Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union

Assets

Highly Qualified Teachers

AWoD

Understanding by Design

DIAIMS Web

RTI

Writing Curriculum

Math Curriculum

Olveus

PBS

Responsive Classroom

School Boards

Afterschool Programming

Reading Committ

ee

Student Support Services

EST

School Budgets

NECAP

Highly Qualified Paraprofessionals

21st Century

Skills

Technology

Writing Across the Curriculum

Building Projects

School Safety

Reading Assessment

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IEP

Professional Development

Working together to ensure that all students

learn and feel a true sense of belonging.

To what extent does our mission directly influence our curriculum?…instruction?

…assessments,? …

And student success?

Chat with a neighbor-

Learning Principles

Policy Governance

21st Century Curriculum and Assessment Systems

Personnel –Hiring, Evaluation, Professional

Development

21st Century Instructional Programs and Practices

ENDS (Student Outcome

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1. Identify Desired Results

2. Determine Acceptable Evidence

3. Plan Learning Experiences & Instruction

1. What do we want student to know and be able to do?2. How we know if students are succeeding?3. What will we do if students do not achieving?4. What will we do if students have already achieved the standards?

UbD

PLC

Think big.Start small.Go for an “early win” in Iowa.

Policy Governance

Drawn from research in cognitive psychology, achievement studies, and APA Learner-Centered Principles.

Attributes that facilitate “great” learning opportunities.

Provide a conceptual foundation for school/ district improvement plans and reform initiatives.

Guide systemic actions related to curriculum, assessment, instruction, professional development, policies, and structures.

Learning Principles

Curriculum - Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, running, course

Anchored by Enduring Understandings Less is More Assessments constructed of deep, authentic

and real-world task – “doing”the subject A guaranteed and viable curriculum is

the #1 school level factor impacting student achievement.

-- Marzano, What Works in Schools

21st Century Curriculum and Assessment Systems

Based on “best practice” and research Aligning programs with the district’s

student outcomes Differentiated Instruction Flexible Learning Opportunities Student Choice and Input

21st Century Instructional Programs and Practices

Hiring staff that align with the district’s vision

Aligning evaluation of administrators and teachers to district mission and learning principles

Providing job-embedded professional development that supports the staff in learning how to support students in achieving the expected outcomes

Personnel –Hiring, Evaluation, Professional

Development

Monitor the “ENDS” for the system with data indicators (quantitative and qualitative)

Report to the board and the community on a regular basis

Monitor the system at all levels (SU, school, grade, classroom and student)

ARE THE STUDENTS MEETING THE EXPECTED ENDS?

ENDS (Student Outcome

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Learning Principles

Policy Governance

21st Century Curriculum and Assessment Systems

Personnel –Hiring, Evaluation, Professional

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21st Century Instructional Programs and Practices

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The learning principles will:◦ Direct instructional practice◦ Guide curriculum and assessment development◦ Support instructional decision making◦ Enhance administrator and teacher evaluation

systems◦ Guide how we give and obtain feedback for both

the students and the system◦ Prioritize the system◦ Design standards for learning

1. The goal of all learning is fluent and flexible transfer

2. Meaning is essential to learning, 3. Learning requires metacognition: 4. Rich repertoire of teaching and assessing strategies matched to

goals. 5. Differentiate for learning differences 6. Greater learning depends upon the right blend of challenge and

comfort . 7. To maximize learning, learners need multiple opportunities to

practice in risk-free environments, to receive regular and specific feedback related to progress against standards, and timely opportunities to use the feedback to re-do and improve.

8. All learning in schools should be judged against standards related to learning goals.

9. As a model learning community requires learning from every member of its community, since continual learning is vital for institutional success.

10. All learners are capable of excellent work, if the right conditions for learning are established.

From: Schooling By Design, Wiggins and McTighe

Develop Learning Principles Coming soon:

An activity to determine the characteristics of the best learning opportunities - The collective knowledge of the staff informs the creation of the best learning environment for students.

Version 1 of Learning Principles will be launched in Aug. 2009

Learning Principles

Policy Governance

21st Century Curriculum and Assessment Systems

Personnel –Hiring, Evaluation, Professional

Development

21st Century Instructional Programs and Practices

ENDS (Student Outcome

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