pure academy classes why and how? erin fender and phil saroyan college & career academy support...
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Pure Academy Classes Why and How?
Erin Fender and Phil SaroyanCollege & Career Academy Support Network (CCASN),
UC Berkeley, Graduate School of Education
Produced for presentation at the Educating for Careers Annual Conference
Sacramento, CA March 2014
Erin Fender
Former whitewater rafting guide Former high school science teacher Former Assistant Principal Former Small Learning Community Project
Director With CCASN for 5 years
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Phil Saroyan
Former high school Principal Former high school science teacher Former UC Berkeley Principal Leadership
Institute data analysis instructor Mountain climber Grandpa
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Who is in the Room?
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Formed in 1998 by a group of practitioners and researchers
A secondary school reform center based at UC, Berkeley & Irvine
Promotes researched-based practice to improve students’ preparation for college and careers through direct technical support to states, districts, schools and teachers
Conducts practice-based research and documentation
Informs local, state and national policy
Worked in over 20 states
About CCASN
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– Over 20 implementation guides
– National repository with 650+ lesson plans, units and projects that link academic disciplines to specific industry sectors
– Research reports
– National directory of academies
– Toolbox of downloadable materials
– Videos, and more
http://casn.berkeley.edu
Currently revising CCASN Master Scheduling Guide
On the CCASN websiteGo to Resources
>>> Guides, articles, presentations
>>>>Academy Design
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What do we mean by “pure” classes?
100% of the students are scheduled into the same classes as a cohort
Students have at least 3 of the same classes – ideally blocked together
Teachers are a part of only 1 academy. May have “global electives” but not other academy courses
I have to go play on the soccer team now. See you in the 5th inning.
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Why Pure Academy Classes Matter
Integrated Projects Study/Field trips – decreases disruption to
other teachers Creates a cohesive family atmosphere Students can lean on each other for help and
to figure out what they missed if absent Teachers know who students have for other
classes
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Why Pure Academy Classes Matter
Teachers know when students have tests, projects, other big assignments in other classes
What can you add to this list?
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As always – start with the end in mind
Master Schedule considerations: Program of Study Number of periods / bell schedule Cohort size Cohort structure Coding of courses Coding of students
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Design a Program of Study to:
Avoid tracking
Provide the full complement of options for acceleration and remediation
Promote student interest
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To Avoid Tracking
Take stock of what levels of courses do you currently offer? What could be eliminated or combined to simplify?
“Regular” English College-prep English Honors English AP Language AP Literature Expository Writing English Language Development Levels 1,2,3 4 Academy themed English
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Advanced Placement
English and social studies Embedded Honors/AP with zero period and/or
afterschool support Pre-AP in lower grades to get more students ready The amazing teacher that can do AP and embed a
career theme Double up – kids take both the themed and AP version Online courses – Apex, Straighterline, etc. Offer courses every other year
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International Baccalaureate (IB)?
New IB Career-related Certificate (IBCC) Built around three interconnected elements:– at least two Diploma Programme courses– an IBCC core that includes approaches to learning,
community and service, language development and a reflective project
– an approved career-related study.
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Math
Integrated math – supported by Common Core Teacher who teaches all levels in the academy Not part of the academy – be careful.
Depends a lot on academy theme. Later we’ll look at the UCCI model for innovate courses. – DaVinci Algebra– Algebra at Your Service– Geometry by Design– Business Statistics
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Brain Research says…
When people learn in an applied context they access many more neural networks, hooking new knowledge more deeply into existing schema.
Translation – students learn more and it sticks when learning is connected and applied in authentic contexts.
Newmann, F.M. Smith, B, & Allensworth, E (2001) Instructional program coherence: what is it and why it should guide school improvement policy. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 23/4 (297-321) .
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Think about the prior slide in context of ELL
Level 1 students need ELD courses outside the academy-themed courses
Level 2 & 3 students will benefit from learning English in context and with increased relevancy, may need additional support
Level 4 and up should be in all academy classes
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Integration of CTE and Academic Courses
UC Integration Institute Courses provides a 2 for 1 in the Master Schedule
Check out the UCCI Course Catalog on the web
Allows for acceleration and/or remediation courses in a students schedule
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Cohort Size and Structure
Let’s examine the effect of the number of students in an academy/cohort and the effect of the master schedule structure on the academy/cohort.
