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Idaho Core Coaching Network

Idaho Core Coaching Network. April Niemela Idaho Core Coach , Region II. April Niemela. Idaho Core Coaching Network Co-Director of Idaho Core Coaching Network Region II Idaho Core Coach (Literacy) NIWP Summer Institute: 2002 Co-Director ( 2006-current) Summer Institute Facilitator

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Idaho Core Coaching Network

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  1. Idaho Core Coaching Network April Niemela Idaho Core Coach, Region II

  2. April Niemela • Idaho Core Coaching Network • Co-Director of Idaho Core Coaching Network • Region II Idaho Core Coach (Literacy) • NIWP Summer Institute: 2002 • Co-Director (2006-current) • Summer Institute Facilitator • Fifteen years in education: 7-12 English Teacher • LCSC: B.A. & Secondary Certificate • UI: M.Ed. Curriculum & Instruction • MSU: Ph.D. Ed Psych / Ed Tech (in progress)

  3. Begin with the end in mind… What if there was a cohesive, strategic, and sustainable method for rolling out deep learning of the Idaho Core, facilitating implementation of the Standards, and impacting student learning through high quality professional development for teachers, instructional coaches, curriculum teams, administrators, and support staff?

  4. Strategic Plan: three keys to success

  5. Statewide Core Teacher Program

  6. EQuIP: Evaluating Quality Instructional Materials …the unifying strand.

  7. About EQuIP EQuIP (Educators Evaluating the Quality of Instructional Products) is an initiative of the American Diploma Project (ADP) Network designed to identify high-quality materials aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The objectives are two-fold: • Increase the supply of high quality lessons and units aligned to the CCSS that are available to elementary, middle, and high school teachers as soon as possible; and, • Build the capacity of educators to evaluate and improve the quality of instructional materials for use in their classrooms and schools.

  8. EQuIP Offers Quality Review Rubrics for These Areas Download copies at: www.achieve.org/EQuIP

  9. EQuIP: the ELA / Literacy Rubric The EQuIPrubric describes four dimensions of quality in lessons and units. These dimensions deeply examine the following areas: • Rigor of the Common Core • Key Shifts of the Common Core • Best Practices and Instructional Strategies • Varied Modes of Assessment

  10. EQuIP and Idaho The Idaho State Department of Education has adopted the EQuIP rubric to support implementation of the Idaho Core in the following ways: • Build the capacity of teachers, administrators, and support educators to gain a deeper understanding of the CCSS, key shifts, best practices, and assessments; • Guide the development of lessons and units; • Evaluate existing lessons and units to identify improvements needed to align with the CCSS; and, • Inform vendors of criteria that will be applied in the evaluation of proposals and final products.

  11. What does this mean for our pre-service teachers? • The power is in the process: We feel very strongly that experiencing the protocol is essential for deep understanding. • The rubric, in and of itself, is meaningless without the conversations, explorations, and productive struggling that go hand-in-hand with the EQuIP Training.

  12. Open EQuIP Trainings for Faculty • EQuIP Training in Two Sessions (three hours each): • Part I: Introduction to the EQuIP Rubric and lesson (Sojourner Truth) • Part II: Exemplar Unit (Steve Jobs) & the EQuIP Rubric • All training materials (PowerPoints, copies, rubrics) will be made available via DropBox: you can use / repurpose as you see fit for your needs and the needs of your students.

  13. Questions?

  14. Thank You! April Niemela, Idaho Core Coach idahocore2@sde.idaho.gov

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