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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureWelcome, District 11 Elementary Teachers!

The Year of the Classroom

2012 - 20131

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future

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Our Learning Targets Today:

Celebrate!

To develop an awareness of the instructional shifts and explore applications to our classrooms.

To understand that this transition will occur over a 3 year timeframe, and we will move through these changes together. 2012 - 2013In pursuing authentic systems change to improve school performance, individual and team learning is central to achieving real and sustained growth. Collective learning proves a foundational component to improving professional practice in schools.

(Scharmer, Senge, Hargreaves, Shirley, Fullan, Reeves)

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureOn the map and picture shown here are of Bali, an Indonesian island.

The Balinese people have a tradition when you are walking down the road in Bali and you pass a stranger, the very first question he or she will ask you is, Where are you going? The second question is, Where are you coming from? To a Westerner, this can seem like a rather invasive inquiry from a perfect stranger, but theyer just trying to get an orientation on you, trying to insert you into the grid for the purposes of security and comfort. This Balinese tradition suggests a way of positioning our progress, orienting where we are currently and serves as a worthy starting point in gaining perspective, in considering our own position in District 11 with regard to school capacity. 4

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future On the map and picture shown here are of Bali, an Indonesian island.

The Balinese people have a tradition when you are walking down the road in Bali and you pass a stranger, the very first question he or she will ask you is, Where are you going? The second question is, Where are you coming from? To a Westerner, this can seem like a rather invasive inquiry from a perfect stranger, but theyer just trying to get an orientation on you, trying to insert you into the grid for the purposes of security and comfort. This Balinese tradition suggests a way of positioning our progress, orienting where we are currently and serves as a worthy starting point in gaining perspective, in considering our own position in District 11 with regard to school capacity. 5

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureTCAP 20125th Grade MathOn the map and picture shown here are of Bali, an Indonesian island.

The Balinese people have a tradition when you are walking down the road in Bali and you pass a stranger, the very first question he or she will ask you is, Where are you going? The second question is, Where are you coming from? To a Westerner, this can seem like a rather invasive inquiry from a perfect stranger, but theyer just trying to get an orientation on you, trying to insert you into the grid for the purposes of security and comfort. This Balinese tradition suggests a way of positioning our progress, orienting where we are currently and serves as a worthy starting point in gaining perspective, in considering our own position in District 11 with regard to school capacity. 6

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureOn the map and picture shown here are of Bali, an Indonesian island.

The Balinese people have a tradition when you are walking down the road in Bali and you pass a stranger, the very first question he or she will ask you is, Where are you going? The second question is, Where are you coming from? To a Westerner, this can seem like a rather invasive inquiry from a perfect stranger, but theyer just trying to get an orientation on you, trying to insert you into the grid for the purposes of security and comfort. This Balinese tradition suggests a way of positioning our progress, orienting where we are currently and serves as a worthy starting point in gaining perspective, in considering our own position in District 11 with regard to school capacity. 7

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureWhere are you coming from?

Where are you going?On the map and picture shown here are of Bali, an Indonesian island.

The Balinese people have a tradition when you are walking down the road in Bali and you pass a stranger, the very first question he or she will ask you is, Where are you going? The second question is, Where are you coming from? To a Westerner, this can seem like a rather invasive inquiry from a perfect stranger, but theyer just trying to get an orientation on you, trying to insert you into the grid for the purposes of security and comfort. This Balinese tradition suggests a way of positioning our progress, orienting where we are currently and serves as a worthy starting point in gaining perspective, in considering our own position in District 11 with regard to school capacity. 8

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureImplementing Colorado Academic StandardsWhy new standards?

Where are we going?

