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Scaling Innovation and Personalized Learning Building a 2030 Vision
Pewaukee School District Suburb of Milwaukee, approximately 3000 Students and 370 employees
K4-12 on a single campus setting
Pewaukee Lake Elementary School • K4-3
Horizon Elementary School • 4-6
Asa Clark Middle School • 7-8
Pewaukee High School • 9-12
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Brian
Introductions
● Brian Kammers, PSD Board President ● Ron Frea, PSD Board Member ● Danielle Bosanec, PSD Chief Academic Officer ● Mike Cady, PSD Superintendent
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Brian introduces us
Brief History • Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award:
Site Visit & Award Recipient - 2013 Applications Submitted - 2010 & 2012 Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence: Governor’s Award/Highest Level of Excellence - 2010 Mastery Level Attained - 2007 & 2009 First application submitted - 2007
• Strategic Planning
Used annually since 1992
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Brian
Objectives
Participants will…
● Gain an understanding of how the PSD Strategic Planning Process drives district wide innovation related to personalized learning
● Identify how the district mission directly connects to the ideas of personalization and innovation ● Identify the guiding principles of the PSD Personalized Learning initiative and understand how those
principles guide innovation ● Understand the philosophy and structure of personalized approaches to professional development ● Understand the role Board members and administration play in an ongoing system of innovation and
continuous improvement
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Brian - we have five objectives we are targeting for our presentation which focus on the process we follow for innovation and culminating with specific examples of initiatives.
Agenda
● Role of Strategic Planning to drive innovation ● Engagement of stakeholders ● Strategic Initiative / PDSA Process
○ Systems driver of innovation ● Personalized Learning - Innovation history and process
○ PL for students ○ PL for staff
● Future Ready - Profile of a Graduate
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Brian - In the time we have today we hope to convey how we work from high level, and Board level systems and processes to effect innovation in our schools. We will begin with our Strategic Planning Process as a driver and show how that leads to the implementation of innovations including our current initiatives focused on Personalized Learning and making students Future Ready.
Future Predictions
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Brian - To set the stage for our discussion, we always feel it is important to establish the “why” behind efforts to innovate. In our school system, parents and students are pretty happy with the education they receive. Some might say if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it… However, we believe that we are preparing students for a very dynamic future and this video provides one take on some of the changes our future graduates are likely to be faced with….
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” - A braham Lincoln
A strategic plan is an articulation of the mission, purpose, and values of our organization. A good plan
puts those ideas into action.
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Mike - So we understand we live in highly dynamic times. I think we can all agree that technological advances will have considerable influence on the social and economic experiences our graduates will face. Our view is we need to be strategic, and change NOW if we are to do our job, which is educate kids for this changing environment. So I like this quote - to the best of our ability, we need to create an experience at school that gives our kids the greatest opportunity to compete.
Baldrige Excellence Framework
Building the Foundation Core Values and Concepts
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Mike - as we have stated previously, we believe our best opportunity for success is to have sophisticated systems of continuous improvement that support innovation. For our district we have found great value in the Baldrige Excellence framework as a model. We have learned, and believe that it all begins with knowing who you are and what you value.
Our Mission Through our unique all campus setting, we will open the door to each
child’s future
Our School community delivers an innovative and progressive education
We are: • passionate about academic excellence
• committed to fostering positive student citizenship • dedicated to inspiring all students to flourish
Personalized Learning
Standards-based grading
K-12 Systems Volunteer Program / Insight Teaching Strand
1:1 Initiative
Inclusion Model
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Mike - I our school district, we translate our values into a mission and then we use that mission as the foundation, the guidepost, for our work.
PSD Continuous Improvement Cycle Annual Audit and
PDSA Process Renewal
Reporting & Initial Implementation
Progress Monitoring & Plan Revision
Secondary Implementation
Progress Monitoring & Plan Revision
Strategic Planning Initiation
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Mike - That Mission Statement is a product of strategic planning, which is a key component of our ongoing, continuous improvement model. Next, Board Member Ron Frea, is going to talk a little bit about our approach to strategic planning and how it drives our innovation and improvement.
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Ron - Overview Quick show of hands - which districts regularly utilize a Strategic Planning? In Pewaukee, we have been engaged in Strategic Planning since 1992. That process has evolved over time and is focused on the concepts of Plan, Do, Study, Act. We create a plan, we implement that plan, we gather data and monitor progress, we determine what adjustments need to be made, and we improve our plan. This goes on cyclically in an effort to keep getting better.
Planning for the Long Path....
Futures Thinking
Education, Global Economy, Technology, Culture...
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Ron - Strategic planning has a different focus than other organizational goals in that we want our strategic plan to support long-term success, to prepare us for a dynamic future, and take us someplace new.
Our Plan Should Drive Innovation
we think strategically about improvement and innovation
Starting with people...
