Change InitiativeCommon Curriculum Review

Change Initiative Portfoliohttp://www.wmisd.org/ge/cl/ccr/default.aspx

Change Initiative OutlineData Analysis - Are Students

reaching achievement targets with current materials?Review Assessment ResultsReview Available Resources

Clarification of Standards - What are students expected to know?Student Friendly LanguageDepth of KnowledgeReview/Revise Assessment Items

Curriculum Guide for Instruction - How will curriculum be implemented in the classroom?Unit/PacingAssessment Mapping

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1.2 The administrator will demonstrate the skills needed to work with the board of education and district/community members to facilitate the development of a vision of learning for a school district that promotes the success of all students

Materials were developed for Curriculum Task Force members to use when presenting the Common Curriculum Review Process to their local school board. The presentation explains the positive effect of an aligned written, taught and assessed curriculum has on student learning.

Building a vision was discussed in our very first session with Karen Hart.

Our change initiative fits perfectly with the vision of our Curriculum Task Force.

Our Vision: The Curriculum Task Force will provide a coordination of curriculum, assessment, and pacing guides to support higher student success, while continuing to keep districts abreast of the changes in educational practice, and supporting each other in implementation.

Standards Matrix – Element 1Standard for Central Office Administrator Preparation

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1.3 The administrator will use data-based research strategies to assure the district vision takes into account the diversity of learners in a district

The Common Curriculum Review Process uses research based strategies identified in Align the Design to help move the schools throughout our ISD toward our vision of coordinated curriculum, assessments, and pacing guides to support student success

Align the Design: A Blueprint for School Improvement by Mooney & Mausback is the test resource that was provided to all Curriculum Learning Institute participants. This book does a good job of laying out a plan for how to drive change in schools. In addition to the tools presented in the book, the authors included personal reflections and other texts that have inspired them in their work.

Standards Matrix – Element 1Standard for Central Office Administrator Preparation

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1.6 The administrator will use data-based research strategies and strategic planning processes that focus on students learning to develop the district vision, drawing on relevant information sources such as student assessment results and current responses to these results, student and family demographic data, and an analysis of community needs

An integral part of the Common Curriculum Review Process will be to review student assessment data and determine which curriculum processes are having a positive effect on student learning and where there are achievement gaps

In the Balanced Assessment session, Ed Roeber & Kim Young discussed the three types of data: formative, interim, and summative. All three data types are reviewed as a part of the Common Curriculum Review Process. Additionally, they pointed out that in a Balanced Assessment System, all elements of the system are aligned (standards, curriculum, instruction, learning, assessments, & professional development). This is one of our key goals in a common curriculum review.

District DataSample Data ReviewData Action Plan

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2.4 The administrator will show evidence of promoting technology and information systems to enrich district curriculum and instruction, including strategies to engage underrepresented students

Technology integration strategies will be integrated into the strategies for each content area. Specifically, technology integration will be discussed when creating the guide for instruction where teachers are creating units and pacing for instruction.

The Quality Instruction presentation by Karen Hart & Karen Mlcek reviewed strategies for integrating technology. Technology can be used to differentiate instruction allowing all students to access to appropriate learning.Technology systems provide us with data on individual & groups of students progress in each standard.

Sample Book Study Artifact

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2.9 The administrator will adopt appropriate research strategies to profile student performance in the district and to analyze differences among subgroups

An integral part of the Common Curriculum Review Process will be to review student assessment data and determine which curriculum processes are having a positive effect on student learning and where there are achievement gaps. During the curriculum review, we will use training tools from DataDirector, Data for Student Success, and MI School Data to review results by district building, and teachers (including subgroups).

The Quality Instruction presentation by Karen Hart & Karen Mlcek did a good job of reviewing how data warehouse systems can be used by staff members to view and disaggregate student data. The data for instruction portion of the Curriculum Learning Institute helped create a strong data analysis portion of our process.

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2.13

The administrator will promote and foster building level leadership skills

Teacher representatives will be in a leadership role as they present the curriculum review group’s work and decisions to their co-workers.

The Implementing and Monitoring Systems presented by Marcia Logie and Ben Boerkoel helped us put structure to how teachers participating in the Common Curriculum Review Process will go back and share information with the building principal and other teachers across the district.

Review Team

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3.7 The administrator will involve stakeholders in aligning resources and priorities to maximize ownership and accountability

During each Common Curriculum Review, representatives from each local district will work together ensuring that we have by-in from each district.

The Relationship and Culture presentation by Larry Thomas and Jennifer Davidson provided us with tools on trust building that we have used with a group of teachers from across the ISD is starting their work together.

