add to my Calendar (e.g. Outlook)Events: Leadership and IHE Collaboration (Online PLC Session)
Topic: Journal Article Discussion - Common Core Standards
Date: Monday, November 14 2011
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Eastern / 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central / 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Mountain / 0:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific
Facilitators
Facilitator:
Jennifer Coffey, Ph.D., OSEP Project Officer
Description/Other Details
For this session we’ll be discussing an article from Michael Fullan related to the Common Core Standards:
Fullan, M. (2011). Choosing the wrong drivers for whole system reform. Centre for Strategic Education Seminar Series Paper No. 204. Melbourne: Centre for Strategic Education. (see below for free online PDF link)
Please be prepared to discuss the following questions:
1. Any “aha’s” as a result of reading this seminar paper?
2. What do Fullan’s ideas mean for how the SPDGs might provide professional development related to the common core?
Materials/Resources
Free online PDF version: Fullan, M. (2011). Choosing the wrong drivers for whole system reform. Centre for Strategic Education Seminar Series Paper No. 204. Melbourne: Centre for Strategic Education.
http://www.pdfdownload.org/pdf2html/view_online.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelfullan.ca%2Fhome_articles%2FSeminarPaper204.pdf
How the worlds most improved school systems keep geeting better
http://mckinseyonsociety.com/how-the-worlds-most-improved-school-systems-keep-getting-better/
November 2010 | By Mona Mourshed, Chinezi Chijioke, and Michael Barber
How the world’s best-performing schools come out on top
http://mckinseyonsociety.com/how-the-worlds-best-performing-schools-come-out-on-top/
McKinsey on Society | September 2007
Changing what happens in the hearts and minds of millions of children—the main charge of any school system—is no simple task. That some do so successfully while others do not is indisputable. So why is it that some school systems consistently perform and improve faster than others?
To find out why some schools succeed where others do not, McKinsey studied 25 of the world’s school systems, including 10 of the top performers. The experience of these top school systems suggest that three things matter most:
Getting the right people to become teachers; Developing them into effective instructors; and Ensuring the system is available to deliver the best possible instruction for every child.