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The Iowa CBE Collaborative Orientation November 19, 2013 # IACompED

The Iowa CBE Collaborative Orientation November 19, 2013 # IACompED. IOWA Department of Education. More Children. Iowa CBE Collaborative. Housekeeping: Coffee/Water/RR/Electricity/Lunch Internet # IACompED Agenda: Orientation and Beginnings Team Building

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The Iowa CBE Collaborative Orientation November 19, 2013 # IACompED

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  1. The Iowa CBE Collaborative • Orientation • November 19, 2013 • #IACompED IOWA Department of Education

  2. More Children • Iowa CBE Collaborative • Housekeeping: Coffee/Water/RR/Electricity/Lunch • Internet • #IACompED • Agenda: Orientation and Beginnings • Team Building • Modeling Protocols You Can Use • Graphic Organizer • Video, Website, Webinar IOWA Department of Education

  3. Iowa CBE Collaborative • Collaborative Members will: • Make connections with others doing this work • Develop a common understanding of CBE in Iowa • Understand the expectations of participation in the collaborative • Provide input on key learning and the timeline • Provide input on prioritizing non academic skills • Experience a series of protocols they can use with staff, parents, and community members IOWA Department of Education

  4. The Iowa Journey toward CBE • 2010 State Board Priority • 2011 State Guidelines on CBE • 2011 Governor’s Blueprint on Education • 2011 CBE Forum IOWA Department of Education

  5. The Iowa Journey toward CBE • 2012 Legislation eliminated the Carnegie unit as the basis for credit in Iowa high schools and required a task force to investigate • Credit Based on Competency Rather than • on the Carnegie Unit • Assessment and Accountability • Learning Plans and Templates • Professional Development • Using Technology to Enhance This Work IOWA Department of Education

  6. The Iowa Journey toward CBE • 2013 Legislation requested a strategic plan for statewide implementation and provided funding for • Writing Competencies • Developing Assessments • Investigation Recording/Reporting Systems • Professional Development • Grants for the Iowa CBE Collaborative IOWA Department of Education

  7. The Iowa Journey toward CBE • Legislative Task Force • Preliminary Report, January 2013 included: • A justification for the work • 22 recommendations toward developing CBE • in the state • Proposed timeline • Final Report turned in November 15, 2013 • The urgency of the work • Update on the 22 recommendations • 13 new or forwarded recommendations • Draft Strategic Plan • http://tiny.cc/IowaCBETaskForce IOWA Department of Education

  8. The Iowa Journey toward CBE More Children The Iowa CBE Collaborative • Cedar Rapids • Collins-Maxwell • East Union • Howard-Winneshiek • Marshalltown • Higher Ed • Mason City • Muscatine • Nevada • Spirit Lake • Van Meter • AEAs/Others • Framework for Transformation • Iowa Demonstration Sites • Defining College and Career Ready IOWA Department of Education

  9. National and International Perspective on • the Future of Education: CBE • Susan Patrick • CEO, International Association for K-12 Online Learning IOWA Department of Education

  10. Are You More Proficient than Your Grandmother? • Groups—but wait for instructions • ● Central Office●Principals • ● MS Teachers and AEAs● HS Teachers • ●Higher Ed ●Elem and Other • Place yourself under the correct sign to indicate how you view your skills at doing laundry—be honest. • In your groups list why you believe you fit in that category. • Take your pink Graphic Organizer & a Pen IOWA Department of Education

  11. Framing the Work & Building the Team • State Guidelines • Read the guidelines • Principles • How does this compare with what you experienced as a K-12 student? • http://tinyurl.com/IowaCompEdGuidelines IOWA Department of Education

  12. Framing the Work & Building the Team • Definitions: • Competency: A competency is an enduring understanding that requires the transfer of knowledge, skills, and dispositions to complex situations in and/or across content areas and/or beyond the classroom.  • Proficiency: Demonstrated skill or knowledge required to advance to and be successful in higher levels of learning in that content area or using that content. • http://tinyurl.com/IowaCompEdGuidelines IOWA Department of Education

  13. Framing the Work & Building the Team • Examples • How does this example use competency? • What excites you about these examples? • http://tinyurl.com/IowaCompEdGuidelines IOWA Department of Education

