Outline

1. Intro quotes & Ideal school activity2. Data Review & Equity Audit 3. Pedagogy & Practice4. Culturally Responsive Schools 5. Going small to make a big impact

Creating the Schools Our Children Deserve

Leadership Development

School Improvement

Student Achievement

Section 1

Vision of Ideal

Schools

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Nelson Mandela

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

George Washington Carver

An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.

Thomas Jefferson

Describe Your Ideal School or District

Put one word that describes conditions in your ideal school/district on each note card.

Continue until you have listed everything that is needed to make an ideal school/district.

Build the school

At your tables:• Discuss the attributes of your ideal

school/district.• Using the cards and tape, make connections

and build a school. • How do the attributes relate to one another? • Each school can have a unique design.

Build a district

Turn to a group near you.• How are your schools similar?• How are they different?• How might you connect them to be

a district?• Are there things that might need to

be added or adjusted to build a coherent district?

Bringing it to life

If this school/district came to life, what would student achievement data tell us?

• What trends and patterns would you predict?

• How does that connect to the attributes that built your school and district?