The Concept
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Support for Preschool-age children through
age 20 students
Coordinated, statewide network
Utilizes the existing ESD system
Based on regional partnerships and
collaboration
The Opportunity
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Needs of ODE and Chief Education Office for
fewer points of contact and enhanced twoway communication
Report of the Council for Educator
Effectiveness
The Landscape – A Statewide Focus
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Improving graduation rates
Improving early childhood learning
opportunities
Enhancing college and career success
The Landscape – Our ESDs
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Our successful work with regional initiatives
beyond the local service plans
This is the work we were “designed” to do!
The Process – World Café
World Café conversations are intentional ways
to create a living network of conversations
around questions that matter. A Café
conversation is a creative process for leading
collaborative dialogue, sharing knowledge, and
creating possibilities for action in groups of all
sizes.
The Process – World Café
The World Café was born out of local
conversations held with diverse groups from
around the world; the ideas behind it tested and
adapted until Juanita Brown collated the work
during her doctoral studies, which culminated
in her seminal dissertation published in 2001,
The World Café: Living Knowledge through
Conversations that Matter
www.theworldcafe.com
The Process - World Café:
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Identify a volunteer to be the host.
2. Discuss the café question for 10-15
minutes.
• Be creative! Feel free to use words,
pictures, graphs, and diagrams to record
thoughts.
The Process - World Café:
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Rotate to the next table to discuss the
next question.
Following the final question, return to
your original table, read and discuss
other groups’ responses.
Be prepared to share the essence of
your discussion with the whole group.
The Purpose – World Café Question #1
What can we accomplish for education in
Oregon as a network of ESDs that we cannot
accomplish as individual ESDs?
The Criteria – World Café Question #2
What factors will be important for us to
consider as we work to become a network of
ESDs?
The Design – World Café Question #3
What do we envision a network of ESDs in
Oregon to look like?
The Network – World Café Question #4
How will we know if our network of ESDs is
successful in improving the education
enterprise in Oregon?
Next Steps
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Compilation of Information, November 14-23
Committee to Review Information, November
28-December 8
Information to Program Cabinet, December 9
Network Design, December 10-30
Next Steps
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Review of Network Design by Superintendent
Council, January 5
Retooling of Design, January 9-27
Review of Network Design by Governance
Council, February 2
Next Steps
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Communicate Network design with partners
and local school districts beginning February
6
Assess implementation progress,
Superintendent Council, March 2
Assess implementation progress, Governance
Council, April 6