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Good Afternoon
Kenneth GroverPrincipal
Innovations High School
I don’t know the future. I didn’t come here to tell you how this is going to end, I came here to tell you how this is going to begin . . . I’m going to show these people what you don’t want them to see. I’m going to show them a world without you, a world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries. A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.
Neo, The Matrix
current reality
Traditional High School
Mario
Claire Vai
TeacherMaria
Tevita
Cilia
diverse learners
one fit?
What do students
want?
Have we asked them?
boring
student centered
flexible
individualized for them
Student
Teachers
School Support
IndividualStudents
=Individual
Treatments
imagine
Student Centered LearningTHE Disruption in Education
Status Quo• Age cohorts• Sequential• Annual tests• Tethered• Teachers• Place
Student Centered• Individualized
progress• Adaptive Testing• Competency
Based• Mobile Access• Team• Instant feedback
Why look at Blended Learning?
• Personalized learning• Student-Centered
Learning• Engagement and
motivation• Individual progress• BYOD
• Online testing in 2015• Leverage good teachers• Improved conditions• Equalization: narrow
the divide• Student and parent
computer literacy
Blended learning is the only response to higher expectations without new resources.
STUDENT SUCCESS
SELF
-PAC
ED, F
LEXI
BLE
CURI
CULU
M
PEPPersonalized Educational Plan
• Graduate with college credit• A clear career path identified with industry certificate• 100% graduation rate
Working Toward a Career and College
• School Support• Competency based digital curricula• Mentor Teachers• High expectations
Outcomes: Education Rebuilt• School Hours: 7 am to 5 pm• No class “periods”- learning at least 6
hours a day• Students choose what and when they
learn—to a point• Teachers “teaching” 8 hours per day• Class sizes 35% lower• No more “sage on the stage”• Direct, one-to-one student instruction
Outcomes: Education Rebuilt• 5 quarters a year• Strong Mentor Teacher Implementation• 1 - 1 Student computer ratio• Significant academic progress• All 11th/12th grade take college courses• Courses are delivered digitally as well as
“brick and mortar”• Parents re-engaged FINALLY
(learning/attendance/student progress)
Outcomes: EnrollmentsProjected: 40 Current: 1852013-14: 275 Current Wait List: 150+
Student Demographics:45% Free and Reduced Lunch35% Latino5% African American5% Polynesian10% Special Education
Outcomes: Academic Achievement9th Grade Class92% at or ahead of peers nationally - no drop outs
10th Grade Class94% at or ahead of peers nationally – no drop outs
11th Grade Class91% at or ahead of peers nationally – no drop outsEvery student registered for college courses
12th Grade Class30/33 students graduated
Barriers Opportunites
• Labor• Leadership-local, state• Board• Community• Political
What are you waiting for?• Push the boundaries of what is possible• System is ready for dramatic changes• Culture and professional performance is what determines
success• Technology can be a powerful lever for rethinking schooling
but it’s the rethinking that matters, NOT the technology (which provides the tools to solve problems). Use technology to free up the time and talent and money for better uses—teaching directly students.
• How well will you use the political levers to serve your students?
• Play it cool and ride the wave
Caged Leadership