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Ron - It is our assertion that Innovation is a product of good systems and that these systems begin by engaging your people (staff, students, parents) in the process. We frequently say we are a people first organization. Brian is going to talk a bit more about this...
Engagement?
Strategic Planning is an opportunity to engage, students, community, and staff in making our schools better
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Brian - Our challenges are too complex and require such broad support that we have to engage our stakeholders at a high level. In doing so, we feel the process provides advantages with identifying more opportunities for improvement and engenders greater community support and understanding of the need or the “why” driving changes in the district.
Student voice...
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Brian - This includes a concerted effort to infuse student voice in a meaningful way. After all, this is their future, their education, so it is critical they have a say. We work with 2nd - 12th graders as an aspect of strategic planning. This note tells us what one of our 2nd graders thinks about how he learns best.
Students First... Major Themes: ● Choice (approach,
Brian - these are some major themes we heard from our students that support concepts of personalized learning. We will show you a portion of this video so you can get a sense of the focus group approach we use with our students.
Brian - In addition to students, we host two evening in which we engage parents and community members in a SWOT analysis of our district to gain additional perspectives on what our strengths and weaknesses are as a district, in addition to identifying potential future opportunities and threats external to the district that we may need to plan for. Next, Mike will focus on the innovation of personalization.
Innovation Looks More Like This
The Light Bulb Isn’t the Focus – The Process Is!
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Mike - more stakeholders engaged - more ideas….
Organizational Structure - 5 Key work A reas of S trategic P lan
● Teaching and Learning ● Technology ● Workforce Development ● Communication & Marketing ● Facilities and Operations ● (Possible New Area - Student Services)
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Mike - Knowing we need to be innovative in our work to provide an authentic and relevant education for students we lean on our systems. We are going to focus in on strategic initiatives under the Teaching and learning Department in the areas of Personalized Learning and making sure our students are Future ready
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Mike - So this kind of information helps inform “what” students will need in order to be future ready. So why personalization and how do we believe that will be a benefit to our students…(focus on the quote: “Employability depends less on what…”) - we believe personalization gets us to the “how”
Learnability is: “the desire and ability to quickly grow and adapt one's skill set to remain employable throughout their working life.” ~Manpower Group
Personalized Learning
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Mike - the Manpower Group, a multi-billion dollar organization specializing in a focus on workforce development and support, captures this idea in the concept of Learnability. We believe that Personalized Learning approaches are a high leverage strategy for developing greater learnability in our students but placing them at the center of the learning process.
2015: Standard-based Grading Fully Implemented, PHS Insight Program launched
2018: Profile of a PSD Graduate Developed, Personalized PD and PLP’s for staff
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Mike - This commitment to personalized learning and now, future ready, has been a focus to some extent for awhile - including formalized strategic action plans for the past 6 years. Danielle will now talk about our current action plans in these areas.
Teaching & Learn ing Goals
1. Personalized Learning- By June of 2018, all students will participate in a learning environment that personalizes student learning as defined by the PSD Personalized Learning Guiding Principles and measured by teacher observations and artifacts.
1. Future Ready- By June of 2022, 100% of graduates will have
engaged in at least one place-based experience, receive formal mentoring, and have earned either post-secondary credit(s) or industry certification(s).
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Danielle -
90-Day Action Plans use a Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) approach to managing strategic initiatives
Goals and action plans are constructed using concepts of ADLI: Approach – method used to carry out a process Deployment – extent to which your organization applies an approach (depth & breadth) Learning – organizational learning through cycles of improvement Integration - harmonization of plans, processes, information, resource decisions, workforce capacity, actions and results to support key organization wide goals.
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Danielle - Our approach to developing Learnability is through personalization of learning
Guiding Principles provide a framework for action
1. Standards -bas ed
2. Student Agency
3. Authentic/Relevant
4. Digitally Rich/Tech Infus ed
5. Higher-order thinking
6. Flexible Structures & Spaces
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Danielle - We define Personalized Learning as experiences that emphasize these characteristics
PERSONALIZED LEARNING GUIDELINES
STANDARDS-BASED
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Danielle - Standards surrounds all other guidelines because it is the foundation of all of our work. It guides learning and instruction and frames the curriculum. All of the other guidelines work to have students reach proficiency on the standards.
