Willard R. Daggett, Founder and Chairman June 21, 2012

2. Schools are Improving School Improvement

3. Schools are Improving – BUT Changing World School Improvement

4. Three Central Challenges • Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Assessments and Teacher Evaluation

5. Growing Readiness Gap Grade Level Expectations Student Readiness

6. Schools are Improving – BUT Changing World School Improvement

7. Schools are Improving – BUT Some More Than Others Changing World School Improvement

8. Schools are Improving – BUT Some More Than Others School Improvement Changing World

9. A Look to the Future

10. Three Central Challenges • Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Assessments and Teacher Evaluation • Financial Stress

11. Schools must find new and innovative ways to improve student performance with increasingly fewer resources.

12. Three Central Challenges • Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Assessments and Teacher Evaluation • Financial Stress • Change

13. Three Central Challenges • Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Assessments and Teacher Evaluation • Financial Stress • Change Needs to be Evolutionary Not Revolutionary

14. A Look to the Future It will require: • Proactive Leadership • Focused and SustainedProfessional Development

15. A Look to the Future More with Less

16. Effectiveness and Efficiency Framework High Cost Low Cost

17. Effectiveness and Efficiency Framework High Student Performance Ef fec t iveness High Cost Low Cost Low Student Performance

18. Effectiveness and Efficiency Framework High Student Performance Ef fec t iveness C D A B High Cost Low Cost Low Student Performance

19. A Look to the Future CCSS / NGA

20. Application Model • Knowledge in one discipline • Application within discipline • Application across disciplines • Application to real-world predictable situations • Application to real-world unpredictable situations

21. Item Exemplars: Performance Task Performance Task drawn from the Ohio Performance Assessment Project. Available at, www.ModelSchoolsConference.com/handouts12.html

22. Common Core State Standards Content VS. Instruction

23. A Look to the Future Will RequireProactive Leadership

24. Reactive Leader Focused on CCSS, NGAs, and Teacher Evaluation Proactive Leader Equally focused on Science, the Arts, CTE, Physical Education

25. A Look to the Future Will Require aComprehensive Solution

26. Student Achievement Organizational Leadership

27. Student Achievement Organizational Leadership

28. Teaching Student Achievement Instructional Leadership Organizational Leadership

29. Teaching Student Achievement Instructional Leadership Organizational Leadership

30. Teaching Student Achievement Instructional Leadership Organizational Leadership

31. Three Central Challenges • Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Assessments and Teacher Evaluation • Financial Stress • Change Needs to be Evolutionary Not Revolutionary

32. Evolution of Change Model 3 1 – Incremental Change (Improving Core Practices) 2 – Innovative Change (Fundamental Change of Core Practice) 3 – Transformational Change (Affect Entire System) 2 1

33. Transportation 3 1 – Saddle 2 – Horse and Wagon 3 – Car 2 1

34. A Look to the Future Information is Everywhere…

35. A Look to the Future Smart Technology

36. Smart Technology 1 – Google Search 1

37. Semantic Web • Analyze Documents • Keywords and headers (Google) • Meaning / Concepts • Wolfram Alpha • Siri • Complete Task

38. Smart Technology 1 – Google Search 2 – Google Glasses 2 1

39. Project Glass

40. Download any movie, website, or piece of information into your glasses or contact lenses

41. In the Near Future… • Students will be able to scan the Internet via their contact lenses. • How will you deal with this in your schools?

42. Today’s students live in a hyper-connected world, except in school OR are they also connected in school but we just don’t know it?

43. Information is everywhere. In this changing world, sense-making and the ability to evaluate the credibility of information are paramount.

44. Smart Technology 3 1 – Google Search 2 – Google Glasses 3 – Google Car 2 1

45. K-12 Education – High Impact Factors 3 2 1

46. K-12 Education – High Impact Factors Gaming Online Instruction Blended Learning

47. Gaming is increasingly being built based upon brain research.

48. Gaming is increasingly being built based upon brain research.What is the implication to education?

49. Angry Birds Downloaded 1 billion times Average of 800 bird launches per download Collectively 800 billion birds launched Over 600 million minutes played per day 400,000 years of time played

50. Game Theory in Education 1 – Sushi Monster 1