Leading Innovative
Teaching & Learning
in the 21st Century
Fostering innovation and
excellence in teaching within
an accountability
environment
Hug High School
2013-2014
“In the future they will
divide human history
into Before the Internet
and After the Internet.”
(BI/AI)
Veronica “Nicky” Silber (2013)
The Problem
Narrow
Performance
Accountability
Targets
Critical need to
assess
Innovative
Teaching &
Learning
How do we integrate
measures of teaching
practice and student
learning with narrow
performance
accountability
targets?
Missing or underdeveloped in
accountability systems
Standards
(CCSS)
Assessment
(SBAC)
Curriculum/
Instruction
Instructional Core
CCSS
Teacher
Student
Paradox: Accountability vs.
Sustainable Improvement
Current data indicators
How do these inform teaching practice and student learning?
Graduation Rate
Achievement Gap indicators
Diploma types (Standard/Advanced/Honors)
Climate Student & Family Engagement surveys
Credits earned/attempted/deficiency
HSPE Status
GPA
AP access/completion/performance
Sped/LEP/FRL/Gifted status
Risk Index: Attendance/tardies/behavior/transient
Maps (math & reading)
CRTs (math & reading)
Course Failures & INC
District Math Final scores
Grades (percentages & scores)
?
?
To what extent do the following measures
support teachers in improving:
Teaching
Practice?
Learning
Activities?
Student
Outcomes?
Hug High School Semster 1 Total Fs & INC 12-13
1400
1174
1200
1000
800
600
Fs & INCs
400
320
255
148
200
54
0
13
38
68
12
193
45
28
Hug HS AB233 Credits Recovered By Dep’t Sem 1 12-13
140
131
120
100
80
Credits
58.5
60
45
40
18
20
9.5
0
Math
English
Science
Social Studies
Total
Number of AP Exams and Scores 2012
60
56
50
46
40
35
30
35
Score 5
27
21
19
20
25
17
Score 4
Score 3
1919
17
Score 2
Score 1
14
10
10
5
7
6
1
0
1
22
7
4
4
1
1
7
66
2
4
To what extent do the following measures
support teachers in improving:
Teaching
Practice?
Learning
Activities?
Student
Outcomes?
Student Questioning
100.0%
90.0%
80.0%
70.0%
95.4%
92.2%
79.7%
71.7%
66.7%
60.0%
% Students
asking questions
50.0%
September
40.0%
October
30.0%
November
13.6% 15.1%14.1%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.7%
14.1%
11.3%
3.4%
0.0% 1.6%
December
3.1%
1.9%1.3%
1.7%
1.6%
0-20%
Students
asking
questions
95.4%
20-40%
Students
asking
questions
0.0%
40-75%
Students
asking
questions
0.0%
75-100%
Students
asking
questions
3.1%
October
79.7%
13.6%
3.4%
1.7%
November
92.2%
4.7%
1.6%
1.6%
December
71.7%
15.1%
11.3%
1.9%
Jan/Feb
66.7%
14.1%
14.1%
1.3%
September
Jan/Feb
DOK Levels
DOK Levels
60.0%
50.0%
50.0%
40.0%
52.9%
40.0%
45.1%
30.0%
30.0%
ENGLISH
25.5%
20.0%
23.5%
10.0%
MATH
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
0.0%
DOK 1
40.0%
0.0%
DOK 2
DOK 3
DOK 4
100.0%
50.0%
10.0%
3.9%
DOK Levels
DOK Levels
20.0%
3.9%
0.0%
DOK 1 DOK 2 DOK 3 DOK 4
30.0%
45.1%
80.0%
43.2%
60.0%
29.7%
SOC STUDIES
16.2%
5.4%
DOK 1 DOK 2 DOK 3 DOK 4
80.0%
World Language
40.0%
20.0%
0.0%
6.7%
20.0%
0.0%
DOK 1 DOK 2 DOK 3 DOK 4
Instructional Patterns
45.0%
40.0%
35.0%
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
Instructional Patterns
40.0%
33.3%
26.7%
13.3%
World Language
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Instructional Patterns
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
66.7%
33.3%
0.0%
0.0%
Sped/ELL
Instructional Patterns
70.0%
60.0%
66.7%
58.3%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
16.7%
8.3%
16.7%
Fine Arts
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
16.7%
8.3%
16.7%
CTE
Student Talk
Student Talk
75-100% Talk
75-100% Talk
11.1%
10.0%
40-75% Talk
40-75% Talk
20-40% Talk
22.2%
22.0%
ENGLISH
22.0%
20-40% Talk
SCIENCE
16.7%
0-20% Talk
0-20% Talk
50.0%
46.0%
0.0%
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
