Instructional Programs Update October 15, 2015 Welcome! Please sign in with your first and last name. Make sure you do an audio check (click on the Audio Wizard icon to run the audio check) Overview of Collaborate Purpose To support communication between schools and Instructional Programs for district work around curriculum, assessment, and instruction To provide an opportunity to get questions answered and pose additional questions needing answers… To share information with your colleagues and to provide feedback to Instructional Programs and the larger Teaching and Learning Division. Agenda Nuts and Bolts Updates from each of the following areas: Ed Tech Integration/Support and Extended Day Visual & Performing Arts Science Math Social Studies Assessment & Prof Development ELA Exit Feedback Nuts and Bolts 15-16 Instructional Program Update sessions: Thur, Oct 15th 3:45 to 5:30 pm @ Libby 125 Nov 19th 3:45-5:30 pm Feb 4th 3:45-5:30 pm Apr 21st 3:45-5:30 pm June 2nd 3:45-5:30 pm Anyone is welcome to attend in person or via webinar. Sessions will be recorded and separated into content-specific sections and then posted to blackboard for easy reference. How these sessions work? Each content area will share their “update” information At the end of each content area presentation, you will have an opportunity to ask clarifying questions. We will answer as many as we can in the time we have… After each session, we will post a Q&A document to blackboard with the recorded webinar District Strategic Plan Connections Does my school, the curriculum, and instruction provide students an opportunity to engage in thinking required to be successful in the work place? What is the rigor and intensity of our curriculum? • Key Terms and Terminology • Factual Information • Linking Ideas • Organizing Concepts • • • • • What is the quality of our instruction? Problem Formulation Research Interpretation Communication Precision/Accuracy Does my school develop a culture of achievement? • • • • • Relevance of content Welcome challenges Value of subject matter Attribution Effort • Is my school safe and orderly to support academic achievement? Do we help students own their learning? • • • • • • • Goal Setting Persistence Self-awareness Motivation Help-seeking Progress Monitoring Self-efficacy • • • • Do we teach students specific techniques to support their learning? • • • • • • • To what extent does our school increase access to privileged knowledge? Post-secondary options Apply and Enroll Affordability Behavior norms of college • Self-advocacy • Aspirations Time Management Test Taking Skills Note Taking Skills Memorization/recall Strategic Reading Collaborative Learning Technology Social Support • Is the school well managed and efficient? Strategic Goal 1: Increase Student Achievement Students will be provided rigorous academic and real-life learning opportunities to become college and career ready. TPEP Connection Domain 1: Classroom Strategies and Behaviors 1-41 (various technology tools may be used to support goals within all elements) Domain 2: Planning and Preparing 42 Effective Scaffolding 44 Attention to Established Content Standards 45 Use of Available Technology resources 46 Use of Available Technology WA Educational Technology Standards WA Educational Technology Standards WA Educational Technology Standards Audio recordings as Podcast or Vodcast with visuals and audio. WA Educational Technology Standards Students choose most appropriate tool to show understanding. May include Audio recordings as Podcast or Vodcast with visuals and audio. WA Educational Technology Standards WA Educational Technology Standards Access them at… Staff tab Highlights Educational Technology Technology Integrated PD Available 904 teachers participated in Summer Technology Integrated Learning sessions inperson and online Via SPS Weekly News updates will be provided through out the year on PD offerings, Grants, and more… 16 technology integrated course are currently available Topics include Presentations Retooled, Classroom Webpages, Digital Portfolios, Office 365, iPads, SMART, Windows 8, and more…. Use these as online self-paced or in-person in teams Visit the Ed Tech Web Page to learn more… www.spokaneschools.org/edtech or District website, Staff Tab, Highlights, Ed Tech Extended Day Update Hired over 80 Content Specialists for extended day Technology integrated into ELA, Social Studies, Science by classroom teachers and content specialists Some buildings are now focusing part of their extended day on Social Emotional Skills and Visual Thinking Strategies Survey coming soon to find out from you what is working, what isn’t, and what