Change Leadership Applied to Common Core - Changing from the "What" to the "How" of Instruction.

1. The CLA Journey: How do I get Involved: The CLA Pilot Test is available on the KISD Moodle. Simply Email Mark Raffler at
•Initial Planning Meetings December MarkRaffler@kentisd.org for access.
16th & 20th
•Formation of Partnership with
Cambridge Leadership Associates
January 17th & 23rd
•KISA/KISD Change Leadership The Adaptive Challenge:
Experience – Cambridge Leadership How do we change the
educational paradigm from
Associates Feb. 7th -9th the current educational focus
•CLA Pilot Team Meeting February 21st on the “what” to the “how”;
•CLA Pilot Team Meetings (Building the from content knowledge to
Common Core Assessment) Feb. 27th content application; moving
and 28th common core theory into http://bit.ly/MsaEsy
practice.
•CLA Tech Team Subgroup Meeting
March 6th
•CLA Executive Team Conference Call
March 21st
•CLA Pre-Meeting March 23rd
•CLA Office Hours Meeting April 13th
•Godwin CLA Pilot with All Staff 25th The Process: Through the
•CLA Leadership Team Follow-Up use of a pilot test,
implemented in a variety
Meeting May 4th of ways, the level of
•CLA 48 Hour Report May 8th urgency is elevated to
•KISD Tech Team Collaboration with change practice. What Have We Learned? From the data
collected to date as a result of the pilots
Godwin Tech May 9th
conducted, we have learned that the CLA
•CLA Executive Team Conference Call Pilot Assessment is a powerful experience
May 11th for teachers, students and administrators.
•KISD Tech Team Training in Lowell May The experience puts into perspective the
11th challenge of moving from teaching and
learning that is focused on content
•Lowell Alto Elementary Pilot 4th Grade knowledge to content application. The
Assessment May 16th & 17th delivery of instruction and how students
•Kent Innovation High Pilot May 22nd
•Pre-Meeting with Kentwood for CLA
Lowell Testimonial demonstrate success is much different. The
power of the experience has driven many
Pilot May 25th staff members, even those who have had
what they believed to be appropriate levels
•Kentwood Targeted Staff Complete of training in preparation for the 2014 roll
Pilot May 29th out of Common Core, have experienced an
•CLA Office Hours May 30th epiphany of pedagogical change in practice.
•CLA 48 Hour Report June 8th http://bit.ly/MFIoQx
The Next Steps:
•CLA Executive Team Conference Call
August 2nd
•CLA Office Hours August 9th
•Kellogsville Pilot Scheduled for August
28th & 29th