DRTI- Regular opportunities to use technology to develop skills that encourage personal productivity and reflection, creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration in daily learning experiences. Constantly finding ways to teach through technology, not with technology- not about the stuff- we have digital immigrants teaching digital natives- we must continue to teach our staff so they are able to enhance the student experience in authentic ways Pictures: Students working to create an independent creative piece of writing- top pictures; collaborating with peers & industry professionals to solve a problem for an organization- bottom picture FSS- Allows students to learn in space that are designed to promote the skills we want students to possess: creativity, innovation, collaboration, etc.- as we move forward with facility plan, this guideline should be an important consideration Pictures: Model Innovation Classroom (top); Learning Lab-PHS (bottom)- meeting needs of a diverse learning population- remind them of Board learning session last spring when these spaces were visited
HOT- We want students engaging at the highest levels of cognitive thought as much as possible. Need to design lessons that encourage productive struggle with content. Problem solving, analysis, evaluation, creation all are examples of higher order thinking Pictures: Students brainstorming solutions (top); students collaborating & analyzing (bottom) Authentic & Relevant- Along with student agency, this is the guideline that staff have identified as the largest area for growth for the district and one that can have the most dramatic impact- engaging students not just in activities that they can relate to a situation in the “real world”, but actually immersing them in an experience like patient care (top picture) or teaching (bottom picture)- authentic & relevant experiences are powerful- change students view of themselves or what they want to do in the future
PERSONALIZED LEARNING GUIDELINES STUDENT AGENCY
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Student agency- Students carry the cognitive load by having the opportunity to exercise greater ownership over their own learning. Learning is anchored in essential curricular standards and the level of independence is personalized based on a student’s interest, motivation, and readiness. Student agency is developed through a gradual release model of responsibility shifting from student dependence on the teacher to independence guiding individual learning. Pictures: Student agency may begin with making decisions about classroom procedures or curriculum (top); shift to students determining how to run a golf outing and deploying the event (bottom)
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Danielle - Turn and talk - take a moment and discuss how these learning environments are different from a traditional classroom environment. How does this or does not reflect efforts in your district? and/or what you efforts exist in your district to prepare students for a dynamic future.
As we move ahead with innovation it is critical we have the end in mind
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Danielle -
CREATE Develop and implement solutions to unique challenges ● Innovation ● Problem Solving ● Adaptability
CONNECT Respectfully working with others in meaningful and productive ways ● Collaboration ● Communication ● Cultural Responsiveness
CONTRIBUTE Actively participate in the enhancement of society ● Citizenship ● Service ● Global Awareness
COMPETE Strive to maximize performance by applying acquired information and skills ● Knowledge ● Critical Thinking ● Literacy (digital, financial, etc)
CARE Ability to manage one’s health and support the well-being of others ● Wellness ● Empathy ● Self-Awareness ● Reflection
COMMIT Internal drive and desire required to overcome obstacles and maximize talents ● Personal Responsibility ● Resilience ● Initiative ● Perseverance
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Danielle The profile provides another framework that empowers our staff to construct learning around a common set of priorities from 4K-12
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Mike - What gets measured gets done and one of the challenges is determining how we monitor if we are making progress in these areas we are saying are important. This is an example of data we collect using BrightBytes which helps us analyze how well we are using technology to support meaningful learning
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Mike -... Mention addition of OECD / PISA for schools in 2018-19
How Do Move our Organization to W here it Needs to B e?
● Systems, supports, and processes need to be put in place to set staff up for success as they shift practices
● Resources must be prioritized / allocated in support of the shift in practices
● Ongoing engagement and communication with parents and the community regarding the why for the changes
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Mike - So it is great to have a clear idea of what we want for our students, but frankly, that is the easy work. The harder work is making it happen in the classroom and that relys on the ability of our teachers to adapt their approach to instruction to support student centered practices. It is our job as leaders to set our staff up for success by providing them the resources, professional development, they need to make the necessary changes. It is also critical, that we make it safe for our teachers to take risks, to innovate, to fail forward as they learn and grow. This includes the need of the administration and school board to continuously engage with and communicate to parents and our community the purpose for the changes that are happening in our schools.
Importance of Integration- P ractice W hat W e P reach
PDSA
Pewaukee School District Personal Learning Plan &
Evaluation 2017-18
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Danielle - Key emphasis here is creating the conditions for which our staff can move successfully into these kinds of practices. Next, Ron will talk about some ways in which the Board stays informed and engaged in the process of change and innovation.
Ron - Bringing it back to role of the Board in this process. The Board needs to be informed and aware of the work that is happening not only as an accountability measure but so that Board members can contribute through the development and approval of supportive policies and as informed voices in the community. Our Board is engaged with strategic initiatives in a variety of ways - including - the Strategic Planning process, through annual CIR’s, through school spotlights on learning that are a component of all Board meetings, and through specialized Board Learning sessions that are tied to our Board goals which typically link back to our strategic plan.
Objectives
Participants will…
● Gain an understanding of how the PSD Strategic Planning Process drives district wide innovation related to personalized learning
● Identify how the district mission directly connects to the ideas of personalization and innovation ● Identify the guiding principles of the PSD Personalized Learning initiative and understand how those
principles guide innovation ● Understand the philosophy and structure of personalized approaches to professional development ● Understand the role Board members and administration play in an ongoing system of innovation and