Master Schedule Team Calculator – excel sheet will be available on CCASN website soon
•A 6 period student day•Faculty that teach 5 periods per day•An academy/cohort with 120 students•An academy with 4 teachers•A class size of 30 students•The 120 students are divided into 4 groupings of 30 each: A, B, C, D
Let’s look at an academy with the following:
Per 1 Per 2 Per 3 Per 4 Per 5 Per 6
Course 1 PREP A B C DCourse 2 PREP B C D ACourse 3 PREP C D A BCourse 4 PREP D A B C
Pathway with 120 students(Each Letter Represents a Group of 30 Students in this Pathway)
ABCD
AB
CD
Aspects of this structure:• Common prep• Teachers teach one
period out of the academy
• Students take 4 classes in academy and 2 out
• Students in academy can go out for classes during period 1 & 6
• Academy field trips complicated by 6th period outside class (students in academy periods 3-6 improves the ability to take field trips) Now let’s see what happens with 30 more
students
Per 1 Per 2 Per 3 Per 4 Per 5 Per 6
Course 1 PREP A B C D ECourse 2 PREP B C D E ACourse 3 PREP C D E A BCourse 4 PREP D E A B C
Pathway with 150 students(Each Letter Represents a Group of 30 Students in this Pathway)
BA
DC
A
E
BC
DE
Aspects of this structure:
• Common prep• Teachers teach all 5
periods in the academy
• Students take 4 classes in academy and 2 out
• Students in academy can go out for classes during any period 1 – 6 (a student can change group to go out any period)
• Academy field trips complicated by students taking classes outside of the academy during all periods of the day Now let’s see what happens with 300 students
The 300 Student Model
The 300 student model on the next page has the following attributes:• 8 teachers all with common prep• Teachers teach all 5 periods in the academy• Each teacher teaches 150 of the 300 students – internal rotation of
classes will allow all teachers to work with all students• Students take 4 classes in academy and 2 out• Students in academy can go out for classes during any period 1 – 6
(a student can change group to go out any period)• Academy field trips complicated by students taking classes outside
of the academy during all periods of the day
Now we will take a look at this model and follow a band student in group A who also takes Algebra 2
Per 1 Per 2 Per 3 Per 4 Per 5 Per 6
English Prep A B C D EEnglish Prep F G H I JHistory Prep B C D E FHistory Prep G H I J AScience Prep C D E F GScience Prep H I J A B
Tech Prep D E F G HTech Prep I J A B C
Pathway with 300 students(Each Letter Represents a Group of 30 Students in this Pathway)
All Out E & J A & F B & G C & H D & I
Band Alg 1Alg 2Geom
ChemPhysics
Alg 2
AP CourseWorld
Language
AP CourseWorld
Language
AP CourseWorld
Language
Period
English Teacher 1
English Teacher 2
History Teacher 1
History Teacher 2
Science Teacher 1
Science Teacher 2
Tech Teacher 1
Tech Teacher 2
1 2
Common PlanningCommon PlanningCommon PlanningCommon PlanningCommon PlanningCommon PlanningCommon Planning
Group F English 11Group B
World Hist 10 Group G US Hist 11Group C
Chemistry 10
3 4 5 6Common Planning
Group A English 10
Group C English 10
Group E English 11
Group H Anat & Physiology 12Group D Prin Bio Med Sci 10Group I Med Research 12
Group B English 10Group G
English 11Group C
World Hist 10Group H
Gov/Econ 12Group D
Chemistry 10Group I Anat & Physiology 12
Group E Med Interventions 11
Group J Med Research 12
Group A Chemistry 10
Group G Med Interventions 11
Group B Prin Bio Med Sci 10
Group H English 12Group D
World Hist 10Group I
Gov/Econ 12Group E
Physics 11Group J Anat & Physiology 12
Group D English 10
Group I English 12 Group E US Hist 11
Group J Gov/Econ 12
Group F Physics 11
Group J English 12Group A
World Hist 10 Group F
US Hist 11Group G
Physics 11Group B
Chemistry 10Group C Prin Bio Med Sci 10Group H Med
Research 12
Groups able to go out of the cohort for
classesALL E & J A & F B & G C & H D & I
Group F Med Interventions 11
Group A Prin Bio Med Sci 10
Pathway with 300 students
Coding Courses in your SIS
Set up separate course codes for each academy course
Example English 11 Engineering = E11ENG English 11 Health – E11HEL English 11 Hospitality – E11HOS
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Course Selection Sheets
Pre-program so students make the fewest choices possible– Example - A student bubbles choice of academy
this automatically triggers your SIS to enroll them in the academy cohort courses
– Example – Students are forced to choose from a limited menu
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Coding Students
Students should be “tagged” by Academy in the SIS
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Communication b/t Academy and Counselor
Collaborate to figure it out together when students need to move courses for any number of reasons – Beginning of year balancing– Not a fit for student interest– Not a fit for student needs
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Strategies to keep purity to avoid/when students fail courses
Communication with families/students Standards-based grading Afterschool options Summer School Independent Study Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Community College courses Stand alone make-up courses during the
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Communication with Families
As an academy you have an increased ability to communicate and with your students and their families when students are falling short and heading toward a D or F grade – divide and conquer
Provide support structures so students don’t fail– Afterschool tutoring– (Peer) Mentoring– Revision and redemption
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Standards-based grading and/or partial credit
Students pass benchmarks aligned to the standards.
If a student fails a benchmark they are given a chance to remediate during the school year for that particular standard(s)
If students need to continue to work on a standard during summer school or through independent study they only have to show they have learned the specific standard(s) – not an entire semester that may or may not line up with what they failed.
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Online Coursework
BYU, Apex (AP), OdysseyWare, Pearson, etc.
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs)– Udemy– iTunes U– Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT, Duke, Harvard, UCLA,
Yale, Carnegie Mellon
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Coming Soon
All of this info and much, much more will be available for free on the CCASN website in about a month.
Sign up for Academy News Clips on the CCASN website to be altered as to when the NEW Master Scheduling Guide is released.
ccasn.berkely.edu
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Q & A
