COLT Planning

1. COLT Planning October 4, 2010

2. While you are waiting: COLT Planning Wiki: http://coltplanning.wikispaces.com/

3. Setting the Stage • Vision documents have been endorsed by the Board • Visioning principles will be key • How will visioning make a difference for students? • The critical goal of developing the skill set of the teacher • What does excellent teaching look like? • The importance of alignment

4. Marzano

6. Goals for Today • Articulate our core purpose as a district. • Identify the essential components of a quality learning environment • Begin the creation of a visual to represent our thinking.

7. Our Agenda 8:30- 8:45 - Welcome and Goals 8:45-10:00 – Our Core Purpose BREAK 10:15-12:00- Elements of a Quality Learning Environment LUNCH 12:45-1:30 – Debrief 1:30-2:45 – Visual Representation 2:45-3:00– Wrap Up & Next Steps

8. Questions

9. Improvement Student Learning Instructional / Assessment Strategies Capacity Building Infrastructure Partnership Innovation Research Evidence Tech Support

10. 1. Distributed Leadership draws change out of staff rather than driving reform through them2. A net with no nanny – networks – schools connecting with schools – district to district - district is too small to be the unit of change3. Responsibility before accountability (accountability is the small remainder that is left once responsibility has been subtracted)4. Build from the bottom, steer broadly from the top around a limited number of things 4 catalysis of coherence

11. IMPR0VING STUDENT LEARNING INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN A deep understanding of how to create excellent learning environments ASSESSMENT A deep understanding of how students learn Collaborative Learning Communities Contemporary tools of literacy Commitment to change – the new mechanisms Planning for a clear purpose and set of goals …vision and mission THE WOLF CREEK VISION

12. 12 components of an ELE 4. What does good learning look like? (Rubrics and exemplars) 5. Revisit outcomes to think about Instructional design. (Learning styles, complexity of outcome, hidden skills, etc.) 3. Where are students relative to the outcome…a pre-assessment phase? 2. What evidence will show that students have met the outcomes? 6. Selection of input structure for new knowledge. 7.Giving students an opportunity to interact with new knowledge. 1. Outcomes are clear to the student. 12. Classroom structure, peer relationships, culture of school and student strategies for their more independent or collaborative learning . 8.Giving students an opportunity to experiment or use new knowledge. 9. Constant assessment feedback so students can modify learning efforts. 11.A plan to assist students when the outcome is not being met… a new course of action. 10. Final evaluation based on authentic compilation of assessment devices.

13. FSD Vision to Leading and Supporting Learning Developing Distributed Leadership Building Capacity Advancing Best Practice Embedding Assessment for and of Learning Developing Understanding of Curricula Improving Learning for All Students Through Intellectual Engagement Designing for Understanding Developing Healthy Relationships Advancing Technological, Pedagogical, Content Knowledge Ensuring Response to Intervention Leveraging Research Engaging in Active Professional Learning Communities

14. Improvement Student Learning Instructional / Assessment Strategies Capacity Building Infrastructure Partnership Innovation Research Evidence Tech Support

15. What is our core purpose as a district? Student learning • hie Student Achievement Teacher development

16. Your Task With your COLT Team: 1. Identify our core purpose. 2. Be able to articulate what the core purpose entails. (E.g. Student Learning ~ what do we mean by this?) 3. Debrief & Consolidation at 9:15

17. BREAK

18. Quality Learning Environment Your Task: • Identify and articulate the elements of a quality learning environment:

19. Quality Learning Environment • Reflective questions to guide the process: • What does excellent teaching look like? • How would we know the teaching is excellent? • If we were to work on developing the skill set of the teacher, what would be the important elements upon which we would focus?

21. LUNCH

22. Debrief and Consolidate Debrief and Consolidate Elements of a Quality Learning Environment • Elements of a Quality Learning Environment

23. Visual Representations

24. Improvement Student Learning Instructional / Assessment Strategies Capacity Building Infrastructure Partnership Innovation Research Evidence Tech Support

25. IMPR0VING STUDENT LEARNING INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN A deep understanding of how to create excellent learning environments ASSESSMENT A deep understanding of how students learn Collaborative Learning Communities Contemporary tools of literacy Commitment to change – the new mechanisms Planning for a clear purpose and set of goals …vision and mission THE WOLF CREEK VISION

26. FSD Vision to Leading and Supporting Learning Developing Distributed Leadership Building Capacity Advancing Best Practice Embedding Assessment for and of Learning Developing Understanding of Curricula Improving Learning for All Students Through Intellectual Engagement Designing for Understanding Developing Healthy Relationships Advancing Technological, Pedagogical, Content Knowledge Ensuring Response to Intervention Leveraging Research Engaging in Active Professional Learning Communities

27. Winning Proposition As a highly motivated team , we will deliver the safest , most reliable , and profitable oil sands operation . Safety Is A Value One Team , Want To , Can Do , Will do One Goal Strategic Get it Right the Keep it Right First Time Priorities Leadership Behaviours Workforce Behaviours Develop and motivate Responsible for your own and employees to maximize others’ safety . contribution . Set and effectively Honor commitments – do what communicate clear , achievable you said you would do . expectations . Engaged . Make decisions based on strategic priorities and core values . Disciplined – no shortcuts . Think – Ask – Act . Measure performance and drive improvement . Help the team be successful Be visible and accessible . Core Values Safety , Excellence License to Integrity Respect Health & in all we do Operate Wellness KEARL BTPO Strategic Roadmap K _ Roadmap _ Strategic 092109 _ ek

28. Visual Representations • Criteria for a Visual Representation:

29. DEBRIEF & Consolidation

30. Next Steps • SAT • Visioning • November 1 – PD Day • March - Retreat