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© ASCD 2013 | Common Core State Standards

Bill and Melinda Gates/ASCD Grant: Virtual Learning Networks

Teacher Networks: Building Capacity for Powerful Instruction

December 2013


Virtual Convening• WELCOME!• Introduction of ASCD Faculty Member• Overview of the ASCD/Gates Grant• Eliciting Problems of Practice • Introduction to ASCD EDge®• Introduction to EduCore®• Next steps

ASCD/Gates Grant: Virtual Learning Networks

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Goals:

1. Cultivate “Constuctivist Community” 2. Change the world Empower students3. Enable THEM to change the world



Poll 1:

Who in the world are you?


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Poll 2:

What in the world do you teach?



Poll 3:

Where in the world are you all in terms of common core implementation?


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Poll 4:

What is your level of understanding about the CCSS in the Sciences?



Focus: Instructional Shifts of CCSSAssist with implementation in the classroom

Secondary TeachersELA literacy shiftsMath shiftsLiteracy shifts for ScienceLiteracy shifts for Social Science


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Key Instructional Shifts: ELA/Literacy

Content-rich nonfiction/informational text

Reading-writing-speaking grounded in evidence

Regular practice with complex texts and its vocabulary



Key Instructional Shifts: Mathematics

Focus: Focus on where standards focus

Coherence: Think across grades and link to major topics

Rigor: Require fluency, application, deep understanding


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• Two Years• Five Webinars per year

• Content specific• Host by ASCD faculty member• Synchronous• Recorded and archived on EduCore



Phase One• 1 Virtual Convening• 4 Webinars

• Structured around “Problem of Practice”• Challenges identified by participants

in implementing CCSS in their classrooms

• Collaboration with trusted experts• Helpful feedback in a timely manner


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Phase Two• 1 Virtual Convening• 4 Webinars

• Deeper dive• Expand networks to include local

colleagues/teams• Local professional networks



ASCD EDge

• ASCD proprietary social networking platform

• Share comments and resources• Share video, audio, photos• Share upcoming events, updates,

alerts


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EduCore

• ASCD Common Core Online Digital Tool• Funded by a grant from Bill and Melinda

Gates Foundation• Free resource• Materials created from:

• Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)• Math Assessment Resource Service

(MARS) • Repository of evidence-based strategies,

videos, supporting documents



Measurement and Evaluation• Pulse surveys to gauge participant

satisfaction• Skills assessments: pre- and post-• Teacher practice surveys 3x/year• Possible voluntary phone interviews• Voluntary focus groups


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What is something you love about science?

Source: Unknown


And something frustrating about science instruction?

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Poll 5:

Next Generation Science Standards



Eliciting Problems of Practice

“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.”

Yogi Berra

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Building the airplane while flying it . . .



In your opinion, what are key barriers to integrating the Common Core literacy standards in the non-ELA (English Language Arts) classroom?

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How would you describe the current “mood” of your colleagues in regards to integrating ELA CCSS in general and/or the sciences?



What would you say are the major social barriers to implementation?

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What would you say are the major social barriers to implementation?

Examples:Resistance to change? Satisfied with current methods? Top‐down frustrations?Feeling like there isn’t enough time? Too little collaboration? “One more thing!”?

Feeling it doesn’t fit in content areas? Other factors?


Poll 6:

Knowledge base for teaching ELA skills


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What do you feel is an essential skill and/or knowledge base science educators need in order to integrate ELA CCSS?


Poll 7:

Connection between CCSS and NGSS


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Poll 8:

Areas in need of increased support




Do teachers from different subject areas currently have sufficient opportunities to collaborate and learn from one another?

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Do you feel students are prepared to handle an increase in the amount of literacy related skills in the sciences?



Do you feel teachers are prepared / supported to manage the needs of neurodiverse learners in the context of reading and writing?

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Any additional thoughts about problems of practice?

A problem that wasn’t covered?


Poll 9:

Are you familiar with ASCD EDge?


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ascdedge.ascd.org



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Other than the webinars, the ASCD EDge VLN group is where the sharing of resources takes place.



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ascdedge.ascd.org Join Today

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Learn the basics of ASCD EDge in the brief video linked here

http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol8/809-video.aspx




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EduCore®ASCD‐developed website designed with . . .

• Tools• Strategies• Videos • Supporting Documents

To support implementation of the Common Core.



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Videos can be viewed independently and discussed in a PLC or watched together as a faculty.

WATCH

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Read relevant up-to-date articles and papers about the CCSS, instructional shifts, and teaching methods.

Read


Learn

How do the Common Core standards affect me? What do they mean for my students? What is formative assessment? How do I meet CCSS literacy standards if I’m not an English teacher?

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CREATE

Both LDC and MDC provide modules. Check out the examples, learn how to implement them, and then use the templates to create your own!


EXPLORE

Discover all the resources EduCore offers to meet your professional development needs.

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Faculty Meetings

Professional Learning Communities

Independently

Connect and Share

How to use EduCore?


Questions? Comments? Concerns? Quips? Quotes? Qualms? Or Conundrums?


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Thank you!

Connect with me on: Twitter @JasonFlom

ASCD EDge: Jason Flom& VLN Science Group

Email: [email protected]