  14. Moving Again • Go to the Table with the Number on Your Name Tag IOWA Department of Education

  15. More Children • Iowa CBE Collaborative: • Overview Document • Read the Overview • Process with those at your table: • What questions do you have about this document or anything form the morning? • Lunch Ticket: • Place your questions on sticky notes on the chart paper by the doors IOWA Department of Education

  16. Addressing Your Questions IOWA Department of Education

  17. Your Big Picture Questions • Will all schools be required to do this eventually? When? • Is this just about pacing or are we creating an environment where students explore and teachers record and teach? • Will competencies become like standards? Will they be different in each school? Are competencies just bundled standards? IOWA Department of Education

  18. Your Big Picture Questions • Will this be for all Pk-12 students or just an alternative path for those who struggle? • Are students from CBE schools getting accepted to elite colleges? IOWA Department of Education

  19. Your Nuts and Bolts Questions • What tech-supported collaboration opportunities will there be? • How will all of this be managed (shared resources, artifacts, plans, etc.)? • How is communication going to be facilitated within the collaborative? • Please note preferences on your feedback form. • iacomped.com IOWA Department of Education

  20. Your Nuts and Bolts Questions • Who is going to approve/deny our CBE plan? • Is there a timeline for this work and how will this be rolled out statewide? IOWA Department of Education

  21. Your Mapping the Work Questions • How long does it take to get a district fully implemented? • Suggestions/ideas are needed for taking this to scale in a variety of different district sizes • What are the biggest gap areas between where we currently are, and where we aspire to be in 5 years? IOWA Department of Education

  22. Your Mapping the Work Questions • Are schools here today expected to be piloting CBE in the next few years?? • What will year 2 look like for us as a CBE Collaborative? • How do we know what districts already have so we can know who to collaborate with? IOWA Department of Education

  23. Mapping the Work IOWA Department of Education

  24. Mapping the Work • How will we contribute to the collaborative outcomes? • What are you doing or thinking of doing that might help the collaborative to move forward? • What are your needs? IOWA Department of Education

  25. Iowa CBE Collaborative • Collaborative Members will: • Make connections with others doing this work • Develop a common understanding of CBE in Iowa • Understand the expectations of participation in the collaborative • Provide input on key learning and the timeline • Provide input on prioritizing non academic skills • Have a series of protocols they can use with staff, parents, and community members IOWA Department of Education

  26. More Children Iowa CBE Collaborative • Housekeeping: Coffee/Water/RR/Electricity/Lunch • Internet • #IACompED • Agenda: Orientation and Beginnings • Team Building • Modeling Protocols You Can Use • Graphic Organizer • Video, Website, Webinar IOWA Department of Education

  27. Mapping the Work • Choose a table recorder. Have the Overview document handy. • Review the collaborative milestones on the 11x17 chart at your table. Put changes to the milestones for the collaborativeon blue or pink Post-Its, corresponding with the topics. Write additional milestones or outcomeson the green Post-Its. • Write local milestoneson yellow Post-Its(be sure to include your district initials). • Place Post-Its on the timeline on the wall. • Write needs you identifyonto the recorder sheet at your table.

  28. With an Elbow Partner: List 3 ways the world has changed in the past 35 or 40 years. List 3 skills people need today because of those changes. Which skills are you most concerned about for your students? IOWA Department of Education

  29. More Children • Cross Walking 21st Century Skills • Skills and dispositions most predictive of student success • Reviewed various frameworks • Identified Core skills from the research synthesis IOWA Department of Education

  30. Planning Next Steps and Messaging the Day • Brief experience with determining proficiency • Framing the Work: State Guidelines, Overview • Mapping the Work: Key Learning and Timeline • Non Academic Skills: Crosswalk • Next Steps: • Use Graphic Organizer notes to discuss what your next steps might be—as a district, institution, individual. • Discuss your ideas for messaging today • Use one of the blank sheets to turn in anything we didn’t capture on the screen IOWA Department of Education

  31. Exit Ticket • Nametag and anything you want to keep in the envelop • Leave it on the table • Evaluation—leave them on the table IOWA Department of Education

  32. http://tinyurl.com/IowaCompEdGuidelines www.CompetencyWorks.org www.IACompEd.com #IACompEd Sandra.Dop@iowa.gov IOWA Department of Education

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