Transforming the Ecosystem of Learning With Leadership Inquiry

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@JasonFlomDirector of Learning Platforms

Whole Child Ecosystem:

Questions that Innovate

Global Education Conference 2012TICAL Spring 2013

Your best learning curve ever?

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Elements

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Essential building blocks?

EngagementOwnershipChallenge

MeaningfulVested Desire

Shared Commitment

InterestNeed

EmotionNovelty

ConfidencePassion

Ah-ha moment

Including, but not limited to . . .

What doesTransformational

Learning look like?

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(Psst: The ASCD Whole Child Initiative)Healthy – Safe

Engaged – Challenged – SupportedImage: UCLA Faculty Association

Healthy(No need for PE, we’ve got tots!)

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Safe (or at least contained)Image: David L. Forney

Engaged!(If it moves, we test it)

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Challenged (Stressed to Success)

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Supported(Deficit Model: We focus on your problems!)

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“Those numbers just don’t add up.”Image: Bill Watterson

Healthyphysical, mental, emotional, and social dimensions

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Safe

just equitable

sound respectful

Source: Orange County Schools

Engaged

activities, experiences, opportunities, responsibilities, involvement

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Supported

personal

individualized

developmental

communicative

encouraging

inclusiveSource: Epic Self

Challengedcomprehensi

ve

strategic

relevant

evidence-based

with

high-expectations

Complex System Dynamics

Variability Context Emotion Feedback loops

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Image: RespectfullyDisagree

What’s your

dilemma?

Ask questions we will.

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Whaddaya think?

Good people, dichotomized

Unions = Bad!

Unions = Good!

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“A paradigm shift occurs when a question is asked inside the current paradigm that can only be answered from outside of it.”

Marilee GoldbergImage: Empower Magazine

What is the achievement gap?Image: Corbis Images

How do we close the achievement gap? Image: Corbis Images

Why does the achievement gap persist? Image: Corbis Images

What does learning look like when it is meaningful to students? Image: Corbis Images

A powerful question . . . )

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• stimulates reflective thinking.• challenges assumptions.• is thought-provoking.• generates energy and a vector to explore.• channels inquiry, promises insight.• is broad and enduring.• touches a deeper meaning.• evokes more questions.

Eric Vogt, 1994

Less Powerful

More Powerful

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1. Architecture

Why

How What

Where Which When Who

Closed yes/no questions

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Are you feeling okay? Where does it hurt? How are you feeling in general? Why do you suppose you aren’t feeling well?

What can we do? Vs.

What could we do?

Image: New Black MagazineQuestions: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs

Why is my coat unbuttoned? Vs.

Where can we find spiritual peace?

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2. Scope

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How can we best help little Johnny?

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How can we best help struggling boys in our school?

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How can we best help students in our district who struggle?

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How can we best help all students who struggle in school?

3. Assumptions

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How can we increase the number of PD days teachers get?

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How can we increase the value of the PD teachers receive?

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What kind of PD empowers the teacher student relationship?

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How can we get schools and districts to race to the top?

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Your Question

Revised

The Game PlanAssess

DiscoverCreate Evolve

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Assess Your Current Situation

(Question Gathering)

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Discover the “Big Questions”

(Pattern Finding)

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Create Images of Possibility

(What would it look like if our big questions were

answered?)

Image: Asia SocietyContent: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs

Evolve Workable Strategies

(Innovating key initiatives)

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Leadership Moves

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Engaging Strategic Questions

Strategic Questions

CollaborativelyConstructing

Collective Knowledge

Convene & Host Learning Conversations

Authentic Conversations

About Learning

Facilitative Leadership

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Include Diverse Perspectives

Connect

People

andIdeas

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Support Appreciative Inquiry

What’s working?What’s possible?

Vs.

What’s wrong? Who’s to blame?

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Fostering Shared Meaning

System-wide Reflection

Share Insights

Imagesand

Metaphors

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Nurture Communities of Practice

Fostering

Learning Networks

On the Front Lines

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Powerful Questions+

Whole Child Focus+

Community Involvement=

Learning that TransformsOld Paradigm

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Thank you Contact

Resources

Jason Flom JasonQED@gmail.com@JasonFlomQEDfoundation.orgAllKindsOfMinds.org

ASCD Whole ChildArt Of Powerful Questions

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