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DLM Basics: Navigate, Learn, and Build Instruction

This training session will familiarize participants with the DLM website and resources, and guide them through the step-by-step processes of the DLM system. Participants will learn how to select Essential Elements (EEs) and build instruction around them.

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DLM Basics: Navigate, Learn, and Build Instruction

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  1. Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Basics https://tinyurl.com/DLMBasics2019-20 Summer 2019

  2. Purpose • Navigate and use DLM instructional and assessment supports: • DLM website • Kite Educator portal • Kite Student portal • Building instruction based on Essential Elements (EEs)

  3. Success Criteria • Participants are more familiar with the DLM website and resources. • Participants will gain experience in the step-by-step processes of the DLM system. • Participants will be able to select Essential Elements (EEs) and build instruction around the EE selection.

  4. Agenda • Integrated Model (IM) Redesign • Instructionally Embedded Model (IE) • Arkansas DLM Website • Manuals/Blueprints • Resources • Professional Development • First Steps • Security Agreement • DLM online • ADE paper (DTC) • DLM Moodle Training

  5. Agenda • Educator Portal • First Contact Survey • Instructional Plans/TIPS • Building Instruction • Student Portal • Practice/released items • Miscellaneous

  6. Testing Grade Levels / Subjects • English Language Arts (required both windows) • Grades 3 - 10 • Math (required both windows) • Grades 3 - 10 • Science (required spring window only) • Grades 3 - 10

  7. Testing Window Comm. Memo LS-20-010

  8. Basics of Updated DLM Alternate Assessment • Two long windows, spanning the entire school year where the teacher selects Essential Elements for instruction, creates instructional plans, decides the complexity level of the assessment. • Both windows are functionally identical in approach and philosophy to the current Instructionally Embedded window that occur during the fall and winter months.

  9. DLM Common Terms • IE Model - Instructionally Embedded Model • EE - Essential Elements (standards) • Linkage Level - Performance Level • Blueprint Coverage - Minimum number/type of EEs to test per window • TIP - Testlet Information Page • Planner - Instruction and Assessment Planner • DTC - District Test Coordinator • TA - Test Administrator (teacher) • FCS - First Contact Survey • PNP - Personal Needs and Preferences • Kite Educator Portal • Kite Student Portal • PII - Personally Identifiable Information

  10. Arkansas DLM Website https://dynamiclearningmaps.org/arkansas • States • Professional Development • Testing Dates • ADE Contact Information • Manuals and Blueprints Tab • Essential Elements

  11. Arkansas DLM Website • Resources for Educators and District Staff • Helplets • Resources for ELA, math & science • List of Materials • Supplemental Resources • Parent brochure • Summer Training PPT • Test Updates

  12. Teacher Recruitment

  13. What comes first?

  14. District Test Coordinators (DTC) Duties • DTC adds new Users, edits/removes others • DTC registers students • eSchool coding • DTC rosters students to teachers

  15. First Steps for Test Administrators • Getting Started in Educator Portal Helplet • Set up account in Educator Portal (after DTC adds new users) • Existing users will receive a notification within Educator Portal to renew security agreement. • Security Agreement (two) • Online -Educator Portal User GuidePg. 16 • ADE - DTC provides around time of summative • Proceed to required Moodle Training (opens Aug. 5)

  16. Moodle Training • Required Training for ALL TEST ADMINISTRATORS • Moodle Training for 2019-2020 opened August 5. • Guide to DLM Required Test Administrator Training • Instructions for logging into site pg. 6 • New Test Administrators (4 modules) • Returning Test Administrators (1 module) • DTC must add Teacher into system before accessing Moodle training

  17. Recap Quizlet • How is DLM changing in the Fall? • Will the “Summative” window include 5, 5 & 9 testlets? • Who must add teachers into the DLM system and roster students? • How will teachers know when they have been added to the DLM system? • After being added to the system, what is the first thing to do? • How many times will DLM teachers sign a security agreement? • Is Moodle training required? • How many training modules must NEW teachers pass? • How many training modules must RETURNING teachers pass?