needs/concerns/ideas you have… Content Technology Integration Support Cross Content Road maps with 2nd trimester integrated tasks to be released in early November November 9th from 4-7 pm @ Shadle Park HS Library is the 2nd Tri planning session for classroom teachers and content specialists – soon to be announced in PD catalog. You must sign up to reserve your spot! If you attend November 9 and turn in your 2nd Tri planning document by December 18, you will be paid for 3 hours of work in January. Integration Drop in sessions are ongoing. Elementary teachers, bring your questions about integrated tasks! Next drop in is November 19 from 4-5pm @ Libby 125 Use text tool to add your ideas Type in the space below Clarifying Questions Extended Day/ Content Technology Integration Support Visual and Performing Arts Bond Technology Curriculum Integration Rollout Elementary Art, Band and String, & Music A focus on technology is not “about” the technology itself, but about changing teacher practice, motivating students, and creating learning, experiences that will be applicable to their world and future workplaces. Robert Marzano Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works Why this? Why now? Integrated technology resides within… TPEP WA Arts K-12 Learning Standards Complemented by the National Core Arts Standards WA Ed Tech State Standards (2008) Bond curriculum technology commitment (2009-2015, 2015-2021) Elem Band and Strings Integrated Technology Teacher Traveling Toolkit- 1 per teacher iPad Air 2 (64 gig) 1 per teacher with case iLoud Speaker Lightning to VGA and Lightning to Digital Adapters Carrying Case 1 per per toolkit 1 per toolkit (2 total) 1 per per toolkit Elem Art Integrated Technology Teacher Traveling Toolkit- 1 per teacher iPad Air 2 (64 1 per teacher gig) with case iPad Mini (32 4 per per toolkit gig) with case 1 per per toolkit Carrying Case and PowerStrip Elem Music Elementary Music – 1 per school SMART Board 1 per school Wireless Keyboard 1 per school iLoud Speaker 1 per school External Harddrive 1 per school SMART Board Stand Only if board could not be mounted Next Steps Initial Training Follow-up Artifact Sharing Complete the Online course by December Clock hours will be provided for all time spent today and online Must be completed to retain technology Other Elementary Visual and Performing Arts News… Enrollment up in 5th and 6th grade band and strings 248 more instruments purchased for this school year to be delivered soon! By the end of October, 1700+ instruments will have been distributed to elementary band and strings students. Use text tool to add your ideas Type in the space below Clarifying Questions Elementary Visual and Performing Arts Science Update K-5 Kit Distribution and Materials Management Currently working on analyzing data from the Integration Specialists and their needs with supplies and materials Will be assessing the needs of regular/department classroom teachers next week It is critical that we hear from you with your specific needs - the way we have always done kit/materials management needs to change due to the changing needs and diversity of schools IF you discover you don't have a binder for your unit of study - please FIRST check in your building, then email Robyn Norwood immediately! Direct feedback on units - modifications needed or being requested, please send them to Kymberly Larson Science Update K-6 Integrated Tasks Work Team members met last night and began analyzing, tweaking, and in some cases removing or adding tasks for 2nd trimester This means the CCRM will be modified as soon as this work is completed (Oct 29 deadline) This also means the Scope and Sequence documents will be modified as well - check Blackboard often IF you have completed a task, modified the task, come up with a BETTER task that you think other teachers would enjoy - share your expertise and experience! We are looking for a few student projects to share! Science Update K-6 Assessment Work Work Team met in early Oct and made the initial modifications to units that were moved Modified assessments have gone out for feedback Cover sheets and Scoring sheets are the final part of this work They will be posted on blackboard and Robyn will be running them off for 2nd Tri In the meantime, you have been teaching and assessing your students - use your professional judgement and select three items that meet both the content and process guidelines. If you need assistance on selecting the appropriate PE/NGSS Standards, I can help simply email me. Teaching Point - I'd love to show a standard and how to use it to grade Science Update 6th Grade Earth Science All schools now have at