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Breaking Ranks: The Comprehensive

Framework for School Improvement

NASSP: Patti Kinney, Middle Level Services

[email protected] Nori, Program Development

[email protected]

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Breaking Ranks: A Dynamic Framework

1996 2004 2006 2009 2010 2011

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The Breaking Ranks Framework

Why does your school need to improve?

What needs to improve?

How do we improve our school?

Who? Do YOU and YOUR TEAM have what it takes to create a culture for change?

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The WHY of School

Improvement

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What is school culture?

“The way we do things around here.”

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Changing culture is the only road to significant

and lasting school improvement.

“Culture eats strategies for breakfast.”Peter Drucker

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Power of School Culture

A sense of community increases student performance and engagement.

A positive culture increases the staff’s sense of efficacy and engagement in teaching & learning.

~Bill Simmer, Independent School Management

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The Layers of CultureObservable

Staff handbook, logo, types of meetings, grouping of students, daily schedule, celebrations, signs, announcements, public roles.

Values & BeliefsVision, what we believe about teaching, learning, schooling, education, children and parenting expressed in what we say and do.

Collective AssumptionsTaken for granted understandings about what’s worth doing; the hidden psychological level. *Greatest leverage for change is here

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Re-culturingA change in beliefs and a willingness to rethink old beliefs and assumptions that underlie stuck behaviors.

A shift in point of orientation from outward to inward.

The creation of new mental models that serve us better.

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Structural Change

≠ Cultural Change

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Structural Changes

RTI Advisories Detracking Flexible Grouping Inclusion Classes Flexible Schedules Interdisciplinary Teams Ninth-Grade Academies Common Planning Time Small Learning Communities Elementary Departmentalization Professional Learning Communities

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Common Set of Beliefs New Ways of Interacting Heightened Expectations Honest Examination of “reality” Shared Mission, Vision, Values,

and Goals

Cultural Changes

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Culture

MindsetBy Carol Dweck

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The WHAT of School

Improvement

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The “WHAT” of the Breaking Ranks® Framework

Collaborative Leadership

Personalizing your School Environment

Improved Student

Performance

Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment

Culture

Leadership

Professional Development

Organization

Equity Relationships

Assessment

Instruction

Curriculum

9 recommendations

8 recommendations

12 recommendations

Cornerstones Core Areas Recommendations

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An integrated approach…

Collaborative Leadership

Personalizing your School Environment

Improved Student

Performance

Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment

Culture

Leadership

Professional Development

Organization

Equity Relationships

Assessment

Instruction

Curriculum

9 recommendations

8 recommendations

12 recommendations

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The How of School

Improvement

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Change

“The only person who likes change is a baby with a wet diaper.”

- Mark Twain

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TRADITION

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There is Light at the End of the Tunnel

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A Process Circle for Guiding Change

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The Who of School

Improvement

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What skills do school leaders

need?

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Identified Weaknesses

1. Setting Instructional Direction

2. Developing Others

3. Written Communications

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The Breaking Ranks Framework

Why does your school need to improve?

What needs to improve?

How do we improve our school?

Who? Do YOU and YOUR TEAM have what it takes to create a culture for change?

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