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ICLE Leadership Academy

• Dr. Cohen, Dr. Kosteck, Mrs. DeLuga,
• Mr. Doherty, Mrs. Moore, Mr. Mixon

Learning Targets

• I can state the 4 themes of the ICLE

Leadership Academy

• I understand how the Draft Compact created

with the York High School Administrative Team relates to the District 205 Operational Plan

Leading with a Transformational Mindset

• Our changing demographics create a need for

a different type of educational experience

• Schools are improving and innovating, but

technology is evolving at a faster rate

Leading with a Transformational Mindset

• Complex problem solving
• Critical thinking
• Creativity
• People management
• Coordinating with others
• Emotional intelligence
• Active listening
• Service orientation
• Negotiation
• Cognitive Flexibility

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Future_of_Jobs.pdf

Leading with a Transformational Mindset

Leading with a Transformational Mindset

The largest companies by Dow Jones Industrial Average in…

2007

Exxon Mobil General Electric Microsoft Citigroup Bank of America

2017

Apple Google Microsoft Amazon Facebook

Career ready is a lifetime journey, not a destination.

Equity and our changing students

• Dr. Tyrone Howard - Why Equity Matters
• Disproportionality with regards to Minorities:

test scores, discipline, graduate rates

• More students are experiencing trauma
• A paradigm shift in thought process

surrounding "Grit": student grit vs. teacher grit

Equity & Student Trauma

Trauma is the emotional, psychological, and physiological residue left over from heightened stress that accompanies experience of threat, violence, & life- changing events.

Equity & Student Trauma

Trauma typically has a significant and long- lasting effect on cognitive development, socio-emotional development, & overall learning.

Equity and the Concept of Grit

“Why do we ask kids to show grit in their behavior, but we don’t show grit when it comes to changing their circumstances?”

• Dr. Tyrone Howard

Concepts of Equity-Focused Leadership

• Student well-being & learning
• Effects of poverty
• Curriculum & pedagogical leadership
• Community engagement
• Relationships
• Accountability
• Ethnic, racial, cultural, & linguistic diversity
• Values, vision, & strategy
• Data-driven decisions

Leveraging Technology

Eric Sheninger – Schools that Work for Kids “Skills focus on the what. Competencies

• utline the how.”

@E_Sheninger

Instructional Improvement

Weston Kieschnick Bold School: Going Blended & Getting Results

Integration with the Operational Plan

Culture

• Formalize communication protocols between and among

the Learning and Teaching Department, Department Chairs, & Team Leaders

• Reconfigure grade level leadership team meetings to

ensure appropriate dialogue related to vertical articulation to capitalize on unit district and single high school designation in DuPage County

• Superintendent will maintain regular communication with

York principal

• Continue development of career pathways and

interdisciplinary forums

• Leaders will model norm of “assume positive intent”

Instructional Practices

• Utilize District professional learning opportunities in a

manner that reinforces the District Operational Plan Support development of curriculum utilizing open resources

• Provide professional learning to deepen understanding
• f rigor as operationalized by the Rigor and Relevance

Framework

• Delve more deeply into the concept of innovation with an

emphasis on creativity

Student Experiences

• Reduce tracking and leveling
• Increase access to grade level curriculum through

inclusive practices

• Provide professional learning to support differentiated

instruction and formative assessment

• Analyze and adjust (as needed) interventions for

students who do not master standards

• Implement an integrated service delivery model support

students in the general education setting

Questions?