Sep 10, 2018
Matt Coleman, DEd, has worked at every level of the secondary
education system. He has served as educational assistant, middle
school teacher, high school teacher, high school assistant
principal, middle school principal, high school principal, director
of secondary education, and assistant superintendent. In his
administrative roles, Matt supported significant change resulting
in improved outcomes for all kids—with a positive, differential
impact on students who have been historically underserved.
- Not for profit organization - research and consulting about
making school work for all kids.
- Think about what it means to be successful.
- All kids are served well.
- Organizational theory - inflexion framework.
- School identity should inform
- Schools don’t have a consensus of outcomes that defines
readiness.
- As Inflexion, we use the Four Keys (Think, Know, Act, and Go)
developed by our founder, Dr. David Conley, as a critical driver in
our work with schools. This framework represents a holistic vision
for schools and systems to align with as well as a shared mental
model for staff to anchor their understanding of readiness.
- Our instructional approaches don’t engender ownership.
- Some information is available only to the privileged few.
- AVID is one of the programs that helps give kids
privilege.
- Must think holistically
- Schools that are working for all kids have a consensus of
outcomes and clarity of identity.
- Life readiness maxims
- Map skills they have learned against “Think, Know, Act, Go“ (or
5 C’s, or 21st Century Skills)
- Identity is a concept of vision.
- Take a look at what you do, and making a system that serves ALL
students.
- What are you doing to what end? How do the activities you’re
doing link to “Think, Know, Act, Go”?
- Life Ready Maxims Nike has 11
maxims.
- Maxims - how to distill and communicate key ideas of your
vision.
- “We
are Valley”
- Structure should reflect identity.
- Being consistently inconsistent
- Question to ask in interviews. 2nd question: How would you
define fair and how would you apply it to kids.
- Hiring practices should reflect core maxims.
- Articulate that you understand that your perspectives are
different.
- How to be a transformative Principal? Schools cannot form
identity if the principal doesn’t have an understanding of their
own maxims.
- Identify 10-12 stakeholders and ask 3 questions: What do I (as
the principal) value, what do I believe, how do I see the world?
(And what about what I do reflects those things)
- If you don’t see consistency in maxims, you need to do your own
development work.
- How do I help my staff develop that same maxim? Be consistently
inconsistent around the function of the behavior.
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