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LITERACY

Data AnalysisContinuously utilizing appropriate formal and informal data to inform in-struction, increase student learning, and inform the school improve-ment process

Critical ThinkingEnsuring that all higher order thinking skills infused into the curriculum are understood by teachers and used in instruction and when not evident in the curriculum, exploring ways to do so

Effective Instruction and Student EngagementImproving first instruction for all students and matching needs for interventions – for both struggling and advanced students – to specific needs

Curriculum ImplementationImplementing new and existing curriculum focused on the Common Core Standards with fidelity

Through Professional Learning Communities, we will focus on …

MATHSCHOOL CLIMATE

FOUR CRITICAL QUESTIONS FOR TEACHERS

What do teachers need to know and be able to do in order to meet the expectations set forth in the school improvement plan?

How will you know if they know it?

What will you do if they don’t know it?

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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH NEEDS by:

individualteamdepartmentschool

COMPREHENSIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

4 Critical Questions

Determine:

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH NEEDS by: individual team department school

By: needs assessments walk-throughs peer observations collecting learning data coaching conversations

4 Critical Questions

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______Elementary School

School Improvement Plan

5th Grade Team

What should we see in our classrooms?

In order to make that happen, what do we need to know and/or

be able to do?

What professional development support

do we need to accomplish what’s in

column #2?

What data can be collected to show

evidence of teacher learning? Application?

Student learning?

1. Students should be provided with small group instruction during some part of the Reading/LA block.

1. know what data to collect to place them in small groups

2. Organize our rooms and our instructional materials so the students who are not in small group are appropriately engaged in learning.

1. Team discussions about what data to collect.

2. Training in how to understand and use the data.

3. Practice in using the data to form small groups.

1. Chart that asks teachers to list possible data sources.

2. Sample groups using fictitious data / students with explanation of grouping.

SCHOOL GOALS

AND

SYSTEM INITIATIVES

SPECIFIC ACTION PLANS

MATH LITERACYSCHOOL

CLIMATE

3rd2nd

1stK

5th4th

3rd2nd

1stK

4th 5th3rd

1/2

K

COMPREHENSIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

MarchFebruary

January

DecemberNovember

OctoberSeptember

August

April May

By goal &

Audience

need

Elementary

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SCHOOL GOALS

AND

SYSTEM INITIATIVES

SPECIFIC ACTION PLANS

DIFFERENTIATEINSTRUCTION

LITERACYSCHOOLCLIMATE

Social StudiesSpecials

ScienceMath

EnglishForeign Lang

Social StudiesSpecials

ScienceMath

Foreign Lang English Foreign Lang

Specials

Math

LONG-RANGE WORK PLAN: COMPREHENSIVE

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN B

MarchFebruary

January

DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptember

August

April May

Science

Social Studies

English

By goal &

Audience

need

Secondary

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Pressure to accelerate staff learning and build momentum for improvement means finding creative ways for adults to learn in the workplace, not just at periodic professional development workshops. The challenge in designing any professional development program is to select models not because they are trendy, but because they are the best choice to help a particular staff or staff member learn particular content in a particular context.

Matching

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WHEN …

do you provide professional development?

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O.R.I.O.R.I.D.D.

A PATHWAY TO CRITICAL THINKING

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The Objective Level of Thinking

External

Sensory (see, hear, smell, taste, texture)

Directly observable

Facts and data

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The Reflective Level of Thinking

Internal

Immediate response or reaction

Feelings and intuition

Memory or associations

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The Interpretive Level of Thinking

Implications

Meaning

Significance

Value

Story

“Why?”

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The Decisional Level of Thinking

Future Resolve:Next stepsWho will do itProduct producedAims accomplishedApplication

Closure

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Let’s try it!

 

 

 

 

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OObjective Level

RReflective Level

IInterpretive Level

DDecisional Level

Stay in Process!