Suppor&ng    Teaching  &  Learning  in  the  21st  Century  

Working  with  today’s  schools-­‐-­‐    preparing  students  for  tomorrow’s  world  

West Valley Elementary Parent Focus Group

August 31, 2015 Royce Holladay

Outcomes  for  Tonight  

✩ Iden%fy  types  of  experiences  we  want  for  our  students  

✩ Establish  some  logis%cal  agreements  

✩ Form  groups  for  star%ng  explora%ons  

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Norms  for  Our  Work  Together  

✩ If  you  have  a  ques%on,  ask  it.  ✩ Engage  with  each  other—speak  and  listen,  act  and  observe,  give  and  take—respecBully.  ✩ Say  it  here  first.  ✩ Encourage  each  other.  ✩ Remember  that  everyone  here  is    about  puFng  students  first.  

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Ques&ons,  Ques&ons,  Ques&ons  

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Overview  –  Leslie  Mains  

✩ Schedule  of  mee%ngs  ✩ November  3  (Share  preliminary  research)  ✩  January  –  March  (visits  and  repor%ng  out  in  PTO  

mee%ngs)  ✩  April  4  –  Share  their  models  with  each  other  

April  7  –  Community  mee%ng    ✩ May  9  –  Wrap  for  the  year  

✩ Outcomes  ✩ Process  we  will  use  

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Involving  Others  as  We  Plan  

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Design the program

criteria and expectations for imagining and inventing West Valley

Develop the program, based on

criteria and expectations

from the Design

meetings

Implement based on

criteria and expectations, gather data for further input to design

Develop Design Implement

Design  

Who:  Content  specialists,  staff  members,  parents,  stakeholders  ✩ What?  paYerns  and  outcomes  do  we  want  for  our  students?  ✩ So  what?  programs  and  ac%vi%es  will  provide  those  outcomes?  ✩ Now  what?  criteria  do  we  set  for  the  design?  

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Develop    

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Who:  Content  specialists,  staff  members,    ✩ What?  approaches  and  ac%vi%es  create  the  program  we  want?  ✩ So  what?  structures,  skills,  and  arrangements  will  shape  this  program?  ✩ Now  what?  training,  organizing,  planning  are  needed  to  implement  this  program?  

Implement  

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Who:  staff  members,  parents,  stakeholders  ✩ What?  does  this  program  look  like  in  our  school?  ✩ So  what?  are  the  roles,  expecta%ons,  skills,  and  ac%vi%es  that  make  this  work  in  our  school?  ✩ Now  what?  is  happening  and  how  does    that  align  with  original  criteria?    

Phase  1  –  Focus  Group  Work  

✩ Research  the  area  ✩ Visit  other  programs  ✩ Create  resource  cache  for  everyone  ✩ Present  findings  to  Focus  Group  ✩ Teachers  present  to  school  staff  ✩ Present  findings  to  PTO  mee%ng  ✩ Gain  input  from  community  and  teachers  ✩ Report  back  the  final  conclusion  

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Phase  2  –  Focus  Group  Work    

✩ Focus  Group  narrows  choice  down  to  2  areas  ✩ Members  of  the  other  groups  join  the  2  ✩ Conduct  further  explora%on  and  report  back  ✩ Teachers  reach  consensus  on  the  model  ✩ Teachers  report  back  to  Focus  Group  with  

ra%onale  ✩ Conversa%on  and  decision  about  the  Focus  

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Phase  3  –  Focus  Group  Work  

✩ Given  the  choice  of  program,  design  the  criteria  and  expecta%ons  that  will  guide  the  Development  Team.  

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Our  Roles  

✩ Robin  –  Holds  the  vision  and  provides  leadership  toward  that  vision  

✩ Leslie  –  Acts  as  point  person,  managing  logis%cs,  maintaining  documenta%on,  responding  to  ques%ons,  etc.  

✩ Royce  –  Holds  the  process  and  facilitates  the  movement  forward  

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Build  capacity  to    par&cipate  &  contribute  

Stand  in  inquiry    

Understand  complex  world  

Use  cri&cal  thinking  

Be    Crea%ve  Collaborate    Communicate  

21st  Century      Teaching  /  Learning  

What  are  the  curbs?  

Program  must  be  ✩  Instruc%onally  sound  ✩ Workable  for  all  students  ✩ Within  the  school’s  fiscal  constraints  ✩  Preparing  students  for  21st  Century  ✩ Within  CUSD  regulatory  parameters  

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Form  Groups  

✩ Group  composi%on  ✩  Range  of  grade  levels  represented  ✩  1PTO  ✩  1  Parent  Group  ✩  2  Parent  at  Large  ✩  1  Teacher  ✩  School  Site  Council  and  Community  at  Large  

assigned  separately,  based  on  numbers  

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Areas  of  Focus  to  Explore  

✩ Science  ✩ Art/Performance  ✩ Science  and  Art  ✩ Design  (focused  on  4C’s  at  all  scales)  ✩ Project  Based  

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Next  Steps  

✩ Organize  your  groups  and  develop  a  schedule/plan  for  moving  forward  ✩ Contact  Leslie  to  provide  her  with  details  ✩ At  the  next  mee%ng,  be  prepared  to  share  your  progress  and  intended  next  steps  

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Thanks!  

✩ Be  in  touch  ✩ Leslie  Mains  –  mains_leslie@cusdk8.org  408-­‐252-­‐3000  ext  61145  ✩ Royce  Holladay  –  rholladay@hsdinsJtute.org  

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