Spring Leadership Course 4/8/15 and 4/15/15
Course Goal: Support collaborative leadership learning focused on increasing student achievement as we transition
to new assessments aligned to the Tennessee State Standards.
Today’s Class Goals:
1. To collaboratively engage school leaders in reflecting on the actions they have focused since Class One for:
o Leader actions
o Teacher actions
o Student Behaviors
2. To frame the instructional planning for leaders around a purposeful, balanced approach to assessment, curricular, and instructional
strategies/professional learning
3. To understand the practice tools and features available to assist teachers measure student progress
4. To understand how the TNReady Blueprints can be utilized in local curricular planning to ensure teachers focus on the major work of the
grade in their planning (math and ELA)
5. To know how to utilize item designs to help teachers plan engaging daily activities for students that emphasize the characteristics of
TNReady expectations (math and ELA)
6. To engage school leaders in an actionable conversation around the relationship between technology usage and student college and career
readiness expectations
7. To best leverage planning resources and Learning Leaders to successfully start the 2015-15 school year
Agenda, Key Questions, and Module Goals for Class Two
Component
Key Questions and
Content
Video
Opening and
Updates
(8:30-8:45)
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Update and Opening from
Emily
 Legislative update
 TNReady timeline
 Standards review
 Importance of planning
and for summer and
Agenda with Key
Questions for today
Materials/
Activities
Module Goals
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Bridge to
Practice
Networking
Opportunity
(8:45-9:15)
9:15-9:20
Framing
Break
9:20-9:30
TNReady
Update and
Key Question: What has
emerged as the priority
areas of the “Forward
Focus” plan for our school?
 Use table talk protocols
grouped by Key
Question (2 rotations) to
share strategies and
record on chart paper
(identify school)
(TNReady ELA, TNReady
Math, social studies,
and writing)
 Review importance of
key questions and
connect to today’s
learning.
Key Question: How should
TNReady inform our
instructional choices in
order to set students up for
success?
Key Question: What are
the key TNReady
2015-16
Others?
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Table Talk protocols
with guiding
questions
Blank pages for
gathering ideas
Video from David (Now that
we’ve shared what we
focused on since Class One,
where do we go from here?
(working on a script but it will
focus on the three-pronged
relationship between
assessment, curricular
planning, and instructional
planning
Video from MI
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To collaboratively
engage school leaders
in reflecting on the
actions they have
focused on and how
TNReady needs to
inform those choices
for:
o Leader
actions
o Teacher
actions
o Student
behaviors
To frame the instructional
planning for leaders
around a purposeful,
balanced approach to
assessment, curricular
planning, and
instructional
strategies/professional
learning
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Timeline, Windows,
Guidelines, and
To understand the
practice tools and
Practice Tools
9:30-10:30
assessment updates I need
to know and what practice
tools will we be able to
utlilize?
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Curricular and
Instructional
Planning
(TNReady
math)
10:30-12:00
p.m.
Leads:
Michael Lowe,
Shawn Paige,
Angela Brown,
Catherine
Diezi, Yolanda
Martin,
Sharon
McNary, Otis
Clayton, Rita
White
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Walk through of
TNReady practice
planning tools
Timeline of release
Brainstorm of activities
How could the TNReady
math blueprints guide our
curricular planning for
2015-16 and impact
teachers’ instructional
planning?
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Planning Document:
-How do we use the
information that we find here
for:
-curriculum planning?
-instructional planning?
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Calendar
TNReady practice
tool resources
MICA=Item Sampler
MIST=Practice Test
Accessibility Features
(for ALL students)
Online assessment
guidance (p. 130)
PLC Guide
features available to
assist teachers measure
student progress
Math Item Types
Blueprint
Walkthrough (one
pager)
Part I breakdown
Part II breakdown
Major Work of the
Grade activity
Calculator section
PLC Guides
o Blueprint and
item types
o Major Work
of the Grade
o Calculator
usage
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How should the item
types impact
teacher’s
instructional
planning?
How should the
blueprint impact
curricular planning?
What should we learn
from the Major Work
of the Grade?
o FOCUS is
major shift at
grades 3-8
o COHERENCE
is major shift
at grades 912
IDEA: a removable page
from the back (two) to
serve as a note-
taker/tracker as they
move through the
blueprints (could replicate
a blank one for the PLC
guide)
Lunch
12:00-1:00
Curricular and
Instructional
Planning
(TNReady
ELA)
How could the TNReady
ELA blueprints guide our
curricular planning for
2015-16 and impact
teachers’ instructional
planning?
Planning Document:
-How do we use the
information that we find here
for:
-curriculum planning?
-instructional planning?
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1:00-2:30 p.m.
Leads:
Michael Lowe,
Shawn Paige,
Angela Brown,
Catherine
Diezi, Yolanda
Martin,
Sharon
McNary, Otis
Clayton, Rita
White
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ELA Item Types
ELA Writing Types
Review of Scoring
Rubrics
Blueprint
Walkthrough (one
pager)
Part I breakdown
Part II breakdown
Focus across writing
and reading activity
Passage
specifications (whole
doc in appendix but
major charts in the
slides??)
PLC Guides
o Blueprint and
Item Types
o Writing
Types and
Scoring
Rubrics
o Passage
selection
o Text
Complexity
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How should the item
types impact
teacher’s
instructional
planning?
How should the
writing types
influence teachers’
writing assignments
across disciplines?
How should the
blueprint impact
curricular planning?
IDEA: a removable
page from the back
(two) to serve as a
note-taker/tracker as
they move through
the blueprints (could
replicate a blank one
for the PLC guide)
o
Break
2:30-2:45
Teacher and
Student
Technology
Practices and
Online
Resources
Key Question: What are
the key teacher and student
technology practices we
need to encourage and
what online resources are
people leveraging?
(Gathering of input from
various sources right now)

Looking
Forward
3:15-3:30
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Closing
Reflection and
Next Steps
Key Question: How can we
continue building capacity
among our teachers?
2:45-3:15
3:30-4:00
Lead: David
and
Consulting
Coaches
Appendix
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Communications
Planning
Summer Training
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Review key questions and
then reflect around the
three-pronged approach with
TNReady at the center.
Analysis
TEAM Rubric
elements
that support
TNReady
expectations
Sharing of gathered
ideas/look fors “Top
10 for Teachers” and
“Top 10 for
Students”
Brainstorming and
reflection
To engage school
Communications
planning resources
Summer Leadership
Day Agenda
To best leverage planning
resources and Learning
Leaders to successfully
start the 2015-15 school
year
Leader reflection
document
 Assessment
 Curriculum
Planning
 Instructional
Planning
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Assessment Terms
leaders in an actionable
conversation around
the relationship
between technology
usage and student
college and career
readiness expectations
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TCAP Item Release
and Assessment
Overview
Accommodations