least 4 full kits with about a 1/3 having a full 7 kits Schools are individually communicating special needs A textbook for every student has been ordered A management system for the textbooks needs to be decided on at each site and classroom 6th grade EOU (Units 1 and 2) will be posted on Blackboard Science Update 3rd Grade Mobius - STEM for ALL experience All schools have been scheduled for a full day field trip based on the time of year when Variables is being taught Modification: 10:30 is the start time of the experience - make sure your bus scheduler knows this! Magnetic Floor Assessment and Engineering Workshop - a data tool was/will be sent to you so that you may track student's understanding of the magnetic properties and science and engineering practices....this is not required - only an option to help provide you with an assessment tool Following the trip - teachers will be asked to complete a quick survey to us better serve you! (Survey Monkey will be sent to you) Science Update 6th Grade IST/NC - STEM for ALL experience All schools have been scheduled for the full day field trip to the IST (Institute of Science and Technology) Experience starts at 11:30pm sharp and ends at 2:00pm sharp - you actually must be loading your bus at 2pm All schools should have all of the materials needed EXCEPT for schools going AFTER Feb - you have not received your student workbooks -Print shop is working on them! Assessment opportunity - you definitely can use this experience for a documented science and engineering data point (process) - your kids are being true scientists! (See Science and Engineering Checklist on Blackboard under the NC/IST folder) Following the trip - teachers will be asked to complete a quick survey to us better serve you! (Survey Monkey will be sent to you) Science Update 2nd Grade Insects and Plant Unit Training is scheduled for Nov 17 (Full Day PD) Sub numbers will be sent out tomorrow - if you know you are scheduled for the unit and don't get one, please email Kymberly This training can only hold 32 people, so it is critical that you SIGN up on the Professional Calendar Science Update 6th Grade Earth Science Training is Nov. 12th - Location is being determined today! This training will also be on the Professional Calendar - so please sign up. Anyone that would like to see the equipment for each investigation and also how to use the ERB to hit PEs/NGSS standards. This training is going to also be offered online. Use text tool to add your ideas Type in the space below Clarifying Questions Science Math- Welcome to 15/16 year Introduction: Tricia Gessele In teaching profession 17 years Taught elementary grades Math coach District Math Intervention Coordinator Principal Assistant Math TOSA Where is math headed… What is best for kids? How do we infuse best practices into our teaching each and every day? Help me shape upcoming professional development around what you and your students need Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZHYZZYX Turning the corner within Math Standards based Infusing best practice Student centered Building confident mathematicians and 21th century learners and citizens Best Practice layered over Engage NY Important message to be reminded of: As teachers we are responsible for the standards of our grade level. We are responsible to use best practice to decide what our students need at a particular time. We are responsible to choose which problems of the problem set students need to do. We are responsible to choose if our classroom needs the lesson or has mastery and we can move on. We are responsible for being responsive to the needs of our students. Math Delivery Updates Distribution lists have been updated to represent class numbers including overloads The table below show what should be in buildings by end of October Grade Teacher Guide Student set/Assessment Kindergarten Modules 1-4 Module 3 1st grade Modules 1-3 Module 2 2nd grade Modules 1-6 Module 5 3rd grade Modules 1-4 Module 3 4th grade Modules 1,2,3,5 Module 3 5th grade Modules 1-5 Module 3 6th grade Modules 1-4 Module 3 Math Update – Amplify Benchmark Assessments Amplify Benchmark replaces the following end of module assessments: Grade Level Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade Assessment No Amplify Benchmark No Amplify Benchmark Module 3 End of Module Assessment Module 2 End of Module Assessment Module 2 End of Module Assessment Module 2 End of Module Assessment Module 2 End of Module Assessment Amplify Math Benchmark testing windows Each grade level will receive an email from me before their window opens with details about how to activate and select online testing