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Curriculum Council. August 2011. Agenda. Review the work accomplished Communicate the role of CC for this school year Introduce “Power Standards” Establish Criteria Practice. Summer Work. Collaborative Maps Created for: Math Language Arts Social Studies - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Power Standards
August 2011Curriculum CouncilAgendaReview the work accomplished
Communicate the role of CC for this school year
Introduce Power Standards
Establish Criteria
Practice
Summer Work Collaborative Maps Created for:
MathLanguage ArtsSocial StudiesScience (updates to previous work)http://dunlapcusd.rubiconatlas.org
PLC WORKBuilding PLC TeamGrade/Course/Dept PLC TeamDistrict PLC TeamCurriculumSMART Goal (Skill)Grade level/course discussion of what is taughtDistrict Subject and/or Course Curriculum MapsAssessmentCommon Monitoring Tool for SMART GoalGrade level/Course development of common formative assessments
District Common Formative & Summative Assessment Development as indicated w/in the curriculum mapsInstructionActions for Targeted SMART Goal (the Do of PDSA)Grade level/Course discussion/implementation of instructional strategiesInstructional activities common across the grade level/course as
PLC WORKBuilding PLC TeamGrade/Course/Dept PLC TeamDistrict PLC TeamCurriculumSMART Goal (Skill)Grade level/course discussion of what is taughtDistrict Subject and/or Course Curriculum MapsAssessmentCommon Monitoring Tool for SMART GoalGrade level/Course development of common formative assessments
District Common Formative & Summative Assessment Development as indicated w/in the curriculum mapsInstructionActions for Targeted SMART Goal (the Do of PDSA)Grade level/Course discussion/implementation of instructional strategiesInstructional activities common across the grade level/course asBeginning with the End in Mind Identified Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum
PLC #1: What is it that we want all students to know & be able to do?
Common Formative Assessments
PLC #2: How will we know that are students are learning?Building the District CurriculumGuaranteedViableAll students are taught the same content and skills
At similar times
With similar emphasis
EnduringRetain over time
LeverageHelp in other curricular areas
Readiness for the next level
(Learning by Doing, p. 65)GuaranteedViableCommon Assessment An assessment created collaboratively by a team of teachers responsible for the same grade level or course and administered to all students in that grade level or course.
Why Common Assessments?One of the most powerful, high-leverage strategies for improving student learning available to schools is the creation of frequent, high quality, common assessments by teachers who are working collaboratively to help a group of students acquire agreed upon knowledge and skills. (Learning by Doing, DuFour, DuFour, Eaker, & Many, 2006, p.76)
The Process: A Standards-based comprehensive instruction & assessment systemIdentify Power standardsUnwrapping standardsEssential Questions/Content/SkillsDeveloping Formative & Summative AssessmentsInstructional unit design, including classroom performance assessmentsCollaborative scoring of student workData-driven instructional decision making, implications for intervention and acceleration
Why should we identify Power Standards?STEP 1: What are Power Standards?DefinitionsStandard: statement of what students need to know and be able to doIndicator: the grade-specific learning expectations for students
Power StandardTerm coined by Dr. Douglas Reeves
Refers to standards & indicators that are critical for student success
A very limited set of learning objectives organized for each grade level & each subject
Approximately 1/3 of Standards
StandardsEssential
Allows for in depth instruction
Required for the next levelNice to Know
Covering Old Model: We have to do it AllDistrict Curriculum
Frantic Coverage of Every Test ObjectState StandardsState Standards
Potential Curriculum & Test Objectives
Focused Curriculum & AssessmentsPower Standards
New Model: From Coverage to FocusCriteria for identifying Power StandardsWhat should be our criteria when choosing Power Standards?
3 to 4 screeners
Elementary Dunlap CriteriaWork our way up with the Power StandardsEntrance and Exit SkillsNeed for Life (21st Century )Foundational Skills (needed for next level)Life Skills21st Century Skills (vision criteria)Foundational skills/ Building BlocksCluster standardsTeacher/student friendlyNeed to define criteria and how many make a power standard, for example all (3) criteria???
Criteria for identifying Power StandardsDr Doug Reeves suggests:Endurance: knowledge beyond a single test
Leverage: valuable across disciplinesExample: Creating & interpreting graphs
Readiness for the next level/grade: entrance skills for the next course/grade level
Simplified CriteriaLarry Ainsworth suggests:
School
Life
State TestUsing our Criteria identify which standards you would select as Power StandardsPractice Social Studies: Political SystemsStandardsABCDEFKXX1XX2X3XX4X5XX6789/1011/12Next MeetingFinalize Criteria
Practice ID power standards as curriculum groupsNeed copies of standardsSit by K-5 Curriculum Group
Prepare protocol for Sept 28th Inservice
Need to ID Curriculum Teams for all teachers
September 28 SI AfternoonMeet at Departments
Explain Power StandardsWhat are the they?Why identify these?How does this fit with the work we have done?
Identification ProcessIndividualGrade Level/Course LevelDepartment as a whole
MathLanguage ArtsScience/ Social StudiesKJen WalcottJanelle Niemeier1Genia WorkheiserSusan Gradman, Jenna BibbJennifer Donovan2Linda PhillipsKelsie Stahl, Stacy LingenfetterJenny Lawless3Amy WinkelmannNatalie Lanser, Teresa MarquisKatie Norbutas4Karen DeteringJane CollinsAmelia Miller5NEED REPDeAnna BegnerStacy Combs