The Iowa CBE Collaborative Orientation November 19, 2013 # IACompED

The Iowa CBE CollaborativeOrientationNovember 19, 2013

#IACompED

IOWA Department of Education

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Housekeeping: Coffee/Water/RR/Electricity/Lunch• Internet • #IACompED

Agenda: Orientation and Beginnings Team Building Modeling Protocols You Can Use Graphic Organizer Video, Website, Webinar

Iowa CBE Collaborative


Collaborative Members will:

• Make connections with others doing this work• Develop a common understanding of CBE in Iowa• Understand the expectations of participation in

the collaborative• Provide input on key learning and the timeline• Provide input on prioritizing non academic skills• Experience a series of protocols they can use

with staff, parents, and community members

The Iowa Journey toward CBE


2010 State Board Priority 2011 State Guidelines on CBE 2011 Governor’s Blueprint on Education 2011 CBE Forum

2012 Legislation eliminated the Carnegie unit as the basis for credit in Iowa high schools and required a task force to investigate

Credit Based on Competency Rather than on the Carnegie Unit

Assessment and Accountability Learning Plans and Templates Professional Development Using Technology to Enhance This Work





2013 Legislation requested a strategic plan for statewide implementation and provided funding for

Writing Competencies Developing Assessments Investigation Recording/Reporting Systems Professional Development Grants for the Iowa CBE Collaborative



Legislative Task Force Preliminary Report, January 2013 included:

• A justification for the work• 22 recommendations toward developing CBE in the state• Proposed timeline

Final Report turned in November 15, 2013• The urgency of the work• Update on the 22 recommendations• 13 new or forwarded recommendations• Draft Strategic Plan http://tiny.cc/IowaCBETaskForce

http://tiny.cc/IowaCBETaskForce

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Cedar Rapids Collins-Maxwell East Union Howard-Winneshiek Marshalltown

Higher Ed

Mason City Muscatine Nevada Spirit Lake Van Meter

AEAs/Others

The Iowa CBE Collaborative

• Framework for Transformation• Iowa Demonstration Sites• Defining College and Career Ready

National and International Perspective on

the Future of Education: CBESusan Patrick

CEO, International Association for K-12 Online Learning


Groups—but wait for instructions● Central Office ● Principals● MS Teachers and AEAs ● HS Teachers● Higher Ed ● Elem and Other

Place yourself under the correct sign to indicate how you view your skills at doing laundry—be honest.

In your groups list why you believe you fit in that category.

Take your pink Graphic Organizer & a Pen

Are You More Proficient than Your Grandmother?


Framing the Work & Building the Team


State Guidelines Read the guidelines

http://tinyurl.com/IowaCompEdGuidelines

Principles• How does this compare with what you

experienced as a K-12 student?




Definitions:• Competency: A competency is an enduring

understanding that requires the transfer of knowledge, skills, and dispositions to complex situations in and/or across content areas and/or beyond the classroom.

• Proficiency: Demonstrated skill or knowledge required to advance to and be successful in higher levels of learning in that content area or using that content.



Examples•How does this example use competency?•What excites you about these examples?





Moving Again Go to the Table with the Number on Your Name Tag


More ChildrenIowa CBE Collaborative:Overview Document


Read the Overview

Process with those at your table: What questions do you have about this

document or anything form the morning?

Lunch Ticket: Place your questions on sticky notes on

the chart paper by the doors

Addressing Your Questions


Will all schools be required to do this eventually? When?

Is this just about pacing or are we creating an environment where students explore and teachers record and teach?

Will competencies become like standards? Will they be different in each school? Are competencies just bundled standards?

Your Big Picture Questions


Will this be for all Pk-12 students or just an alternative path for those who struggle?

Are students from CBE schools getting accepted to elite colleges?

Your Big Picture Questions


What tech-supported collaboration opportunities will there be?

How will all of this be managed (shared resources, artifacts, plans, etc.)?

How is communication going to be facilitated within the collaborative?

Please note preferences on your feedback form.iacomped.com

Your Nuts and Bolts Questions


http://iacomped.com/

Your Nuts and Bolts Questions


Who is going to approve/deny our CBE plan?

Is there a timeline for this work and how will this be rolled out statewide?

How long does it take to get a district fully implemented?

Suggestions/ideas are needed for taking this to scale in a variety of different district sizes

What are the biggest gap areas between where we currently are, and where we aspire to be in 5 years?

Your Mapping the Work Questions


Are schools here today expected to be piloting CBE in the next few years??

What will year 2 look like for us as a CBE Collaborative?

How do we know what districts already have so we can know who to collaborate with?

Your Mapping the Work Questions


Mapping the Work


How will we contribute to the collaborative outcomes?

What are you doing or thinking of doing that might help the collaborative to move forward?

What are your needs?

Mapping the Work


Iowa CBE Collaborative


Collaborative Members will:

• Make connections with others doing this work• Develop a common understanding of CBE in Iowa• Understand the expectations of participation in

the collaborative• Provide input on key learning and the timeline• Provide input on prioritizing non academic skills• Have a series of protocols they can use with staff,

parents, and community members

More ChildrenIowa CBE Collaborative


Housekeeping: Coffee/Water/RR/Electricity/Lunch• Internet • #IACompED

Agenda: Orientation and Beginnings Team Building Modeling Protocols You Can Use Graphic Organizer Video, Website, Webinar

• Choose a table recorder. Have the Overview document handy.

• Review the collaborative milestones on the 11x17 chart at your table. Put changes to the milestones for the collaborative on blue or pink Post-Its, corresponding with the topics. Write additional milestones or outcomes on the green Post-Its.

• Write local milestones on yellow Post-Its (be sure to include your district initials).

• Place Post-Its on the timeline on the wall. • Write needs you identify onto the recorder

sheet at your table.

Mapping the Work


With an Elbow Partner:List 3 ways the world has changed in the past 35 or 40 years.

List 3 skills people need today because of those changes.

Which skills are you most concerned about for your students?

More ChildrenCross Walking 21st Century Skills


Skills and dispositions most predictive of student success• Reviewed various frameworks• Identified Core skills from the

research synthesis

Planning Next Steps and Messaging the Day


Brief experience with determining proficiency Framing the Work: State Guidelines, Overview Mapping the Work: Key Learning and Timeline Non Academic Skills: CrosswalkNext Steps: Use Graphic Organizer notes to discuss what

your next steps might be—as a district, institution, individual.

Discuss your ideas for messaging today Use one of the blank sheets to turn in

anything we didn’t capture on the screen

Exit Ticket


Nametag and anything you want to keep in the envelop

Leave it on the table

Evaluation—leave them on the table


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