Leading for Change:

One School’s Story

Fall CUE 2018

Anne Schaefer-Salinas

@APAnnie7 hrstryanne@gmail.com

About Us

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• Small (470 Ss, 70 F/S), all-girls Independent Catholic High School
• Located on SF Peninsula in heart of Silicon Valley
• Educating students since 1851
• Faculty ranging from 1st year Ts to 40 year veterans

Our Journey

My First Mistake:

How PD Has Changes

From: Sit and Git

To: Teacher Voice and Choice

• Ed Camps
• Tech Tools
• Design Thinking with Corinne Takara (@CorinneTakara)
• PBL with Riley Johnson (@rmjohnson45)
• Practical work time (class pages, website redesign, etc.)
• Flex Furniture
• ePortfolios

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Learn From Us

Always have an exit ticket (accountability and planning for next time)

Make the time useful for all (voice and choice)

Model what you want them to do in the classroom

Don’t do it alone!

Start with the low-hanging fruit!

Biggest Change for us: Cross-Curricular Collaboration!

PLC’s

Not traditional, but it works for us

Outgrowth of PD shift

Amazing projects

Growing into a cultural expectation

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Learn from Us

• It’s a marathon, not a sprint
• Do what works for YOUR community
• Work with a partner in crime or small team
• Expect to make mistakes
• Share your learning
• Change is messy, uncomfortable

Your Turn

One Goal or area of growth?

Who can you collaborate with on campus?

What is your low-hanging fruit?

Set a reasonable time-frame

Exchange contact info with at least one other person!

You can use this colorful document if you like

Thank You!

Thank you for your participation. Please take a moment to complete the evaluation in your Sched so that I can improve.

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Enjoy the rest of #FallCUE