thinking differently : best practices to next practices raymond j. mcnulty, president @ray_mcnulty
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Thinking Differently : Best Practices
to Next PracticesRaymond J. McNulty, President
@ray_mcnulty
Schools are Improving
School
Improvement
Schools are Improving
School
Improvement
Changing
World
The primary aim of education is not to enable students to do well in school, but to help them do well in the lives they lead outside of school.
Making a better “20th Century School”
is not the answer.
We are getting better at things that do not matter
as much anymore.
Unless we unlearn some of our
traditional practices, we will never get
beyond an improvement
mindset.
Systems are challenged today like never before.
The key challenge that we face
is results.
In an environment driven by results, the best
strategy is to “DEVELOP YOUR PEOPLE.”
Broaden the definition of learning in your system to include adults.
I believe the future is not about the latest gadgets,
it is about something more than gadgets, it’s
about …LEARNING
Adult Learning Year!
2011
The focus must be on the way we work.
– Cooperation is what was valued in the past. It is about efficiency: “You do this and I will do that.”
– Collaboration is where we should focus. It is about shared creation, in which the focus is not on the process but on the specific results.
WE need to become the AGENTS of change.
The Boston Globe
Ray, reading the paper on your
“Kindle” or online just isn’t the same!
Almost everyone wants schools to be better,
but almost no one wants them to be different.
Teacher – Student Comparisons
T – I make learning exciting for my students.
86%
S – My teachers make learning fun.
41%
First Different - Then Better
Themes• Changing Roles• Best and Next Practices• Why It Is So Hard To Change• The Three R’s• Closing Point
Theme• Our roles as educators is
challenged by easy access to an abundance of resources
• Sense Making• Coaching• Credentialing
ThemePeople expect to be able to learn,
study and work whenever and wherever they want.
Importance of “Relationships” in learning and deeply understanding the students who struggle in our systems.
Third Key TrendTheme
Intentionally Non-Compliant Student
The Fundamental Attribution Error
When looking at our own behavior, we tend to view the situation in the environment that surrounds our action.
When looking at the behavior of others, we make assumptions about their personal qualities.
The Effects of Praise
Fixed or Growth
Can’t hand confidence to learners on a silver platter.
•David Brooks, “Social Animal”
Theme
•Best and Next Practices
Best practices allow you to do what you are
currently doing a little better.
Best practices allow you to do what you are
currently doing a little better.
Next practices increase your organization’s capability
to do things it has never done before.
System Innovation
Sustaining Innovation
Next Practice
Disruptive Innovation
A Story….• Not a bad idea, but to
earn a grade more than a C+, the idea has to be viable! (Yale Professor)
• Fredrick Smith
• The idea FedEx
-Shurnyu Suzuki
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the
expert’s mind there are few.”
First practice must change, then results,
then policy.
Current System
Something Different
The Horse
The Automobile
Henry Ford quote…
“If I had asked the public what they wanted,
they would have said a faster horse.”
Proportions of students scoring in each decile of the MCAS 8th grade ELA distribution
Proportions of students scoring in each decile of the MCAS 8th grade Math distribution
MCAS math gains 8th to 10th grade, compared to others from the same 8th grade decile
(School Rank Percentile)
MCAS ELA gains 8th to 10th grade, compared to others from the same 8th grade decile
(School rank percentile/100)
Theme
Closing Point
BE EXTRAORDINARY
BEING EXTRAORDINARY
• Committed to the truth
• Be committed to delaying gratification
• Be someone who always has the chance of saying “yes”
• Live a life where you do not make others wrong
BEING EXTRAORDINARY
• Be committed to courage
• Be someone who produces results with absolutely no force
• Be a person who is peaceful in chaos
BE EXTRAORDINARY
Thinking Differently : Best Practices
to Next PracticesRaymond J. McNulty, President
@ray_mcnulty