Iowa CoreI-CAT Process

Teacher Session

Sue UpdegraffKeystone AEA

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Setting the Stage

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Background Information for Teachers

Multi-Pass Experiences with Essential Concepts/Skills

Curriculum Terms

Alignment Terms and Chart

District Curriculum Framework/Schema

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Outcome 4 of the PLAN

“District leaders and teachers monitor and use data to increase the degree of alignment of each and every student’s enacted curriculum to the Iowa CORE (intended).”

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Purpose: Enacted to Intended

Independent Reflection

One Course/Subject/Grade to one skill set = 90 minutes

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Not evaluative or judgmental

Collective effort needed

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Future PassesContent depth

Assessment

Instruction/Strategies

Resources

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Process for First

Pass

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Process for First Pass1. Review Background

Information

2. Identify Skill Set(s) for Reflection

3. Identify Support Documents (enacted diary, lesson plan, etc.)

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Process for First Pass4. Basics of Coding

determining extent of current agreement between enacted and intended (agreement vs. align)

“Did I teach this?”

document what actually happened, not what was “suppose” to happen

no extra points for high agreement

professionalism

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Process for First Pass

5. Key Alignment Question

What did students get the opportunity to learn during the school year?

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Getting into I-CATSite:

District #:

User Name: name combination from email (not entire email)

Password:

Create Own Password:

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What Happens After First Pass?

Collect and Analyze Data of Measured Alignment

Decisions/Plan based on Datagapsoverlaps

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Database of Coverage

Action through PLCs

Pedagogy, assessment and related issues in future

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Tutorial

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Demonstration

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NOTE:Subject Domain: Literacy,

Math, SS, Science, 21st

Discipline: Subcategories of the Domains

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Engage in Coding

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