Welcome Arts Teachers

October 19, 2011 Professional Development

Agenda

• Visual and Performing Arts8:00 Welcome and overview of the morning

• Review of District’s focus on increasing student achievement and use of student data

• Review of ECAs and overview of upcoming April 6, 2012 Data Fair

• Introduce the Common Core State Standards8:40 Breakouts by content area/grade levels courses taught10:35 Meet back in the Media Center

• Share out the focus of your work today• Question and clarification• Complete Plus/Delta evaluations

11:00 Adjourn

Focus on Use of Data to Increase Student Achievement

• PLCs – Cross District– Within School

DuFour’s 4 QuestionsData Team Process

• This Year’s Data Fair Sharing Day – April 6, 2011

Share your process and findings of your PLCSee an example of what should be included in your presentation at the Arts ECA website: http://thecenter.spps.org/Engaging_Classroom_Assessments

What is the Common Core (CCSS)?• The Common Core State Standards are the

English Language Arts Content Standards adopted by the State of Minnesota in 2010. They will be tested in 2013.

• So, why should you care?• In support of reaching your content Standards the

CCSS provide a clear framework for reading and writing in your content area through the Literacy Strands.

• What’s a Literacy Strand?– The literacy strands are based on what students need to

be career and college ready– Literacy strands MUST be addressed in all content areas– They illustrate the importance of the value of all content

areas in the education of students

• Aligned Learning • Literacy strands of the CCSS support,

individual content needs, teacher creativity and aligned learning through common “I can” statements, rubrics and products.

• “I can” statements are the Standards unwrapped in student friendly language.

• Common Products• All courses should complete at least one of the following at

least once each term– Written response to journal article, procedural manual and/or current

event– Written response or abstract to an experiment, investigation, or original

work – Research project (increasing in length and complexity)– Test (including short answer or essay questions supported by evidence)

• The Arts ECA template has been revised to include a section to define how the task or assessment connects with the ECA learning target

• Common Products may be included as formative or summative portions of an ECA

• Content Areas• It’s important to note that CCSS includes the:

• “expansion of the definition of text to include non-traditional texts such as paintings, sculptures, dances, charts, graphs, tables and maps among others.”

More information coming to you soon. And see:http://thecenter.spps.org/common_core

Arts ECAsThree ECAs are required this year• They may be revisions on ones you wrote or

new ECAs

Please discuss the ECA Completion Chart found at http://thecenter.spps.org/Engaging_Classroom_Assessments

• Delete ECAs not going to be completed• Add ECAs that you would like to write this year

Arts ECAs Completion Chart

Upcoming ECA Workshop

For New Teachers or as a Review:• November 10, 2011

1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.The Center for CIPD345 Plato Blvd. E. #625

Breakouts Today• From now until 10:30 a.m., work with your

colleagues• Break out by:

– content areas– common ECA implementation– PLC members– grade levels or standard grade bands

• It’s your choice to determine what colleagues you will work with to make the best use of this collaborative time

Focus of Breakouts• Description• All work on this day will align with SPPS secondary

instructional reform approaches. You may:• focus on student data to inform instruction• share student data collection methods, results and

the impact the results have had on the modification of instruction and student learning

• write new or revise Engaging Classroom Assessments to increase rigor

Focus of Breakouts• Description• write new or revise formative assessments • brainstorm how to incorporate Common

Core standards or Write to Learn strategies in your ECAs

• discuss the focus of your PLCs• plan for the April 6 Data Fair sharing day• write scoring guides/rubrics for your ECAs

After the Breakout10:30 a.m.

– Return to the Media Center • Share out the your work today• Question and clarification• Complete Plus/Delta evaluations

11:00 a.m.– Adjourn

Sharing OutPrior to leaving make sure you signed in and

completed a “Plus (strengths) / Delta (need for improvements)” Evaluation about today

10:30 a.m.– Large group sharing

11:00 a.m.– Adjourn

Thank You!

Our next PD is November 11