District Literacy Leaders Network Meeting
October 7, 20159:00am-12:00pm
Dr. Marion Smith, Jr. | Director, Learning and InnovationStudent and School Success
English Language Arts
Before We Start
Wireless: PSESD Guest
Resources: https://literacy.psesd.org/district-literacy-leaders-resources/
Agenda
Welcome:Silent Circle Activity
• Form a circle• Listen to various
statements• If the statement
represents you raise your hand
• Notice who else raises their hand
Think-Pair-Share
• Why might it be important to “start from the place of same?”
• As you think about your context, what systems and/or structures are maintained by the Power of Academic Language?
• As we continue to implement ELA CCSS, what conversation(s) and/or work is happening in your district to engage all voices?
Plan to share your thinking on one (1) of these prompts.
Introductions
• Individual introductions: name, role, school district
• Share a thought from your Think-Pair-Share conversation
Community Agreements
• Stay engaged
• Speak your truth
• Have a learners stance
• Experience discomfort
• Intent vs. impact
DLL Survey Results
• 17 responses
Structure of Time
– Collaboration– Districts Sharing
Resources– State Information– Information Sharing
Top 5Topics of High Interest
• Using Smarter Balanced (SB) Results: 87%• Using Interim SBA to Inform Instruction: 81%• Struggling Readers and Writers: 81%• Writing in the Content Areas: 75%• RTI / LAP: 68%
Revisiting Supports• Priority and Focus
Schools
• School Needs-Self Assessment
• Regional Indistar Plan
• Job-embedded, on-going PD opportunities
Who Do We Serve?
Setting the Stage
“Imagine that upon your arrival at an airline ticket counter, you are
told that only 65 percent of the flights to your intended destination
actually even arrive. The remainder crash en route. And, if you are a
child of color, or poor, you are required to fly on special, poorly
Maintained planes—of which only 35 percent make it. Sounds crazy,
right? But this is exactly the deal that, as a nation, we are serving up
daily to millions of children in thousands of our public schools.”
from Crash Course by Chris Whittle
Through line to Student Learning
ESD District + School Leaders Teachers Students
PSESD ContextAgency End:
• “Success for each child and eliminate the opportunity gap.”
Foundational Strategies
• Best Practices• Uphold Whole Child
Tenets• Instructional Core• Lead With Racial
Equity• Data Informed
“The most troublesome achievement gap is the racial gap—the difference in student achievement between White and Asian students and their Black, Latino, Native American, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander counterparts. Without question, poverty and wealth impact student achievement as well. Statistically, however, even within the same economic strata, there is an achievement gap based on race.” – Glenn Singleton
Why are we talking about race when we talk about the opportunity gap?
Access To Opportunity in King County
How do we ensure equitable access to opportunities for all learners to successfully meet the ELA CCSS??
2015-2016 WA State Fellows
• Representing English Language Arts, Math and Science
• Washington Fellows are one of the largest state sponsored cadre of teacher leaders in the United States
• WA Fellows represent 188 school districts• Educating over 1 million public school children
GrowthGrowth of ELA, Math and Science Fellows Network:
Content Area 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
# of Fellows # of Districts # of Fellows # of Districts # of Fellows # of Districts
ELA 10 10 156 103 218 119
Math 51 48 213 122 221 125
Science n/a n/a n/a n/a 140 81
Totals 61 56 369 159 579 188
2015-2016 PSESD ELA Fellows
• 36 ELA Fellows
– 19 different school districts
Fellows by district
• Auburn- 1• Bainbridge Island- 2• Bethel- 1• Clover Park- 1• Eatonville- 3• Fife- 1• Highline- 1• Kent- 5• Lake WA- 5
• Northshore- 1• Orting- 1• Puyallup- 2• Riverview- 1• Seattle- 2• Skykomish- 1• Steilacoom Historical- 2• Sumner- 5• Tacoma- 1
The Fellows Mission
The Fellows, teacher leaders who support district implementation efforts, are a crucial part of larger systemic statewide CCSS/NGSS implementation efforts. The Fellows work in harmony with state, district, regional, and local structures to build coherent and effective implementation of the CCSS/NGSS, which will result in student growth in each district in Washington State. Each region has a cadre of leaders who share in common specialized content learning along with the other regions from across the state. Fellows work in their schools to deepen core understandings of engaging instructional practices and leadership strategies for professional development.
ExpectationsFellows and District Commitments:• Collaborate throughout the year with district leadership and/or school principal to
discuss, create and document the ongoing District Fellow Plan.
• Implement learning from the Fellows meetings within your own instructional practice and in supporting teachers in Washington State Learning Standards (CCSS or NGSS) implementation.
• Submit completed District Fellow Plan to your Regional Coordinator at the end of the year.
English Language Arts and Mathematics: • Attend and participate in four (4) regional Fellows Convenings:
– October 27, December 7, February 23, April 26
Outcomes
Ongoing Professional Development• Learning together • Exploring new and up-and-coming resources• Building skills around best resources for your context
Build Leadership Capacity in School, Districts and Among Colleagues• Intentional focus on instructional leadership • Increase evidence of implementation and professional development in
support of WSLS at regional, district and state levels
Leadership in the Extended Community• Providing feedback to the state-wide system• Supporting collegial capacity for all of Washington’s schools
15-16 Content Focus
ELA Fellows will grow their instructional practice in the area of writing, specifically with drawing evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis and reflection.
Instructional LeadershipFellows work will be anchored in the Fundamentals of Learning by Margaret Heritage and the WestEd Team.
Instructional Leadership Framework
Making Meaning Thinking critically, creatively and meta-cognitively Connecting Prior Knowledge to New Learning Using language, symbols and texts
Participating and Learning Engaging with Others in Learning Communication Ideas, Feelings, and Perspectives Relating to Other People’s Ideas, Feelings and Experiences
Managing Learning Taking personal responsibility for learning Adapting learning tactics Persevering with challenges
Action Plan
The Action Plan will be finalized and ready to launch at the Fellows Convening (Oct. 27th) with the Regional Coordinator
Self Reflection / Network Brainstorming
• When I think about supporting ELA work in my district and the realities of my contexts, what gets in my way?
SSEO and Menu of Best Practices
Amy Thierry
Program Supervisor- LAP English Language Arts and Research (OSPI)[email protected]
Break
Grounding Our Work
Text Rendering:
“Assessment Literacy for Teachers: Faddish or Fundamental” (Popham, 2009)
SBAC Update
Beth Simpson
ELA Assessment Specialist & SB Digital Library State Lead (OSPI)[email protected]
Think Tank
Question(s):
What are you thinking about Next Steps to move this work forward? What additional resources may you need?
Exit Survey