Strategic Leadership Team

2. Strategic Leadership Team The SLT met at least bi-monthly from September through January 86 total members • Teachers • Parents • Students • Community Members

3. The task • 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

4. How did the SLT come up with this plan? • Members read Transformational Leadership Theory • Members did online research • Members visited other schools • Members listened to kids • Members listened to parents • Members discussed what we want for kids

5. Vision and Mission Vision Inspired Learning, Leading and Living Mission Preparing wise students who master standards, lead by example, and embrace social responsibility.

6. The Framework • Globally Effective Students • 21stCentury Professionals • Healthy and Responsible Students • Innovation • 21stCentury Support Systems

7. 1. Globally Effective Students • 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

8. 2. 21st Century Professionals • 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

9. 3. Healthy and Responsible Students • 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

10. 4. Leadership Innovation • 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

11. 5. 21st Century Support Systems • 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

12. Vision and Mission Vision Inspired Learning, Leading and Living Mission Preparing wise students who master standards, lead by example, and embrace social responsibility.