Affirm

Remind

New

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3.8 The administrator will use appropriate and effective needs assessments, research-based data, and group process skills to build consensus, communicates, and resolve conflicts in order to align resources with the district vision

The instructional consultants from the ISD facilitate the Common Curriculum Review Process and help keep the focus of these days aligned with the vision of the Curriculum Task Force

The Professional Learning Communities session with Nancy Colflesh provided us with tools for group process and building consensus

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3.9 The administrator will develop staff communication plans to support a district’s schools and divisions

A communication process and final reports templates were developed as a part of the Common Curriculum Review Process to ensure teachers and administrators in all seven districts understood the process and had access to the final products

The Professional Learning Communities session with Nancy Colflesh provided us with guideline for creating the contracts, and presentations for local districts

Sample Board Presentation

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4.1 The administrator will collaborate with families and other community members and facilitate the planning and implementation of programs and services that bring together the resources of families and the community to positively affect student learning

The Common Curriculum Review Process will be a collaborative effort between seven local education agencies

The Relationship and Culture presentation by Larry Thomas and Jennifer Davidson provided us with resources on materials that helped us with bringing together staff from multiple communities to work together

“Simply put, trust means confidence.”Stephen M.R. Covey

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4.11

The administrator will interact effectively with individuals and groups that reflect conflicting perspectives

Facilitation strategies will be used to help our diverse groups to come to consensus

The Planning and Facilitating Groups presentation by Nancy Colflesh provided with some ideas for consensus building

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4.15

The administrator will demonstrate how to use district resources to help the community solve issues of joint concern

Facilitation strategies will be used to help our diverse groups to come to consensus

The Planning and Facilitating Groups presentation by Nancy Colflesh provided with some ideas for consensus building

Sample Agenda

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5.2 The administrator will establish and uphold policies that hold self and others accountable for acting with integrity and exercising ethical behavior

Facilitation strategies will be used to help our diverse groups to come to consensus while ensuring that the groups function in an ethical manner

The Planning and Facilitating Groups presentation by Nancy Colflesh provided with some ideas for consensus building

“They speak in terms of “we” rather than creating “us-and-them” distinctions.”

Communication Plan Template

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5.6 The administrator will consider the impact of one’s administrative practices on others

The group will reflect on how these curriculum decisions will affect the other teachers in their district

The Relationship and culture presentation by Larry Thomas and Jennifer Davidson provided us with some ideas and materials to use in group reflection

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5.8 The administrator will make and explain decisions based upon ethical and legal principles

Facilitation strategies will be used to help our diverse groups to come to consensus and ensure that the groups acts in an ethical manner

The Planning and Facilitating Groups presentation by Nancy Colflesh provided with some ideas for consensus building

Standards Matrix – Element 5Standard for Central Office Administrator Preparation

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6.4 The administrator will demonstrate the ability to work with local board of education members and political leaders at the local, state, and national level

The Common Curriculum Review Process has several communication tools built into the process

The Planning and Facilitating Groups presentation by Nancy Colflesh provided with some ideas for consensus building

Standards Matrix – Element 5Standard for Central Office Administrator Preparation

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6.9 The administrator will communicate regularly with all segments of the district/community concerning trends, issues, and policies affecting the district

Monthly reports will be made to the Curriculum Task Force and participants will develop action plans to be shared with their building administrator

The Planning and Facilitating Groups presentation by Nancy Colflesh provided with some ideas for consensus building

Standards Matrix – Element 5Standard for Central Office Administrator Preparation

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6.11

The administrator will advocate for policies and programs that promote equitable learning opportunities and success for all students, regardless of socioeconomic background, ethnicity, gender, disability, or other individual characteristics

Data review will be a huge part of the Common Curriculum Review Process and will include all subgroups

In the Balanced Assessment session, Ed Roeber & Kim Young discussed the three types of data: formative, interim, and summative. All three data types are reviewed as a part of the Common Curriculum Review Process. Additionally, they pointed out that in a Balanced Assessment System, all elements of the system are aligned (standards, curriculum, instruction, learning, assessments, & professional development). This is one of our key goals in a common curriculum review.

Standards Matrix – Element 5Standard for Central Office Administrator Preparation

Change Initiative Alignment

Connection to Curriculum Learning Institute

7.4 The administrator will communicate expectations consistently for the use of technology to increase student achievement

The Common Curriculum Review Process is based on research based strategies for aligning curriculum and increasing student achievement

The Quality Instruction presentation by Karen Hart & Karen Mlcek reviewed strategies for integrating technology. Technology can be used to differentiate instruction allowing all students access to appropriate learning.Technology systems provide us with data on individual & groups of students progress in each standard.

Sample Book Study Artifact

Standards Matrix – Element 5Standard for Central Office Administrator Preparation

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7.6 The administrator will promote the use of technology to plan, monitor, and revise improvement processes for teaching and learning

Technology will be integrated into the Common Curriculum Review Process when creating units of instructions, when reviewing resources, and when reviewing assessment data

The Quality Instruction presentation by Karen Hart & Karen Mlcek reviewed strategies for integrating technology. Technology can be used to differentiate instruction allowing all students access to appropriate learning.Technology systems provide us with data on individual & groups of students progress in each standard.

Curriculum Review Workspaces

Standards Matrix – Element 5Standard for Central Office Administrator Preparation

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7.7 The administrator will promote the use and assessment of emerging technology as pedagogical tools

Technology will be integrated into the Common Curriculum Review Process when creating units of instructions, when reviewing resources, and when reviewing assessment data.

The Quality Instruction presentation by Karen Hart & Karen Mlcek reviewed strategies for integrating technology. Technology can be used to differentiate instruction allowing all students access to appropriate learning.Technology systems provide us with data on individual & groups of students progress in each standard.