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Innovation That Sticks - Real Examples from Real Schools
The document discusses the importance of fostering a culture of innovation in schools, highlighting real examples from the West Vancouver School District. Key themes include promoting self-regulation among younger students, enhancing digital access, and engaging parents as active participants. It emphasizes the need for coherent structures and resources to support innovative practices and encourages a focus on building networks rather than simply replicating successful models.
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- 1. INNOVATIONTHAT STICKS Real ExamplesFrom Real Schools May 2, 2014 CHRIS KENNEDY Superintendent of Schools,West Vancouver School District 2014 Networks of Inquiry and Innovation Symposium #NOII2014 Stories of Change: Pictures of Possibility
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- 3. “Culture Eats Strategy forBreakfast”
- 4. A Culture of Innovation ACulture of Yes More than just trying stuff – disciplined inquiry Feeling permission takes time
- 5. Focus on aFew Things
- 6. Inquiry • No one“model” • It is more than just asking questions Self-Regulation • Start to focus at the younger grades • Looking across domains Digital Access • Start with teachers • Modernize classrooms • Embrace BYOD in the context of equity
- 7. Common secondary timetable • OneDistrict Campus • Joint Ownership of students and learning School Wide Signatures • Every school needs an elevator pitch • They don’t need to be the same but need to be part of a coherent network STRUCTURES
- 8. ALIGNING RESOURCES Learning Teams Dedicated $100,000 for teams to use – micro-budgeting Meet inside and outside the school day Work with a mentor Ends with a celebration ALIGNING RESOURCES
- 9. “So if youever wondered if the innovation grants were making a difference – just take a look at what’s going on here! There is a massive shift in teaching and learning” Elementary School Principal
- 10. DISCUSSION What are thestructures in your school and district that are promoting a culture of innovation?
- 11. NEW ROLE FORPARENTS
- 12. Parents are partof the process not just observers of the polished product
- 13. INNOVATION IN ACTION Lettergrade free assessment Maker movement iPads in elementary music class Reggio Emilia inspired programs Bienalle arts projects across schools Passion projects Heart rate monitors in PE
- 14. What is something thatis “sticking” in your school and / or district that didn’t exist 3 years ago? DISCUSSION
- 15. What Does SupportLook Like?CELEBRATE RISK TAKING
- 16. SHINE A LIGHTON INNOVATION
- 17. MATTERS WHERE LEADERS SPENDTHEIR TIME MATTERS
- 18. Teachers Schools Districts Governments • Will makeit easier for students... • Will make it easier for teachers... • Will make it easier for schools... • Will make it easier for districts... To be FLEXIBLE
- 19. Yeah, but .. . ?How do you scale the work
- 20. YOU DON’T YOU CONNECTAND BUILD NETWORKS Think diffusion not replication
- 21. Where you canfind me: ckennedy@sd45.bc.ca 604-202-4379 @chrkennedy Chris Kennedy cultureofyes.ca www.sd45.bc.ca