Webinar Series: CCSS Systems-Thinking for District and School Leaders 2012-13 Part 1

1. Materials Posted Online: • PowerPoint Presentation • Handout 1: WA CCSS Implementation Plan (PDF) • Handout 2: Meeting the Promise of Content Standards: Professional Learning Required (PDF) • Handout 3: Finding Time for Professional Learning (PDF) Webinar Series: CCSS Systems-Thinking for District and School Leaders 2012-13 Part 1 Sept. 12, 2012

2. Welcome!Agenda and Materials for today’s webinar… • Washington’s Context for Common Core Implementation • Washington's Approved ESEA Flexibility Request • The “what” and the “how” for WA CCSS Implementation • Address questions and discuss next steps 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

3. Before we begin…About You We’d like to know a little about who is out there. Time for a poll. 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

4. State Context 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 • McCleary Decision and Implications – Legislative obligation to fully fund Basic Education • New Flexibility with ESEA Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Requirements effective in 2012-13 • WA Teacher and Principal Evaluation Project • New criteria for all districts starting with 2013-14 year • Statewide implementation of CCSS and assessment system transitions

5. Superintendent Dorn’s Priorities2011-2014 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 OSPI’s Mission: To provide funding, resources, tools, data and technical assistance to educators so that they can help students to be successful in our public schools and in college and careers. • Meet our Constitutional Obligation to Fully-fund our Public Schools • Improve Achievement for ALL Students • Reduce the opportunity gap • Reduce the dropout rate • Increase STEM opportunities • Provide additional student supports • Improve our Student Assessment System • Expand Career and Technical Education (CTE) • Expand and Enhance Early Learning Opportunities

6. Background for ESEA Flexibility RequestExcerpts from July 19, 2012 Webinarfor more information:http://www.k12.wa.us/ESEA/PublicNotice.aspxKey documents:ESEA Flexibility request Faqsuse of title I and esea flexibility 6

7. Why did Washington State apply? This is the right decision for Washington State. Over 1176schools and 113 districts across our state were identified as “in improvement” based on 2010-11 state assessments. And, by 2014, nearly every school and district would be identified as in improvement. So we know our current AYP system doesn’t work. We need a new way to measure progress and provide resources to support our work. This request gives us the opportunity to set new annual learning targets and frees up to $58 million across our state to address the needs of struggling students and schools. It provides the flexibility Washington needs to ensure ALL students graduate with college- and career-ready skills. Randy Dorn Superintendent of Public Instruction 7

8. What does EseaFLEXIBILITY require from states? Principles 1-3 1. Ensure college- and career-ready expectations for all students (Common Core State Standards [CCSS] and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium [SBAC] in Washington) 2. Implement state-developed system of differentiated recognition, accountability, and support 3. Support effective instruction and leadership (Teacher and Principal Evaluation Project [TPEP] in Washington) 4. Reduce duplication and unnecessary burden on school districts by the State 8

9. WHAT DOES ESEA FLEXIBILITY PROVIDE FOR STATES? Highlights: • Flexibility to determine new ambitious and achievable annual targets for reading, mathematics, and graduation rates. • Elimination of AYP determinations and associated sanctions for schools in improvement, including 20% set-aside of Title I, Part A funds for Public School Choice and Supplemental Education Services and 10% set-aside for professional development for schools. • Elimination of associated sanctions for districts in improvement and the 10% set-aside for professional development for districts. 9

10. Principle 1 overview • Principle 1: Ensure college- and career-ready expectations for All students 10

11. Vision EveryWashington Student and Educator Core Values Purpose Career and college ready learning expectations for k-12 All students leave high school college and career ready 11

12. Principle 1: Ensure College- and Career-Ready Standards & Assessments for All Students - Highlights See Webinar Handout 1: CCSS Implementation Plan 12

13. Washington The Key? Friends and Partners Across WA • PLUS… • School Districts (every size!) • Higher Education • Statewide Education and Educator Content Associations • Private Partners 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

14. High-Quality curriculum and assessments: a balanced system Summative assessments Benchmarked to college and career readiness Common Core State Standards specify K-12 expectations for college and career readiness Teachers and schools have information and tools they need to improve teaching and learning All students leave high school college and career ready Teacher resources for formative assessment practices to improve instruction Interim assessments Flexible, open, used for actionable feedback 14

15. 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 Smarter Balanced Resources and Opportunities Find Out More: www.SmarterBalanced.org Monthly e-Newsletter: http://www.smarterbalanced.org/2012/05/check-out-smarter-news-the-consortiums-monthly-enewsletter/ State Contact: Robin.Munson@k12.wa.us

16. 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/ Zip files with ELA and Math Item Specifications and Sample Student Tasks **Stay Tuned for 60 Sample Tasks to be released in September 2012**

17. principle 2 overview • Principle 2: Implement state-developed system of differentiated recognition, accountability, and support. 17

