District - Big Rock: Instructional Strategies
Fully Implemented
Partially Implemented
Not Implemented
In 30 Days, we will know that we are successful when:
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30-60-90 Day Plans (school and district) are complete for each of the identified big rocks.
30-60-90 Day Plans have been posted on the district and school webpages.
The “Six Big Ideas” from the Artisan Teacher have been studied by the District ILT PLC.
Every member of the District ILT PLC has a copy of The Artisan Teacher: A Field Guide to Skillful Teaching.
Principals have shared the “Six Big Ideas” with staff members.
At least 100 walkthroughs have been conducted at each school using the ’14-’15 GCS Short Form.
100% of teachers are receiving feedback from walkthroughs.
At least 50% of all walkthroughs include seeing one or more overt responses.
At least 75% of all walkthroughs include seeing posted clear learning goals.
At least 75% of all walkthroughs include seeing activities that are congruent to the clear learning goals.
Walkthrough data has been shared with all appropriate stakeholders.
The Measures/Evidence we will use are:
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Review of school and district webpages.
District ILT PLC meeting agendas and minutes.
School meeting (faculty, PLC, RTI, etc.) agendas and minutes.
Reports generated from the eWalk system.
Board of Education agendas and minutes.
30 Days Action Strategies
Who is on point?
By when?
How
communicated?
Revise 60 and 90 day plans
Keith
11/7/14
Post district and school 30 day plans on school and
district webpages.
Post district and school 30-60-90 plans on school and
district webpages.
District will conduct a December “data day” to
review assessment and non-cognitive data to assess
the effectiveness of our instructional program.
Principals will select teachers to attend Continuous
Classroom Improvement (CCI) conducted by SESC.
Lang
11/21/14
Email, District ILT PLC
meetings
Email, webpages
Lang
12/5/14
Email, webpages
Keith, Principals
12/16/14
Email, meeting
Principals
12/19/14
Email
Keith
11/14/14
District ILT PLC
meetings, email
Keith
12/9/14
District ILT PLC
meetings, email
Keith
11/7/14
District ILT PLC
meetings, email
Principals, Keith
Ongoing
Conversation, email
Principals
12/15/14
PLC/Faculty/RTI
Meetings, email
The Artisan Teacher – Learning Principles
Review four of the themes that describe the
technical work of teaching – Clear Learning Goals,
Congruency, Overt Responses, Mid-Course
Corrections
Introduce the other two themes that describe the
technical work of teaching – Task Analysis and
Diagnosis.
Purchase copies of The Artisan Teacher: A Field
Guide to Skillful Teaching for every member of the
District ILT PLC.
Work with principals to develop plans for sharing the
“Six Big Ideas” (themes for the technical work of
teaching) with teachers. – rolled to 60 days.
Principals will review the “Six Big Ideas” and
instructional/engagement strategies with faculty
during PLCs, RTI meetings, and faculty meetings. –
rolled to 60 days.
Monitor progress of principal sharing with staff – “Six Keith
Big Ideas” should have been shared with staff by
December 15. Monitoring has occurred – some
sharing will occur in 60 days.
12/15/14
Conversation, email
District ILT
11/7/14
District ILT PLC
meetings
Mullins
10/28/14
District ILT PLC
meetings
District ILT
Ongoing
Email, conversations
District ILT
Ongoing
Email, conversations
Principals
December 9
Email, Meetings
Keith, District ILT
December 8
Email, Meetings
Classroom Visits – Walkthroughs
Review walkthrough instrument to ensure
congruency with district areas of focus based on
feedback from the AdvancED Accreditation Report.
Superintendent communicates and monitors school
progress toward goal of 100 walkthroughs with the
’14-’15 GCS Short Form by December 5.
Principals and district personnel will give staff
feedback via email using the eWalk system. Follow
up face to face conferences will occur when
appropriate.
All persons conducting walkthroughs will highlight
examples/use of the “Six Big Ideas” and other
instructional strategies in their feedback to teachers.
Principals will compile monthly walkthrough data
and share with their staff. Data will be analyzed and
used to identify points of emphasis.
The Chief Academic Officer will compile monthly
district walkthrough and share with the District ILT
PLC and Board of Education. Data will be analyzed
and used to identify points of emphasis.
Coaching Techniques
District ILT PLC will review 30-second feedback
model.
District ILT PLC will study the 5-minute feedback
model.
Chief Academic Officer will model 5-minute feedback
in ILT meetings and with teachers in the schools.
