This is the presentation which came out of my visit to Los Angeles and Palm Springs in March 2014 (an award from the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa). I attended the ASCD and CUE Conferences as well as visiting Crossroads Elementary and Westland School.

1. SIGNIFICANCE
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2. www.xrds.org

3. • Elementary School
• Middle School
• Upper School

12. www.ascd.org

13. ASCD Conference
15-17 April 2014
http://ac14.ascd.org

15. ASCD Conference
Daniel Pink
Educators are
persuaders -
"A big part of what
you do is try to
move people."

16. ASCD Conference
Daniel Pink
Build your persuasive techniques
through these qualities
Attunement
Buoyancy
Clarity

17. ASCD Conference
Daniel Pink
Six evidence-based strategies for
moving others to your cause
1. Recalibrate feelings of power
"We need others more
than they need us."

18. ASCD Conference
Daniel Pink
Six evidence-based strategies for
moving others to your cause
2. Be an ambivert
"The best persuaders are a
little bit extrovert and a little bit
introvert."

19. ASCD Conference
Daniel Pink
Six evidence-based strategies for
moving others to your cause
3. Practice interrogative self-talk
"Let Bob the Builder be
your leadership role model."

20. ASCD Conference
Daniel Pink
Six evidence-based strategies for
moving others to your cause
4. Apply motivational interviewing
"Self-reflection transfers
ownership of the task to the
person doing it,
not the motivator."

21. ASCD Conference
Daniel Pink
Six evidence-based strategies for
moving others to your cause
5. Look for off-ramps
"Don't try to change people's
minds; just make it easier for
them to act."

22. ASCD Conference
Daniel Pink
Six evidence-based strategies for
moving others to your cause
6. Why
"Explaining why is the
cheapest performance
enhancer you have."

23. ASCD Conference
Daniel Pink
"We on the outside
look at the why of
what you're doing
with admiration,
awe and gratitude."

25. ASCD Conference
Sir Ken Robinson
Reclaiming the elemental
purpose of education

26. ASCD Conference
Sir Ken Robinson
Four major purposes
for education
1. Economic
2. Cultural
3. Social
4. Personal

27. ASCD Conference
Sir Ken Robinson
School culture should
focus on community,
individuality and possibility

28. ASCD Conference
Sir Ken Robinson
Curriculum must be
deep, diverse and
dynamic

29. ASCD Conference
Sir Ken Robinson
Pedagogy should inspire
and engage the imagination
and creativity of students

30. ASCD Conference
Sir Ken Robinson
Assessment should
motivate students to
achieve at high standards

31. ASCD Conference
Sir Ken Robinson
"We've spent too much effort in
education on containing, when
instead, we can—and great teachers
do—create the conditions for
creativity to flourish, and each
student to blossom."

32. Dr Russell Quaglia
www.qisa.org

33. ASCD Conference
Dr Russell Quaglia
From Dreaming
To Doing

34. ASCD Conference
Dr Russell Quaglia
Great schools foster
self-worth by:
Creating a sense
of belonging

35. ASCD Conference
Dr Russell Quaglia
Great schools foster
self-worth by:
Having heroes

36. ASCD Conference
Dr Russell Quaglia
Great schools foster
self-worth by:
Feeling a sense
of accomplishment

37. ASCD Conference
Dr Russell Quaglia
Engagement exists in
schools that prioritize:
Fun & excitement
in learning

38. ASCD Conference
Dr Russell Quaglia
Engagement exists in
schools that prioritize:
A spirit of
adventure

39. ASCD Conference
Dr Russell Quaglia
Engagement exists in
schools that prioritize:
Students' natural
curiosity and
creativity

40. ASCD Conference
Dr Russell Quaglia
Schools engender a
sense of purpose when
pupils have:
Real opportunities
to demonstrate
leadership and
responsibility

41. ASCD Conference
Dr Russell Quaglia
Schools engender a
sense of purpose when
pupils have:
The confidence to
set goals and
take steps to
reach them

42. ASCD Conference
Dr Russell Quaglia
" I challenge you to
reflect on why you get
up every day, to never
stop learning from
students and spend
more time with kids on
where they’re going
and less on where
they’re coming from.”

43. www.cue.org

44. blog.mrmeyer.com
@ddmeyer

45. Perplexity
http://bit.ly/cue14meyer

46. www.khanacademy.com

47. “Imagine if we built homes the way we
progress children through the school system
- and progress was made despite the gaps in
construction.”

48. http://bit.ly/cue14questionsforkhan

49. http://www.readingrainbow.com

52. http://bit.ly/cue14burton
“We have made war, not literacy, our priority.
We can do better than that.”

53. Understand the role of the teacher/
school in a modern learning environment
Search for meaning/relationship
Accept that we don’t have all the answers

54. Realise that we are good at what we do
Stick to the basics and do them well
Apply best practice from others to our
own environment

56. “What counts in life is not the mere
fact that we have lived.
It is what difference we have made
to the lives of others which will
determine the significance of the
life we lead.”
- Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela