Culture and CCSS WEB FINAL
• The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) requires a shift in
focus from high school completion to college and career
readiness for all students
• The CCSS will radically change curricula, state assessments,
school culture and professional development
• Principals and school leaders must play a key role for effective
implementation
• This six part webinar series will give principals and school
leaders the knowledge to be proactive and prepared
Richard Flanary
Senior Director, Leadership Programs and Services
NASSP
Mel Riddile
Associate Director for High School Services
NASSP
Natasha Vasavada
Executive Director, Standards and Curriculum Alignment Services,
Research and Development
College Board
•
•
•
•
Helped develop standards
Served on advisory committee guiding the initiative
Provided research on college readiness skills
Continues involvement to assist states and districts in
implementation
• Participated in review and vetting of ELA and math
standards
• Is helping school leaders understand the magnitude
of change the Common Core will introduce
• Has a successful track record in Breaking Ranks
school improvement
• Holds an extensive history in principal skills
assessment and development
• Review key elements of CCSS from webinars 15
• Define Culture
• Dis uss the s hool leade ’s ole as
eato
ultu e
• Overview of College Board/NASSP webinar
series and supporting tools
• Q&A
“Limitations in math and
literacy skills are a major
source of course failure,
high school dropout, and
poor performance in postsecondary education.”
Research Brief, Council of Great City Schools, Spring 2008
7
Al ost everyone wants schools to be
better, but fewer want schools to be
different.
- Ray McNulty, President, ICLE
1.
Vision
2.
Focus
3.
Easy
4.
Mindsets
5.
Implementation
6.
Collaboration
7.
Shared
8.
Time
9.
Inclusive
10. Collective
“
”
- Peter Drucker
Changing culture is the only road to
significant and lasting school
improvement.
The way we do things around here.
- Jennifer James. International Confederation of
Principals World Conference Address. August 16,
2011.
People drive culture!
Culture drives everything!
“If you attempt to implement reforms but
fail to engage the culture of a school,
nothing will change.
— Seymour Sarason
Quick Fixes
or
Responsible Change
Every school has a culture!
Are you driving your school’s culture, or is
your culture driving you?
School culture is not an event or a
strategy!
Culture is the result…
Dead space
Real test of a teacher!
Real test of school culture
Even best strategies fail.
Even so-so strategies work.
•
Raises Student Achievement
•
Improves Teacher Satisfaction
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/Leadership/Learning-from-Leadership_Final-Research-Report_July-2010.pdf
Adaptable
Higher motivation
More commitment
More cooperative
Better able to resolve conflicts
Greater capacity for innovation
Effective in achieving their goals
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/Leadership/Learning-from-Leadership_Final-Research-Report_July-2010.pdf
Changes the ways adults work
Enhances instruction
Alters student experience
Adults behave in the hallways
Monitoring the lunch rooms
Greeting students
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/Leadership/Learning-from-Leadership_Final-Research-Report_July-2010.pdf
“
Mindsets
Beliefs
Attitudes
Expectations
Collective assumptions
Conflict
Dissent
”
’
The collective mindset of the staff
is central to the ability
to get things done.
http://leadchangegroup.com/transparency-and-leadership/
I hire attitude over experience.
—Tom Vander Ark
http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/03/good-work-attitude-is-everything/
Fixed – performance is due to ability, which is
innate
Growth – performance is the result of work,
effort, and deliberate practice
1.
Talent is a myth!—Malcolm Gladwell
2.
Work and effort create ability.—Lauren Resnick
3.
Given time and effort, all students can learn.
4.
The only limits are our beliefs and will.
Mindset is a choice!
1. Collaboration
8.
Master Schedule
2. Decision-Making
9.
Daily Schedule
3. Teamwork
10. Grading Practices
4. Attendance
11. Grouping Students
5. Behavior
12. Handbooks
6. Engagement
13. Celebrations
7. Physical Conditions
14. Signage
The principal is the
cork in the bottle!
School leaders impact student gains!
• Teachers > 33%
• School Leaders > 25%
http://www.indystar.com/article/20120318/LOCAL/203180344
Trust is the lubricant that enables
organizations to function, grow and prosper.
Trust enables success.
