1. Blending
the
Best
Ingredients
ACSA
Leadership
Summit
–
2013
San
Jose,
CA
2. Introduc?ons
• Cary
Matsuoka,
Superintendent
• Cheryl
Jordan,
Asst
Supt
of
HR
• Damon
James,
Principal
• Milpitas
Unified
School
District
– Milpitas,
CA
– Santa
Clara
County
– PK-‐12,
10,100
ADA
3. Weller
Elementary
School
• En?re
school
conversion
to
blended
learning
• Started
in
2012-‐13,
now
in
their
second
year
• Damon
James,
Principal
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4. Weller’s
Learning
Lab
Model
(simplified)
-‐
Damon
• Teachers
specialize,
ELA
or
math
• Students
have
two
blocks
of
instruc?on,
am
and
pm
• Three
learning
sta?ons
for
a
student
– Direct
instruc?on
with
a
teacher
in
a
classroom
– Independent
collabora?ve
learning
in
a
classroom
– Online
instruc?on
in
a
lab
8. Design
Thinking - Learning by Doing
Empathy - Define - Ideate - Prototype - Test
A bias towards action, faster planning cycles
9. Defined
Autonomy
• Leaders
define
the
broad
design
principles
• Our
4
principles:
– Integrate
the
4
C’s
– A
more
student-‐centered
learning
experience
– Flexible
use
of
?me,
space,
and
grouping
of
students
– Collect
and
use
data
more
effec?vely
• Then
lead
with
ques?ons
–
“if
you
could
design
a
school
of
the
future,
what
would
it
look
like?”
• Resist
the
tempta?on
to
answer
the
ques?on
for
staff
10. Posi?ve
Outcomes
• We
moved
really
fast
– designed
the
plan
in
3
months
in
spring
2012
– Implemented
in
August
2012
• We
learned
from
our
mistakes,
year
2
is
beder
• Teachers
stayed
the
course,
it
was
their
plan
11. Impact
on
the
District
• In
2012-‐13,
two
elementary
schools
used
BL
(900
students)
• In
2013-‐14,
we
have
about
66%
of
our
elementary
students
in
a
BL
classroom
(3,500
students)
• We
have
7,000
students
(K-‐8)
using
iReady
for
online
learning
• Our
students
have
completed
200,000
lessons
in
the
first
10
weeks
of
school
• We
are
almost
done
collec?ng
benchmark
assessment
data
on
7,000
students
this
week
13. Human
Resources
Perspec?ve
Professional
Capital
Social
❖ Collaborative
❖ Push/Pull
❖ Trust
Human
❖
❖
❖
❖
Skills
Knowledge
Application
Synthesis
Decisional
❖ Evidence
❖ Data
❖ Judgement
Resource:
Professional
Capital
Andy
Hargreaves
and
Michael
Fullan
17. Principal’s
Perspec?ve
-‐
Change
and
Design
Thinking
What we are taught in
school?
What happens in real life?
Mistakes are punished.
Mistakes are learning
experiences.
Failure is not tolerated.
Failure breeds success.
Given the questions; find the
right answers.
Ask great questions; find the
best answers.
Knowledge and certainty
foster confidence.
Intuition and imagination
create potential for using
knowledge.
19. Principal’s
Perspec?ve
-‐
Change
and
Design
Thinking
Empathy
➢ Observe,
Engage,
Immerse
Do
research.
● 20th
Century
versus
a
21st
Century
Educa?on
● Blended
Learning
Training
● Book
Studies
● Design
thinking.
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20. Communica2on
Skills
➔ Coaching
and
Support
➔ PLC
with
Admin
Peers
➔ Teacher
Leaders
➔ PLC
for
Teachers
➔ Regular
Mee?ng
Structure
➔ Union
Problem-‐Solving
Mtg.
➔ Board
Updates
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21. Principal’s
Perspec2ve
-‐
Change
and
Design
Thinking
❖
Explicitly
expresses
the
problem
you
are
trying
to
fix.
➢
Ex)
All
students
are
not
being
given
the
opportunity
to
learn
what
is
needed
due
to
varying
needs.
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22. Principal’s
Perspec2ve
-‐
Change
and
Design
Thinking
Brainstorming
➔
Provide
focus.
➔
Defer
judgment.
➔
Build
on
the
ideas
of
others.
➔
Encourage
wild
ideas.
➔
One
conversa?on
at
a
?me.
➔
Go
for
quan?ty
not
quality.
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24. Principal’s
Perspec2ve
-‐
Change
and
Design
Thinking
❖ To refine our
prototypes and
solutions.
❖ To learn about our
user.
❖ To test and refine
our Point of View.
26. L D
UI
B
Site
Visits
❏
❏
❏
Validates
work.
Allow
for
more
reflec?ve
insight.
Honor
risk-‐taking.
27. Instruc?onal
Resources
★ Superintendent
Vision
and
Coaching
★ Assistant
Superintendent
HR
Coaching
★ Director
of
Technology
Chats
★ Pearson
Conference
Tech
&
Innova?on
★ Innosight
(Christensen)
Cohort
★ Charter
School
Visits
(Rocketship,
Aspire)
★ Literature
(5
Principles
of
PLC
Leaders,
Switch,
21st
Century
Skills,
Ethic
of
Excellence,
What
Great
Principals
Do
Differently,
DisrupEng
Class,
Good
to
Great
,
Drive,
Professional
Capital)
