Agenda
The Science of Small:
Innovation through Quick (and Sustainable) Wins
Center on Innovations in Learning
2nd Annual Institute
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Temple University
Kiva Auditorium
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, Pa 19122
About the Institute: Following up on our work on usingInnovationScienceas a pathway for schools, districts, and states to take education innovation to scale, the 2017 Institute will highlight the powerof systematic, incremental change. Insteadoftrying to innovate via a few large, rapid, and disruptive redesigns, incremental change involves implementingsmall – but meaningful and cumulative – changes when innovating. While sharing its own work in the science of “thinking small,” CIL is also pleased to feature the work of Dr. Paul Gavoni and Mr. Manny Rodriguez (combining over 30 yearsofexperience in education, behavior change, leadership, and organizational improvement). Dr. Gavoni will share their work based on the publication “Quick Wins” which will be available to all participants. Their approach to innovation through leadership engagement is rooted in thescienceofbehavior in organizational settings and focuses on thesmallsteps that any stakeholder can do to immediately invoke changes that are meaningful, sustainable, and innovative.
Institute Pre-Readings:
4 Fixes To Improve Public Education In High Poverty Schools (Gavoni & Rodriguez, 2017)
http://www.bsci21.org/4-fixes-to-improve-public-education-in-high-poverty-schools/
Casting a Statewide Strategic Performance Net (esp. pp. 30–32) (Layland & Redding, 2017). http://www.bscpcenter.org/StrategicPerformanceManagement/resources/Strategic_Performance_Management_Casting_A_Net.pdf
Institute Learning Outcome:
Participants in the Institute will increase their competency in assisting states in designing and implementing small steps towards small, cumulative, and quick-yet-sustainable wins.
Institute Agenda
8:30 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:45-9:00 Welcome and Introductions, Marilyn Murphy
9:00-9:30 The Science of Small, Sam Redding
9:30-10:30 Converting “The Science of Small” to Sustainable Quick Wins, Paul Gavoni
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:30 Quick Wins Require QuickWOCs, Paul Gavoni
11:30-12:30 p.m. Quick Wins Need S.M.A.R.T. Goals & Data, Paul Gavoni
12:30-1:15 Boxed Lunches
1:15-2:00 Leadership & Quick Wins, Paul Gavoni
2:00-3:15 Pieces of Personalization: Supporting a Science of Small, Maureen Richel
3:15 Break
3:15-3:45 Innovative Technology to Support Measuring via a Science of Small
Janet Twyman
3:45-4:15 Tying it All Together, Lois Myran
4:15-4:30 p.m. Thinking About Next Steps with Your State, Marilyn Murphy
Adjourn
Dinner on your own.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Paul Gavoni
An expert in human performance and organizational leadership, Dr. Paul “Paulie” Gavoni is passionate about bringing out the best in people. Paulie has spent 22 years coaching and supporting education and human services withanalyzing and developing practical behavior and performance management systems to positively impact students and families. With Manny Rodriguez, Paulie recently co-authored the bookQuick Wins! Accelerating School Transformation through Science, Engagement, and Leadership.Paulieholds a Doctorate of Education with a concentration in Organizational Leadership from NSU, a Specialist of Education with a concentration in Educational Leadership from NSU, and a Masters and Bachelors of Social Work with a Concentration in Youth and Families from Barry University. He recently became the Chief Operating Officer at Kaleidoscope Interventions.
Beyond his work in education and human services, Paulie is also a highly respected and sought out coach in mixed martial arts (MMA). In 1992, Paulie began boxing in South Florida and went on to win a Florida Golden Gloves Heavyweight Title in 1998. Since then, Coach “Paulie Gloves,” as he is known to the MMA community, has trained many champions and Ultimate Fighting Championship vets using technologies rooted in the behavioral sciences. A featured coach in the bookBeast: Blood, Struggle, and Dreams at the Heart of Mixed Martial Arts, Coach Paulie is also an author who has written for a variety of online magazines including Bloody Elbow, Last Word on Sports,MMASucka, andScifighting. For more about Paulie, please visit hisLinkedIn profile.