LEADERSHIP ESSENTIALS
Ohio • February 2009
Lucy Gray
University of Chicago Urban Education Institute
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LUCY GRAY
APPLE DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR
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TEACHER LEADERS
When I Become a Teacher
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21ST CENTURY CONTEXT
Learn to Change, Change to Learn
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HENRY AND JULIA
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THE IPOD INTERVIEW
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LEADERSHIP IS CRITICAL
Lead, follow or get out of the way.
-Thomas Paine
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LEADERSHIP ESSENTIALS
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THE OVERVIEW
The Basics Next Steps Deep Cuts
Know Your Do Your Manage
Curriculum Homework Expectations
Craft an Assess, Assess,
Establish Goals
Elevator Pitch Assess
Allocate Plan for the
Define Policy
Resources Future
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KNOW YOUR CURRICULUM
• What are the pedagogical
and curriculum foundations
of your school or district?
• How are you going to
ensure that your teachers
thoughtfully implement
technology?
• It’s not about the tools; it’s
about engaged teaching and
learning!
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DEFINE GOALS
• Where do you want to go?
• Enhance student
engagement?
• Accelerate teaching and
learning?
• Ease the digital divide?
• Prepare students for
tomorrow’s workforce?
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ALLOCATE RESOURCES
• Time and funding are key.
• You can’t have enough
professional development.
• Release a teacher to go into
classrooms to support engaged
use.
• Provide adequate technical
support.
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DO YOUR HOMEWORK
Read Research Discuss Network
A Whole New Conduct surveys of
CARET Blogs
Mind all stakeholders
The Global Maine’s 1 to 1
Hold focus groups Online communities
Achievement Gap Initiative
Disrupting Class:
Use facilitation to
How Disruptive
Apple Learning
arrive at a Twitter
Innovation Will
Interchange
consensus
Change How the
World Learns
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CRAFT AN ELEVATOR PITCH
“A slang term referring to the 20-60 seconds
an entrepreneur has to interest a venture
capitalist (VC) in his or her business idea.”
• Develop a comprehensive plan for including all
stakeholders
• Create a short version of a more detailed tech plan.
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DEFINE POLICY
• Be proactive, not reactive.
• Develop policies for as many
foreseeable circumstances
and identify those who will
enforce the policies
parent and student training
•
dealing with theft or damage
•
families in need
•
loaner pool
•
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MANAGE EXPECTATIONS
• What do you expect to see
over the course of several
years?
• Expectations must match
your goals.
• Look for consistent,
embedded, everyday sorts
of technology use.
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PLAN FOR THE FUTURE
• What does a successful
program look like?
• How will you assess?
Qualitatively?
•
Quantitatively?
•
• How are you going to
sustain this program?
• How will you communicate
your successes?
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LET’S GET CRAZY
Here’s to the Crazy Ones
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RESOURCES
Charter School Leadership Summit
•
Resources
NKO Inauguration Project
•
Think.com
•
Maine Center for Meaningful Engaged
•
Learning
Edutopia
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Classroom 2.0
•
Global Education Collaborative
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USF Technology Integration Matrix
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TED
•
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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