Slides from the keynote address at the ISTE Leadership Forum - Oct. 21, 2012 - Indianapolis, IN

1. Modern Schools,
Modern Leaders
Chris Lehmann
Founding Principal
Science Leadership Academy
@chrislehmann

2. It was the best of times....

5. It was the worst of times...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40964293@N07/4728093020/

8. It was a really, really
confusing time...

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrussell/1477899923/

10. Is School Relevant?
(am I relevant?)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/4176254887

12. It Doesn’t Have to
Be That Way.

13. School Can Teach Us
How To Learn.

14. School Can Help Us
Learn to Live.

15. And This Matters
(to everyone.)

16. School was designed
for this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178404705/

17. But We Can’t Replace It
With This...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jean-ed/1803024018/

18. Because It Belongs To This.

19. The Modern School:

20. Dream Bigger:
This isn’t personalized.

21. Care:
“Care For” means more than “Care About”

22. Ask Questions:
That we didn’t know the answers to.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/capohanka/3410105704/

23. Seek Out Answers:
Complexity is good.

24. Optimize Person to
Person Time:
Technology should never isolate us.

25. Talk and Listen:
Turns Out We Learn That Way.

26. Enable Collaboration:
Ideas are made better when they are shared.

27. Empower Citizenship:
We need citizens more than workers.

28. Unlock Passion:
School Is Real Life

29. Synthesize Information:
We have to make sense of the world.

30. Build Real Stuff:
School Has To Matter.

31. Share:
We are all important voices.

32. Leadership:
How do we get there?

33. Visioning:
Developing The Ideas.

34. Modeling:
How can leaders publicly live these ideas?

35. Sustaining:
Build Systems and Structures Around What You Believe.

36. Servant Leadership:
Top Down Support for Bottom Up Ideas

37. Leading:
How do we get everyone on the bus?

38. Building Community:
People Do Care About Your School.

39. Sharing:
People must see what kids and schools can do.

40. Be One School:
Do not have two sets of values.

41. Human(e) Institutions:
Leverage the tools toward a human end.

42. Join us:
chris@practicaltheory.org
http://www.practicaltheory.org
Twitter: @chrislehmann
Science Leadership Academy
http://www.scienceleadership.org