We are working on our Noble Cause and core values. This page is important because this will have all of the information regarding this. On top of this, the strategy at the bottom is a work-in-progress as well.
Educational Institutions, the culture change is based on personality...Tribal Leadership teaches how to change things.
Teachers are not teamwork people. Close the door and things are done their way.
Parents expect teachers to babysit. The conventional wisdom indirectly confirms this way of thinking.
Children do what is expected of them. If Parents and Teachers expect greatness, Children will be great.
What are your Core Values?
Honesty
Integrity
OUTCOME
Propose After School Program - July 1, 2010
ASSETS
- Teachers that we know - How do they want to teach?
- Parents that we know - How do they parent?
- Students that we know - What is an effective way to learn?
- Social Workers that we know - How do they see the interaction among the others?
- Friends of ours - From the outside in, Where are there problems?
- Research
- Internet - Are there programs like this being run elsewhere?
- Libraries - Are there programs like this being run?
- Schools - How do we show them that this program will increase their scores thus increasing their funding?
- KIPP school profiles - What are they doing that is effective?
- Microsoft Institute Overview - What are the tools that they are providing to teachers?
- L.A. County Sheriffs VIDA program - What about them taught the kids to work together?
- Parent Program - How does this teach parents to be more involved with their children's lives?
- Stanford D.School K12 program - What about this program is so effective? What are their measurable results?
- Uncommon Schools - What is being done at these schools? The teachers are very good and see things a little differently.
- Alfredo Reyes - My Father and teacher at a Juvenile Offenders site - Studying for Doctorate: His dissertation is on the effects sentence reduction has on the learning abilities of juvenile offenders. Why was this practice stopped?
- Michael and Lena Bailey - Social workers that work with troubled children everyday. Helped to shape the beginning ideas of what the school may consist of. How does this school differ from others? Why should I send my child here?
- Erica Tumbaga - Social worker. Questions how will this differ from other public programs? People need to be invested on all ends. Stated that the Teachers and staff of the program can only give as much as the parents and students are willing to give...no more, no less. On top of that well-traveled.
- Erica Tumbaga - Social worker. Questions how will this differ from other public programs? People need to be invested on all ends. Stated that the Teachers and staff of the program can only give as much as the parents and students are willing to give...no more, no less. On top of that well-traveled.
- Jayson Reyes - My brother and B.S. detector - told me that this was bigger than anything that I have ever done before and that I CANNOT give up on this. "You can't mess around on this one. Honestly, How many hours a week do you (me, David) work with Lillie (my daughter) on her homework?" My answer was roughly 3 - 4 hours directly. He works with her at least 8 hours per week because he watches her on the days that she is off from preschool. On top of that, all of us use moments throughout the day to make sure that she is learning things. Made me question myself...Important mirror.
- Omar Tobin - Social worker - Questions on how parents will be asked to attend. What are the requirements of single parent households versus both parents in the home?
- Albert Lozano - Artist at a well known Animation studio - Research on Finnish School United States
- Collette Lozano - Mother of Albert and grandmother of 3 who are age of our desired students. She has raised 2 children who are successful and now is helping to raise 3 grandchildren. Questions how parents can better help their students when the lessons that they are being taught consist of information that they don't know. For example, a lot of parents do not understand Algebra, How can they help their children? How do we help them overcome this obstacle?
- Antoinette Bibal - HR director at long term healthcare facility - Ideal for administration. Passionate about her work and extremely grounded in her core values. In addition to my wife's questions, How do we work together as a culture? How do we make this work at an organizational level?
- David Reyes - Co-conspirator. How do we make this real?
- John Tosello - Attorney and Parent Program teacher - The hardest part of parent participation is how to get them to show up consistently. How are you going to do this? How are you going to fund this? How is this program going to work exactly? Why should parents want to participate in this?
Social Networks
Books and Documentaries:
- Tribal Leadership - How to lead. How do we teach an entire generation how to lead each other?