18. STATES MUST: • Set ambitious, but achievable, Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs) • Identify: • Reward schools: Provide incentives and recognition for high-progress and highest performing Title I schools • Priority schools: Identify lowest-performing schools and implement interventions aligned with the turnaroundprinciples • Focus schools: Identify and implement meaningful interventions (i.e., turnaround principles) in schools with the lowest performing subgroups • Emerging schools: Identify other low-performing Title I schools and provide incentives and support • Build state, district, and school capacity 18

19. Accountability Evolution with ESEA REQUEST Up to 2011-12 2012-13 and 2013-14 2014-15 and beyond • AMO Calculations • Annual targets intended to close proficiency gaps by half by 2017; uses 2011 as baseline and adds equal annual increments (1/6 of proficiency gap) to get to 2017 target; each subgroup, school, district, and state have unique annual targets. • Calculations reported on Report Card • No AYP sanctions based on identification of schools and districts “in improvement” • Requires districts to set aside up to 20% for Priority, Focus, and Emerging Schools • AYP Determinations • Sanctions for schools and districts “in improvement” • Set-asides required for Public School Choice and Supplemental Education Services • School Improvement • Uses AYP calculations to identify schools and districts in a step of improvement (Title I) • Uses PLA Methodology based on AYP calculations to generate list of Persistently Lowest Achieving Schools (PLAs) Washington State’s New Accountability System Used to identify Reward, Priority, Focus, and Emerging schools for Title I and non-Title I schools ESEA Request Accountability System Used to identify Reward, Priority, Focus, and Emerging schools  SBE/OSPI Achievement Index Used to identify Award Schools 19

20. Principle 3 overview • Principle 3: Support effective instruction and leadership 20

21. Principle 3: Support Effective Instruction and Leadership - Highlights 21

22. Principle 3: Webinar Resources For More information: http://tpep-wa.org/resources/tpep-reports-studies-presentations-surveys/#82012.webinar 22

23. Washington’s Transition to the Common Core State Standards The WHAT… English language arts (reading and writing) Mathematics And beyond… 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

24. Our Context: Washington State Learning Standards (aka…EALRs, GLEs, etc.)

25. CCSS Implementation Timeline 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

26. Our guiding beliefs and approach for CCSS Implementation in WA 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 2-Prongs: • The What: Content Shifts (for students and educators) • Belief that past standards implementation efforts have provided a strong foundation on which to build for CCSS; HOWEVER there are shifts that need to be attended to in the content. • The How: System “Remodeling” • Belief that successful CCSS implementation will not take place top down or bottom up – it must be “both, and…” • Belief that districts across the state have the conditions and commitment present to engage wholly in this work. • Professional learning systems are critical

27. Webinar Handout 1 1. What do all students need to know and be able to do as a result of the CCSS? 3. How do we design a professional learning system to support them? 2. What do the adults in the system need to know and be able to do to support all students? 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

28. The WHAT:The Shifts within the CCSS 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

29. The Structure is the Standards(http://commoncoretools.me/2012/02/16/the-structure-is-the-standards/) Grecian Urn analogy… In the Common Core State Standards, individual statements of what students are expected to understand and be able to do are embedded within domain headings and cluster headings designed to convey the structure of the subject. “The Standards” refers to all elements of the design—the wording of domain headings, cluster headings, and individual statements; the text of the grade level introductions and high school category descriptions; the placement of the standards for mathematical practice at each grade level. The pieces are designed to fit together, and the standards document fits them together, presenting a coherent whole where the connections within grades and the flows of ideas across grades are as visible as the story depicted on the urn. Fragmenting the Standards into individual standards, or individual bits of standards, erases all these relationships and produces a sum of parts that is decidedly less than the whole. Arranging the Standards into new categories also breaks their structure. It constitutes a remixing of the Standards. There is meaning in the cluster headings and domain names that is not contained in the numbered statements beneath them. Remove or reword those headings and you have changed the meaning of the Standards; you now have different Standards; you have not adopted the Common Core. 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

30. Common Core ELA and Math Shifts • Shifts in ELA • Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational texts in addition to literature • Reading and writing grounded in evidence from the text • Regular practice with complex text and its academic vocabulary These apply to content area (social studies, science, and technical subject) teachers as well as to English teachers. • Shifts in Mathematics • Focus: 2-3 topics focused on deeply in each grade • Coherence: Concepts logically connected from one grade to the next and linked to other major topics within the grade • Rigor: Fluency with arithmetic, application of knowledge to real world situations, and deep understanding of mathematical concepts 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

31. Building Educator Capacity is KEY 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 “Current teachers mush receive extensive professional development on the Common Core standards, curricular materials, and strategies on teaching that now require students to delve deeper and develop critical thinking and analytical skills that previous standards did not adequately address…” ~ National Association of State Boards of Education (2011)

32. WA 3-Year Transition Plans and Standards Comparisons • Articulate foci of state-developed and state-delivered professional learning supports each year. • http://www.k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/Transition.aspx • Developed using: • Comparisons of current WA standards with CCSS (structural and content) • Current MSP/HSPE test maps 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

33. The HOW:System Remodeling To Support Professional Learning 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

34. KY Professional Learning Taskforce Report, 2012 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 “Professional learning is a comprehensive, sustained, and intensive approach to increase student achievement that strengthens and improves educators’ effectiveness in meeting individual, team, school, district, and state goals. Professional learning is not an isolated event or a set of events; rather it is ongoing, relevant, job-embedded learning for educators at all stages of career development. Professional learning supports educators in meeting and exceeding standards of performance, implementing new initiatives, and refining professional practice to increase student achievement.”

