Education to Save the World2014-2015 Fellowship Summit

#ed2ssummit

Our goal:

transforming education to meet the demands of the 21st century

Modern Paradigm of School

Our current model of school has been in existence less .25% of human history

Accomplishments that pre-date this model:

Fire

Agriculture

Math

Language

philosophy, science, history...

compartmentalization

synchronization

standardization

requires limited knowledge/skill

compliance, obedienceconformity

rote, repetitive work

sorting system

Assumptions● Age-based

groupings

● Bell schedules

● Credit hours

● Convergent goals

● “Failure” = repeat

● Principal-teacher-student compliance hierarchy

● Discipline segregation

● Change-resistant

The atmosphere can safely absorb about three billions tons of CO2 annually, but people emit about eight billion tons yearly by burning fossil fuels.

The developing world dumps 70% of its industrial waste directly into “rivers, lakes, oceans or soil.”

One out of five people lacks access to clean drinking water.

During the past 50 years, agricultural overproduction has degraded more than 2.5 billion acres of topsoil

The wealth of the 200 richest people in the world exceeds the combined annual income of the world’s 2.5 billion poorest people.

“Girls, when I was growing up, my parents used to say to me, ‘Tom, finish your dinner—people in China and India are starving.’

My advice to you is: Girls, finish your homework—people in China and India are starving for your jobs.”

-Thomas Friedman

US ranks 30th in math worldwide (down from 24th), 23rd in science, 18th in reading

The percentage of scientific papers written by Americans is down 10% since 1992

The U.S. share of patents has dropped 8% since 1980

44% of 8th graders in Singapore scored at the most advanced level in math, 38% in Taiwan; only 7% in the US

Achievement gap persists (for reading the black/ white gap is 24 points, Latino/white gap is 21 points in NAEP data)

Friedman & Wagner (economic competition)

+Senge (non-sustainable system for our world)____________This model is not working

Kids know this – better than we do

What’s not working?

What does it look like?

World is changing…fast Human affairs have always been turbulent. What is distinctive

now is the rate and scale of change. The two great driving forces are technological innovation and population growth.

-Sir. Ken Robinson

The forces of globalization entail major changes in all science and technology; the incredible connectivity that results, the enormous amount of information, often of dubious quality, that is at our fingertips; the convergence of cultures in economic, cultural and social terms.

-Howard Gardner

Divergent goals = full potential

But there are some “convergent” goals

Developing creativity is key Those with the imagination to invent smarter ways to do old

jobs, energy-saving way to provide new services, new ways to attract old customers or new ways to combine existing technologies will thrive.

-Thomas Friedman

The new social contract is different: only people who have the knowledge and skills to negotiate constant change and reinvent themselves for new situations will succeed…any employee who needs to be managed is no longer employable.

-Ken Kay, President, Partnership for 21st C skills

Everyone needs to be able to… Communicate clearly & convincingly Collaborate effectively Make sense of new situations Solve complex problems with creative solutions Understand different cultures Know how they learn best and teach themselves Leverage technology Gather information and make connections Think interdisciplinary

It’s not intellectual disciplines or hands-on.

I must study politics and war so that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.

-John Adams

Purpose & Passion Matter I discovered a consistent link and

developmental arc in their progress from play to passion to purpose.

-Tony Wagner Creating Innovators

Education needs to be nimble Systematic change is necessary

Continuous improvement

Adaptable to changing circumstances

Flexible to students needs, passions, and interests

Purpose

Individualized interest & talent

Gather & evaluate information & knowledge

Make meaning & connections

Cognitive processes

Creativity & innovation

Communicate

Self-monitoring & Learning

Technology

Collaboration

Within a education framework that is adaptable

Persistence, Grit & Belief in capacity of self & others

individualized learning vs. collaboration

core knowledgevs. self-directed

equity & standardization

How do we…

Produce more Produce faster Produce better Produce cheaper

Conserve Protect Connect Innovate

Shifting paradigms means that we need to question and challenge everything – methods, goals, assumptions

The dogmas of the quiet past are in adequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves and then we shall save our country.

-Abraham LincolnAddress to Congress, December 1862

Survival is OptionalTraditional

Better, faster, cheaper

Incremental improvements

Improvements limited

Transitional

Fix a problem

Transition from old to new, A to B

Changes limited

Transformational

Survival

Revolutionary, necessary

Continually transforming,

no end state

Transformation Transformation is what happens when people see the world through a new lens of knowledge and are able to create an infrastructure, never before envisioned, to the future. Transformation is motivated by survival, by the realization that everything needs to change or the organization will die; that a significant breakthrough in mindset  is needed in order to pursue new opportunities. Another motivator is a leader’s urgency  and drive to envision and create the future.

Leading TransformationWhat if the cage is as much a product of habit and belief as concrete and steel? -Rick Hess Education needs leaders

with the capacity or ability to create, produce, or give rise to new constructs, new possibilities.

Towards collaborative innovators

Essential Questions: - How does education need to transform?

- How we can contribute to realizing that transformation?

Agenda Group 1: One principle or quotation from each thinker

Group 2: Web/diagram/map of the connections among ideas and thinkers (plus add your own prior knowledge)

Present your thinking to full group

In your journal

We are moving from…

(I used to think…)

We are moving to…

(Now I think…)

Shared Goals:

1. Deepen our understanding of how and why schools need to transform and develop expertise to make that transformation a reality

2. Experiment, reflect, and provide feedback to the cohort

3. Spreading their knowledge and experience

Proposed Action Steps:

1. Participate in three collaboratives throughout the year.  

2. Write four blog posts during the year reflecting on a topic relevant to the transformation of schools.  

3. Host one event for other educators to learn more about the future of education and gain new ideas for classroom practice.

Defining the Fellowship We believe/understand that (values)…

so we plan to (mission)…

in order to (vision)…

Next Two Days:

What specifically should education look like in my unique circumstances?

-Ed2S Framework-Choose a project-Action planning

How do I realize that vision?

- Q&A with Rick Hess- Action Planning & Presentation Creation - Expo - Closing

Tuesday Wednesday

Name (optional)

What do you want to achieve in the next 2 days?

What was effective about today?

What should we change for tomorrow?