MES Teacher Institute August 22, 2011

“A Process, Not an Event”

K-12 Educational Experience

Independent Contractors

Communication Curriculum Corner Posted Friday on Employee

Lounge & Website Building Mailbox Located in Building Offices Committee Meeting Posted on Employee Minutes Lounge Following meetings E-Mail Preference

shorsch@mendotahs.org Phone 815-539-7631 ext 313 MES 815-539-7446 ext 502 MHS

Communication – Building VisitsBuilding Visits

Monday – Northbrook – Curriculum OfficeWednesday – Blackstone Friday – Lincoln

Focus Teacher Networking/Communication Classroom Visits – Reading, Writing, Math

Support & Guidance Curriculum/Assessment Individual Conferences Curriculum/Assessment/Instructional Support Professional Development

Grade Level/Content Area MeetingsGrade Level Meetings – September 2011

Blackstone K- 1st Tuesday (After School) 1st – 1st Wednesday (After

School) Lincoln

2nd Grade – 2nd Tuesday3rd Grade – 3rd Tuesday4th Grade – 4th Tuesday

Northbrook – September 2011Small Group Sessions - Team Meeting Time (Mondays)

Student Achievement

ISAT Assessments – Reading – Math-Science Target 85%

Reading Math Science3rd Grade – 74% 82%4th Grade – 73% 87% 83%5th Grade – 72% 75%6th Grade – 89% 88%7th Grade – 72% 86% 78%8th Grade – 86% 88%

2011-2012 Professional Development - Resources

Introduction to Writing Materials – Portfolio Development, Rubric Engagement, Types of Writing and Time Devoted to Specific Writing Genres

CPR/AED Training 6-8th Grade Book Studies Common Assessment Development MHS and Grade Level Articulation State Mandated Trainings CPDU’s 15th of each month DVD/CD Calkins Resources K-2 3-5 ELL

Global Communications Network

Online professional development to complete mandated state trainings

Registration and Access – www.gcntraining.com Access Code: 56538m

May complete independently…. Teacher Institute time will be provided in December 2011 – Powerpoint Slide Presentations

CPDU’s will be provided with documentation of completion

Common Core Standards

What We Know: This is about changing instruction.

Teaching and assessing will look different.

We have to raise expectations for all kids!

GOOD NEWS- Our district has already been working toward these goals!!

What’s Missing – Think-Pair-Share

Standards

Annual Assessme

nts

…Common Formative Assessments

Priority Standard

s

Units of Study

Units of Study

Performance

Assessments

Big Ideas

Level of

Rigor

Essential Questions

Metacognition “Learning How I Learn”

Instructional

Strategies

This Change is a System in Evolution…not a Revolution! Expect changes to occur as we move through

the process There is not a ‘canned curriculum’ for

implementing the Common Core Standards All districts in the states that have adopted

Common Core Standards will be/or have been doing this work

Our prior mapping work will facilitate the process

What we know: ISAT & PSAE will be used until 2014 Pilot items from Common Core will likely be

incorporated into ISAT beginning in 2012 Schools/Districts need to make strategic

decisions about balancing instruction between the ‘97 ILSLS & CCSS

Common Core State Standards are more rigorous than the ‘97 ILSLS—particularly in math & writing

Standards will be forthcoming across other content areas soon-Science (Fall 2012)

FocusedASSESSMENT4

• Speaking• Listening

25%

1• ELA• Math

50%

FocusedASSESSMENT 2

• ELA• Math

90%

END OF YEARCOMPREHENSIVE

ASSESSMENT

75%

FocusedASSESSMENT 3• ELA• Math

PARTNERSHIP RESOURCE CENTER: Digital library of released items, formative assessments, model curriculum frameworks, curriculum resources, student and educator tutorials and practice tests, scoring training modules, and professional development materials

Summative assessment for accountability

Required, but not used tor accountability

FocusedASSESSMENT The PARCC System

English Language Arts and Mathematics, Grades 3 - 11

What is our Curriculum focus in the 2011-2012 school year?

District Plan Engage in analysis of Common Core State

Standards and their impact on your instruction Work within grade level teams/content area to

prioritize CCSS, links standards with units of study, prepare pacing guides, and begin constructing “Unit Planning Organizers”

Literacy Emphasis in non-core subject areas Adjust instruction as needed to implement

Common Core Standards—NOW, this school year!

Professional development/teacher collaboration targeted at supporting these processes

What can I do tommorrow? Post Content Targets and Language Targets (Reading,

Writing, Speaking, Listening) in Your Classroom Begin applying the ELA and Math Practice Standards in

our classrooms All teachers promote the use of the 6+1 Trait Language

scoring guides in your teacher feedback to students about their writing

Use the 6+1 Traits of writing in their assessment practices

Use the Lucy Calkins writing workshop instructional framework materials to guide your writing instructional practices

Teachers will begin the process of creating “Units of Study” for writing and math based on the Common Core Standards. This is an MES and MHS initiative

Posting Content and Language Targets

Math Content Target Language Target

Solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20

Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation relating to three whole numbers.

Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds.

Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently