Let’s Give ‘Em Something to Talk About!

Kansas Exemplary Educators Network (KEEN)February 20, 2014

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Kansas Exemplary Educators Network

A Community Conversation Using Transformational Dialogue to Achieve

Strategic Change – February 2009

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Responding to the Challenge: Teacher Leadership Through Tough Times

KEEN ConferenceFebruary 25, 2010

Managing Change in Schools

KEEN ConferenceFebruary 25, 2011

Let’s Give ‘Em Something to Talk About!

Kansas Exemplary Educators Network (KEEN)February 20, 2014

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Students* - 485,147

School Districts – 286

Schools – 1,336

Teachers – 43,973

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School Characteristics

* Headcount enrollment

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Student Characteristics

•Lunches served daily 327,256•Breakfast served daily 107,342•Students transported daily 211,500

Food and Fuel!

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Kansas Population Trends

Reasons to Celebrate!

Graduation rate of 84.9%Attendance rate of 94.9%

Participation rate on assessments remain very

close to 100%.

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How Does Kansas Compare?

• Above national average

• on both ACT and SAT

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Math Trends by Percent Proficient

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Math Gap by Percent Proficient, SES levels,2000 – 2013, (report card population)

Math Gap by Percent Proficient & Ethnicity, 2000 – 2012(report card population)

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Reading Trends by Percent Proficient

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Reading Gap by Percent Proficient, SES levels, 2000 – 2013, (report card population)

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Reading Gaps by Percent Proficient & Ethnicity: 2000 – 2013(percent proficient, all grades, report card population)

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•“Sometimes it’s our jobs to make the impossible possible” (Yaei Cohen)•I dig deep, to hidden, possibly dark or strange places” (Megan Sheehan)•Be curious, and slightly paranoid (what opportunity are you missing?!)” (Rebecca Van Dyck)

The most

creative people

said

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From Fast Company (February 2014)

Fear of the new Inertia Bureaucracy Quarterly profit demands Conflicts with others Office politics Government

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Barriers to Creativity

Fast Company, February 2014

Dr. Debacker –   In what world does this make sense?   14 – 8  = X   Take the 10 out of the 14 – and get 4.   Now subtract the 10 -8 = 2 Then add the 2 back with the 4 you took out of 14 You get the answer 6.   These are the instructions my niece in 1st grade follows to solve the 14 - 8 = 6.   This is how the teachers at her (redacted) school have to teach math.  It is nonsensical. It has no

forward progression -- i.e. it will serve them good in the next level class. It follows absolutely no educational principle.

  I am astounded that you call yourself an educator for allowing this to happen and to be a

proponent.     Perhaps those teachers who said they favor the new standards favor them because the standards

are step-by-step and those teacher no longer have to put in the effort to teach!  The teachers I have talked to, I am a certified Secondary Social Studies teacher, despise the standards.

  This needs to stop.  My niece goes to (redacted) to get assistance with math.  They teach her using

valid educational principles, sound education theory and usable techniques.   As my wife and I are planning on having children, I pray you will reverse this dumbing down of

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CHANGE THE CONVERSATION

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Kansas Education

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College and Career Ready means an individual has the academic preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills, and employability skills

to be successful in postsecondary education, in the attainment of an industry recognized certification or in the workforce, without the

need for remediation.

College and Career Ready

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Kansas College & Career Ready Standards◦ Math◦ English Language Arts◦ History, Government and Social Studies◦ Science◦ English Language Proficiency◦ Handwriting◦ Theatre Arts◦ And more as they come up for review

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Putting Together the Puzzle

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•Career and technical education (CTE)•Senate Bill 155•Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG)•Individual Plans of Study

Pieces to the Puzzle

Transitional assessment in 2013-2014 Based on the Kansas College and Career Ready

Standards Developed by CETE at KU

2014-2015 and Beyond Developed and administered by CETE at KU Features will include:

Constructed response Technology enhanced Adaptive at the section level (not item) Multiple choice

State Summative Assessments in Math and English Language Arts

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*IPS = Individual Plan of Study

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Moving from Proficient to College & Career Ready

ProficientWhat % of Kansas students meet grade level proficiency, and ready to move to the next grade level?

Math 2012 = 85%Reading 2012 = 87%

College & Career ReadyWhat % of Kansas Students perform at a CCR level on the new assessments?

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We don’t know, but we need to be prepared to communicate that

standards and assessments have changed!

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Old vs. New PerformanceOld State Assessment

2002-2013

Exemplary

Exceeds

Meets

Approaching

Warning

New State Assessment2014-2015

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2002-2013 Performance

A New Start

2014-2015 and Beyond

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21st Century Accreditation based on the relevance, relationships, rigor, responsive culture, and results

Full implementation of the Kansas College & Career Ready Standards in math and English language arts

Transitional assessment based on the KCCRS Development of state summative assessment in math

and English language arts Application for renewal of the ESEA Flexibility Waiver Continued work on teacher and principal evaluations

with emphasis on student growth Revisions of licensure in CTE and out-of-state

applicants Pilot of Individual Plans of Study

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What to Expect in 2014

Magnitude of Change

Simple

First order

Technical

Bullets

Complex

Second order

Adaptive

Cannonballs

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Just for Fun

• Exercise (33%)• ??? (2%)

When stuck on a challenge, what do

you do to find

inspiration?

Fast Company, February 2014

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