The District will partner with Mike Rutherford for
consultation on the teaching themes outlined in The
Artisan Teacher and various coaching strategies and
models.
Keith
December 5
Keith
December 5
Keith
December 19
Mullins, Keith
December 19
District ILT PLC
meetings
District ILT PLC
meetings
District ILT PLC
meetings
Email
Fully Implemented
Partially Implemented
Not Implemented
In 60 Days, we will know that we are successful when:
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30-60-90 Day Plans (school and district) are complete.
30-60-90 Day Plans have been posted on the district and school webpages.
At least two of the four themes of teaching that promote level 3 learning (the optimizers) from the Artisan Teacher have been studied
by the District ILT PLC.
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Principals have shared 2 of the 4 optimizers with staff members.
At least 60 walkthroughs have been conducted at each school using the ’14-’15 GCS Short Form.
100% of teachers are receiving feedback from walkthroughs.
At least 60% of all walkthroughs include seeing one or more overt responses.
At least 85% of all walkthroughs include seeing posted clear learning goals.
At least 85% of all walkthroughs include seeing activities that are congruent to the clear learning goals.
Walkthrough data has been shared with all appropriate stakeholders.
90 Day Plan has been revised.
Work on the 120 Day Plan has begun
Trained teachers have begun to implement Continuous Classroom Improvement (CCI) in at least one of their classes.
Chief Academic Officer has modeled 5 minute feedback.
Principal had conducted a 5 minute feedback session.
The Measures/Evidence we will use are:
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Review of school and district webpages.
District ILT PLC meeting agendas and minutes.
School meeting (faculty, PLC, RTI, etc.) agendas and minutes.
Reports generated from the eWalk system.
Board of Education agendas and minutes.
60 Days Action Strategies
Revise 90 day plan
Begin 120 day plan
Teachers from each building will attend CCI training
conducted by SESC and begin to implement the
system in at least one of their classes.
Who is on point?
By when?
How
communicated?
Keith
Keith
Principals, Selected Teachers
January 31
February 13
January 31
Email, Webpage
Email, Webpage
Lesson Plans
Principals, Keith
Ongoing
Conversation, email
Principals
1/31/14
PLC/Faculty/RTI
Meetings, email
Keith
Keith
January 9
January 30
Meeting, email
Meeting, email
Keith, Principals
January 16
Meeting
Keith, Principals
January 30
Meeting
Principals
February 13
Meetings
The Artisan Teacher – Learning Principles
Work with principals to develop plans for sharing the
“Six Big Ideas” (themes for the technical work of
teaching) with teachers. – rolled to 60 days.
Principals will review the “Six Big Ideas” and
instructional/engagement strategies with faculty
during PLCs, RTI meetings, and faculty meetings. –
rolled to 60 days.
Introduce the concept of the 3 levels of learning.
Introduce at least two of the four themes of teaching
that will most likely promote Level 3 Learning –
Connection, Personal Relevance, Locale Memory,
Mental Models (optimizers).
Work with Principals to develop a plan for sharing
the three levels of learning with faculty.
Work with principals to develop a plan to introduce
at least two of the four themes of teaching that will
most likely promote Level 3 Learning – Connection,
Personal Relevance, Locale Memory, Mental Models
(optimizers).
Each principal will have introduced at least two of
the four themes of teaching that will most likely
promote Level 3 Learning – Connection, Personal
Relevance, Locale Memory, Mental Models.
Classroom Visits – Walkthroughs
Principals will conduct at least 60 walkthroughs with
the ’14-’15 GCS Short Form between January 5 and
February 13.
Principals and district personnel will give staff
feedback via email using the eWalk system. Follow
up face to face conferences will occur when
appropriate.
All persons conducting walkthroughs will highlight
examples/use of the “Six Big Ideas” and other
instructional strategies in their feedback to teachers.
Principals will compile monthly walkthrough data
and share with their staff. Data will be analyzed and
used to identify points of emphasis.
The Chief Academic Officer will compile monthly
district walkthrough and share with the District ILT
PLC and Board of Education. Data will be analyzed
and used to identify points of emphasis.
Principals
February 13
Ewalk reports, email
Principals, Davis, Rogers, Mullins, Keith
ongoing
Email, conversations
Principals, Davis, Rogers, Mullins, Keith
ongoing
Email, conversations
Principals
January 30
Email, presentation
Keith
January 30
Email, presentation
January 16
meeting
January 23
meeting
Coaching Techniques
Keith, Principals
The Chief Academic Officer (CAO) will model a 5
minute feedback session with a teacher from each
building. The principal will observe the session. The
principal and CAO will debrief following the session.
