Creating Coherence: The ELA Common Core and the Instructional Frameworks

Michelle Lewis and Terese Emry Puget Sound ESD

www.literacy.psesd.org

Which image best represents the alignment of Common Core, TPEP and other initiatives in your district? Why?

Self -Assessment

Toward Coherent

Instructional Support

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Apply tools and protocols to assist educators in creating coherence between multiple initiatives including Common Core and TPEP

Outcome

• Drafted by content experts from American Institutes for Research

• Reviewed by an external committee of:– Teachers – Teacher educators– Curriculum and assessment developers

Introducing the Core Instructional Practices

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1. Review your teacher evaluation framework. – Identify direct or explicit connections.– Identify indirect or implicit connections.

2. Consider your professional learning plans, structures, initiatives, or offerings.– Identify direct supports.– Identify clear gaps.

3. Answer the three Questions for Consideration, and jot down any other thoughts in the Additional Notes.

Steps in the Systems Review Process

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Core Instructional Practice

Professional Practice Framework

Professional Learning Initiatives, Offerings, Programs, Supports

MCIP-1 Explicit Connections:

Danielson Components: 1a and 1c

Direct Supports Common planning time across

subject areas for teachers State-sponsored online

workshops that focus on designing lessons for particular Standards

Ongoing professional learning communities to review assessment data

Implicit Connections:

Danielson Component: 1f

Example of Systems Review

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Core Instructional Practice

Professional Practice Framework

Professional Learning Initiatives, Offerings, Programs, Supports

L -CIP3 Explicit Connections: Direct Supports

Implicit Connections:

Your Turn - Systems Review

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The Center for Great Teachers and Leadershttp://www.gtlcenter.org/technical-assistance/professional-learning-modules/creating-coherence-connecting-teacher-evaluation-and-support-systems-common-core

Core Instructional Practices and Systems Review Tools

For links go to http://literacy.psesd.org/–Fisher and Frey–Teaching Channel–Reading and Writing Project–Choice Literacy

Online Video For Operationalizing Core Instructional Practices

Video Protocol

• Identify a focus component/sub-dimension from instructional framework

• Underline connections to focus component on core instructional practices handout

• Identify looks fors • Take notes related to what teacher and students are doing and

saying related to focus component in video• Discuss:

– What practices are currently employed? – What is the teacher ready to work on?

• Repeat with a different component from framework

Take one minute to skim and scan framework component/sub-dimension• Danielson – Component 3b - Questioning and

Discussion• Marzano – Element 2.1.5 and 2.1.6• CEL 5D – Sub-Dimension SE1 - Quality of

Questioning

Step 1: Framework Focus Component

Step 2: Core Practices

Familiarize yourself with the Core Instructional Practices.

Underline connections to focus component – 3b –

questioning and discussion.

What might you see and hear teachers and students doing and saying in an 11th grade US History class that is addressing the literacy Common Core instructional practices related to the focus component/sub-dimension?

Step 3: Look Fors

• Take notes specifically on the focus component or sub-dimension from your instructional framework. – What are students doing and saying?– What is the teacher doing and saying?

Preparing to Watch Video Lesson

• High School - 11th grade• social studies class• FDR Inaugural Speech• Many ELLs• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=iKIUovilf5Y&list=UU5mN2B-2JYc9XiK1qFQjeSg

Step 4: Fisher and Frey Video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKIUovilf5Y&list=FL_QtPbI3w-iBxTkBY9srjLA&index=4

Fisher and Fry Link

• What did you observe related to your focus component?

• What instructional practices is the teacher currently using?

• What might he/she be ready to try?

Step 5: Debrief

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Cohort 4

4th – 12 grade teachers of all disciplines

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• The Center for Great Teachers and Leadershttp://www.gtlcenter.org/technical-assistance/professional-learning-modules/creating-coherence-connecting-teacher-evaluation-and-support-systems-common-core

Resources

literacy.psesd.org

• What are you taking away?• What questions do you still have?• What resources would you like to share?

Reflection

Michelle Lewis, Director of Professional Growth and Evaluationmlewis@psesd.org

Terese Emry, Associate Superintendenttemry@psesd.org

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Thank You!