nebraska department of education dr. roger d. breed commissioner of education

Nebraska Department of Education

Dr. Roger D. BreedCommissioner of Education


Graduation RequirementsGraduation RequirementsRule 10 – Revised January Rule 10 – Revised January

20102010School districts shall adopt and implement

graduation requirements that meet the highest level of standards as specified in the state standards.

Language Arts – 40 credit hours (composition, verbal communication, literature, research skills, and technical reading and writing)

Mathematics – 30 credit hours (algebraic, geometric, data analysis, and probability concepts)


Graduation RequirementsGraduation Requirements(cont.)(cont.)

Science – 30 credit hours (biological, earth/space, and physical science concepts with corresponding science inquiry skills and laboratory experience)

Social Studies/History – 30 credit hours (civics/government, geography, United States and world history, and economics)

In place by 2014-15 – Districts should review requirements and pathways to graduation now.


Career Education ChangesCareer Education ChangesRule 10 – 4.04B6Rule 10 – 4.04B6

New Career Pathways (004.04B6a-g)

80 instructional unitsT

hink more broadly for rigorous improved content More flexibility

Six career fields

Communication and Information Systems Business, Marketing, and Management Environmental and Agricultural Systems Health Sciences Human Services and Resources Industrial, Manufacturing, and Engineering Systems


Middle School ActivitiesMiddle School ActivitiesA DiscussionA Discussion

Present Rule 10 – 7th & 8th grade activities may not exceed “four games in football and eight games in other sports.”

Similar rule for nonpublic approved schools.

Discussion: If NSAA picks up regulation of middle school activities, should the Rule 10 activities limitation remain, be revised or removed from Rule 10?


Rule 10 – OtherRule 10 – OtherPurposes – assure equity of opportunity,

encourage quality learning, support accountabilityA secondary teacher with appropriate content

endorsement will be allowed to teach 6th gradeDevelopment and adoption of a policy to address

dating violence is required (model policy)Sunset of endorsement exceptions for

media/technology teachers and guidance counselors??

Accountability Measures/System??


DUAL ENROLLMENTDUAL ENROLLMENTRule 21 – Draft ApprovedRule 21 – Draft Approved

Establishes Dual Credit Teaching Certificate

-Application, fee, transcript, lawful presence,

background check

- Be eligible to teach course for college credit offered by postsecondary institution and approved by a school system

- Hold a masters degree

-Minimum of six graduate hours in the subject


Standards and AssessmentStandards and AssessmentUpdateUpdate

Standards Revision

- Reading Standards – Approved by State Board – 12/08

- Math Standards – Approved by State Board – 10/09

- Science Standards – revision underway

• NeSA – Nebraska Statewide Assessment System


NeSA – Nebraska Statewide NeSA – Nebraska Statewide AssessmentAssessment

Feb. 1-19

-NeSA Writing Test (Grades 4, 8, 11)

Mar. 25 – 30

-NeSA – Reading Test (3-8, 11)

-NeSA – Math Test (field testing – voluntary)

-Schools may choose either online or paper

-83% of students will be online

-77% of students will be field testing math


Where we need to go:

Improve student achievement Narrow achievement gaps Increase graduation and college enrollment rates

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S GOAL PRESIDENT OBAMA’S GOAL

America will have the highest America will have the highest

proportion of proportion of

college graduates of any country college graduates of any country

by 2020by 2020

LITERACY BY 3RD GRADE

INCREASE ACCESS & AFFORDABILITY

HIGHER HIGHER EDUCATIONEDUCATIONK-12K-12EARLY EARLY

LEARNINGLEARNING


Race to the TopRace to the TopPurpose: To encourage and reward states

implementing comprehensive reform across four key reform areas.

Goals: 1) Drive substantial gains in student achievement; 2) Improve high school graduation and college enrollment; and 3) Narrow achievement gaps.

Competitive Grants to States - $4.35 billionPhase I grant applications were due January

19, 2010Second Phase will be due June 1, 2010

SYSTEM-WIDE CAPACITY

COMMUNITYCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

TEACHERS TEACHERS AND AND

LEADERSLEADERS

TEACHERS TEACHERS AND AND

LEADERSLEADERS

ALIGNED ALIGNED INSTRUCTIONINSTRUCTION

ALIGNED ALIGNED INSTRUCTIONINSTRUCTION

SCHOOLSCHOOLENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

SCHOOLSCHOOLENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

STANDARDSSTANDARDS ANDAND

ASSESSMENTSASSESSMENTS

EXCELLENT EXCELLENT TEACHING & TEACHING & LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP

STRUGGLING STRUGGLING SCHOOLSSCHOOLS

DATA DATA SYSTEMSSYSTEMS


A Bright Future for Nebraska Students Initiative

To create a statewide system to support school districts to close achievement gaps while increasing overall student achievement, improving graduation rates and increasing college enrollment rates.

