Excellence & Innovation in Lutheran Education

Bernard.Bull@cuw.edu www.etale.org@bdean1000

online.cuw.edu

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What are the two fastest growing segments in P-12 education today?

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Why are they the two fastest growing segments in P-12 education?

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Lutheran education is a(n)…a) artb) sciencec) ministry

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4 Convictions10 Traits4 Tasks

4 Convictions

It is time for…

a R & D Engine for Lutheran Education

It is time for…

schools that are persistently shaped by mission, the best research and the needs & interests of the students.

Customer First

List 5 Significant Research Findings about How Students Learn from the Last Ten Years

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It is time for…

quality that matches or exceeds the corporate world.

It is time for…

Lutheran schools that are taking prayerful, strategic, bold risks.

10 Traits

InnovationForward-looking AND Ahead of the

times

Innovation

A creation resulting from study and

experimentation

A personal journey…

Traits of Innovative Schools

1. Visionary leadership, but not necessarily earth-shattering inventions.

Traits of Innovative Schools

2. One or two clear, unavoidable, school-

shaping concepts

Traits of Innovative Schools

3. “Tough” mindset from principals and teachers.

Traits of Innovative Schools

4. Extensive research before implementation.

Traits of Innovative Schools

5. Once the vision was clear, strong alliance by vision rather than proximity.

Traits of Innovative Schools

6. Near addiction to effectiveness and impact data – and obvious use of

that data (especially related to student

learning)

Traits of Innovative Schools

7. Unusually high turnover

Traits of Innovative Schools

8. Highly protective of what (or who) they put in the

water.

Traits of Innovative Schools

9. Significant time and money put into ongoing

professional development, especially investing in new

people.

Describe what your school does to ensure that teachers new teachers are fully on board and current teachers

are equipped with the best research and skills.

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Traits of Innovative Schools

10. Committed to sharing their “secret” with others.

Associating

Questioning

Observing

Experimenting

Networking

Name three ways that you have experimented or networked in the last year.

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Name three ways that you can experiment and network in the next 12 months.

Ecosystem for Educational Excellence & Innovation

Funding

Research

School Culture

Existing

Beliefs &

Traditions

Leadership

Space &

Facilities

Teachers

Lutheran

Identity

Parents

Community

External

Standards

Students

You have to lean into the future and realize that most of the smart people don’t work for your company…so you need to partner, network, acquire… – paraphrase from Steve Case

4 Challenges

1. Move beyond the “Integrating Technology” Model

How can we integrate more technology into our _______?

How do we avoid either of these two extremes?

Get informed about the…possibilities,

affordances and limitations.

Associating

Questioning

Observing

Experimenting

Networking

Edsurge.com

Edudemic.com Online.cuw.edu

Edutopia.com

Twitter.com

plus.google.com

Visit 10 Innovative

Schools

Ask vendors for the research and the credentials of the design and development team.

Describe the process that your school/team uses to evaluate new educational resources. In addition to

cost, what drives the decision?

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2. Beyond the Mass Production Model“One Size Fits All”

What is non-negotiable in our school…

from the perspective of the Scriptures, administrators, teachers, parents, students?

“One of most critical attributes of the thriving 21st century

school is adaptability.”

Differentiated Instruction

Mass Customization

Adaptive Learning

Does your school adapt for the unique needs and interests of students, or do you expect students to adapt

to unique needs and interests of the school? Discuss.

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Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Bing, Verizon, and Wikipedia

Weight-bearing Walls (WBL)grade levels, students assigned to classrooms, bell schedules, courses, textbooks, a traditional letter grade system, report cards, and a nine-month school year

Watch the Flipped Classroom Video on YouTube

For a full article that I wrote in the Flipped Classroom, go here.

Name 2 resources that your school has/uses to provide personalized and adaptive learning.

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http://www.subtext.com/

http://www.carnegielearning.com/

http://www.dreambox.com/

http://www.lumosity.com/

http://www.sheboygan.k12.wi.us/warriner/

https://www.inbloom.org/

https://www.khanacademy.org/

http://www.kickboardforteachers.com/

http://www.bloomboard.com/

http://www.udemy.com/

http://www.coursera.org/ http://www.canvas.net

http://www.edx.org

https://p2pu.org/en/

3. Beyond Learning Objectives and Standards to Immersive Learning Environments

“literate versus fluent”

problems with current efforts to address the “digital divide”

“extended discourse immersion”

play, games, experimentation, service learning, immersion, project-based, community-based problem-

based, informal learning

Time, Over-learning, Authentic, Fluency (not

just literacy)

What is the most immersive learning experience that students have at your school?

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“The Best Question in the World”

http://www.slideshare.net/betsystreeter/the-best-question-in-the-world

4. Beyond the classroom…

Remembering Our Roots

Excellence & Innovation in Lutheran Education

Bernard.Bull@cuw.edu www.etale.org@bdean1000

online.cuw.edu