in 4 weeks Mon June 16 the second paper mail it!! SATURDAY Morning.. paradigm shifting Get Paradigms Joel Barker to set up rules of game set up clan rules of clan SEE NOTES HANDOUT stages of paradigm: New : tadpole rules compete, choas, revolutions mature is the paradigm shift, the window of opportunity then settling happens. FIND: brain development from rand corp. this may be on net degree is a huge levelor of people college degree black or white indistinguishable except at top of course make sure all kids get college degrees QUESTION: Is BMCC aggressive in getting kids to move on to 4 year? Instinct to push obvious process. mental model of change: status quo or not we are the go betweens establshment and poor the socializing institute of nation good guys are bad guys too. mythical idea of rich they are diverse too enemy is benefactor too this fails because we relieve ourselves with the enemy. macro movement and micro movement macro is the big picture micro is flash in pan who are the people messing with the rules? the ones who I want. rebel, tinkerer recreate it rubber band: set point moving point and elasticity 1 band breaks 2 moving point moves back 3 set point moves What problems does the curent paradigm persistently fail to solve? get out of the box, brainstorm, teachers become grade teachers. lose the grades. system set up to teach curriculum not the kids. constructivism adapt system set to level, moderate, equity, keep the leaders down, schools are teacher centric "skills incompetence" is a theory of a fellow from Harvard Chris Archer re-constitute school: tear it down, redo the school, rebuild it with the kids, SF area Rojas, each new school has a mentor to each school. Renaissance schools in NJ richard's rule: find best teacher in you school or other school hire that person. quality of student (ready to learn), quality of teacher, quality of reputation communicate this to everyone, public relations reptile brain:sex, survival we create an environment and then ask them to learn which is contrary to the situation What might be the trigger to shift my view? young teachers because they dont know the rules richard's rule 2: 80/20 80% will work 20% won't spending 80% of time managing 20% of problems. keep a work long on three qualities: student, teacher, reputation Who changes Paradigms? older persons shifting fields. The tinkerer is always messing with syllabus RICHARDS.002 Take Personal Vision and do nurial mapping to go beyond 2 dimensional writing. three dimensional schematic mapping. >----< <----> VISION WorkBook mind say same eyes say diferent third refeence point page 8 visual illusions are a subcast of mental illusions. page 14 story telling backwards get to facts next brief systems, archetypes under construction mentoring quality of students quality of teachers quality of reputation in that order uniformity of schools across country is mindboggling. break out of the box system is in statis TO LAB: SEE paper notes RICHARDS.003 charter schools is integrated not white class flight but middle class flight the difference is in graduating and going to college. The GPA is not noticeable. Community of learners. get out of lib-conserv box go for choice family chart: sending children to school enough money for #1 what about rest? dont take pressure off even if you cant satisfy all: triage if you have you make the devil's choice then do it. why do we keep believing in failed schools? What do we do with the kids that didn't survive. Why things fail..HANDOUT catastrophe trap first graph increase questions and reflections not decisions. peel the onion the thing that got my attention is not the problem p3 ratio of question asking and reflection/decision higher stressed at home need lower stress school so we put the highest risk in highest risk school use garden analogy. system is problem not kid is problem. right structure and right leader. roles and expectations power of the role. theory does not espouse reality. think one way do another survey questions be cautionary do surveys and randomly interview and observe. people will answer what you expect Margaret Mead they answered what they thought she expected. create simulations find disconfirming info, find the devils advocate. conflict and combative forces _Risky Business_ Richards, Shore, Sawicks two signs: you will graduate from hs you will graduate from college. efficiency diversity p9 keep redefining it until you get it defining problem use efficiency possibilities. Use gap analysis page see chart in notes