—John M. Bernard
http://leadchangegroup.com/transparency-and-leadership/
1. Shared Leadership
2. Instructional Leadership
Focus on Self
C a Bu ket
Short-term thinking
Isolation
Single Leader
Top-Down
Silos
Group Efforts
Emerging Leaders
Joint Problem-Solving
Focus
Shared Leadership
Setting Instructional Direction
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/Leadership/Learning-from-Leadership_Final-Research-Report_July-2010.pdf
1. Learning
2. Collaborating
3. Trust
4. Many Leaders
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/Leadership/Learning-from-Leadership_Final-Research-Report_July-2010.pdf
Learning not knowing
Partners
Conversations
Catalyst
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/Leadership/Learning-from-Leadership_Final-Research-Report_July-2010.pdf
Collective Work
Reflective Inquiry
Short and Long-term Thinking
Shared Ownership
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/Leadership/Learning-from-Leadership_Final-Research-Report_July-2010.pdf
Distributed Leadership
Shared Decision-Making
Talk About Instruction
Visit Classrooms
Instruction is a visible priority
Consistent Over Time
http://www.kappanmagazine.org/content/92/5/52.full
Ma y tasks e ui e
Leade s G o Leade s
http://www.kappanmagazine.org/content/92/5/52.full
a y leade s.
Principal
•
Hierarchical
•
Rigid
•
Rule-Oriented
•
Procedure Dominated
•
Regulated
•
Top Down
•
Control-Focused
ESL
Math
Literacy
Special
Education
Technology
Science
Principal
Counseling
Advanced
Placement
High School Grad.
CCR
Teaching
Learning
ABC’s
Student-Focused
Putting in time
Accountability
Bell Curve - Some
J Curve - All
Material Covered
Mastery
Time is constant
Time is variable
K-3
K-12
Customization demands collaboration
•
Less hierarchical
•
Less bureaucratic
•
Less resistant
•
Flatter
•
More innovative
•
More open to innovation
•
Successful leaders do what unsuccessful
leaders do not
•
Control or cooperation
•
Time
“If you attempt to implement reforms but
fail to engage the culture of a school,
nothing will change.”
- Seymour Sarason
Assu e that changing the culture of
institutions is the real agenda, not
implementing single i o atio s.
—Michael Fullan, Six Secrets of Change
• NASSP Common Core:
www.nassp.org/commoncore
• NASSP and College Board Online Community and Resources:
www.edweb.net/ccss4leaders
• The Common Core State Standards Initiative:
www.corestandards.org
• PARCC: http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-contentframeworks
• SMARTER Balanced:
http://www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER/Resources.aspx
Visit Events at http://advocacy.collegeboard.org or the NASSP
and College Board online community at
www.edweb.net/ccss4leaders to download this and previous
webinars in the series.
• An Overview, Jan. 18
• English Language Arts Standards, Feb. 1
• Mathematics Standards, Feb. 15
• School Wide Instructional Practices, Feb. 29
• School Leadership Role, Mar. 14
• Changing School Culture and Climate, Mar. 28
focus from high school completion to college and career
readiness for all students
• The CCSS will radically change curricula, state assessments,
school culture and professional development
• Principals and school leaders must play a key role for effective
implementation
• This six part webinar series will give principals and school
leaders the knowledge to be proactive and prepared
Richard Flanary
Senior Director, Leadership Programs and Services
NASSP
Mel Riddile
Associate Director for High School Services
NASSP
Natasha Vasavada
Executive Director, Standards and Curriculum Alignment Services,
Research and Development
College Board
•
•
•
•
Helped develop standards
Served on advisory committee guiding the initiative
Provided research on college readiness skills
Continues involvement to assist states and districts in
implementation
• Participated in review and vetting of ELA and math
standards
• Is helping school leaders understand the magnitude
of change the Common Core will introduce
• Has a successful track record in Breaking Ranks
school improvement
• Holds an extensive history in principal skills
assessment and development
• Review key elements of CCSS from webinars 15
• Define Culture
• Dis uss the s hool leade ’s ole as
eato
ultu e
• Overview of College Board/NASSP webinar
series and supporting tools
• Q&A
“Limitations in math and
literacy skills are a major
source of course failure,
high school dropout, and
poor performance in postsecondary education.”
Research Brief, Council of Great City Schools, Spring 2008
7
Al ost everyone wants schools to be
better, but fewer want schools to be
different.
- Ray McNulty, President, ICLE
1.
Vision
2.
Focus
3.
Easy
4.
Mindsets
5.
Implementation
6.
Collaboration
7.
Shared
8.
Time
9.
Inclusive
10. Collective
“
”
- Peter Drucker
Changing culture is the only road to
significant and lasting school
improvement.
The way we do things around here.
- Jennifer James. International Confederation of
Principals World Conference Address. August 16,
2011.
People drive culture!
Culture drives everything!
“If you attempt to implement reforms but
fail to engage the culture of a school,
nothing will change.
— Seymour Sarason
Quick Fixes
or
Responsible Change
Every school has a culture!
Are you driving your school’s culture, or is
your culture driving you?
School culture is not an event or a
strategy!
Culture is the result…
Dead space
Real test of a teacher!
Real test of school culture
Even best strategies fail.
Even so-so strategies work.
