Final version, presented at the COSA Proficiency Conference, April 30, 2012 by members of Arlington Community Charter School and North Central ESD.

1. Reviving an Ancient
Change Model: Modern
Applications to Age-Old
Practices
Steve Boynton, Superintendent, Arlington Community Charter School
Travis Reeser, Principal, Arlington Community Charter School
Lorena Woods, Teacher, Arlington Community Charter School
Rinda Montgomery Conwell, Assistant Superintendent, North Central ESD

2. This presentation can be found online at:
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3. Traditional Teaching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWYcOR18-x0

4. School Systems
• What is the role of a school?
• How would you prioritize the steps in the
change process?
• How would you restructure your system to
meet expectations for the 21st century?

5. School Systems, continued
• What is the role of the educational system in
the 21st century?
• What are the difference between what we
expect the system to accomplish and what we
actually do?
• How would you change the system to meet the
expected outcomes?

6. The Role of a Leader
• What are the primary responsibilities of an
education leader?
• Compare those responsibilities with how
you/your leader’s time is spent.
• What would be the result if your time
investment changed to reflect your primary
responsibilities?

7. The Role of a Leader, continued
• What is the problem/barrier in your school system/
structure which keeps you from making this
change of time investment?
• What would you suggest to change your school’s
system to refocus school leadership efforts?
• How would you generate a plan to implement
these needed systemic changes?

8. Culture and Discipline
• How would you outline effective
discipline?
• What is the desired outcome from an
effective discipline plan?
• How is learning connected to discipline?

9. Culture and Discipline, continued
• What motivates students to be “well disciplined”?
• Except for those incidences where students must be
removed (violence), how do you approach your
teachers to elicit their ideas on how issues could be
resolved differently in the following areas?
– Character Education/Positive Interventions
– De-escalation
– Relationship

10. The Role of a Teacher
• How would you recognize a teacher in a classroom?
• What words would you use to characterize a teacher?
• What modifications would you implement to make
teachers more effective?

11. The Role of a Teacher, continued
• How would you correlate engagement of students and
the effectiveness of teachers?
• What criteria would you use to evaluate the
effectiveness of teachers?
• Formulate an analogy of the relationship between
effective teachers and engaged students that best
represents this model.

12. Professional Development
• Who is the target of PD?
• Explain (to someone or the group) how to
target the teacher.
• How would you change current PD practice to
accommodate teacher need?

13. Professional Development, continued
• How would you explain to a colleague the
purpose of changing the PD
model?
• List three ways you can know that a PD was
effective.
• How will you redesign your PD evaluation
model based on this?

14. Naomi and Sadie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1PeL-sW4F0&list=UUNlFQP4EZ7BQwpjoJEahhPg&index=14&feature=plcp

15. Jonah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzgvHr63ihA&feature=BFa&list=UUNlFQP4EZ7BQwpjoJEahhPg

16. Sylas and Douglas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OVKJLjaA-o&feature=BFa&list=UUNlFQP4EZ7BQwpjoJEahhPg

17. Sara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYf8AWX6RPQ&feature=relmfu

18. The Lemon Battery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE_TNsVJyck

19. Questions