Welcome

1. Welcome ELA Summer Academy Coastal Georgia Center, Savannah, GA June 11 Day 1 Department of Education Curriculum & Instruction

2. Teachers: Classroom Change Agents Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding. ~William Arthur Ward

3. Which would you rather be? a carrot? an egg? a coffee bean?

4. a carrot?

5. an egg?

6. a coffee bean?

7. Assume hot water is a change agent.

8. Carrots get soft in hot water…

9. Eggs get hard in hot water…

10. The coffee bean is a CHANGE AGENT.It changes the flavor of hot water…

11. Teachers Are Change Agents Teachers Change Lives

12. We can change the future of our students!

13. How to Change the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z7gDsSKUmU

14. Can we survive the CHANGES? • TKES • Common Core Standards… or not… • SLOs • “Georgia Milestones” – new assessments 2014-15 • Six Shifts • Informational Texts • Citing Text Evidence • Writing

15. Teaching just ain’t like it used to be… Back in the “good ole days” Today in Fulton County

16. Maya Angelou 1928-2014 “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”

17. Speak Life by Toby Mac https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7rK6O0YtBRY&list=RD7rK6O0YtBRY

18. The Power of Positive “The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.” ~ Anonymous

19. Practical Matters • Online Access Point: cgcguest Password: cgcguest • MTS Tracking Name Badges: Be sure you are “scanned” into each Session you attend. • You will receive the following: • Electronic Evaluation Questionnaire must be completed for • A Certificate of Completion • Your district will receive your attendance for both days’ sessions as certification of your attendance. • PLU Credit, a “local decision” by each district or RESA • Stipend for summer professional learning from your district

20. Practical Matters • Wiki Link: http://2014elasummerinstitute.wikispaces.com/ • Lunch & Learn: (45 and 45) • Day 1 – TKES, Teacher Leader Effectiveness Division • Day 2 – Teacher Digital Resources Division • Teacher / Anchor Sessions: Plan your day! • Teacher Sessions are by grade bands: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12. • Anchor Sessions are of general interest to all teachers. • You have a total of 5 choices for each session. • Use page 16 in your agenda to plan your day.

21. Have Fun HAVE FUN!

23. Welcome ELA Summer Academy Coastal Georgia Center, Savannah, GA June 12th Day 2 Department of Education Curriculum & Instruction

24. Teachers: Classroom Change Agents Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding. ~William Arthur Ward

25. Acknowledgements • Laura Hooven and Stephanie Sanders • RESA Districts • Randy Lee, DOE • GCTE & DOE Volunteers • Teacher-Presenters • Martha Reichrath, Deputy Superintendent • Pamela Smith, Director of C&I • District Contacts • Visitors from School Improvement, Governor’s Office, SBOE, Legislators

26. Practical Matters Planning for Today: • There are four (4) sessions again today. • You have six (6) choices: • Three (3) Teacher-led sessions • Three (3) “anchor sessions” • Galileo (AM only), • Formative Item Bank (PM only) • Literacy Design Collaborative Evaluations: MTS Tracking will send out electronically in 7-10 business days.

27. Georgia Milestones

28. Milestone? • a stone by the side of a road that shows the distance in miles to a specified place • an important point in the progress or development of something : a very important event or advance • 1662

29. A NEW Assessment System Georgia Milestones Assessment System Please do NOT refer to them as GMAS – no acronyms, please. Call them Georgia Milestones. Georgia Milestones will consist of both end of grade (EOG) and end of course (EOC) measures.

30. Georgia Milestones Comprehensive • Single program, not series of tests (e.g. CRCT, EOCT, WA); formative assessment tools to compliment summative Coherent • Consistent expectations and rigor to position Georgia students to compete with peers nationally and internationally • Consistent signal about student preparedness for the next level, be it the next grade, course, or college/career • Consistent signal about student achievement both within system (across grades and courses) and with external measures (NAEP, PSAT, SAT, ACT) Consolidate • Combine reading, language arts, and writing into a single measure to align to the standards.

31. Georgia Milestones • Grades 3-8 • End of Grade (EOG) in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies • High School • End of Course (EOC) in 9th Grade Literature & Composition, American Literature & Comprehension, Coordinate Algebra, Analytic Geometry, Physical Science, Biology, US History, and Economics

32. Our Assessment Landscape Is Changing • Assessment development is a process, not an event • As such, some components may need to be rolled-out in stages • Georgia is transitioning from a set of long-standing, mature programs • Districts, schools, students, parents, and the public are familiar with and know what to expect • This transition provides Georgia with an opportunity • However, as with any change, there will be periods of uncertainty and discomfort

33. CCGPS ELA and Math Survey • A link to a survey for feedback on the CCGPS is posted on the Georgia Department of Education Policy Division’s website. • Open the link and complete the survey. • Please submit your input by June 30, 2014. • http://www.gadoe.org/External-Affairs-and-Policy.

34. Classroom Expectations to Cultivate Eliminate These Practices Cultivate These Practices Jeff Anderson’s Model Sentences (Mechanically Inclined) Grammar in Context Daily Writing Teacher Models Develop Reading Stamina Test “Cold Passages” DOK 2-4 in each Unit Test Facilitate/Gradual Release • DOL (Dumb or Lucky!) or DGP (Dull Grinding Practice) • Grammar out of Context • Occasional Writing • Teacher Assigns • Short Reads on Tests • Test What You Taught • DOK 1 Level Questions • “Stand and Deliver”

35. The Power of One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I7Wk14VWK4

36. “Here’s To the Teacher”by Dr. John Barge, State School Superintendent “Currently, the state of Georgia ranks higher nationally than it ever has in state history in SAT scores, ACT scores, and continues to see the number of students passing AP exams increase; and we are graduating more seniors with some of the highest expectations in the nation to earn a high school diploma!”

37. In 2012, Georgia was the only state in the nation to raise student achievement on every national test administered consistently across the U.S. Currently, Georgia ranks 5th in the nation in achievement gains in 4th grade reading as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). 5th in the nation in closing the achievement gap in 8th grade math for children of poverty. 9th nationally in students passing AP exams (per 100 students). 5th nationally in 10-year growth of students passing AP exams.

38. “Here’s to you educators of Georgia, heroes and heroines in my book, for accomplishing what you have in the face of challenging economic times and with sharp rises in children living in poverty and a whole host of new education initiatives... . [Y]ou are doing an amazing job!” ~ Dr. John Barge

39. Remember the Power of Positive!

40. Sweet Tweets • Follow these Twitter accounts: @GaStandardsOrg @GaDOEELA Twitter hashtag for Summer Academy: #ELASummerAcademy2014 • Add a note, reflection or idea, and feel free to reply to any of the Summer Academy tweets on the GaDOEELA accounts.