Summer Leadership Institute

Teacher Assistant Professional Development DayWe Are Can Do KidsRikki KotzBarbara Fairservice

October 20, 2014

1Date: October 20, 2014Benchmarks: Domain 1.1: Providing clear learning goals and scales (rubrics).Domain 1.2: Tracking student progress.Domain 1.3: Celebrating success.Bell Ringer: How can we give students with cognitive disabilities ownership of their learning?Essential Question: How do you utilize a scale for students with cognitive disorders of varying severity?Common Language: Teacher made scales and rubrics.Objective: Participants will be able to use a scale with students of all levels of cognitive ability to achieve grade level success.Agenda: I DO: Introduce participants to scales designed to assess student success.

WE DO: Participants will work together to determine the levels of achievements on a scale.

YOU DO: Participants will discuss their reasoning for choosing the levels of their scale.

Summarizing Activity: Participants will role play a lesson using a scale.Next Steps: Work with scales within their classroom to assess student achievement.Learning Goal: Participants will be able to show student success by using a scale using individual communication modes for an academic activity.Common Board2Lake County SchoolsVision StatementA dynamic, progressive and collaborative learning community embracing change and diversity where every student will graduate with the skills needed to succeed in postsecondary education and the workplace.Mission StatementThe mission of the Lake County Schools is to provide every student with individual opportunities to excel.

Lake County Schools is committed to excellence in all curricular opportunities and instructional best practices. This focus area addresses closing the achievement gap, increased graduation rate, decreased dropout rate, increase in Level 3 and above scores on the FCAT, achieving an increase in the number of students enrolled in advanced placement and dual enrollment opportunities and implementing the best practices in instructional methodology.

How does your presentation support our vision and mission in Lake County?3Lake County Schools College and Career ReadinessInstructional Framework

Key Performance IndicatorsSchool Improvement PlanFlorida StandardsProfessional Learning CommunityFCIMMTSS LESSON STUDYPersonalized Learning Desired Student OutcomesStatement of WorkContentCultural BehaviorProcessInterventionsCapacity BuildingAutonomy of Learning1.Increase proficiency rates on FLKRS/ECHOES & FAIR (PreK - 2nd grade) 2.Increase proficiency rates on ELA and Math FL Standards Assessment3.Increase proficiency rates on FCAT 2.0 Science4. Increase proficiency rates on EOCs Algebra 1, Geometry, Biology, Civics and US History5. Increase participation and performance in rigorous course work (Honors, Advanced Placement, Dual Enrollment and Industry Certification)6. Increase participationand performance on PERT, SAT and ACT7. Increase AMOpercentages for allsubgroups (Achievement Gap)8. Increase the graduation rate9. Increase attendance rate10. Decrease disciplinary infractionsThe School Improvement Plan (SIP) is the written plan of how we will reach our goals each year. The critical elements include:Organize:Stakeholders plan and assess needs based on data.Plan:Stakeholders set goals and objectives, identify strategies and measures of success.Implement:Implement activities and monitor progress.Sustain:Identify success of current plan, evaluate and adjust to sustain growth.Florida Standards are a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA). These standards outline what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade. 6 Key Elements for Instruction:1. Knowledge and Use of Florida Standards2. Common and Collaborative Planning Time3. Interdisciplinary Content Integration4. Frequency of Project-Based Learning5. Student Collaboration6. Integrated TechnologyThe guiding principles of Professional Learning Communities (PLC) govern the behavior of our school professionals. The big ideas are: Focus on Learning: All students can learn and we are responsible to ensure learning occurs.Focus on Collaborative Culture: Time is specifically reserved for collaboration on teaching and learning.Focus on Results:Effectiveness is measured by results, not intent.The Floridas Continuous Improvement Model (FCIM) is a systematic process for planning, teaching, assessing and re-evaluating results. It is the road map that directs our actions.PlanDo CheckActMulti-Tiered System of Supports is a problem solving model that represents the integration of MTSS for academics and MTSS for behavior into a unified model of service. The basic problem-solving components include:1. Problem Identification2. Problem Analysis3. Intervention Design4. Response to Instruction/ InterventionLesson Study provides a structure for teachers to collaboratively plan lessons share, observe, record and analyze data to improve instruction. The key concepts are:1. Collaborative Planning2. Lesson Observation by Teachers3. Data Collection and Analysis Guided by Student Thinking, Learning, Engagement and Behavior4. Reflection, Refinement and Re-teaching as NecessaryPersonalized Learning (PL) is a system that cultivates independence and self-governance of learning expectations through the expansion of choice and inclusion of voice in a flexible learning environment.PL Key Elements:1. Student-directed Learning2.Learner Profiles and Paths 3. Competency-based Learning4. Flexible Learning Environments5. Structures of Accountability, Continuous Improvement and Innovation

