Curriculum and Education UpdateMay 2014

Framework for Curriculum Review

Review

Develop

Implement

Monitor

Asking the Right Questions (2009)Dr. Edie Holcomb

•Where are we now?•Where do we want to go?•How will we get there?•How will we know we are getting there?•How can we keep it going?

Review

Develop

Implement

Monitor

1. Where are we

now?

2. Where do we want to go?

3. How will

we get

there?

4. How will we know we are getting there?

4. How will we know we are getting there?

5. How can we keep it

going?

Vertical Team Review

• Science Vertical Team: DEVELOPMENT• English/Language Arts: REVIEW • Technology/Computer Science: REVIEW• Gifted: REVIEW & DEVELOPMENT•Math: MONITOR

Science Vertical Team

In Development:• Align K-12 content and practices with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)• Elementary science: Content area reading and writing• Improved resources and supports for Biology• Integrate engineering practices from NGSS • Enrichment strands for advanced and highly interested students

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS

• SUBGROUPS:• K-12 Writing•Writing Across the Curriculum• Reading Comprehension: Elementary• Reading Comprehension: Secondary• Diversity of Literature• Research Skills

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS

• APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY – What is working?A method for studying and changing social systems that advocates collective inquiry into the best of what is in order to imagine what could be. (David Cooperrider)

• DATA ANALYSIS – Where are our gaps?• SURVEY DEVELOPMENT – How do we know?• SURVEY RESULTS…coming May 30, 2014

ELA VTCritical “Now” Steps

•Training in and implementation of Teacher’s College Reading Workshop in 3rd – 5th grade•Preparation for adopting TCRW into 6th grade Language Arts – Fall 2014

Elementary Reading

• Continued training and transition to 3-5 Reading Workshop approach • Increased student engagement, higher level thinking and speaking about texts across genres•Well-positioned for demands of the new standards in reading • Strong support from WSSD Education Foundation

Technology/Computer Science Vertical Team

•Defining the Roadmap• Technology Education vs. Educational

Technology• Engineering• Computer Science K-12

• High School: Electives (better course alignment to 21st century skills) & New Technology• Middle School: Sequencing Skills & Robotics Team• Elementary School: Developing a scope & sequence (2014-15)

MATH

Implementation:Elementary Level• Year One Implementation of Math in Focus• Unified district approach and expectations across schools and groupings• Strong positive response to increased rigor of new standards

Math Vertical Team

Middle School Math:

Pathways Accelerated Enriched Grade-Level Transitions

Summer Packet & Placement Test

Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9

Accelerated Math 6/7

Accelerated Math 7/8

Adv. Alg. 1 (H)/

Inferential Statistics

 

Geometry (H)

Enriched Math 6 Enriched Math 7 Enriched Math 8

 

Adv. Alg. 1 (H)

Math 6 Math 7 Math 8

 

Adv. Alg. 1

Transitions Math 6

Transitions Math 7

Transitions Math

8 

Foundations of Algebra

5th Grade Math

ACHIEVEMENT-CENTERED

Focused on student learning and

benchmarks for progress

ENGAGING

Student-centered, active, and experiential

RIGOROUS

Appropriately challenging for

all students

RIGOROUS

Appropriately challenging for

all students

November & February In-service

Program

Over 36 sessions offered K-12 by teachers and administrators

Socratic Seminars

GRIT

Differentiation for the Gifted Population

Mindfulness in Education

“Appy Hour”Real World Inquiry

Higher Order Questioning

Teaching Research

Debate in the Classroom

PA Core Standards

Rigorous Writing

A process to document a measure of educator effectiveness based on student achievement of content standards.

S.L.O.’s

Building Level Data, 15%

Observation/ Evidence,

50%

Observation/EvidenceEffective 2013-2014Danielson Framework Do-mainsPlanning and PreparationClassroom EnvironmentInstructionProfessional Responsibilities

Building Level DataEffective 2013-2014 SYIndicators of Academic AchievementIndicators of Closing the Achievement Gap, All StudentsIndicators of Closing the Achievement Gap, Sub-groupsAcademic Growth PVAASOther Academic IndicatorsCredit for Advanced Achievement

Elective Data/SLOsPiloting 2013-2014 SYEffective 2014-2015 SYDistrict Designed Measures and Examina-tionsNationally Recognized Standardized TestsIndustry Certification ExaminationsStudent Projects Pursuant to Local Re-quirementsStudent Portfolios Pursuant to Local Re-quirements

Elective Data, 35%