- Outliers - How success works. Can we tip learning in our favor?
- The Element - How do we creatively teach? The current model is not effective for future growth.
- ComebackAmerica
- Teach Like A Champion - How will this book allow our teachers and parents to influence the study habits of our students?
- TEDtalks - Various talks on how to improve our work. Amazing source of information.
-Children of friends. Can we test some of these theories in various settings? Michael and Lena Bailey proposed that we get some of our children together of like ages and emotional levels and do the following: Rent a space, perhaps a room at a library. For a series of time, perhaps 10 weeks, teach the children and parents in the following way:
-One 4 hour session in the Library room
-One 4 hour session at a home of one of the participating families
-One 4 hour session outdoors - at a park or at the zoo or somewhere that everyone can be outdoors and together
-Friends that we haven't met yet. There are a ton of acquaintances that we have that we are in the process of interviewing. People who have questions that will allow us to grow and expand and "see blind spots" that we are unable to see.
-We used the California Standard Test score results for the Charter Oak school system for the school year ending June 2009. What we noticed was at the 3rd grade testing level the percentage of below basic and far below basic test scored increased from the 2nd grade total of 10% to 19%. Math scores showed a total percentage of 12% up 3 percentage points from the 2nd grade test. We are using the California Standard Test scores as a benchmark.
-Foundations - Can we submit proposal for partnership?
- Verizon foundation education grants - http://bit.ly/aTRbFp
- Guitar Center Music foundation grants - http://bit.ly/bWG9b5
- Community grants available through the Allstate foundation - http://bit.ly/c176c1
- Grants for Youth promoting Collaboration - http://bit.ly/aaPq9c
- Grants for Computer software - http://bit.ly/cWdtsj
- Comcast Foundation Grants - http://bit.ly/9c55lB
- CDE Funding - http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/af/index.aspx
- Existing Grants - http://www.publiceducation.org/newsblast_grants.asp
- 3M communtiy giving grants - http://bit.ly/bE4wmS
- Charles Stewart Mott foundation - http://www.mott.org/
- NEA Foundation - http://www.neafoundation.org/
- Points of Light foundation - http://www.pointsoflight.org/
- The Wallace Foundation - http://bit.ly/92oa9x
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation - http://www.wkkf.org/
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (High School) - http://bit.ly/9aoDLg
- No Child Left Behind act has created a vacuum where teachers don't feel secure and parents don't feel that enough is being done. The students are the ones that are suffering. Where does the no child left behind program fail?
- Parenting is the key. Parents need to be held accountable for what their children are doing.
Parents are required to meet twice a week and learn:
- Parenting skills
- Financial Skills
- The lessons that their children are learning
- They will be responsible for teaching a skill to another parent in the class. Something that will help the others in their everyday lives. At the end of the year, we are expecting the parents to have a stake in the other parents and children in the class.
- The use of field trips allows children to learn outside of the classroom.
- The first half hour of class if set aside for Problem solving, conflict resolution and thinking skills
- Parents are taught about effective discipline and how to set boundaries.
- Lena - What is parenting to you? (Gap baseline) Where are they in their parenting lives?
- Bailey - What do they think separates our school from a regular school?
- Incorporating Community service. The children will be doing community services as well during their time in the program.
- The children and parents and teachers and organization members will recognize their responsibilities towards others
- There are more assets to be listed that have not yet occurred...more people to meet and more actions to come from meeting those people.
Social Networks
- Googlewave site
- Blog site - http://homelesstalents.blogspot.com/
- Google Apps - to try and build some sort of communication between all participants
Books and Documentaries:
- Tribal Leadership - How to lead. How do we teach an entire generation how to lead each other?
- Outliers - How success works. Can we tip learning in our favor?
- The Element - How do we creatively teach? The current model is not effective for future growth.
- Comeback
- Teach Like A Champion - How will this book allow our teachers and parents to influence the study habits of our students?
- TEDtalks - Various talks on how to improve our work. Amazing source of information.