2013 2014 promises to be a year of convergence as we refine instructional practice experience more content shifting and introduce performance-based assessments2 roads converging standards- based curricula and assessments converge onto the road of instructional practice

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureWhats the goal of implementing new standards?To improve education in this country through more consistent and higher quality teaching and learning to ensure more consistency of instruction across schools, districts, and states

Colorado Academic Standards 163 emphasizing growth and new longitudinal analysis of data10

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureWhats the goal of implementing new standards?Aligned to requirements for college and career readiness

163 emphasizing growth and new longitudinal analysis of data11

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureWhats the goal of implementing new standards?~ Moral Imperative ~

Guaranteed access, opportunity, and

EQUITYHeart of this Common Core standards movement is the belief that we can and should educate ALL students in the way, across our country, we have educated a few . . . Its a moral imperative . . . 12

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureWhats the goal of implementing new standards?Guaranteed access, opportunity, and equity

these new standards will ensure that a childs education is not largely determined by where he or she lives, rather than his or her abilities. We must close gaps in opportunity and achievement that obstruct the success of all young people. Doing so improves their lives, helps sustain our democracy, and strengthens our nation. - Rothman, 2011 Something in Common: The Common Core Standards and the Next Chapter in American EducationLook to a day and time when a students performance outcomes will no longer be tied to ethnicity, geography, gender, and race and when those characteristics will be details not determiners of a childs chance for success . . . Provide the level of education for most that we now typically provide for few . . . 13

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureFocus coherence - rigor Conversation about Mastery:

Students achieve strong foundational knowledge, deep conceptual understanding, and ability to transfer skills and understanding across concepts and grades

What does mastery look like in different content areas?Dependent upon a community a community looks in upon performance, he or she is a master ex any performance athletics and the arts14

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureWhats different about standards this time?Aligned to requirements for Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness

Not only product, but also process standards

21st century skills, competenciesInquiry, rigor, disciplinary literacy, heavy emphasis on reading of complex texts

Expectations for grade-level mastery Spiraling of content no longer existsA set of expectations that truly mean, if you master this, you will be ready

In Colorados Vision of Reform, several pieces of legislation come together to emphasize student performance outcomes:

-163 New accreditation process for schoolsEmphasis on growth longitudinal process

-191 Establishes new requirements for evaluating teachers & principals This law mandates that at least 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation be determined by the academic growth of the teacher's students and at least 50 percent of a principal's evaluation be determined by the academic growth of the students in the principal's school.

Desired outcome of postsecondary and workforce readiness desired outcome of K-12Prescribe how students will do what theyre expected to be able to doReplete with personalized learning competenciesTarget is mastery as opposed to proficiency the learning by touch-and-go method is passedIn Colorados Vision of Reform, several pieces of legislation come together to emphasize student performance outcomes:

-163 New accreditation process for schoolsEmphasis on growth longitudinal process

-191 Establishes new requirements for evaluating teachers & principals This law mandates that at least 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation be determined by the academic growth of the teacher's students and at least 50 percent of a principal's evaluation be determined by the academic growth of the students in the principal's school. 15

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureLiteracy Shift : Building knowledge through content-rich informational text

Current reality is the 90 min literacy block, K-570-80% of reading during this block is storiesBegin infusing informational texts into what students are readingInclude informational texts in the literacy blockPurpose of reading informational text is to build knowledgeEnsure students have access to textAchieve a 50/50 balance - 50% of what students read should be informational texts beginning in KindergartenUsing informational text to build knowledge

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureImplementing Colorado Academic Standards 2011-2012

Build awareness across district leadership team of the instructional shifts required for successful standards implementation - initial phase of higher-order change -

Introduction to Colorado Academic Standards

Observing shifts in our learningWhere have we come from? What have we done so far?Sharpening focus to see what is essential

Building shared understandings to inform our work

K-12 Meetings, ACHIEVE, Content, PLC work . . . This year weve prepared the soil for change by attending to Depth of Knowledge and Formative Assessment Work17

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureImplementing Colorado Academic Standards in District 11 2014-2015 2013-20142012-2013

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureImplementing Colorado Academic Standards 2014 - 2015 Year of Transformation -New curricula- -New assessments-

