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%