40.0%
60.0%
60.0%
Student Talk
Student Talk
75-100% Talk
11.5%
75-100% Talk
40-75% Talk
9.6%
40-75% Talk
20-40% Talk
13.5%
0-20% Talk
20.0%
MATH
63.5%
0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0%
32.4%
13.5%
20-40% Talk
0-20% Talk
0.0%
SOC STUDIES
21.6%
24.3%
20.0%
40.0%
Designing and fostering a culture of
‘Innovative Teaching & Learning’ (ITL)
does ‘innovation in instruction’ mean?
What are some important 21st Century skills?
 What
 Why
is ‘innovation in instruction’ important?
are the conditions for supporting
innovative teaching practices?
 What
 How
do you lead innovative processes?
What does ‘innovation in instruction’
mean? What are some important 21st
Century skills?
Collaboration
Knowledge
building
Use of Information Communication
Technologies (ICT) in learning
Real-world problem solving
Self-regulation
Professionalism
Why is ‘innovation in instruction’ important?
Use of
ICT
Collaborative
problem
solving
Studentcentered
Realworld
Problems
Innovative Teaching
Practices
Critical thinking
Self-regulation
Communication
Complex
Thinking
Knowledge
building
Innovative Learning
Activities
Promote 21st Century
Skills & Outcomes
Why is ‘innovation in instruction’ important?
21st Century workplace changes...
 Less
hierarchy and supervision
 More
autonomy and responsibility
 More
collaboration
 Less
predictability & stability
To what extent do the following measures
support teachers in improving:
Teaching
Practice?
Learning
Activities?
Student
Outcomes?
Frequency of Innovative Teaching and Learning Practices
No. of Lessons
%
Students have opportunities to connect learning to their own lives or to the
real world
48
69.6
Students give feedback to other students or receive feedback from other
students or the teacher
45
65.2
Students work in small groups or pairs
42
60.9
Students actively generate new knowledge
34
49.3
Students work on an in-depth project
34
49.3
Students get prompted to assess the state of their own learning
27
39.1
Students revise their work based on feedback or self-assessment
27
39.1
Students have choices about the tools/resources used to learn
23
33.3
Students engage in performance assessments or presentations of learning
portfolios
16
23.2
Students have choices about what they learn
16
23.2
Students have opportunities to develop cross-cultural understanding
14
20.3
Innovative Teaching & Learning Practices
Students use of ICT
Develop simulations or…
3%
Work with others from outside…
5%
Use simulations or animations
5%
Create multimedia…
Collaborate with peers on…
Access class resources or…
6%
high level
uses of ict
9%
12%
Analyze data or information
15%
Write or edit stories, reports, or…
15%
Take tests or turn in homework
Practice routine skills and…
Find information on the Internet
17%
26%
basic
uses of
ict
36%
Changing Teaching Practices
2.1
Collaboration
1.7
3.7
Knowledge Building
1.5
2.6
Use of ICT in Learning
2nd Year
1.6
Pilot Year
2.5
Real-World Problem Solving
1.6
3.4
Self-Regulation
1.4
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
Learning Activity Scores on 4.0 Scale
1.6
Problem solving
1.8
Self regulation
1.9
Collaboration
Learning Activity
2.0
ICT
2.0
Knowledge building
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
Teaching in the 21st Century
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTIBDR4Dn2g
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curri
culum_makeover.html
What are the conditions for supporting
innovative teaching practices?
Professional
Development
Goals
Collaboration
&
Empowerment
Teacher
Innovators
21st Century
Common
Vision
Mobilize
Resources &
Incentives
Openness
(scale-up)
Innovative
Teaching &
Learning (ITL)
Teams
Openness
(scale-up)
An innovative culture