How does your presentation topic area support our Instructional Framework?

Framework available on district website under Academic Services

421st Century Skills Tony Wagner, The Global Achievement Gap Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Collaboration and Leadership Agility and Adaptability Initiative and Entrepreneurialism Effective Oral and Written Communication Accessing and Analyzing Information Curiosity and ImaginationWhich 21st Century Skills will be addressed through your presentation?

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: To compete in the new global economy, companies need their workers to think about how to continuously improve their products, processes, or services. The challenge is this: How do you do things that haven't been done before, where you have to rethink or think anew? It's not incremental improvement any more. The markets are changing too fast.Collaboration and Leadership: Teamwork is no longer just about working with others in your building. Technology has allowed for virtual teams. We have teams working on major infrastructure projects that are all over the U.S. On other projects, you're working with people all around the world on solving a software problem. Every week they're on a variety of conference calls; they're doing Web casts; they're doing net meetings.Agility and Adaptability: Ability to think, be flexible, change, and use a variety of tools to solve new problems. We change what we do all the time. I can guarantee the job I hire someone to do will change or may not exist in the future, so this is why adaptability and learning skills are more important than technical skills.Initiative and Entrepreneurialism: Taking chances and being a risk-taker. I say to my employees, if you try five things and get all five of them right, you may be failing. If you try 10 things, and get eight of them right, you're a hero.Effective Oral and Written Communication: The ability to be clear, concise, focused, energetic and passionate around the points they want to make. We are routinely surprised at the difficulty some young people have in communicating: verbal skills, written skills, presentation skills. They have difficulty being clear and concise; it's hard for them to create focus, energy, and passion around the points they want to make. If you're talking to an exec, the first thing you'll get asked if you haven't made it perfectly clear in the first 60 seconds of your presentation is, What do you want me to take away from this meeting? They don't know how to answer that question.Accessing and Analyzing Information: The ability to know how to access and analyze large quantities of information. There is so much information available that it is almost too much, and if people aren't prepared to process the information effectively it almost freezes them in their steps.Curiosity and Imagination: The development of young people's capacities for imagination, creativity, and empathy will be increasingly important for maintaining the United States' competitive advantage in the future. People who've learned to ask great questions and have learned to be inquisitive are the ones who move the fastest in our environment because they solve the biggest problems in ways that have the most impact on innovation.

5We Are Can Do Kids!Bell Ringer: How can we give students with cognitive disabilities ownership of their learning?

Think of students in your classroom. Are you working with students using scales and rubrics to support the curriculum?6What are the needs of your students?I.D.A.S.DE.B.T.M.H.P.M.H.VerbalNon-verbal

Academic Scales vs. Performance Scales

Performance ScaleAcademic Scale

Academic scales are based on Webbs Depth of Knowledge

Level One (Recall)Level Two (Skill/ConceptLevel Three (Strategic Thinking)Level Four (Extended Thinking)

Using a scale in the classroom:14Small Group ActivityBreak into small groups to develop a scale

Math Instructional Curriculum Standards

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Thank you for joining us today!

Rikki Kotz: kotzr@lake.k12.fl.usBarbara Fairservice: fairserviceb@lake.k12.fl.us