Trinity County School Improvement Support Project 2012

1. Trinity County School Improvement Support Project 2012 Essential Standards and Pacing Guides Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

2. Professional Learning Community DuFours’ 4 questions: • What do we want students to learn? • How will we know if they learned it? • How will we respond if they don’t learn it? • How will we respond if they do? Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

3. 3 Big Ideas of PLCs The organization embraces high levels of learning for ALL as both the reason the organization exists and the fundamental responsibility of those who work within it. Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

4. 3 Big Ideas of PLCs In a PLC, collaboration represents a systematic process by which members work together interdependently to impact practice in ways that lead to better results for the organization. Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

5. 3 Big Ideas of PLCs Members of a PLC realize that all of their efforts must be assessed on the basis of results rather than intentions. This focus on results leads the organization to develop and pursue measurable improvement goals. Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

6. The 4 Pillars MISSION VISION VALUES GOALS WHY? Why do we exist? WHAT? What must our organization become to accomplish our purpose? HOW? How must we behave to achieve our mission? HOW WILL WE MARK OUR PROGRESS? FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE COMPELLING FUTURE COLLECTIVE COMMITTMENTS TARGETS & TIMELINES Clarifies Priorities & Sharpens Focus Gives Directions Guides Behavior Establishes Priorities Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

7. Pick me – Pick me! • Educators who are given no strategies for managing the volume of standards must, on their own, “pick and choose” the ones they believe will most benefit their students. • Without a strategy in place, there will be inconsistencies as to which standards are emphasized. Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

8. Power Standards = Safety Net • Power standards represent the “safety net” of standards that all teachers must teach and all students must learn prior to leaving their current grade/class. Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

9. A shift is needed… • From coverage … to FOCUS • From State Standard checklists to… key curriculum and assessments • From teaching everything to …. The Safety Net – (Power Standards) Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

10. Power Standards • Teachers are not relieved of the responsibility for teaching all standards and indicators. • Power standards do identify which standards are crucial for student success and which ones can be given less emphasis. • By default, if Power Standards are not identified, teachers do select their own essential learnings. Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

11. Prioritization, Not Elimination • All standards are not equal in importance. • Narrow the standards by determining the “essentials” from the “nice to know”. • Teach the “nice to know” in the context of the “essentials”. Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

12. The triangle contains all of the grade-level standards. Intensive,Strategic, Benchmark, & Advanced Strategic, Benchmark, & Advanced Benchmark & Advanced Created by Karen Holmes – Siskiyou COE Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education 12

13. Guiding Questions for Identification • What essential understandings/skills do our students need? • Which standards or indicators can be clustered or incorporated into others? • What do students need for success – in school, in life, on state assessments? Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

14. A “Guaranteed, Viable Curriculum” • Endurance • Leverage • Readiness for next level of learning Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

15. How to decide? • 1. Endurance – Will this standard or indicator provide students with the knowledge and skills that will be of value beyond a single test date? Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

16. How to decide? • 2. Leverage – • Will this standard or indicator provide knowledge and skills that will be of value in multiple disciplines? Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

17. How to decide? • 3. Readiness for the next level of learning • Will this standard or indicator provide knowledge and skills that is required for the next level of learning? Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

18. How to create the “Safety Net” 1. Gather your data • CST strand scores a good start! 2. Check the CST Blueprints • strand percentages and number of items 3. Review the standards considering • Endurance, Leverage, Readiness Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

19. How to create the “Safety Net” 4. Choose Power Standards from each cluster area 5. Have a vertical alignment conversation with team/other grade spans Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

20. How to create the “Safety Net” 6. Connect Power Standards to the curriculum. • What curricular resources? • Where (pages, unit of study)? • When will it be taught? Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

21. SESSION 1: PART 2 Orientation to Learning Progression Charts All ELA Standards with associated ELD Standards All Math Standards with associated Key Standards • STAR Blueprint • CST • HSEE • CMA • CAPA • Early Placement Test ALIGNED ACROSS GRADES: Pre K-12/Algebra 2! Color-coded by number of questions Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

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23. 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

24. STEP 1: Identifying ‘Essential Standards’ or Learning STEP 1: Grade-level or content-alike teams use Reeves’ criteria to indicate ‘Essential Standards’ for their assigned grade level(s): • Criteria: • Readiness • Endurance • Leverage Mark an ‘X’ in the column to the left of each essential standard for your grade level. Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

25. STEP 2: “First draft Essential Standards” are plotted on Learning Progression Chart for articulation agreements. • Side-by-side articulation across grade spans: • K-2 • 3-5 • 6-8 • 9-12 K-2 3-5 6-8 Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

26. STEP 3: Articulation Feedback Loop Use Post-it notes to leave messages to our colleagues, as we use this ELA 8th grade standard to critique the journey: R. 2.7: Evaluate the unity, coherence, logic, internal consistency, and structural patterns of text. What about… Rotations: K-2: 6-8, 3-5, K-2 3-5: K-2, 6-8, 3,5 6-8: 3-5, K-2, 6-8 At final rotation, adjust selected essential standards based on feedback from colleagues. What about… What about… Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

27. STEP 4: Articulation K-12. • Next, working in small self-selected groups, let’s check for alignment across each domain: • Reading • Oral & Written Conventions • Writing Strategies/Applications Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

28. STEP 5: Articulation agreements, K-12. Consensus Check* Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

29. Answering KC’s Q2: When do we agree to teach ‘it’? Developing Pacing Guides SESSION 1: PART 3

30. Overlay the APS • Core programs [Language Arts & Math] • Instructional time • Pacing schedule • Teacher training • Administrator training • Achievement data monitoring system • Monthly grade level collaboration • Ongoing support (coaches) to teachers • Fiscal support OTL-GVC Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

31. Establishing Pacing Guides Publishing our agreements about when each grade teaches the ‘essential standards.’ Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

32. Guaranteeing a Viable Curriculum: Developing a Pacing Guide Curriculum Organization • Units/ Themes/Chapters • Weekly Structures or Lesson Strands • Daily Lessons English-Language Arts Domains • Word Analysis • Vocabulary • Comprehension • Conventions • Writing • S&L Mathematic Strands • Number Sense • Algebra & Functions • Measurement & Geometry • Statistics, Data Analysis, Probability • Mathematical Reasoning 1 per grade level Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

33. Continue with 3rd, 5th, 7th, or 9th STEP B: Essential Standards Pacing within Program • Populate the heading to the right of “Pacing Guide” with identified “essential standards.” • Using the TE locate the number of opportunities each standard is taught during ‘core’ lessons. Populate corresponding cell with tally marks using ‘lower case L’ rather than numbers. • To make Pacing Guide even more visually valuable, highlight cells in essential standards’ row as per highlighting on Learning Progression Chart CST column. • Next, highlight the tally-mark-filled cells in pale yellow. • Finally, use your school calendar to locate natural breaks in the pacing to align with the curriculum. Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

34. A Portion of OCESD Third Grade Pacing Guide Themes 1-3…. Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

35. Developing Your Pacing Guides Site Leadership Team to create action plans to support development of Pacing Guides for all grades for ELA or Math. Determine: • Who • When • How Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education

36. Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. David Staff Jordan, scientist and educator Cricket FL Kidwell, Ed.D. Trinity County Office of Education