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Inventing the Entrepreneurial
FacultyJim Tracy
Nancy Boyle @nancboyleCushing Academy
http://bit.ly/pNuNgjcushing.org
New educational paradigms neededNew partnership between private and public schoolsInstitutional partnershipsCushing Academy Institute for 21st Century LeadershipAthletic Leadership ProgramFood for ThoughtFaculty BookSkunkworks
What is an entrepreneurial faculty?
Involve, support & coach the sparks
understand individuals’ values, experiences and
concerns
Teacher = master learnerTeacher = public learner
Model PD after classroom innovations
learning is learning
What does an entrepreneurial faculty look
like?
innovationindependence
passionate explorationcommunication
authenticity
Dwellings: Green Building and Design in the 21st
Century
The Book Project
151
50
passion, challenge &project based learning
inquiry-research
communication, collaboration
real world application
willingness to engage in/practice content, skills, assessment
The Book Project: Supporting Faculty Entrepreneurs
"Self-awareness and communication are the traditional goals of the English curriculum, and they ought to be the future goals of the English curriculum. We are not outdated in our mission; rather, we are, at times, outdated in our attempts to achieve these two goals. We need to evaluate whether or not students are currently achieving real world experience, understand why they are or are not achieving the objectives, and understand what about a curriculum can ensure that they are achieving.“ (Moira Cahill, Cushing English faculty)
What’s going on in America’s innovative schools?
Unified Message
Commitment from school community & faculty
What’s going on in America’s innovative schools?
Why are you doing what you are doing in the classroom?
How do you know it works?
What’s going on in America’s innovative schools?
PBL, CBL, DI, UDL
Work-based learning experiences & LTI
Creatively planned learning spaces
Humanities & STEM: blended classrooms
Less delineation of departments
What’s going on in America’s innovative schools? Teacher Plan Time: co-teaching & content teachers common period & summer
Teacher interaction, cooperation, and collaboration
Ongoing Professional Development
What’s going on in America’s innovative schools?
Ongoing formative assessment & evaluation with student involvement
Data focused around student rather than event
Longitudinal Portfolios
What’s going on in America’s innovative schools?
BYODE-texts digital media & reading
“I’m all for fresh ideas, but just because a notion is novel or different doesn’t mean it’s
good for teachers and students. Then again, doesn’t mean it isn’t.”
Tips and considerations
Pace and rationale for change
Tips and considerations
Know your community
natives or immigrants teaching philosophy, experience
Tips and considerations
Be mindful of what you are asking of
others
Tips and considerations
Educational Reform and innovation is not a new
concept.
Our new world is.
Tracking student data – LD and otherwise – How is this done? Event or student centered? Assessment –formative v summative-- purpose of each
Offer voluntary PD — workshops, conferences, lunches, coffee
Whenever possible, ask for input survey, make it anonymous at times
Mandate in- house PD
Make PD project based with classroom application(tech PD must model pedagogical innovations)
Grassroots along with whole community
Inventing the Entrepreneurial
FacultyJim Tracy
Nancy Boyle @nancboyleCushing Academy
http://bit.ly/pNuNgjcushing.org