WELCOMEto the CCRS

Teacher-Leadership Institute

The Big Picture:The CCRS Institute

in Context

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Virginia CCRS Implementation Team

Hillary Major, VALRC

George Bailey, OAEL

Carol Coffey, Region 10

Susan Erno, Region 10

Aimy Gaidmore, Region 21

Laura Gerlach, Region 21

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CCR SIA Project Tools & Processes

• They focus on teacher work.

• They focus on closing the gap between the

standards and classroom instruction—between what

students are learning and what they need to learn to

meet the standards.

• They pertain to the real work of instructors in the

classroom.

• They create opportunities for instructors to further

study the standards with administrators as part of a

learning community.

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March CCR SIA Institute in D.C.

• Evaluating the alignment of current curriculum

resources to the level-specific demands of the CCR

standards and the key advances.

• Modifying those resources so they more closely align

to the level-specific demands of the CCR standards

and the key advances.

• Creating lessons aligned to the same standards and

key advances, using the lesson study process.

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Sept. 2015 CCR SIA Institute in D.C.

• Focusing on strengthening student assignments to the

level-specific demands of CCR standards (and the key

advances) by looking at student work.

• Learning how to observe the demands of CCR

standards in classroom instruction to target challenges

and areas of strength.

• Concentrating on how to use data to determine

priorities for professional development.

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CCRS Teacher-Leadership Institute

• Day 1: CCR Standards and Key Advances

Thinking like the CCRS Developers

HOW• Day 2: Lesson Revision/Development

Collaboration with Colleagues

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Winter 2015/Spring 2016

• 2 follow-up webinars• Instructors apply what they’ve learned in their own

classrooms & programs.• Instructors submit and deliver at least one CCRS-

aligned lesson plan.• Specialists observe the two CCRS-aligned

lessons.• Instructors are specialists are resources within

their regions.

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Winter 2015/Spring 2016

• 2 follow-up webinars• Instructors apply what they’ve learned in their own

classrooms & programs.• Instructors submit and deliver at least one CCRS-

aligned lesson plan.• Specialists observe the two CCRS-aligned

lessons.• Instructors are specialists are resources within

their regions.

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Summer 2016: Second CCRS Teacher Leadership Institute

• Planning and facilitating professional learning communities (PLCs)

• Looking at student work in PLCs (“Critical Friends” protocol)

• Observation

Getting Out of the Egg Crate: Implementing CCRS-focused PLCs in FY16-17

Instructional Impact: Improving My Own Practice

Professional Impact: Working with Colleagues to

Improve Outcomes for Students

Policy Impact: Advocating for Positive Change

Teacher Leadership

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