35. A Resource for Considering Professional Learning Systems (webinar Handout 2) 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 Sample questions to inform decision making around professional learning (pp. 8-9): How does our current professional learning system address equity for student and educator learning through resource allocation, design of professional learning, and high expectations and support for implementation of learning? How does our emerging educator effectiveness system integrate professional learning supports to strengthen individual teachers at various career stages and with differentiated needs and to support school and district goals and program implementation?

36. Resources for District/School Professional Learning and CCSS Implementation Plan Development 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 CCSS District Implementation Network Grantee Workshop Materials http://www.k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/DistrictProject.aspx • School District Professional Learning System Readiness Assessment: Implementation of the CCSS (Version 1) • Includes suggested protocols for teams • Building-specific Implementation Configuration Maps for Various Educator Roles (Learning Forward) • Goal Setting Tools • Resource Articles

37. Top of Mind Issues:Time and Instructional Materials A changing landscape that requires a new approach 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

38. A Resource for thinking about Time(Webinar Reference 3) 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 • Comprehensive compilation of articles, tools, and case studies focused on creating the conditions for high quality professional learning • Job-Embedded • During the Day • Collaborative Team Learning • Questions and tools for shaping professional development calendars Check out the Table of Contents!

39. What about instructional materials? 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 NOW • Overall quality that attends to the major shifts within the standards And • Deeper connections within the content • Integrated high leverage instructional practices that allow every student access to the CCSS within the instructional materials Versus…. THEN • Standard-by-Standard alignment • Unique supports for special populations of students

40. Resources and Opportunities 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 From CCSS Developers… • CCSS Publisher’s Criteria – ELA and Math (http://engageny.org/resource/publishers-criteria-for-elaliteracy-and-math/) Going deeper with other states… • Tri-State Quality Review Rubrics and Process (http://engageny.org/resource/tri-state-quality-review-rubric-and-rating-process/) These tools can be used to… • Inform materials review and adoption process • Consider existing materials • Facilitate targeted discussions, collaboration, and professional development with publishers and other providers

41. What are your next steps? Depending on your local district and building context…. 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

42. CCSS Implementation Timeline – through a district lens 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

43. FIRST: Phase 1CCSS Exploration and Awareness 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 Among… • District leaders and leadership teams • Building leaders Immerse yourself in and learn about… • The WHY - The background and vision of the CCSS • The WHAT - The major CCSS shifts in ELA and Math • The HOW – • Our state’s approach toward supporting implementation • Emerging resources and support systems

44. NEXT: Consider Phase 2 within your District/Building Context 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 Start the transition by Setting the Course! • Identifying a core group of leaders (across grades and subjects) as a lead CCSS implementation team • Establish a shared vision that will guide CCSS implementation with all students and educators – what will it mean for your district/building? • Developing District-Specific CCSS Implementation Plans • Use the CCSS District Readiness Assessment to inform transition planning • Establish short and long term goals to begin moving forward

45. CCSS Statewide Supports 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

46. More Supports…(Webinar Handout 1, P.4) 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12

47. OSPI CCSS Quarterly Webinar Series – 2011-12 Materials, 2012-13 http://www.k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/UpdatesEvents.aspx#Webinar 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 assessment system**

48. Reflection and Discussion 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 • As you work with your communities and educator teams, what are the areas that emerge most often in which you need support? • What stood out for you today that might benefit your district/school to address these needs? • What specific actions will you take in the next 30 days regarding your district/school’s transition to the CCSS?

49. Staying Connected… 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12 • CCSS OSPI Web Site: http://www.k12.wa.us/Corestandards/default.aspx • Coming Soon – CCSS District Collaboration Moodle Site • OSPI Teaching and Learning Monthly Newsletter • TEACH: http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/news.aspx

50. Thank you – See you next time! • Common Core Supports: • OSPI Lead Team: • General Support / Overall CCSS Leadership: • - General email: corestandards@k12.wa.us • - Jessica Vavrus, jessica.vavrus@k12.wa.us • Math Support / CCSS Coordination Lead: • - Greta Bornemann, Greta.Bornemann@k12.wa.us • ELA Support: • - LiisaMoilanen Potts, Liisa.moilanenpotts@k12.wa.us 2012-13 CCSS Systems Webinar.Part 1.9/12/12