The principal in each building will conduct a 5 minute Principals, Keith
feedback session with a teacher in his/her building.
The CAO will observe the session. The principal and
CAO will debrief following the session.
Fully Implemented
Partially Implemented
Not Implemented
In 90 Days, we will know that we are successful when:
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30-60-90 Day Plans (school and district) are complete.
30-60-90 Day Plans have been posted on the district and school webpages.
Two additional themes of teaching from the Artisan Teacher have been studied by the District ILT PLC.
Principals have shared all of the optimizers with staff members.
At least 60 walkthroughs have been conducted at each school using the ’14-’15 GCS Short Form.
100% of teachers are receiving feedback from walkthroughs.
At least 70% of all walkthroughs include seeing one or more overt responses.
At least 90% of all walkthroughs include seeing posted clear learning goals.
At least 90% of all walkthroughs include seeing activities that are congruent to the clear learning goals.
Walkthrough data has been shared with all appropriate stakeholders.
120 Day Plan has been revised.
Work on the 150 Day Plan has begun.
Trained teachers have fully implemented Continuous Classroom Improvement (CCI) in at least one of their classes.
Chief Academic Officer has modeled a Positive Reinforcement Coaching Session.
Principal has conducted ten 5 minute feedback sessions.
The Measures/Evidence we will use are:
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Review of school and district webpages.
District ILT PLC meeting agendas and minutes.
School meeting (faculty, PLC, RTI, etc.) agendas and minutes.
Reports generated from the eWalk system.
Board of Education agendas and minutes.
90 Days Action Strategies
Who is on point?
By when?
How
communicated?
Complete 120 Day Plan
Begin 150 Day Plan
Principals will monitor the implementation of
Continuous Classroom Improvement (CCI) process.
Teachers will continue the implementation of CCI.
Keith
Keith
Principals
March 3
April 3
Ongoing
Selected Teachers, Principals
Ongoing
Conduct 2nd interim data day.
Keith
March 3
Email, webpages
Email
Lesson Plans,
walkthroughs
Lesson Plans,
walkthroughs
Email, meeting
Keith, Principals
Keith, Principals
Keith
March 10
March 10
April 3
Meeting, email
Meeting, email
Meeting, email
Keith
March 17
Meeting, email
Keith
March 17
Meeting, email
Principals
April 3
Email, conversations
Principals, Mullins, Rogers, Davis, Keith
April 3
Email, conversations
The Artisan Teacher – Learning Principles
Review the 3 levels of learning.
Review the six big ideas.
Study the remaining themes of teaching that will
most likely promote Level 3 Learning – Connection,
Personal Relevance, Locale Memory, Mental Models
Work with Principals to develop a plan for reviewing
the three levels of learning with faculty.
Work with principals to develop a plan to for
reviewing/studying the four themes of teaching
(optimizers) that will most likely promote Level 3
Learning – Connection, Personal Relevance, Locale
Memory, Mental Models
Classroom Visits – Walkthroughs
Principals will conduct at least 60 walkthroughs with
the ’14-’15 GCS Short Form between February 16
and April 3.
Principals and district personnel will give staff
feedback via email using the eWalk system. Follow
up face to face conferences will occur when
appropriate.
All persons conducting walkthroughs will highlight
examples/use of the Six Big Ideas, the four
optimizers, and other teaching themes and
instructional strategies in their feedback to teachers.
Principals will compile monthly walkthrough data
and share with their staff. Data will be analyzed and
used to identify points of emphasis.
The Chief Academic Officer will compile monthly
district walkthrough and share with the District ILT
PLC and Board of Education. Data will be analyzed
and used to identify points of emphasis.
Principals, Mullins, Rogers, Davis, Keith
Ongoing
Email, conversation
Principals
February 27
March 27
Presentation, email
Keith
February 27
March 27
Presentation, email
Principals
Ongoing
Meeting
Keith, Principals
February 27
Meeting
Principals, Keith
April 3
Meeting
Coaching Techniques
Principals will conduct at least two 5 minute
feedback sessions per week.
The Chief Academic Officer (CAO) will model a
Positive Reinforcement Coaching session with a
teacher from each building. The principal will
observe the session. The principal and CAO will
debrief following the session.
The principal in each building will conduct a Positive
Reinforcement Coaching session with a teacher in
his/her building. The CAO will observe the session.
The principal and CAO will debrief following the
session.