Leadership and Leadership and Education in the 21Education in the 21stst

CenturyCentury

DELAINE EASTINState Superintendent of Public

InstructionApril 2001

Education in 2001Education in 2001

Performance and accountability

Standards-based reform efforts

New economy

Increasing student diversity

How Can Education How Can Education Continue to Improve?Continue to Improve?

LeadershipLeadership

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."

-Dwight D Eisenhower

Leadership QualitiesLeadership Qualities

• Courage

• Compassion

• Compromise

• Integrity

•Vision

•Understanding

•Commitment

Leadership: Envisioning Leadership: Envisioning ChangeChange

Leaders evaluate their own behavior and changing needs and priorities

Keys to Education Keys to Education ReformReform

• Standards

• Aligned Assessments

• Accountability

Vision for ReformVision for Reform

• Set clear expectations for all students

• Lead systemic change

Leadership at CDELeadership at CDE

• Built a strong planning process

• Aligned the organizational structure

• Improved focus

• Transformed culture

Leadership at CDELeadership at CDE

• Target lowest achieving students

• Focus on succeeding in a high stakes environment

• Develop better data systems

• Advocate for students

Keys to SuccessKeys to Success

• Aligned instructional materials

• Aligned assessments

• Aligned professional development

• Accountability incentives and interventions

• Broad system support mechanisms

It Takes Leadership! It Takes Leadership!

To succeed with education reform, we must:

– Inspire change

–Produce change

LeadershipLeadership

“Managers do things right.

Leaders do the right things.”

-From Leaders by Warren Bennis

and Burt Nanus

Our challenge is to afford every student the opportunity to:

– meet our high standards

– develop the skills necessary to pursue opportunities of interest

Our ChallengeOur Challenge

Education TechnologyEducation Technology

Where is California with respect to using technology to support teaching and learning?

0

5

10

15

20

1998 1999

Student-to-Multimedia Student-to-Multimedia Computer RatioComputer Ratio

Our student-to-multimedia computer ratio improves every year

17.412.5

Internet AccessInternet Access

The number of connected classrooms increases every year

020,00040,00060,00080,000100,000120,000140,000160,000

1996 1997 1998 1999

33,855

63,386

98,193

151,991

In 1999, Education Week ranked California 50th in students-to-instructional multimedia computer and 44th in students-to-Internet connected computer

California vs. National California vs. National AverageAverage

0

5

10

15

20

Students per

instructional

computer

Students per

Internet- connected

computer

CACA

1919

USAUSA

13.613.6

CACA USAUSA

9.89.8

1515

California’s Digital California’s Digital DivideDivide

• Schools with a high percent of students eligible for free and reduced price lunch are less likely to have computers and Internet access

• These students are also less likely to have computers at home

Technology For Grades Technology For Grades 4-84-8

Middle and elementary schools need:

1. Comprehensive funding for:

Hardware and infrastructure Staff Development Technical Support

2. Funding to bridge the digital divide

Technology can help Technology can help students:students:

• Think analytically

• Adapt to change

• Work in teams

• Access resources beyond the school

Implications for Implications for ClassroomsClassrooms

Must plan for:

• Sufficient access in each classroom

• Professional development for teachers

• Clear focus on student standards

• Coordination of technical and curricular support

Twenty-First Century Twenty-First Century Leadership for Education Leadership for Education

TechnologyTechnology• Help district and site

administrators be effective leaders of “digital schools”

• Support efforts like our statewide TICAL project

• Visit www.portical.org

Great LeadersGreat Leaders

“In order to have great leaders, we must have great followers to show them the way.”

Conclusion

• We are making progress in education reform

• Students, teachers, and administrators need tools and skills for the digital age

• Let’s stay the course and continue to promote high standards and systemic change