Instructional Practice2013 2014 promises to be a year of convergence as we refine instructional practice experience more content shifting and introduce performance-based assessments2 roads converging standards- based curricula and assessments converge onto the road of instructional practice

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureImplementing Colorado Academic Standards, Year 22012 - 2013

The Year of the Classroom

Fundamental instructional shiftsinto every classroom

Consistent, Intentional PracticeBefore, During, AfterDeclaration The Year of the TeacherAs we extend these fundamental shifts in teaching and learning practice into every single one of our 2,000 classrooms A year from now, we hope to observe:How practice has changed . . .that the dialogue and conversation changed in PLCs within buildings and across the district

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureImplementing Colorado Academic Standards2012 2013The Year of the Classroom

#1 Clarifying Learning Targets

#2 Depth of Knowledge

#3 Checking for Understanding Our organizational learning target for this next year . . .to observe those habits of mind developed around instructional shifts Before, During, and After

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future Greatness

We are all capable of it,

ALL of us.

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future

We all start this journey together we are all going to do this together!23

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureTable Talk & ShareWhat positive outcomes do you see with the shift to Colorado Academic Standards?

What opportunities for greatness exist?

Focus coherence - rigor 24Wiliam (2007) concludes : Now we understand that the quality of the teacher is the single most important determinant of how much students learn, and in the classrooms of the most effective teachers, students from disadvantaged backgrounds learn as much as those from advantaged backgrounds. The impact of teacher quality is profound.

Teacher CapacityWe do the ordinary extraordinarily well . . . Michael Barber says, the quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers 2007

The study from Harvard University showed that the impact of having an outstanding teacher in kindergarten can be detected in the annual salaries of those students thirty years later.(Chetty et al., 2010) Wiliam (2007)

Teacher CapacityWe do the ordinary extraordinarily well . . . Michael Barber says, the quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers 2007

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futurePlaybookIf good teaching can have this much impact, then we had better be perfectly clear about what it is. Moreover, we cannot afford to over-complicate the elements of effective teaching. - Focus, p. 5227

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future PlaybookClarity is the antidote to anxiety . . .

if you do nothing else as a leader, be clear.

Focus, p. 17-1828

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureReFrame, ReFocus, ReEngage

PlaybookHattie concludes that, teachers using particular teaching methods, teachers with high expectations for all students, and teachers who have created positive student-teacher relationships that are most likely to have the above average effects on student achievement. Changing the Odds, p. 8Theres little mystery as to what makes one teacher more effective than another. After reviewing hundreds of meta-analyses on teaching effects, John Hattie concluded that, the current mantra, that teachers make the difference, is misleading because not all teachers have powerful effects on students. 29

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureImplementing Colorado Academic Standards2012 2013The Year of the Classroom

#1 Communicating and Modeling Clear Learning Targets

#2 Balance Instructional Design

#3 Formative Assessment - Checking for Understanding Our organizational learning target for this next year . . .to observe those habits of mind developed around instructional shifts Before, During, and After

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureTier 1 instruction

Every student, every classroom, every day

Playbook enhanced for 2012-2013; it is the bridge to standards-based practice

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureEssential Practice #1---

Clarify and Model Clear Learning Targets

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future~~~Sharon Kramer: Engaging the Nintendo Generation ~~~ 33

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future~~~Clarify and Model Clear Learning Targets

What techniques did I observe in the video?What techniques have I found successful in my classroom?An idea to share or steal . . .

Table Talk ~~~35

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future~~~Clarify and Model Clear Learning Targets

What techniques did I observe in the video?What techniques have I found successful in my classroom?An idea to share or steal . . .

Table Talk ~~~37

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future---Clarify and Model Clear Learning Targets

Share Out

An idea worth spreading . . .

