Innovative Leadership Council A Vision and Commitment to 21 st Century Educational Growth.

Innovative Leadership Council

A Vision and Commitment to 21st Century Educational Growth

Creating a Shared 21st Educational Vision

•What do we know about education reform?•What can be done to sustain and strengthen

21st curricular and instructional practices?•Who needs to be involved?•What tools and resources are vital?•How can we get there and how will we know

if and when we arrive?

A Clear Purpose

• Create a shared vision, mission and goals• Close the Gap – increase stakeholder input,

commitment and continuity • Develop a common language and purpose• Establish a collaborative systems design

approach to educational reform• Utilize group genius and expertise to

problem solve• Create a continuous process of

reexamination

New Workforce Requirements will require a

highly focused systems design reform model.

Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)

“The design of public education in our nation today is no longer aligned with the needs of the country. CCSSO’s Transforming Education: Delivering on Our Promise to Every Child strategic agenda calls for a new education system—one that is designed around the fundamental premise that we will provide each and every child with personalized learning experiences leading to success.”

Innovation-Based Economy Require New Skills

More Education = Better Jobs

2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)•The U.S. ranked 14th out of 65 countries

in reading, virtually the same ranking as the 2003 test.

•25th in mathematics, the same ranking as 2006

•17th in science, which is an improvement from 21st in 2006

EETT Funding 2011 Challenges

Inspiring New Designs for the Conventional

Instructional Systems Design Model

A Design

That Works!

Current Initiatives and Funding

Systems Design Model + Collective Leadership Continuity =

Change• What is required for desired outcomes?What is required for desired outcomes?

+ Action Plan + Skills + Resources + Incentives =

Vision + + Skills + Resources + Incentives =

Vision + Action Plan + + Resources + Incentives =

Vision + Action Plan + Skills + + Incentives =

Vision + Action Plan + Skills + Resources+ =

Vision

Action Plan

Skills

Resources

Incentives

Confusion

False Starts

Anxiety

Resistance

Frustration

Vision Action Plan

Skills Resources

+ Incentives

Change

Innovative Collaboration for Growth and Sustainability

Consortium of School Networking (COSN)

•Shawn McDonough – HBG SD Technology Director , PAECT President, and CoSN Chair

• CoSN’s Leadership Initiatives help K-12 education technology leaders address key challenges.

• The mission of CoSN is to empower K-12 district technology leaders to use technology strategically for the improvement of teaching and learning.

ATTAIN To Replace EETT Funding•CoSN, ISTE, the State Educational

Technology Directors Association (SETDA), and the Software Information and Industry Association (SIIA)

•Recommendation to Congress:Enact the Achievement Through Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN) Act.

STEM in Education

•Bill Bertrand – PDE Tech. Ed. Advisor , PA STEM Initiatives - Engineering by Design

• "Everyone has a stake in improving STEM education. Inspiring all our students to be capable in math and science will help them contribute in an increasingly technology-based economy, and will also help America prepare the next generation of STEM professionals-scientists, engineers, architects and technology professionals-to ensure our competiveness.”

• (Arne Duncan, US Dept. of Ed. 2010)

The Challenge Ahead

Video Statements

•Education is the only business still debating technology.

•In any system, it is not the strongest that survive it’s the most adaptable to change.

•We have entered the age of boundless learning.

Our Next Steps?

•ILC Collaboration Meeting•January 18th, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM

•Friendship Room

• Connect your reason for being here to one of the statements.

• When we reconvene, be prepared to share your connections and what you feel that you can contribute to the ILC.

Resources

•http://www.edtechactionnetwork.org/issue-and-action-center

•http://www.compete.org/images/uploads/File/PDF%20Files/Competitiveness_Index_Where_America_Stands_March_2007.pdf

•http://www.cosn.org/ •http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/

files/microsites/ostp/pcast-stem-ed-final.pdf