BTSA BOOT CAMP

• Monday September 17, 2012

LLC

4:00 p.m.

Communicating With Families

WELCOME

• Please sign in!

• All papers for today are in the center of each table.

• For today – sit at any table with your Support Provider

• Introduce yourself to at least 3 people

Networking Activity

• Line up by teaching experience – most experienced to least experienced.

• Introduce yourself, which site and grade level and how many years have you been teaching

NORMS

– Cell Phones/Technology – please put on meeting status

– Be fully present – be tenacious advocates for your learning, participate, ask questions, meet new people and make connections

– Be respectful – Our work is confidential. This is Las Vegas as what is said here, stays here. Our work is about growing as professionals and not to be used for evaluative purposes.

– Please assume positive intentions and allow others the opportunity to

express their ideas and honor the work we have come together to do by leaving side conversations and other work for when we conclude.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Reflect and collaborate with colleagues to support teacher and student learning

• Establish professional goals and engage in professional growth.

• Demonstrate professional responsibility, integrity, and ethical conduct by being knowledgeable of codes, standards and guidelines established by relevant national, state and local stakeholders

Professional Standards

– Focus: • Overview of BTSA Induction

• Communicating with Families

– Induction Standard: 6

Participating teachers use a variety of resources (including technology-related tools, interpreters, etc.) to collaborate and communicate with students, colleagues, resource personnel, and families to provide the full range of learners equitable access to the state-adopted academic content standards.

California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTPs):

California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTPs):

What is Induction?

• A two-year program of professional development aligned with the California Standards for the Teaching Profession, the State-adopted academic content standards for students and Induction Standards.

• Application and synthesis of knowledge and skills acquired in professional preparation.

• Integrated support and formative assessment system leading to an Individual Induction Plan.

• Pathway from a Preliminary Teaching Credential to a Professional Clear Teaching Credential.

• BTSA – Basics

Description The California Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) Induction Program provides formative assessment, individualized support and advanced content for newly-credentialed, beginning teachers, and is the preferred pathway to a California Clear Teaching Credential.

History of BTSA • Co-sponsored by The California Commission on Teacher

Credentialing (CCTC) and The California Department of Education (CDE)

• Uses the Formative Assessment for California Teachers (FACT) which identifies, in relation to the CSTP, the areas of prior development and needed further growth in teaching. The teacher with support of a trained Support Provider, develops an Individual Induction Plan (IIP) to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.

• Completion of an induction program leads to a Professional Credential, which is renewable every 5 years.

History of BTSA

• It is the intent of the CCTC that every new teacher receive instruction and support so that they become fully credentialed educators.

• The Learning to Teach Continuum programs provide opportunities for teachers to deepen their knowledge about teaching and learning, leading to quality instruction for the students of California.

Where did you begin?

• Take a few minutes at your table to discuss what path you took along the Learning to Teach System?

• Person with the closest birthday to today begins.

Standards for Quality and Effectiveness for Professional Teacher Induction Programs

State Approved Common and Induction Program Standards

Induction Program Standards

Programs Provide Opportunities for Participants to Demonstrate Effective Teaching

5. Pedagogy (correct use of instructive strategies) – Year 1 FOCUS

6 . Universal Access: Equity for All Students – Year 2 FOCUS

6a. Teaching English Learners

6b. Special Populations

Read Through Standards 5 & 6

Complete the Light Bulb Activity Standards 5 & 6

Discuss at your table

California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP)

• The CSTP became the cornerstone of the BTSA projects, guiding the design and implementation of The Formative Assessment of California Teachers (FACT) as well as the work of the SP’s and the professional growth of the PT’s. The original CSTP’s were adopted in 1997 and revised in 2009 and are an important and central document for educational reform.

California Standards for the Teaching Profession

• The CSTP’s are the foundational pieces of the BTSA Induction program. Standards are one of the three essential components of the assessment system.

– Think about some of the things you believe

teachers should know and be able to do.

– Jot down 3 - 4 items on separate post it notes.

CSTP’s - con’t

• Turn to the back page of your CSTP booklet to the standards placemat.

• Sort the post-its and place them on the standard box, on the standards placemat, that you think is most appropriate.

• At your table, share any insights or comments. 1. Were there certain standards in our group that

seemed to get more post-it notes than others?

2. Are there some standards that received significantly fewer post-it notes?

Continuum of Teaching Practice

• The Continuum of Teaching Practice is a tool for self –reflection, goal setting and inquiry into practice. It provides common language about teaching and learning and can be used to promote professional growth within an environment of collegial support.

Continuum of Teaching Practice

• The Continuum is organized to describe five levels of development. Each level addresses what a teacher should know and be able to do in the six CSTP standards.

• Turn to page 5 & 6 –Look at different descriptions of levels.

–Discuss in your table groups the differences in the levels.

Continuum of Teaching Practice

– THIS YEAR: • You will go through the Continuum with your

support provider and do a self assessment.

• Year 1 - During FACT: Assessment of Teaching

• Year 2: Participants will continue with the Continuum Self Assessment immediately along with Context for Teaching.

Why Formative Assessment?

• To focus and direct the participating teacher’s growth

• To guide the work of the support provider

• To establish professional norms of inquiry into and reflection upon practice

• To reinforce the key role of assessment in developing effective instructional practice.

Foundations of FACT

• California Standards for the Teaching Profession • Induction and Program Standards • Content Standards and California Frameworks • Evidence and Data Collection • Collaborative Relationships • Plan, Teach, Reflect and Apply • Observations – at least 2 per year • Examining Student Work • Reflective Conversations • Self Assessment using Continuum of Teaching

BTSA Website

• www.btsa.ca.gov

• On this website you will find all of the forms for FACT. You can complete them and then save them.

• BTSA sign – up - only year 1 participants and Support Providers

PD 360

• Professional Development Website

• www.pd360.com • Login: email address

• Password: pd360

Unpacking – Parent Communication

• What’s in your luggage?

Move to your Grade Level Table Group

•Individually:

• Reflect and record your responses on the Unpacking recording sheet

• Successes

• Challenges

• Questions

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Unpacking – Parent Communication

• Share your successes in round-robin fashion

• Be prepared to report themes (not anecdotes) to full group

• Next, share your challenges (again, in round-robin fashion)

• Be ready to report themes to full group

• Share your questions to the full group.

Grade Level Table Groups:

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EXIT TICKET

Before You Leave

• Please turn in completed forms

Exit Ticket

Expectations

Participation Agreement

Contact Information Sheet

Did you receive a CSUB unit form?