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureEssential Practice #2Balanced Instructional Design

---Direct InstructionInquiryHigh-Quality Questioning---

Balancing level of questioning - Direct Instruction Inquiry High-quality questioning and get to the right mixAll teacher talk or all student discovery . . . 39

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureCreating a Balanced Instructional Design

---Direct InstructionInquiryHigh-Quality Questioning

Karin Hess on Depth of Knowledge

Balancing level of questioning - Direct Instruction Inquiry High-quality questioning and get to the right mixAll teacher talk or all student discovery . . . 40

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureBalance Instruction~~~Questioning & Depth of Knowledge

In what ways might we consider increasing Depth of Knowledge in our classroom questioning?

~~~Idea Exchange 42

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureBalance Instruction~~~Questioning & Depth of Knowledge

In what ways might we consider increasing the DOK level of our classroom questioning?

~~~What did you learn?43

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureEssential Practice #3Formative Assessment

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Checking for Understanding

(Blue)44

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future---

Feedback

--- Recalibrating listening to the Garmin and NOT making the U turn46

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future---Checking for Understanding & Providing Feedback

What techniques did I consider with the video?What techniques have I found successful in my classroom?An idea to share or steal . . .

Idea Exchange ---48

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future---Checking for Understanding & Providing Feedback

What techniques did I observe in the video?What techniques have I found successful in my classroom?An idea to share or steal . . .

An idea worth sharing . . . ---49

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future2012-2013Year of the Classroom District 11 PlaybookQuality Tier 1 Instruction

Essential Instructional PracticesBefore During - After

A bridge to improve teaching, learning, and student performance outcomesA bridge to standards-based practice50

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureUniting moral purpose

our belief that all students can learn at high levels

With a plan of action

build our collective capacity for challenging, deliberate, and engaging instruction

51The greatest impact on learning is the daily lived experiences of students in classrooms, and that is determined much more by how teachers teach than by what they teach.- Wiliam, 2011

Shared AgreementsUncovered

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future Improvement is

about instruction and only instruction - ElmoreQuality Tier 1 InstructionMantra Tier 1 Instruction the promise we make to District 11 students Challenging, deliberate, and engaging instruction every classroom, every day, for every student53

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureReFrame, ReFocus, ReEngageVersion 2.0

Their profound impact will come largely from all teachers applying them consistently and reasonably well.

-Schmoker, 2011

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureThe real path to greatness, it turns out, requires simplicity and diligence. It requires clarity, not instant illumination. It demands each of us to focus on what is vital and to eliminate all of the extraneous distractions.

The key to success is simplicity and diligence applied with fierce devotion to our highest priorities.- Jim Collins55Find Your Greatness There are no bright lights here . . .

2012 - 2013In pursuing authentic systems change to improve school performance, individual and team learning is central to achieving real and sustained growth. Collective learning proves a foundational component to improving professional practice in schools.

(Scharmer, Senge, Hargreaves, Shirley, Fullan, Reeves)

In pursuing authentic systems change to improve school performance, individual and team learning is central to achieving real and sustained growth. Collective learning proves a foundational component to improving professional practice in schools.

(Scharmer, Senge, Hargreaves, Shirley, Fullan, Reeves)

The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the future~~~~~~~

We make the path by walking on it.

- Antonio Machado

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The world is changing.Meet the future.Every student prepared for a world yet to be imaginedProvide excellent, distinctive educational experiences that equip students for success today and in the futureThe Year of the Classroom

The D-11 Playbook

Colorado Academic Standards

2012 - 2013In our careers, we will never have a better opportunity . . . We, in this country, stand at the intersection of educational history. The field of American eduation is changing in ways that are more dramatic and more far-reaching than anything any of us could have imagined. If we are going to play a role in shaping the future, then we need to see hope and opportunity. As a part of this, we need to embrace what is good about the Common Core State Standards and roll up our sleeves and work to make those standards into a force that lifts our teaching and our schools. We would be pleased indeed if students in all our classrooms could do this level of work independently. -Caulkins, 2011 Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement59