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What I Do Matters

LCSD Keynote: August 23, 2017

Pursuing Excellence for every student, every day

Who are we seeking to become?

We get what we invest in. The time we spend comes back, with interest. If you practice five minutes of new, difficult banjo music every day, you'll become a better banjo player. If you spend a little bit more time each day whining or feeling ashamed, that behavior will become part of you. The words you type, the people you hang with, the media you consume… The difference between who you are now and who you were five years ago is largely due to how you've spent your time along the way. The habits we groove become who we are, one minute at a time. A small thing, repeated, is not a small thing. [And the same thing is true for brands, organizations and movements.] ——Seth Godin

Who do we want to become?

90% Graduates 10% GED 0 Dropouts

ECLIPSE 2017… WELL, WE SURVIVED IT!

What I do matters…

WEATHER PREDICTION!

Top 10 Things I Learned…

• 10. Meteorologist are wrong more often than they are right.
• 9. A Groundhound from Philly is just as accurate.
• 8. Weather predicting is like gambling. You will be right sometimes, but

wrong more times.

• 7. There are a variety of “free tools” to predict the weather—they aren’t

right either.

• 6. Facebook is STILL the fastest way to get mis-information to people.
• 5. Everyone is an expert…AFTER the fact.
• 4. Stop lights don’t work on skating rinks.
• 3. Admitting your mistakes is popular (500 likes on Facebook).
• 2. Having a network is important.
• 1. The LCSD Transportation team (bus drivers & staff) are unsung heroes.

Keep your

hands to

yourself.

Be Q

good

friend.

Establishing and Teaching the Rules

Who are we at LCSD?

Baby Boomers Generation X

1964 to 1982 1946 to 1963

1983

Generation Y Generation Z

“Centennials” “Millenials” 2001 to 2020 1983 to 2000

What happened in1983?

Named the “most successful music video ever” by the Guinness Book of World Records

AVID

Frames of

A Nation At Risk

Mind

Support

Vs

Accountability

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The Clash of World Views: Growth vs. Fixed continues….

Support Accountability

Fairness, hope, justice, connection Public Utility Power, authority, compliance, respect Profit-Seeking Restorative Justice

Exploration, truth, working toward perfect, always a little wrong Confidence, results, right now, right later

Role awareness, dignity, giving space, flexibility

Self-respect, power, agency, taking space

Millenillials Baby Boomers Frames of Mind Nation At Risk Equity, fairness and the alleviation of suffering Rewards, incentives, victory, spoils

Win-Win Zero-Sum Forgiveness Vengeance Equity Excellence

Baby Boomers Generation X Millenillals Support Accountability

G E N E R A T I O N Z

&

Versus

SUPPORTABILITY

How can we achieve this challenging task? By working together to develop exceptional systems that support our students to be successful.

The 8 Strong Systems @ LCSD

S U P P O R T

RTI Academics R T I B e h a v i

• r

AVID PBIS A t t e n d a n c e Grad Rate Assessment

Opportunities for students

A C C O U N T A B I L I T Y

Beating the Odds at LHS

Schools with at least 100 graduates and a population of at least 10% underserved ethnicities that raised the bar and closed the gap

Zero The Pursuit of Racial Equity

Graduation Rate

20 30 40 50 60 70 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Hispanic

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All Students

LHS Graduation Rate (4 Year Cohort, Standard Diploma)

90 80 10

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• Lebanon Community Schools

Board Goals

Every Student Every Day Rigor

College & Career Culture

Strong School-wide Systems of Support

AVID • PBIS • RTI Grad Rates

Attendance

Pursuing Excellence for…

Strong School-wide Systems of Support

• AVID: College & Career Readiness for all
• RTI: Providing differentiated academic and behavior

support for all

• PBIS: Creating communities and cultures of positivity

for all

Rigor

College & Career

Culture

Staff uses inquiry-based, collaborative strategies to challenge and engage students in content resulting in increasingly complex levels of

• understanding. Expectations are high for all.

Students are prepared to be successful at the 4 year university level, 2 year college level, trade school, military, CTE pathways, or work force depending on their career interests and plans. Schools are inviting, encouraging, and positive places to be that listen to student interests, support student needs, engage parents/community involvement, and develop the whole child.

Some Lessons Learned from the District 360 spring Survey 2017

• Over 700 parents, community, members and staff

participated in the survey (37% of district employees).

• The district is making progress in 13 of the 14

areas surveyed.

• Visiting classrooms, providing feedback,

communication, and supporting staff is essential.

• Revisiting the 2020 Vision—our dream of college

and career readiness for all—should be a priority.

Superintendent Goals: 17-18

• 1. Communication: Staff, parent, and

community including collecting feedback on progress toward the 2020 Vision.

• 2. Visibility: Be in classrooms and schools

supporting learning, AVID implementation, and high quality work.

• 3. Innovation: How can we use our resources

creatively to improve outcomes and make school more engaging for struggling students?

Why is college/career readiness for all so important to me?

“Access to meaningful post-secondary

• pportunities changes student lives,

family trees, the quality of community living, and eventually the world. We are in the business of changing the world…

• ne student at a time.”