Paradigm Shift: The Principal’s

Evolving Role as Instructional

Leader

Spike C. Cook, Ed.D.

Please check in and continue in the back channel throughout our presentation.

http://todaysmeet.com/Principal2013

Goals of the Workshop

How to model 21st Century Leadership

Encouraging staff to use tools to connect with parents and teachers

Redesigning staff meetings to meet the needs of the common core (and to model effective instructional practices)

Making sense of Digital Curricula and how it impacts teaching and learning

Using data to drive school culture and climate

Process Centered decision making

Introductions, please

Using an adjective with the

same letter as your first

name, go around the room

and introduce yourself to

as many people as you can

Lessons Learned

Who approached it with fun? Fidelity?

Would you ask your teachers to do

something you wouldn’t do?

How do you build community?

Did you feel uncomfortable?

It’s about the next time… what would

you do?

About Dr. Spike Cook

◦ Doctorate in

Educational Leadership

◦ Teacher, Guidance

Counselor, Coach,

Executive Director at

Rowan University

◦ Principal at RM Bacon

since April 2011

Introduction to RM Bacon Elementary and Millville, New Jersey

About RM Bacon

Millville, NJ

82% Economically

Disadvantaged

335 students K –

5

RM Bacon…Connected

Chosen for the Classroom Instruction That Works 2nd Edition Video Series

Chosen for EnVision Math Video Series

45% on Pintrest

50% of staff attends voluntary “Tech Fridays”

65% of the staff on Twitter

80% on facebook

100% on kidblog.org (Grades 3, 4, 5)

Teachers using Edmodo have connected with Wisconsin, and Illinois for reading groups

Voted “Most Connected” School in Millville Public Schools

Spike Cook and Ceri Dean, lead author of

CITWS 2nd Edition

Best Learning Experience

Individually think about it for 2 minutes

In groups of 2-4 share experiences and listen for common themes

Generalize with the group

Report out

The Guarantee

Meaningful

Hands-On

Teacher as Facilitator

How do we create this in a school and district?

PLN

What is a PLN?

Why would you want

it?

How can you get it?

Where is it?

I was just like you

http://drspikecook.com/2012/05/29/i-was-

just-like-you/

“If you don’t tell your story,

someone else will” Eric Sheninger

RM Bacon On Social Media

www.rmbaconweekly.blogspot.com

http://www.youtube.com/user/drspikecoo

k?feature=watch

https://www.facebook.com/RMBaconElem

entary

https://twitter.com/BaconElementary

What does it mean to be a Lead

Learner?

http://principalj.blogspot.com/2013/06/what-

does-it-mean-to-be-lead-learner.html

Evaluating Digital Material

There are thousands

of choices… how do

you make sense of

them all?

◦ Avoid the shiny new

toy

◦ Develop a process

◦ Seek out the experts

◦ Take chances

◦ Reflect

Strategies for PD

Connect PD to

teacher and student

learning

Make it meaningful

“Tech Friday”

concept

Let students teach

PD

PLC – Everyone has

a place and a voice

First grade student “Panda” taught PD to teachers

Effective Technology Integration

Systems Approach

Long Term Needs

Invest in

Infrastructure

Start Small

Coach, Coach, Coach

Model the Way!

Highlight and tell

your story

Best Practices

Roll out the red

carpet for those who

push the envelope

◦ Acknowledge

◦ Encourage those who

try

◦ Pay it forward

◦ Reward

Pitfalls

It’s hard work

Not everyone will

embrace

It’s not about the

devices, its about the

learning

Digital Divide

Xtranormal Classroom Observations

Staff Meetings and the Common

Core “Just as media and technology are

integrated in school and life in the

twenty-first century, skills related to

media use (both critical analysis and

production of media) are integrated

throughout the standards.” http://www.corestandards.org/resources/key-points-in-english-language-arts

“Focus, Coherence, Rigor”

Staff Meetings

Professional Learning Communities

◦ Based on data, have teachers work collaboratively in groups to identify problem areas

◦ Flipped Staff Meetings

◦ Modeling best practices – show your Instructional Leadership qualities

Professional Learning

Communities

Important aspects

Critical thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Creativity

Flipped Staff Meetings

Leaders in the 21st Century

How about we Liven this staff

meting up?

NAESP Livebinder

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=796484

Or

Go to www.Livebinders.com

Search NAESP

Scroll down and select the one

By: Ryan Hudson and Celese Nolan

Think, Pair, Share

Think about redesigning your staff

meetings… what is one thing you would

try this year and how will you implement

it?

◦ PLC

◦ Flipped

◦ Backchannel

Using Data to drive school

climate and culture

“You can expect what you inspect”

Denning

Lesson Planning

Classroom Instruction

What strategies are utilized?

Monthly Data Review

Yearly School Wide Trends and Gaps

Continuous Improvement

Process Development

Train

Implement

Measure Analyze

Data

Reflect

Problem Solving Process

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I D E A S

Problem Statement

Students in grade 4 have

not attained AYP

(Adequate Yearly

Progress) for the past 3

years.