Achieving this will require transformation, both within the NDE and throughout the system.

Core Principle One: Nebraska’s education system will be anchored in research and evidence-based practice; while the state of the art is rapidly evolving, there is much that we already know which should be built upon.

Core Principle Two: Nebraska’s education system will be coherent P-16. Piecemeal initiatives that address only certain kinds of schools or certain kinds of problems in isolation will not lead to the kind of system-wide improvement needed to provide all students with the education they deserve.

Core Principle Three: Nebraska's education system will be designed to produce sustainable changes at the school building and school district level – and to do that, we must do more to build and sustain NDE support capacity.

Articulating the State’s Reform Agenda

Nebraska Race to the Top plan proposes plans for supporting all districts and their schools in continuously improving student performance.

Standards and Assessments

Adopting the Common Core

Implementing a

Balanced Assessment System

Using the Nebraska Virtual School to

Increase Access to Rigorous Instructional

Opportunities

T&L Effectiveness

Next Generation Evaluation

Statewide Professional Development

Teacher Preparation Support &

Accountability

Recruiting STEM Teachers

Alternative Certification

School Turn-Around

Identifying All Struggling Districts and

Schools

Supporting District "Turn Around,"

"Transformation," "Restart," and

"Closure"

Data Systems/Use

Improving the Use of Data to Support

Instruction

Providing Access to Key Stakeholders

The state's proposal features plans for :

Nebraska's Race to the Top Proposal

Expanded Learning Time

Placement Incentives &

Ongoing Support

At the conclusion of the Race to the Top four year grant cycle, Nebraska's education framework will include a new statewide:

•Standards and assessments system featuring the NGA/CCSSO common core standards, a "balanced" assessment system, and meaningful accountability for the state's persistently lowest performing schools;

•Supports and interventions system for building and sustaining district/school capacity to continuously improve student performance and close achievement gaps;

•Teacher/leader evaluation framework using student growth as one indicator and based on new statewide teacher/leader standards;

The Goal Develop a Next Generation Continuous Improvement System


The Goal Develop a Next Generation Continuous Improvement System

At the conclusion of the Race to the Top four year grant cycle, Nebraska's education framework will include a new statewide (cont.)

•Embedded professional development and induction system providing targeted supports focused on improving instruction (including effective data use);

•Early learning quality system for increasing kindergarten readiness rates;

•Longitudinal data system for promoting informed decisions by key stakeholders, including teachers, administrators, students, parents, and policy makers.



Bright Future for Nebraska Bright Future for Nebraska Students InitiativeStudents Initiative

Requests $123 million for four years

50% or $61.5 million will go to participating districts though the Title One formula for the purposes of the Race to the Top Grant

Application is over 200 pages plus a 300 page appendix

Signed by Governor, State Board of Education President Kandy Imes and Commissioner


The status quo is likely not acceptableChanges for NDE and School Districts include continued

work on standards and a new assessment system, creating a support system for school districts, focusing resources on:

Creating Common Standards & Assessments Developing Effective Teachers and Leaders Using Data Systems to Support Instruction Turning Around Struggling Schools

Questions??

School Improvement School Improvement GrantsGrants

$3.5 billion

SFSF SFSF Phase TwoPhase Two

$11.5 billion

Ed TechEd Tech

$650 million

$250 million

Statewide Longitudinal Data SystemsStatewide Longitudinal Data Systems

Teacher Incentive Teacher Incentive FundFund

$200 millionRace to the TopRace to the Top

$4.35 billion

Teacher Teacher Quality Quality

Part.Part.$100 million

$650 million

Investing in Investing in InnovationInnovation

Teacher Teacher Incentive FundIncentive Fund

$200 million

95% of ARRA 95% of ARRA Grants Explicitly Grants Explicitly

Require Require SEA – LEA SEA – LEA

CoordinationCoordination

95% of ARRA 95% of ARRA Grants Explicitly Grants Explicitly

Require Require SEA – LEA SEA – LEA

CoordinationCoordination

95% of ARRA Grants Explicitly

Require SEA – LEA

Coordination

95% of ARRA Grants Explicitly

Require SEA – LEA

Coordination

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