  18. First Contact Survey • Determines the linkage level of the testlets • Will cause slight delay in delivery of testlet • Do a First Contact Survey for ALL students in your portal

  19. Kite Educator Portal • Complete the First Contact Survey (FCS) • Educator Portal User Guidefor step-by-step instructions p. 42 • FCS follows student from year to year but must be reviewed, updated, and submitted each year even if no changes are made. • If the FCS is not submitted, the student will not receive any testlets. • Full list of questions that will be asked can be found in theTest Administration Manual • Core questions (*) are required. • Complete the Personal Needs and Preferences (PNP) • Educator Portal User Guide p. 30 • Accessibility Manualshows supports available • Supports do not have to be listed on IEP

  20. Kite Educator Portal • Check student rosters • Create instructional plans • Pending status • Confirm testlets • Retrieve TIPS • Student progress reports • Student history • Blueprint coverage reports

  21. TEACHER ACTIVITY • Create Instructional Plans • Review Essential Elements • Blueprints • Student Progress MonitoringForm

  22. Educator Portal Instruction and Assessment Planner (The Planner) • Replaced the Instructional Tools Interface • Educator Resource Videos

  23. Linkage Levels Math/ELAScience Initial Precursor (IP) Initial Distal Precursor (DP) Precursor Proximal Precursor (PP) Target Target (T) Successor (S)

  24. Finding Science Essential Elements Arkansas Page Resources for Educators and District Staff Educator Resource Page For Science Essential Elements for Science (pdf)

  25. Building Instruction based on Essential Elements (EEs) Try to select EEs that cross content and span grade bands. Begin by selecting an EE. Let’s start with Science! EE.MS-ESS-1 Target Level:Use an Earth-Sun-Moon model to show that Earth's orbit around the Sun corresponds to a calendar year and the orbit of the Moon around Earth corresponds to a month. Precursor Level:Use a model to show that Earth's Moon moves around Earth, and Earth and its Moon move around the Sun. Initial Level:Recognize models of the Earth, Moon, and Sun system.

  26. EEs Gen Ed Standard Linkage Level Performance Connections to the 3 dimensions Of science and to the other content areas

  27. Retrieve TIP TIPs are secure. TIPs at lower linkage levels may include pictures.

  28. Select Resources and Teach • Tar Heel Readers - “Moon Facts” by Mrs. Marshall - math activity • Merge Cube- Install the Galactic Explorer App • Inflatable Globe (33 inch) and smaller sphere to represent moon • Model of the solar system (check with science teachers)

  29. Make Connections Used models Recognized patterns Include visual information Demonstrated a simple ratio relationship

  30. Now it’s your turn • Pick a Science EE for one of your students from the blueprint. • Now find that EE in theEssential Elements for Science Document • Select the linkage level for that student (check performance descriptions on EE page) • Select resources • Teach - write down some activities that might fit your EE and connections to ELA and Math • Test - write down some possible items that might appear on the testlet.

  31. Only one thing left to do - Test Make sure your instructional plans are in “CONFIRMED” status, not “Pending”

  32. Kite Student Portal Where students work • Schools must have Kite app downloaded into student device • Students must have password • Practice activities available • Released testlets available

  33. Kite Student Portal • Practice Activities & Released Testlets • Practice activities - designed to familiarize users with the way testlets look • Access through Student Portal in the Practice section • Released testlets - similar to the real DLM testlets in content and format • Publicly available • Can be used as practice or as examples • Access through Student Portal in the Practice section

  34. Student Portal

  35. Helpful Reports Progress Monitoring Educator Portal User Guide

  36. Example of Blueprint Coverage

  37. Helpful Tool for IEP Development Individual Education Programs Linked to the DLM Essential Elements Professional Development Modules - Alphabetical Order https://www.dlmpd.com/all-modules-in-alphabetical-order/

  38. Personally Identifiable Information (PII) • Send no more than two pieces of student information in an email • Student’s name • Student’s State ID number • Do not include in email: • Social Security Number • Phone Number • Date of Birth • Home Address • MoreData Privacy Informationavailable on ADE Website

  39. Testing Grade Levels / Subjects • English Language Arts (required both windows) • Grades 3 - 10 • Math (required both windows) • Grades 3 - 10 • Science (required spring window only) • Grades 3 - 10

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