Regional School #4 Public Schools Pursuing Coherence Focus & Connect Jonathan P. Costa, Sr. December 1 st , 2015 Jonathan P. Costa
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Regional School #4 Public Schools
Pursuing CoherenceFocus & Connect
Jonathan P. Costa, Sr.December 1st, 2015
Jonathan P. Costa
This would be nice:
Have to…
Want to…
Our MissionTo prepare
EVERY student for learning,
life,and work
beyond school.
What do students need to be prepared to succeed in a world that……is digital, flat, open and pluralistic.…is unpredictable and volatile.…is increasingly unforgiving to those who are unskilled.
These Trends are Already Underway
Less paperLess about factsLess about single sourcesLess about certificationsLess just in caseLess about complianceLess about volume
More pixelsMore about skillsMore about synthesisMore about experiencesMore just in timeMore about creating valueMore about rigor
The Pareto 85/15 Leverage
Principle
VitalFew
MissionLeadership
Focus
What?
How Well?How?
Goals
MeasuresPractices
Things That Matter
The What: High Leverage Goals for Student Learning
Critical & Creative Problem SolvingCommon
Core Standards
21st CenturyDigital
Learning
Common Core Venn Diagram – 21st Century Skills Crosswalk - Four Highest Leverage Student Skills
Analyze & Construct
Arguments Based on Evidence
Meaningful & Purposeful
Communication &
Collaboration
Digital Literacy
& InformationFluency
Coherence Is Supported by Assessment
Measure what you value,
value what you measure.
Value
Reliability
Data For Growth – Not Inspection
Standardized and Non-Standardized Measures
Data
Scan
Costa - Strategic Coherence Planning Focus – Measure - Connect
Team Two: Teaching for Learning (Overview)
Compare and Contrast These LessonsWhich is better preparation for 2025?
It’s About Equity
A device gap is less objectionable than an access gap.
Coherence Pathways
Easy to understand, hard to do.
G = Goals P = Practices M= Measures Jonathan P. Costa S= Students A = Adults O = District/Building
StudentGoals
Student Measures
Instructional Practices
AdultGoals
Adult Measures
Professional Learning Practices
OrganizationalGoals
Organizational
Measures
Organizational Practices
Leadership
Leadership
Leadership
1. Student
2. Professional
3. Systems
LeadershipFocus
Engagement Ownership
Rigor Alignment
MissionTo prepare
every student for learning,
life, and work in the 21st century.
Student ImprovementProfessional Improvement
Leadership
Student Goals
- Common Core/21st
Century Skills & Content
Professional Goals
Evaluation & support goals, SLOs, focus
goals & other
Organizational Goals
Improvement targets related to DPI,
SPI or other goals
Instructional Strategies
CC/21CS goal aligned teaching methods
& strategies
Assessing LearningPARCC &
other valued summative, formative,
standardized and non-
standardized measures
Professional Growth
Aligned withhigh leverage student goals
andPL Standards
Professional Measurement
Student and related
professionaldata
Organizational Plans
District or building
level plans or strategies
aligned with PL Standards
Organizational Measures
District andBuilding level
dataOther…
Building/District ImprovementWhat Goes Where?
Leadership
Leadership
GoalsMeasuresPractices
What are your improvement “Leverage Points?”
Organizational Coherence for Goals, Measures and Practices
Primary Hyde Park District FocusSkills for Student Success
School 1G, M, P
TeachersG, M, P
Student Learnin
g
School 2G, M, P
TeachersG, M, P
Student Learnin
g
School 3G, M, P
TeachersG, M, P
Student Learnin
g
School 4G, M, P
TeachersG, M, P
Student Learnin
g
District Level
Building Level
Professional Level
Student Level
Informed by…
Not driven top-down…… just from organized
there.
We are trying to create ashift in thinking…
Analog historyDefense of the pastImproving everythingUncoupled autonomyMeasure what you have toCompliance accountableJust work harder
Digital foundationsPreparation for the futureMake high leverage choicesConnected systemsMeasure what is valuedMission accountableAligned coherent action
1.The district has identified, defined and committed to supporting a focused set of appropriate student learning goals that will ensure student success in life, learning and work beyond school.
2.The district has committed to supporting instructional and adult learning strategies that ensure rigorous, digitally supported pedagogical experiences aligned with the district’s student goals.
3.The district uses and reports on appropriate measures of student and adult success that are aligned with its student learning goals.
4.The district aligns its supporting organizational systems to support the acquisition of its student learning goals.
COHERENCE
Philosophical Foundations For Planning
Costa - Strategic Coherence Planning Focus - Connect
Four Outcomes for Strategic Coherence:
Goals for
Learning
Assessment&
Measurement
Policy andRegulation
CommunityEngagement
Instructional
Practices
Resource Deployment
LeadershipFocus
Supporting Systems
Strategic Coherence Planning Process
I II III V
Philosophy Practice
Commit to Principles
of Coherence Planning
- Focus- Connect- Identify High
Leverage Skills
Data ScanInternal and
External
Performance and alignment of
foundational and supporting systems of
student learning.
Aligning Actions With
Strategic Focus
- Strategies/ Actions
- Outcomes- Timelines- Responsibiliti
es- Innovation
Configuration Mapping
IVResults AnalysisIdentifying
patterns and priorities
Defining the gap between desired and
current state.
Prepare toAct
Priority Strategic Actions
StrengthsRestraining
Forces
SystemicPredictabl
eControllab
le
Common
Causes
Random Unpredicta
ble Beyond
Control
Special
Causes
Common and Special Causes
One of Deming’s most significant insights.
Mission Driven Decision Making In-
Context Problem Solving
851
5
Board of Education Role
Goals for
Learning
Assessment&
Measurement
Policy andRegulatio
n
CommunityEngagement
Instructional
Practices
Resource Deployment
LeadershipFocus
Specific ACTIONS
- Make the district Mission YOUR Mission.
- Practice systems/common cause thinking and decision
making.- Always remember the Vital
Few- Seek alignment between Mission and policy/practice
decision-making.- Ask questions about Mission
progress and demand a balanced report of student
performance feedback.- Put your resources
(money/budget) where your Mission is.
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