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Bill and Melinda Gates/ASCD Grant: Virtual Learning Networks

Teacher Networks: Building Capacity for Powerful Instruction

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Virtual Convening• WELCOME!• Introduction of ASCD Faculty Member• Overview of the ASCD/Gates Grant• Introduction to EduCore• Introduction to ASCD EDge

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Social StudiesVirtual Learning Network (VLN)

Mark Barnes, Facilitator

Teacher Networks: Building Capacity for Powerful Instruction

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Mark Barnes

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Focus: Instructional Shifts of CCSSAssist with implementation in the classroom

Secondary TeachersELA literacy shiftsMath shiftsLiteracy shifts for ScienceLiteracy shifts for Social Science

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Key Instructional Shifts:Content-rich nonfiction/informational text

Reading-writing-speaking grounded in evidence

Regular practice with complex texts and its vocabulary

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Key Instructional Shifts: Focus: Focus on where standards focus

Coherence: Think across grades and link to major topics

Rigor: Require fluency, application, deep understanding

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• Two Years• Five Webinars per year

• Content specific• Host by ASCD faculty member• Synchronous• Recorded and archived on EduCore

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Discuss problems of practice• What problems are you

experiencing? • What resources do you need?• What skills would you like to

focus on in the future?

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ASCD EDge

• ASCD proprietary social networking platform

• Share comments and resources• Share video, audio, photos• Share upcoming events, updates,

alerts

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EduCore

• ASCD Common Core Online Digital Tool• Funded by a grant from Bill and Melinda

Gates Foundation• Free resource• Materials created from:

• Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)• Math Assessment Resource Service

(MARS) • Repository of evidence-based strategies,

videos, supporting documents

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Phase One• 1 Virtual Convening• 4 Webinars

• Structured around “Problem of Practice”• Challenges identified by participants

in implementing CCSS in their classrooms

• Collaboration with trusted experts• Helpful feedback in a timely manner

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Phase Two• 1 Virtual Convening• 4 Webinars

• Deeper dive• Expand networks to include local

colleagues/teams• Local professional networks

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Measurement and Evaluation• Pulse surveys to gauge participant

satisfaction• Skills assessments: pre- and post-• Teacher practice surveys 3x/year• Possible voluntary phone interviews• Voluntary focus groups

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ascdedge.ascd.org

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Other than the webinars, the ASCD EDge VLN group is where the sharing of resources takes place.

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ascdedge.ascd.org Join Today

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Learn the basics of ASCD EDge in the brief video linked here

http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol8/809-video.aspx

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EduCore®ASCD‐developed website designed with . . . 

• Tools• Strategies• Videos • Supporting Documents 

To support implementation of the Common Core. 

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http://educore.ascd.org

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Videos can be viewed independently and discussed in a PLC or watched together as a faculty.

WATCH

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Read relevant up-to-date articles and papers about the CCSS, instructional shifts, and teaching methods.

Read

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Learn

How do the Common Core standards affect me? What do they mean for my students? What is formative assessment? How do I meet CCSS literacy standards if I’m not an English teacher?

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CREATE

Both LDC and MDC provide modules. Check out the examples, learn how to implement them, and then use the templates to create your own!

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EXPLORE

Discover all the resources EduCore offers to meet your professional development needs.

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Faculty Meetings 

Professional Learning Communities 

Independently

Connect and Share

How to use EduCore?

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Where do we go from here?

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EduCore

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ASCD EDge

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