and/or paper & pencil testing for students… Grade Level Open Scoring Done 4th Grade 10/12-10/30 11/2 2nd Grade (paper/pencil) 11/2-11/13 3rd Grade 11/9-11/20 12/1 5th Grade 11/16-12/4 12/11 6th Grade 11/16-12/4 12/11 Second Grade Amplify details Paper pencil assessment Teacher guided to what extent your students need it No scoring into Amplify this time around Arrive in buildings on or before Nov. 2 Upcoming PD opportunities Intent of upcoming PD is around best practices within mathematics instruction, workshop and differentiated work time, and CCSS mathematical practices. All classes take place from 4:00-6:00 pm Grade Module Focus Date Location Grade 1 Kindergarten Grade 3 2 2,3 3,4 Tuesday Oct. 27 Wednesday Oct. 28 Tuesday Nov. 3 Longfellow Bemiss Logan Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 4 3 3 5,6 Tuesday Nov. 10 Tuesday Nov. 17 Tuesday Dec. 8 Libby Roosevelt Whitman Grade 2 5 Tuesday Jan. 12 Grant “Every accomplishment begins with a decision to try.” ~Edward T Kelly Thank you for spending every day with our most valuable resource Use text tool to add your ideas Type in the space below Clarifying Questions Math Elementary Social Studies Field Test Purpose: To transition elementary social studies into a robust, content rich experience that will serve to prepare our teachers to teach and our students to learn curriculum that is relevant and meaningful. Where are we in the process? Nine elementary sites, representing a variety of demographics, are currently are participating in the field test. A mixture of regular classroom teachers and content specialists make up the 47 teachers participating in the process. Each resource will be field tested for eight weeks (with the exception of the Grade 4 Washington State specific resource). • September 15 – November 6: "Social Studies Alive“ (K-5) and “History Alive” (6) published by TCI • November 9 – January 15: “MyWorld” Social Studies (K-6) published by Pearson • January 18 – February 22: “Washington Our Home” (Grade 4) published by Gibbs Smith Next Steps: Convening an Elementary Social Studies Adoption Committee with the purpose of: • Summarizing and Synthesizing feedback from teacher and student experience of each resource • Reviewing and scoring each resource using a comprehensive rubric aligned to Washington State Social Studies Expectations, best practices, Common Core State Standards, and the C3 Framework • Making a recommendation based on findings for adoption of a K-6 elementary social studies curriculum Elementary Social Studies Work Team Purpose: To transition elementary social studies into a robust, content rich experience that will serve to prepare our teachers to teach and our students to learn curriculum that is relevant and meaningful. Comprised of a team K-6 teachers working to: augment/supplement and enhance social studies curriculum to accommodate for the weekly extended day minutes expectation for content instruction for Trimester 2 create points of integration for social studies and educational technology for Trimester 2 Evidence of the team’s diligent work can be accessed through your grade level’s Cross Content Road Map for Trimester 1. To preview and plan for Trimester 2 Social Studies please plan to attend the K-6 Social Studies 2nd Trimester Professional Development session on November 4, from 4-7, at Libby. Registration via the Professional Development Catalog will be available soon. Use text tool to add your ideas Type in the space below Clarifying Questions Social Studies ELA Update SpringBoard Journeys ThinkCentral Update SpringBoard Update SpringBoard Digital – All grade 6 SpringBoard teachers are encouraged to utilize SpringBoard Digital with students Information on how to login can be found on Blackboard in the SpringBoard Resources folder Short Cycle Assessments available for all units… These assessments are meant to be formative checks of understanding: o grouped according to skills/knowledge that span a single activity or multiple activities for each unit o assignable online only through the SpringBoard Assessment tab on SpringBoard Digital. o available only on line so that future exams can include tech enhanced items to match those students encounter on high stakes assessments. SpringBoard Update On-going Grade 6 ELA Professional Development: Each elementary building has been asked to appoint one 6th Grade SpringBoard & Grammar Building Teacher Leader to represent their building at four 2 hour after school professional development sessions held throughout the year. The purpose of these sessions is as follows: continue to build strategies for infusing grammar instruction into 6th Grade SpringBoard