This document discusses ways to promote innovation in schools and students. It suggests that schools should share ideas openly, model inquiry, promote teacher research, and challenge assumptions. For students, it recommends teachers model uncertainty, discuss controversies, and ask open-ended questions. Schools should adopt a growth mindset, promote autonomy with clear goals, and use evaluation to encourage growth. Students should be given opportunities to choose areas to master. Schools should open networks and spotlight effective social media use, while teaching students networking skills. Schools should implement collaboration among teachers and students, using group projects and providing time for teamwork. Schools should focus on experimentation and learning from mistakes instead of perfection. They should generate their own performance data aligned with their mission and

1. Innovative Schools, Innovative Students: Implications and Applications Jonathan E. Martin

3. School-leaders can model inquiry and uncertainty.

4. Promote faculty action-research, testing theories of learning ourselves and not accepting anything on authority.

6. Teachers can frequently “teach the controversy” as Gerald Graff calls for in his writing.

7. Ask questions, in class and on tests, with no single right answer.

9. Promote autonomy only in a context where mastering and purpose are clear and emphasized.

10. Clarify the purpose of your school's education.

13. Inform educators of networking opportunities, and demonstrate and model uses of online networking.

15. Teach networking skills and safe networking practices.

17. Provide time for faculty collaboration– at St. Gregory, we use two hours weekly, late start days for students.

18. Promote a school culture of shared reflective practice and use vehicles for this.

19. Stipend teachers to collaborate in planning.

21. Teach group study skills.

22. Provide time (block schedules) for teaming.

23. Teach teaming in the class, and hold accountability.

24. Consider whether homework assignments allow for collaboration.

26. Promote messy classrooms where materials are out and available. (“Good ideas are more likely to emerge in environments contaminated with noise and error.” SBJ)

28. Open networks for test-taking.

29. Ensure class time is long enough for regular and frequent experimentation– block scheduling.

31. Don't hesitate to generate your own data sets.

33. Invest in campus broadband for more efficient network access to youtube.

34. Welcome youtube and digital video use in learning widely.

35. Model use of digital video for learning in faculty professional development.

36. Provide PD in digital video production for faculty.

37. Teach digital video school-wide, and encourage students to use digital video as part of class-work.

38. Accord digital video status as a communication skill equivalent to written and oral communications.