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TIME Collaborative: Massachusetts Creating Schools with More & Better Learning Time

TIME Collaborative: Massachusetts Creating Schools with More & Better Learning Time. School Kick-Off. Today’s Objectives. Learn about the TIME Collaborative and the planning process in order to develop a shared understanding of what it means for your school Develop a redesign mindset

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TIME Collaborative: Massachusetts Creating Schools with More & Better Learning Time

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  1. TIME Collaborative: MassachusettsCreating Schools with More & Better Learning Time School Kick-Off

  2. Today’s Objectives • Learn about the TIME Collaborative and the planning process in order to develop a shared understanding of what it means for your school • Develop a redesign mindset • Plan key next steps and assign owners to prepare for the launch the Planning Process

  3. Why More Learning Time? More Time Benefits BOTH Students and Teachers Achievement Engagement Inst Quality More Time to Raise Student Achievement and Teach to Common Core More Time to Provide Rich Engagement Offerings for Students More Time to Collaborate and Improve Quality of Instruction

  4. Fulfilling the Promise of Expanded Learning Time Percent of Students Scoring Proficient Silvia Elementary School (Grades PK – 5) and Kuss Middle School (Grades 6 – 8) • NOTES: • Proficiency rates aggregated and weighted across Grades 3 – 5 and Grades 6 – 8

  5. What are Teachers Saying about Having More Time?

  6. TIME Collaborative: Across the Nation • Multi-year initiative to develop high-quality and sustainable expanded learning time schools in 5 states--CO, CT, MA, NY, TN • Participating schools create a plan that provides 300 additional hours of learning time for all students beginning in SY2014-15 • NCTL providing planning and implementation support at no cost to districts and schools District + School Selection May – July‘13 School Planning Process Aug ‘13 – Feb ‘14 Implementation Plans Due February ‘14 Implementation Begins August ‘14

  7. TIME Collaborative: Massachusetts NCTL is collaborating with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Ford Foundation to bring the TIME Collaborative to a limited number of MA districts • Cohort I: During the 2012-13 planning process, nine schools in two MA districts worked to re-engineer their school schedule to add 300 hours for all students • Lawrence and Fall River • 5 schools in both districts are moving forward with implementation of 300 additional hours in 2013-14 school year; those that aren’t adding the full 300 hours are still planning to add some additional time (180-205 hours/year) • Cohort II: two additional MA districts will engage in a planning process during the 2013-14 school year: Boston (3 schools) and Salem (2 schools)

  8. TIME Collaborative: What it Means for YOU As a selected school, have the opportunity to: • Rethink your school day and/or year • Reengineer your school schedule to better meet the needs of students and teachers • Receive support from the district and NCTL • Join a network of pioneering educators from across the state and the country

  9. TIME Collaborative: The Planning Sessions During SY13-14, school-based teams from the selected districts will participate in 6 full-day planning sessions and 2 additional meetings What are the Planning Sessions? • Opportunity to learn about best practices of high quality ELT schools • Time for small teams to meet and rethink their school schedules to better meets the needs of students and teachers • Opportunity for teams to network with other planning teams from across the state Who Participates? • A minimum of 5 teachers and the principal representing a broad range of disciplines, experience, and roles forms the Planning Team (this can be a sub-set of the ILT) • Include teachers, union representatives, principal, other administrative staff, parents, and school partners • Key district personnel charged with support schools’ efforts

  10. TIME Collaborative: What it Means for YOU • COLLABORATION • Among district leaders and staff • Among school leaders and staff • Between district and schools • COMPLEXITY • Needs to be highly organized and coordinated • There will be lots of questions and not always easy answers • CHANGE • On many levels • You have been chosen in part because you have demonstrated the ability to lead successful change • Need to remain flexible and consider options

  11. School Planning Team TIME Collaborative: Collaboration at All Levels • Leads planning process • Keeps colleagues and stakeholders fully informed • District Time Collaborative Team • Your School’s Faculty and Staff • Led by District Point of Contact • Includes principals and district leaders • Meets monthly and as needed to address district solutions and problem solve • Participates in planning process as organized by Planning Team • Provides input and feedback on design as it is developed

  12. Getting into the Redesign Mindset • IDEO Redesigns the Shopping Cart • Take Something Familiar and Make it Better • DIRECTIONS: • Watch video and take notes • Team discussion • Share out

  13. Redesign from the Ground Up What can the leading design firm in the country help us understand about rethinking your school day?

  14. Redesign Mindset: Discussion Questions After the video, take 10 minutes to discuss the following questions with your school team: 0:00 0:30 1:00 5:00 10:00 Time Remaining How did IDEO foster creative thinking? How can IDEO’s philosophy of ‘enlightened trial & error succeeds over the planning of the lone genius’ apply to your planning process?

  15. Building Support For Your New School Day Communicate early and often to: • Build support and enthusiasm for the effort • Create a common sense of purpose • Convey a sense of urgency • Reduce anxiety and misconceptions by providing concrete information and regular updates • Building support for your new school day by engaging key stakeholders will be an ongoing theme of the planning process

  16. Key Messages for You to Relay Now • This initiative is about building a better school day and year for our students, teachers, and families • We are just at the beginning and we need you to play an active role in the process of developing a new school experience for our community • With more time, our school will be able to do x, y, and z Important for you to spell out the possibilities that will be created for your school community because of more time—paint a picture of what your school day/year could look like

  17. Chenee Dwarte: cdwarte@timeandlearning.org (617) 378-3948 Emily Raine: eraine@timeandlearning.org (617) 378-3937

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