build an understanding of SpringBoard Digital and its use within the classroom collect student Embedded Assessment samples for scoring and calibration purposes work with colleagues to strengthen teaching practice introduction to Grammarly and Revision Assistant, two new exciting resources designed to support student writing with “just in time feedback” Session Dates and Times October 21, 4:00-6:00 January 13, 4:00-6:00 March 16, 4:00-6:00 May 4, 4:00-6:00 Journeys Student Consumables Grades 1-5 teachers should now have write-in readers and reader’s notebooks based on last spring’s order and/or additional requests this fall. PDFs of K-5 Reader’s Notebook and Writing Handbooks have been sent by email to teachers and are being posted to blackboard in each grade level’s ELA, Journeys Resources, Managing student consumables… When we know students are moving from one building to another in our district, we need to send student consumables to the new site with the cumulative folder when possible. For Journeys this includes: reader's notebook writer's handbook write-in reader if applicable. For SpringBoard this includes the student edition. Need more student resources? Please contact Michelle Russell at michelleru@spokaneschools.org Journeys Update SPS News posting from yesterday: What is this SBAR Assessment anyway? Toward the end of last year, Journeys released SBAR: Standards Based Assessment Resource Each grade level (K-5) has 3 assessments and 3 performance tasks which are very SBAC-like in nature. HMH is recommending the SBAR assessments as replacements for the Benchmark and Unit assessments. Here’s the order in which they are intended to be given: Following Unit 1, SBAR Assessment 1; Following Unit 2, SBAR Perf Task 1; Following Unit 3, SBAR Assessment 2 Following Unit 4, SBAR Perf Task 2; Following Unit 5, SBAR Assessment 3; Following Unit 6, SBAR Perf Task 3 These assessments are not required. We have included some of SBAR assessments in each grade level’s scope and sequence this year to encourage everyone to give them a try. These assessments can be used as part of whole group instruction and guided practice so your students can become familiar with these types of assessments as well as independent summative assessments. Please feel free to use as you see fit (in its entirety, in smaller chunks, across several days, as entry task practice, etc.). No online version yet… PDFs are posted on blackboard in each grade level’s “ELA” “Journeys Resources” ”Journeys Assessments” folder. Included on blackboard is each grade level’s SBAR Teacher Guide which provide guidelines for administration of these assessments as well as answer keys and rubrics. Journeys Update Writing Instruction Recommendations for each Journeys Unit Based on teacher feedback, we recognize that Journeys writing instruction at times is lacking rigor, cohesion and independent writing, especially at the start of the year, I formed a K-5 Writing Work Team this summer. We utilized the following approved resources in this work: several anchor/mentor texts, Journeys Unit 1 Teacher Edition, Literacy and Language Guide, Writing Handbook, Lucy Calkins' Units, Reader's and Writer's Notebooks. Please note: if you are solely teaching from Lucy Calkins' Units of Study lessons you will not be addressing writing to sources and some of the common core state standards. We will be using our professional judgment to select lessons that address standards effectively and know you do the same. Unit 1 and 2 recommendations are complete and posted to blackboard for your reference. We truly hope you find this helpful and will look forward to your feedback throughout the year. Journeys Update Performance Assessment Writing for Grades 3-5: Last year, Journeys released performance assessment writing which is very similar to SBAC performance task writing. Our writing work team has decided to incorporate these throughout the year depending on the unit of writing you are teaching. You may have received a "random stapled packet" at the start of the year and in the last few weeks that you weren't sure about. Suggestions of how to incorporate these writing experiences are included in each unit writing recommendations document. Grade Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 3rd Mixed Practice U5 “On Your Own” Response to Lit U3 Animal Tricksters Informative Essay U2 “250 Years Ago” Opinion Essay U1 “All About Pets” Narrative U4 “Strange Situations” Mixed Practice U5 “On Your Own” Delivered by Start of year Oct 2nd Nov 13th Jan 15th Feb 26th Delivered already 4th Narrative U4 “Wrong Place, Wrong Time” Informative Essay U2 “The Changing World” Opinion Essay