•
Raises Student Achievement
•
Improves Teacher Satisfaction
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/Leadership/Learning-from-Leadership_Final-Research-Report_July-2010.pdf
Adaptable
Higher motivation
More commitment
More cooperative
Better able to resolve conflicts
Greater capacity for innovation
Effective in achieving their goals
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/Leadership/Learning-from-Leadership_Final-Research-Report_July-2010.pdf
Changes the ways adults work
Enhances instruction
Alters student experience
Adults behave in the hallways
Monitoring the lunch rooms
Greeting students
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/Leadership/Learning-from-Leadership_Final-Research-Report_July-2010.pdf
“
Mindsets
Beliefs
Attitudes
Expectations
Collective assumptions
Conflict
Dissent
”
’
The collective mindset of the staff
is central to the ability
to get things done.
http://leadchangegroup.com/transparency-and-leadership/
I hire attitude over experience.
—Tom Vander Ark
http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/03/good-work-attitude-is-everything/
Fixed – performance is due to ability, which is
innate
Growth – performance is the result of work,
effort, and deliberate practice
1.
Talent is a myth!—Malcolm Gladwell
2.
Work and effort create ability.—Lauren Resnick
3.
Given time and effort, all students can learn.
4.
The only limits are our beliefs and will.
Mindset is a choice!
1. Collaboration
8.
Master Schedule
2. Decision-Making
9.
Daily Schedule
3. Teamwork
10. Grading Practices
4. Attendance
11. Grouping Students
5. Behavior
12. Handbooks
6. Engagement
13. Celebrations
7. Physical Conditions
14. Signage
The principal is the
cork in the bottle!
School leaders impact student gains!
• Teachers > 33%
• School Leaders > 25%
http://www.indystar.com/article/20120318/LOCAL/203180344
Trust is the lubricant that enables
organizations to function, grow and prosper.
Trust enables success.
—John M. Bernard
http://leadchangegroup.com/transparency-and-leadership/
1. Shared Leadership
2. Instructional Leadership
Focus on Self
C a Bu ket
Short-term thinking
Isolation
Single Leader
Top-Down
Silos
Group Efforts
Emerging Leaders
Joint Problem-Solving
Focus
Shared Leadership
Setting Instructional Direction
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/Leadership/Learning-from-Leadership_Final-Research-Report_July-2010.pdf
1. Learning
2. Collaborating
3. Trust
4. Many Leaders
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/Leadership/Learning-from-Leadership_Final-Research-Report_July-2010.pdf
Learning not knowing
Partners
Conversations
Catalyst
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/Leadership/Learning-from-Leadership_Final-Research-Report_July-2010.pdf
Collective Work
Reflective Inquiry
Short and Long-term Thinking
Shared Ownership
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/Leadership/Learning-from-Leadership_Final-Research-Report_July-2010.pdf
Distributed Leadership
Shared Decision-Making
Talk About Instruction
Visit Classrooms
Instruction is a visible priority
Consistent Over Time
http://www.kappanmagazine.org/content/92/5/52.full
Ma y tasks e ui e
Leade s G o Leade s
http://www.kappanmagazine.org/content/92/5/52.full
a y leade s.
Principal
•
Hierarchical
•
Rigid
•
Rule-Oriented
•
Procedure Dominated
•
Regulated
•
Top Down
•
Control-Focused
ESL
Math
Literacy
Special
Education
Technology
Science
Principal
Counseling
Advanced
Placement
High School Grad.
CCR
Teaching
Learning
ABC’s
Student-Focused
Putting in time
Accountability
Bell Curve - Some
J Curve - All
Material Covered
Mastery
Time is constant
Time is variable
K-3
K-12
Customization demands collaboration
•
Less hierarchical
•
Less bureaucratic
•
Less resistant
•
Flatter
•
More innovative
•
More open to innovation
•
Successful leaders do what unsuccessful
leaders do not
•
Control or cooperation
•
Time
“If you attempt to implement reforms but
fail to engage the culture of a school,
nothing will change.”
- Seymour Sarason
Assu e that changing the culture of
institutions is the real agenda, not
implementing single i o atio s.
—Michael Fullan, Six Secrets of Change
• NASSP Common Core:
www.nassp.org/commoncore
• NASSP and College Board Online Community and Resources:
www.edweb.net/ccss4leaders
• The Common Core State Standards Initiative:
www.corestandards.org
• PARCC: http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-contentframeworks
• SMARTER Balanced:
http://www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER/Resources.aspx
Visit Events at http://advocacy.collegeboard.org or the NASSP
and College Board online community at
www.edweb.net/ccss4leaders to download this and previous
webinars in the series.
• An Overview, Jan. 18
• English Language Arts Standards, Feb. 1
• Mathematics Standards, Feb. 15
• School Wide Instructional Practices, Feb. 29
• School Leadership Role, Mar. 14
• Changing School Culture and Climate, Mar. 28