Budget Opportunities Presentation to the Finance and Facilities Standing Committee March 2017
Q: How to best enhance education for students and build staff capacity? What is conventionally taught may not develop the kinds of citizens, workers, and family and community members we want and need – the universe of what’s seen as worth learning is expanding. Perkins, David. Future Wise: Education Our Children for Changing World. Jossey-Bass, 2014.
Q: What types of initiatives offers the greatest potential RTI? Six broad instructional trends that require leadership and consequently investment: Moving . . . 1. Beyond basic skills 2. Beyond traditional disciplines 3. Beyond discrete disciplines 4. Beyond regional perspectives 5. Beyond mastering content 6. Beyond prescribed content Perkins, David. Future Wise: Education Our Children for Changing World. Jossey-Bass, 2014.
Leadership is only second to classroom instruction among school-related factors that affect student learning at school. The School Principal as Leader: Guiding Schools to Better Teaching and Learning. The Wallace Foundation, 2011, pp. 3.
Perkins, David. Future Wise: Education Our Children for Changing World. Jossey-Bass, 2014.
Perkins, David. Future Wise: Education Our Children for Changing World. Jossey-Bass, 2014.
Central Question What budgetary allocations would best enhancing education for students and build the capacity of staff to deliver high quality instruction?
NoVA Response . . . 1. Increased Elementary VP time 2. Investing in People 3. Innovation funding for schools to enable innovation projects linked to school plans
Perkins, David. Future Wise: Education Our Children for Changing World. Jossey-Bass, 2014.
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