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Redefining Student Success

Building a New Vision to Transform Leading, Teaching, and Learning
First Edition
By: Ken Kay, Suzie Boss

Foreword by Tony Wagner

Redefining Student Success invites you to lead this transformation with audacity. It engages leaders with the concepts and actions needed to reimagine schools, address inequities, and help today’s students develop the skills they need for personal, economic, and civic success.

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Product Details
  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9781071831342
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2021
  • Page Count: 248
  • Publication date: August 02, 2021
Price: $39.95
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Description

Description

Be the leader of a fresh, bold, enduring vision of education for your district or school. 

The future of learning has arrived, and it requires bold educational leadership and a dramatic redefinition of what it means to be a successful student today. 

Redefining Student Success invites you to lead this transformation with audacity. It engages leaders with the concepts and actions needed to reimagine schools, address inequities, and help today’s students develop the skills they need for personal, economic, and civic success. This vital guide supports transformative leadership with 

  • Concrete guidance on how to create a Portrait of a Graduate and Portrait of an Educator which will help ensure teachers have a unified vision for professional growth and student success.
  • Reflection prompts that help you recognize your strengths, spark discussion among stakeholders, and identify next steps for inspired action.
  • Compelling examples of students already engaged in creative, self-directed problem-solving around issues that matter to them and their communities, together with stories that illustrate how districts and schools have arrived at their own vision of what education must become. 
  • Companion guides to 21st century learning for parents and students available online. 

The time is now to reset educational outcomes, sync schools with the demands of 21st century society, and meet the needs of every learner, in every community. 

 
Author(s)

Author(s)

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Ken Kay

Ken Kay is one of the founders of the 21st century education movement. He served as Chief Executive Office of EdLeader21, a professional learning community for education leaders committed to 21stcentury education. Prior to EdLeader21, he was the founding President of the Partnership for 21stCentury Skills. He also served as Executive Director for the CEO Forum on Education and Technology. Along with Valerie Greenhill, Ken wrote A Leader’s Guide to 21st Century Education: 7 Steps for Schools and Districts. For nearly a decade, Ken was a member of the board of PBLWorks (formerly the Buck Institute for Education). He is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Denver College of Law. Active on social media (@kenkay21), he maintains a website at kenkay21.com where he explains his ongoing role as “education provocateur”.

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Suzie Boss

Suzie Boss is a writer and educational consultant who focuses on the power of teaching and learning to improve lives and transform communities. She is the author of 10 popular books for educators, most recently Project Based Teaching: How to Create Rigorous and Engaging Learning Experiences and Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age, 3rd Ed. She collaborated with award-winning teacher Stephen Ritz to tell his inspiring story about classroom innovation in The Power of a Plant. A regular contributor to Edutopia, PBLWorks National Faculty emeritus, and frequent conference presenter, she consults with schools and nonprofit organizations around the world interested in shifting to a more student-centered, innovative approach to teaching and learning. Active on social media (@suzieboss), she maintains a website at suzieboss.com.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword by Tony Wagner


Preface


Gratitudes


About the Authors


INTRODUCTION

Preparing for Challenges and Opportunities

How We Got Here

Redefining Student Success to Address Equity

The Time Is Now

PART I: EMBRACING YOUR VISION


CHAPTER 1: BE THE LEADER OF A BOLD VISION

To Construct a Bold Vision, Focus on the Readiness Gap

Adopting Your Portrait of a Graduate

Embrace a Broad and Bold Conversation

Focus on Equity

Resources for Your Equity Work

Final Reflections

Resources for Implementation

Action Steps

CHAPTER 2: BE THE LEADER OF A GREEN LIGHT CULTURE

Culture During Crisis

Know When to Reset Your Organization’s Culture

Final Reflections

Resources for Implementation

Action Steps

PART II: VISITING YOUR VISION


CHAPTER 3: BE THE LEADER OF CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVERS

Recognize Opportunities for Creative Problem Solving

Sustainability in Action

Innovation, Invention, and Entrepreneurship in Action

The Creativity, Innovation, Invention, and Entrepreneurship Challenge

Creative Problem Solving and Your POG

Final Reflections

Action Steps

CHAPTER 4: BE THE LEADER OF ENGAGED CITIZENS

Ending the Civics Slide

Get Your Community on Board

Commit to Tackling Society’s Biggest Challenges

Set a Bold Civics Challenge

Final Reflections

Resources for Implementation

Action Steps

CHAPTER 5: BE THE LEADER OF SELF-DIRECTED YOUNG PEOPLE

Take It Seriously

Take It Deep

Take It Wide

Students as Change Agents

Final Reflections

Resources for Implementation

Action Steps

PART III: BUILDING YOUR VISION


CHAPTER 6: BE THE LEADER OF BOLD LEARNING

Design Backward From Your POG

Set an Instructional Challenge

Focus on Assessment

Competency-Based Learning

Final Reflections

Resources for Implementation

Action Steps

CHAPTER 7: BE THE LEADER OF STRONG PARTNERSHIPS

Partner With Families

Enlist Business and Community Allies

Leverage Networks

Final Reflections

Resources for Implementation

Action Steps

CHAPTER 8: YOUR NEXT STEPS AS A BOLD LEADER

Focus on Your Students

Focus on Your Community

Focus on Your Green Light Culture

Your Six Next Steps as a Bold Leader

Momentum Is Growing

Final Reflections

Appendix A: Discussion Guide


Appendix B: Help Students Develop Their Competencies


Appendix C: Engage Parents as Partners


Appendix D: List of Interviewees


References


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