U1 “Eye on the Environment” Response to Lit U3 “Courage Comes in All Sizes” Mixed Practice U5 “On Your Own” Mixed Practice U5 “On Your Own” Delivered by Start of year Oct 2nd Nov 13th Jan 15th Feb 26th Delivered already 5th Narrative U4 “Surprising Meetings” Informative Essay U2 “Early American Heroes” Opinion Essay U1 “School: What Works?” Mixed Practice Narrative U5 “On Your Own” Response to Lit U3 “The Way I See It” Mixed Practice U5 “On Your Own” Delivered by Start of year Oct 2nd Nov 13th Jan 15th Feb 26th Delivered already Journeys Update Writing Rubrics: In an effort to better align our writing rubrics to the Marzano Framework and expectations of TPEP Element 1 regarding the levels of performance for the learning goal, our principal lab teacher group has helped create writing rubrics for your use. We have included levels of performance for the form of writing, capitalization/punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Rubrics for Unit 1 writing for K-5 have been emailed and posted to blackboard Rubrics for Unit 2 writing have been posted for Grades 3-5, more coming soon… These are and will continue to be a work in progress… ThinkCentral Update Journeys Online Think Central Password Tips With the start of a new year, ThinkCentral information has been updated to reflect the daily information within PowerSchool regarding teachers, classes, and students. This has caused many accounts to be reset. Please try the following default password if you have trouble logging in: Username: your novel/groupwise username Password: Password1! (the "P" does need to be capitalized as it is case sensitive) They system will likely require you to establish password hints and then from there you should be able to customize your password. If the system does not take you to the password hints area and instead directs you to contact your site administrator, please contact ITSC Help Desk at extension #7600 for assistance. Please note: any stakeholder in your building is allowed to have access to ThinkCentral. We have added the people in your building PowerSchool knows about. Anyone can try to login with the login information above to see if they have an account. If someone does not have an account but would like one, please direct them to ITSC Help Desk extension #7600 as well. Upcoming Journeys PD opportunities Intent of upcoming PD is around best practices within ELA instruction, workshop and differentiated work time, and CCSS. All classes take place from 4:00-6:00 pm Grade Unit Focus Date Location Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Units 2 & 3 Unit 3 Unit 3 Unit 3 Unit 3 Unit 3 Thursday, Oct 22nd Monday, Nov 16th Monday, Nov 16th Monday, Nov. 16th Wednesday, Nov. 18th Wednesday, Nov 18th Holmes Finch Garfield Cooper Cooper Libby room 125 DRA Update The DRA testing window runs from Sept 28th to October 30th All 1st-3rd grade students are required to be assessed and data needs to be entered by November 5th into the DRA data entry tool which can be found inside the Electronic Record Book. Only independent scores will be accepted for levels A through 38. New starting this year, only 4th and 5th grade students who did NOT pass the 2015 ELA SBAC Assessment are required to be assessed in October and data needs to be entered by November 5th into the DRA data entry tool The thinking here is that students who show proficiency on the ELA SBAC more than likely are not in need of a diagnostic reading assessment to support improved reading performance. As always, you are welcome to assess all of your students or any student who you need more information about. DRA is no longer required at the 6th grade level but may be used as needed. A grade/score still needs to be provided on the report card for standard reading level for all 1-6 students. DRA or other measures such as: leveled readers, cold reads, ThinkCentral, Amplify assessments, etc. should be used to provide the standard reading level score on the report card. Listing the SBAC score is not permissible on the report card as it does not represent current evidence. Teachers may use the DRA entry tool for all of their students if they have current evidence to back up any score they give…this will provide you will a complete data visualization in School Data Tools. If the DRA entry tool is not used for 4th and 5th grade students who passed the SBAC last year, then those students will have blanks when you review the data viz in School Data Tools. Use text tool to add your ideas Type in the space below Clarifying Questions ELA Use text tool to add your ideas Type in the space below Exit Feedback What would you like to hear more about next time?