Common Vision


Collaboration
&
Empowerment
Dedicated funding source; Use of time; Access to PD;
Instructional materials; Leadership recognition.
Collaboration & Empowerment


Mobilize
Resources &
Incentives
Mobilize Resources & Incentives


Innovative teaching practices that provide students
with learning experiences to prepare them for
academic and workforce readiness in the 21st Century.
21st Century
Common
Vision
Ownership over meaningful learning and autonomy to make
important decisions; high degree of trust and communication
involving frequent discussion and activities centered around
improving teaching practice.
Openness (scale-up)

Share data and results openly, work to spread ideas, create
opportunities for influence, and communicate signs of success
with all teachers and with the broader school and district
education community
21st
Century Professional
Development Goals
Professional
Development
Goals
Increase innovation in instruction
Increase the use of important school & classroom measures
Increase collaboration & teacher leadership
Increase the level of autonomy and ownership of learning
Increase quality teaching and learning using ICT
Establish Professional Learning Networks
How do you lead innovative
processes?
Teacher
Innovators
Teacher Innovators
Learning requires receptiveness to new ideas and information,
and Rogers' (1995) influential work on the diffusion of innovation:
• innovators
(2.5% of the population)
• early adopters (13.5%)
• early majority (34%)
• late majority (34%)
• laggards (16%)
Innovative Teaching & Learning (ITL)
Planning Process
Form ITL
Teams
Measure,
Reflect,
Share,
Network
Determine
Team
Leader
Identify
Resources
Needed
Establish
Teacher &
Student
Outcomes
Design
Action Plan
(PGP)
Innovative
Teaching &
Learning (ITL)
Teams
Ideas for 21st Century ITL teams











Digital tools for teaching
Brain research and teaching kids in poverty
Culturally responsive teaching for heritage Spanish
speakers
Collaborative problem-solving
ICT literacy- learning in digital networks
Pre-AP/AP vertical curriculum articulation
Problem-based learning (PBL)
Writing across the curriculum
Social Studies (Assessing DBQs)
HOSA Academy & Workforce Readiness Skills
Literacy strategies aligned to CCSS
School Leadership
ITL
Admin Team
Department Leaders
ITL Leadership
MTSS Leadership
District Initiatives
Department
MTSS Teams
Leadership &
Collaboration
Dep't Specific Goals
Academic
Interventions
Innovative Teaching &
Learning
Credit Attainment
Behavioral
Interventions
Improve Measures
HSPE Status
Classroom
Environment
Autonomy &
Ownership
AP Completion &
Performance
Parent & School
Connections
Graduation Indicators
Timeline: Laying ITL foundation
May 2013
21st Century
Innovative
Teaching &
Learning Vision
Meetings
June 2013
Network for ITL
Teams
July 2013
Summer PD Team
August 2013
ITL Leadership
Vision & Direction
Ongoing 2013-2014
Professional
Learning:
Wednesdays &
Extended Contract
Time
- Dep’t
- ITL
- MTSS
- District CCSS
Initiative
Professionalism
Participation
Collaboration
Alignment
CCSS, TPGS, 21st Century, and school goals &targets
Coherence
Common focus: Long-term commitment over school year
Improve School & Classroom Measures
Innovative teaching practices, learning activities, and 21st
Century learning outcomes
Innovative Teaching and Learning
poses a dilemma:
 Should
we aim low, accepting modest
results in return for some success, or aim
high, risking difficulty, resistance, and
failure in hope of great improvement for
students and impressive accomplishment
for teacher leaders?
“We’re still learning where
we’re going as we go.”
Howard Lo (2013)
Questions/Discussion