Board of Education Committee & Professional Development
UpdateJune 2016
Feedback and Concerns
▸ Longitudinal Reporting ▸ Curriculum Organization▸ More Resources for Math▸ Time for Teacher Learning and
Collaboration▸ Teacher Voice▸ Too Much Change Too Fast
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How Did We Adjust?
▸ Board Support for Realignment of Strategic Goals and Action Plan
▸ Addition of up to 6 half-days for teacher collaboration, planning and ongoing professional development at the schools focused in Math
▸ Focused on Curriculum and Resource Alignment for Math: Addition of aligned resources to curriculum objectives
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▸ Expanded teacher membership on Math and ELA Committees (STEM was already expanded).
▸ Created leadership planning groups for each curriculum committee (teachers, building administrators, & district administrators)
▸ Implemented Talking Point sharing and feedback process from Committees at Buildings and Admin team.
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▸ Committee co-created portion of November Institute Day for math support. Feedback used to design March Institute Day.
▸ Two Report Card Committees were established to review and recommend improvements to elementary and middle school report cards.
▸ Slow/Delay ELA Longitudinal Reporting Pilot▸ Added additional parent feedback loops:
▹ Report Card Survey added to District Parent Survey
▹ Parent feedback and focus group for SQUIRREL improvement
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STEM Committee
▸ Committee Expanded at Elementary Level to include 3-4 members at each grade level.
▸ Elementary Committee developed initial topic guides that followed NGSS 3-dimensional Planning Process
▸ Elementary Committee slowed work progress to investigate work of other districts and allow efforts in other curricular areas to take precedence.
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STEM Committee - All Grade Levels
▸ Joined District Science Collaborative to learn more about NGSS, connect w/other district’s work, and identify next steps for topic development and resource identifications.
▸ Worked with the ROE on resource identification and possible Professional Development partnerships.
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▸ Middle School implemented NGSS STEM learning experiences at each grade level.
▸ Worked with consultants from other districts on 3-dimensional design.
▸ Attended ISTA Conference▸ Collaborated regularly across both
buildings to design, implement, support, and reflect on new learning experiences.
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STEM Committee Next Steps
▸ Professional Development for Elementary Teachers (preK-6) on NGSS 3-dimensional Planning Process.▹ In District Opportunities - November▹ Visualization of Model through Mystery
Science resource▹ ROE connected experiences - March
(hopefully)▸ Co-development of topics (hopefully w/
other districts through collaborative).▸ Vendor/Resource Exploration▸ MS ongoing development, collaboration,
and reflection experiences.
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Science/STEM Resources Available 2016-17
▸ Traditional FOSS and Delta Science kits.
▸ Mystery Science Units for teacher exploration (not required, but to help learn NGSS 3-dimensional planning process).
▸ Spheros, Ollies, and Drones.▸ Middle School - Gizmos
software
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ELA Committee
▸ Slowed timeline in Strategic Goals Action Plan.
▸ Reduced number of classrooms piloting ELA Longitudinal Report Card (teacher and principal choice).
▸ Expanded Committee membership.
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▸ Defined Curriculum and Scope and Sequence as it relates to English-Language Arts learning
▸ Deeply analyzed Scope and Sequence possibilities
▸ Explored options for driving scope and sequence organization (standards, textbook resource, genre, theme, unit of study).
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ELA Committee Next Steps
▸ Determine driver for scope and sequence organization
▸ Determine structure for scope and sequence product
▸ Development and alignment of curriculum objectives
▸ Identify and pilot resources to meet curriculum objectives
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English Language Arts Resources Available for 2016-17
▸ Scott Foresman Resources (available in text and online).
▸ Prentice Hall Resources▸ Learn Zillion Common Core Videos
(available through Web App)▸ Write Source Grammar and Writing
Instruction▸ Wordly Wise Vocabulary ▸ Growing Your Vocabulary
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▸ IXL Language Arts (online)▸ Mobymax (online)▸ Novel Studies - Library Checkout▸ Great Books - Social Studies connected ▸ Reading A to Z (online) - (k-5)▸ Reading Texts (5th-8th online through
library checkout)▸ 3M Cloud-linked Digital Library
(partnership w/ DG Library)▸ RAILS - Illinois Statewide Digital Library▸ NewsELA▸ Readworks.org
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Math Committee
▸ Defined Curriculum and Scope and Sequence as it relates to learning in math.
▸ Deeply analyzed Scope & Sequence possibilities. Developed a structure for the scope & sequence and identified what the scope & sequence will look like.
▸ Selected Common Core State Standards as driver of learning and primary organization. Math in Focus and Glencoe Common Core will be the first resources analyzed for use.
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▸ Began development of Math Curriculum Blueprint for 2016-17 implementation.
▸ Identified professional development supports for 2016-17.
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Let’s Look into the Math
Curriculum Blueprint
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Math Committee Next Steps
▸ Blueprint Topic Development completion.▹ All courses have topic development to do.▹ Some will be completed during summer
work and some will be completed during release time in the fall.
▸ Determination of Acceleration and Support structures/processes.
▸ Professional development for committee on developing common assessments.
▸ Common assessment creation.
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▸ For grade level teachers:▹ Professional development around
Math Blueprint▹ Collaboration time to work as a
grade level on implementation of Math Blueprint and reflection on effectiveness of math blueprint (tentatively 1x per quarter).
▹ Professional development in best practices in mathematics instruction and depth in mathematics learning.
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Math Resources Available for 2016-17
▸ Math In Focus resources (K-5)▸ Glencoe Common Core resources
(6-8)▸ Walch Mathematics Resources
(Math 1)▸ Contexts of Mathematical Learning
units (K-6)▸ Everyday Math Game Kits (PreK - 8)▸ Number Worlds Interventions▸ Creative Curriculum (preK)▸ Big Ideas Math lessons and
resources (7th & 8th) (online)
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▸ IXL Mathematics▸ Khan Academy videos and exercises▸ Learn 360 videos▸ Brainpop/Brainpop JR videos▸ Engage New York/Eureka Math lessons and
resources▸ Common Core Worksheets▸ Think Central Interactives videos and
experiences▸ Kathy Richardson Developing Numbers
Concepts Experiences (Kindergarten)▸ Everyday Counts Math Calendars (K-5) (not
aligned to blueprint)▸ Mobymax (not aligned to blueprint)
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Questions
Curriculum Committee Questions from the Board of Education?
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