Webcast

August 16, 2013

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Webcast Topics:•Agency Updates

•KBE Update

•PGES Update

•College and Career Readiness Forecasts

•Standards Update

•CIITS Update

•School Readiness Update

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Send questions to Robin.Chandler@education.ky.gov

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Agency Updates

Superintendent Summit –Sept. 5 Stakeholder Meeting – Sept. 6 Restraint and Seclusion

Updated list of ISN Points of Contact

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KBE UpdateFinal Approval

704 KAR 3:303, Required Core Academic Standards (Science Standards)

704 KAR 3:390, Extended School Services*Effective 2014-15.*Revises the funding formula to align with new Accountability System and gives equal weight to ADA, ED, and Overall Score

First Reading

704 KAR 3:305 that responds to the mandate from SB 61 for the Kentucky Board of Education to set the criteria for early graduation.  

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PGES Update

August 2013

•All districts will participate during 2013-2014 •Each district will select a minimum of 10% of their schools to participate (minimum of 1 school)•Within each participating school, the minimum number of teachers participating will be

• ELA: 1-2• Math: 1-2• ELL/SWD: 1-2• Non-Assessed: 2-3

•Minimum total number of participating

teachers per participating school: 5-9

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PGES Statewide Implementation Participation

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PGES Statewide Implementation Participant Web Collector

•PGES web-based data collection tool is now open until August 16th.

•All districts must verify participants for the 2013-14 statewide implementation by clicking “submit” in the web collector.

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Principal Observation Certification

•Principals participating in the pilot are required to complete Teachscape Proficiency on-line certification in order to be able to observe teachers in the pilot.

•To date, there is no requirement that every principal in a district take the Teachscape Proficiency training.

•Overall, 1,341 educators have passed the proficiency exam across the state (includes principals, superintendents, and district staff)

 

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PGES SupportsPGES Co-op Consultants

Each coop has hired a PGES consultant to provide intensive just-in-time support for district implementation

WebcastsThe next Professional Growth and Effectiveness System webcast will air on August 28 at 3:00 ET. The topic will be the PGES Statewide Implementation Expectations.

PGES Newsletters and KY TeacherPGES newsletter: Published on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday KY Teacher series on PGES

Resource DocumentsMonth-by-month role group implementation activity documentComing soon: Model district evaluation plan

 

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Principal Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PPGES)

•PPGES web page with resourceshttp://education.ky.gov/teachers/HQT/Pages/PPGES-Principal-Professional-Growth-and-Effectiveness-System.aspx•PD 360 Training for PPGES instruction sheet at the PPGES web page•KLA/KDE Partnership for year-round support

- 68 districts participated in the launch on July 10, 2013

- Year-round support to match the implementation activities

 

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For more information contact:

Cathy WhiteBranch Manager

Teacher & Leader EffectivenessNext Generation Professionals

502-564-1479cathy.white@education.ky.gov

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College and Career Readiness Forecast

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Standards Update

August 2013

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Next Generation Science Standards

• Science Leadership Networks launch – September 2013 –Areas of Focus:• interpretation of the Performance

Expectations and translating them into practice

• explicit connections to ELA/Literacy in Science and Mathematics KCAS

• designing/selecting congruent instructional and assessment resources

*NGSS are NOT required to be implemented in 13-14

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Social Studies Standards Development

•C3 Framework expected early September•Writing team met 5 days over summer•INITIAL DRAFT available in late September for focused feedback•Leadership Networks for Social Studies launch in January 2014 (Jan, Feb, Mar meetings); Areas of Focus:

• C3 Framework• Literacy in History• Feedback on DRAFT standards

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Common Kindergarten Screen• Student Data uploaded weekly to OMS• Each student should have the following

information:– Core Assessment (Basic Screen)– Self Help/Social Emotional Scale– Prior Setting Data

• Blended Preschool Entry• Implementation Agreement• Resources:

– www.brigance.com/kentucky– www.education.ky.gov

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CIITS News: Detailed CIITS Lync Session August 22, 2013Two new permission roles are available in the Educator Development Suite (EDS) to use in the PGES pilot. These new roles include:•EDS – CIITS Manager •CIITS School Roster ManagerA Leadership assignment role will be added to Campus within the next few weeks for EDS. This may be assigned to Vice Principals and other District Staff as needed

Multi-dimensional rubrics

Assessment manipulatives

My CIITS Home Page for Students!

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CIITS News Continued:

Quality Core EOC standards and Items

New KPIs based on K-PREP

iPad compatible assessments

Improved instructional materials search

Enhanced student profile

item, passage and rubric submission for sharing, if approved

Race to the Top measure progress maps

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Accessing CIITS News:

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Metcalfe County: CIITS SPOTLIGHT

New Superintendent Benny Lile has restructured their elementary schools to include a Primary Center and an Intermediate School.

The High School Principal sets clear expectations for CIITS usage and the teachers created 3,361 lesson plans and 3,515 materials.

The district will building capacity at the elementary and middle school levels by using the teacher team leads and process they have established at the high school to drive usage across the district.

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Kentucky PD 360 Usage Since August, 2012

•Kentucky has now surpassed 1/2 million viewing minutes!

•Over 14,000 users have accessed PD 360

•61,000 video segments have been viewed

•Forums viewed, forum posts, files downloaded, files uploaded, links viewed and links uploaded all increased—the most substantial growth coming from a 1,643 forums viewed increase to a total of 15,735!