Specific

Measurable

Objective

Gap ~ Pain

CRITERIA

Plan

Do

Act

Check

Problem Statement: McREL Walkthrough data shows that teachers are using the strategy Generating and

Testing Hypothesis 1.85% of their observed instructional time as compared to McREL’s recommendation of 11%

to ensure equal usage of all strategies. Failure to increase percentages in Generating and Testing Hypotheses

contributes to a negative perception of RM Bacon School.

SMART Goal: By May 2013, increase the observable use of the strategy Generating and Testing Hypotheses to

11% as evidenced by McREL Walkthrough data.

Strategy/Activity How will it be

Implemented?

Time Frame Evidence of

Success

Parties Responsible Status

Professional

Development

Refresher for

Generating Testing

Hypotheses

Staff Meeting October 4, 2012 Pre Test Trek Team

Provide follow up

PD/Best Practices

Grade Level

Meetings

October 26, 2012 Minutes from

meeting

Celese and Grade

level teams

Create PLN focused

on “how do I fit this

in?”

Online viewing PLN setup by

October 4, 2012

Edmodo survey Celese and Spike

Conduct McREL

Walkthroughs

Random

walkthroughs

40 times per

month September

2012 – May 2013

McREL data Administrators

Analyze McREL data

to ensure GTH is

occurring

Trek team

meetings

First Fridays of

every month

beginning

November 2012

McREL data Trek team

Post Test GTH Staff Meeting April 18, 2013 Post Test results Staff

RM BACON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Action Plan 2012-2013

Current CITW Data

Overview Target 30 per teacher

519

walkthroughs

to date

338 by Dr.

Cook

181 by

supervisors

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

On Target Not on Target

58% 42%

Context

0.00%5.00%

10.00%15.00%20.00%25.00%30.00%35.00%40.00%45.00%

Context

Affective Strategies

0.00%10.00%20.00%30.00%40.00%50.00%60.00%70.00%80.00%90.00%

Affective Strategies

Blooms

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

Blooms

Technology

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Teacher Use Student Use

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

Primary Strategy

0.00%5.00%

10.00%15.00%20.00%25.00%30.00%35.00%

Primary Strategy 11% is goal

for GTH

2012-2013

Learning Objective

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

90.00%

Articulated Partially Could not

14.5% 2.8%

82.7%

0

5

10

15

20

25

Generating Testing Hypothesis

Generating Testing Hypothesis

Climate and Culture

Total Number of ODRs

September 2011 – May 2012

Compared to

September 2012 – May 2013

Total Number of Problem Behaviors

Comparing

May 2011, 2012, 2013

May 2011 May 2012 May 2013

Total Number of Problem Behaviors

Comparing

September 2012 – May 2013

Individual Problem Behaviors

Comparing

May 2011, 2012, 2013

Individual Problem Behaviors

Comparing

September 2012 – May 2013

Individual Locations

Comparing

September 2012 – May 2013

Classroom Referrals

Comparing

September 2012 – May 2013

Total Number of

Grade Level Referrals

From

September 2012 – May 2013

RM Bacon Technology Integration Study

2013

Technology Change

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Teacher Use Student Use

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

Web 2.0 Tools

0 20 40 60 80 100

BLOGS

iMOVIES

PINTEREST

PODCASTS

TWITTER

GOOGLE+

POLL EVERYWHERE

KIDBLOG

% of Respondents

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Survey Results

Qualitative Results

“Dr. Cook has been a great role model for technology integration”

“The Bacon Weekly keeps parents more informed”

“Prior to working with Dr. Cook, I did not understand the value of social media as a resource for PD”

“Through modeling with his weekly blogs, and endless enthusiasm to promote web 2.0 tools I am more confident in my ability to prepare student for a 21st century global marketplace”

“This year I started my own blog to keep parents informed!”

“He has encouraged us to try anything!”

Challenge the Process

Model the Way

Inspire a Shared Vision

Encourage the Heart

Kouzes & Posner

Emerging Themes

Item

1

Item

2

Item

3

Item

4

Item

5

Enable Others to

Act

- Enthusiasm

- Encouragement

- Modeling the way

- Support

- Providing

opportunities for

learning

- Creative Thinking

- Enhancing

communication

- Increased involvement

- Increased Technology

Integration

- Student involvement

- Enhanced Student

Learning

- Staff is more confident

- Leadership

Enable Others to

Act

Goals of the Workshop

How to model 21st Century Leadership

Encouraging staff to use tools to connect with parents and teachers

Redesigning staff meetings to meet the needs of the common core (and to model effective instructional practices)

Making sense of Digital Curricula and how it impacts teaching and learning

Using data to drive school culture and climate

Process Centered decision making

Let’s See how far you have grown

Everybody stand up and spread out at arms length Take your right arm, point directly in front of you

and rotate your body around to the right. Now focus on that point. With your arms down to your sides, turn just your

head as far to the right and turn your eyes to the left.

Slowly, bring your head back to center. Now look to the left and have eyes glance to right Then… Take your arm, point directly in front of you and

rotate your body around to the right. How far have you grown?

Contact Information

Twitter –

https://twitter.com/DrSpikeCook

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/spike.c.cook

Google + - https://plus.google.com/u/0/111474320222632498774/about

Personal Blog - www.drspikecook.com

School Blog -

www.rmbaconweekly.blogspot.com