-Children of friends. Can we test some of these theories in various settings? Michael and Lena Bailey proposed that we get some of our children together of like ages and emotional levels and do the following: Rent a space, perhaps a room at a library. For a series of time, perhaps 10 weeks, teach the children and parents in the following way:
-One 4 hour session in the Library room
-One 4 hour session at a home of one of the participating families
-One 4 hour session outdoors - at a park or at the zoo or somewhere that everyone can be outdoors and together
-Friends that we haven't met yet. There are a ton of acquaintances that we have that we are in the process of interviewing. People who have questions that will allow us to grow and expand and "see blind spots" that we are unable to see.
-We used the California Standard Test score results for the Charter Oak school system for the school year ending June 2009. What we noticed was at the 3rd grade testing level the percentage of below basic and far below basic test scored increased from the 2nd grade total of 10% to 19%. Math scores showed a total percentage of 12% up 3 percentage points from the 2nd grade test. We are using the California Standard Test scores as a benchmark.
-Foundations - Can we submit proposal for partnership?
- Verizon foundation education grants - http://bit.ly/aTRbFp
- Guitar Center Music foundation grants - http://bit.ly/bWG9b5
- Community grants available through the Allstate foundation - http://bit.ly/c176c1
- Grants for Youth promoting Collaboration - http://bit.ly/aaPq9c
- Grants for Computer software - http://bit.ly/cWdtsj
- Comcast Foundation Grants - http://bit.ly/9c55lB
- CDE Funding - http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/af/index.aspx
- Existing Grants - http://www.publiceducation.org/newsblast_grants.asp
- 3M communtiy giving grants - http://bit.ly/bE4wmS
- Charles Stewart Mott foundation - http://www.mott.org/
- NEA Foundation - http://www.neafoundation.org/
- Points of Light foundation - http://www.pointsoflight.org/
- The Wallace Foundation - http://bit.ly/92oa9x
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation - http://www.wkkf.org/
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (High School) - http://bit.ly/9aoDLg
- No Child Left Behind act has created a vacuum where teachers don't feel secure and parents don't feel that enough is being done. The students are the ones that are suffering. Where does the no child left behind program fail?
- Parenting is the key. Parents need to be held accountable for what their children are doing.
Parents are required to meet twice a week and learn:
- Parenting skills
- Financial Skills
- The lessons that their children are learning
- They will be responsible for teaching a skill to another parent in the class. Something that will help the others in their everyday lives. At the end of the year, we are expecting the parents to have a stake in the other parents and children in the class.
- The use of field trips allows children to learn outside of the classroom.
- The first half hour of class if set aside for Problem solving, conflict resolution and thinking skills
- Parents are taught about effective discipline and how to set boundaries.
- Bailey - What do they think separates our school from a regular school?
- Incorporating Community service. The children will be doing community services as well during their time in the program.
- The children and parents and teachers and organization members will recognize their responsibilities towards others
- There are more assets to be listed that have not yet occurred...more people to meet and more actions to come from meeting those people.
BEHAVIORS
- We need to constantly ask Questions of different people.
- We need to attend conferences and absorb as much information about education and creativity as we can
- We need to find qualified leaders to help us lead this program
- We need to meet with important people whenever and wherever we can
- We need to constantly research new techniques and make sure that our people are qualified to be part of this program
- We need to work in Triads. From the teachers to the parents to the students, Triads are key and all meetings must consist of at least 3 people. Transparency and Authenticity are not just important but vital
- We will listen to EVERYTHING that everyone involved has to say and we will answer all questions asked of us. Part of this movement is that everyone is taught that everyone else's input is as important as their own
- Our Noble Cause is to teach people how to lead and become accountable for their own actions by having them recognize their responsibilities towards others
- Our resonant values will direct us in everything that we do
1 comment:
I think core values must be considered in priority as these are like blood for your organization. You have provided with a great post. Thanx alot for this.
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