2010-13 Reflections on Evaluation and Continuous Improvement: Differentiated Instruction (DI)

RCOE Division of Educational ServicesMike Barney: Director II Melissa Bazanos: AdministratorRussell Frank: Director IIKris Nicholls: CoordinatorMaritza Rodriguez: Ass’t Dean & Director of Teacher Education: UCRKira Shearer: Coordinator

Questions for Regional Partners

What lessons about sustainability or institutionalization can you offer?

What about technology integration can you recommend?

DI Implementation Influences

Research-based practices for teaching literacy, especially effective with ELs, connected to or building on LEA/site pre-existing PD context

Implementation Science: Fixsen

Influencer

2010-11 RSIU Unit Goals

• Increase the percent of English Learners:

• Scoring proficient or higher in ELA as measured by district benchmarks. *

• Scoring proficient or higher on CST in ELA

and math.

• Achieving English proficiency as measured by CELDT

How Did We Do with Our Goals?

2009-12 CST Data Riv Cty CA

ELA

’09 34.3 33.3

’12 40.5 40.6

Gain 6.2 7.3

Math

’09 43.2 42.8

’12 49.0 48.8

Gain 5.8 6.7

09-12 CELDT English Proficient

Riv Cty Sta Cl Cty

’09 37 39

’12 41 43

Gain 4 4

District benchmark assessments are a challenge to measure growth.

2013-14 DI Goal

• Implement DI to facilitate transition to Common Core State Standards/ ELD Standards

2010: What We Did

• Provide 18 hours of EL-focused DI professional development to eligible PI schools in eligible districts.

• Provide principal coaching during walk-throughs to support implementation and monitoring of DI.

• Funded through Regional System of District and School Support.

2013: What’s Been Added? • Year 2: Lesson planning process.

Deeper rigor and principal coaching. Originally developed to help EL students – helps all. Learning Walks.

• Year 3: Deepen lesson planning. Focus more on CCSS. More trouble-shooting with principal and DO. LEA/site develops own monitoring docs and Learning Walks

Memorandum of Understanding

• MOU guides support & accountability for:

• Assistant Superintendent• Directors• Principals• Coaches• Teachers• RSIU Staff

Memorandum of Understanding

• MOU outlines responsibi- lities for most Implemen -tation Science Drivers:

• Training• Coaching• Systems Intervention• Facilitative Intervention• Decision Support Data• Adaptive/Technical Leadership

Data

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What Did We Deliver?

Differentiated Instruction

2010-2011 Training Data

District SitesNumber

of Teachers

Number of Walk-Throughs

Number of Trainings

Number of English Learner (EL)

Students

Alvord USD 4 123 430 25 1760Beaumont USD 2 64 364 20 453Perris ESD 8 270 665 18Romoland SD 4 135 400 15 1306San Jacinto USD 6 63 220 6 737

Totals 24 655 2079 69 6815

Data

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What Did We Deliver?

Differentiated Instruction

2012-2013 Training Data

District Sites10-13

Number of

Teachers12-13

Number of Walk-Throughs

12-13

Number of Trainings

12-13

Number of English Learner (EL)

Students 10-13

Alvord USD 12 148 24 46 4411Banning USD 4 95 12 12 438Beaumont USD 4 157 14 0 606Hemet 15 479 45 62 1967Menifee 3 95 12 10 246Perris ESD 8 54 12* 13 3071Romoland 4 125 6 2 794

Totals 50 1153 125 145 11533

What Works? Defining the “What”: Revised Practice Profiles

What Works? Revised Lesson Plan Organizer

2010-13 Lessons Learned

• From Walkthrus to Learning Walks

• Building on or connection to existing district/site PD context

• Principal and RCOE staff dialogue w/ teacher

• On learning walks teachers see for themselves why the school might be stalled.

• From Walkthrus to Learning Walks

• How someone else does it “with kids like mine”.

• If numbers get in the way take them out.

• It’s about the conversation that moves implementation ahead.

• “Come back in 10 minutes, I want to show you something.”

Learning Walks

Learning from peers in authentic settings

Observing high levels of learning for all students

Melissa BazanosAdministrator

Riverside County Office of Education

What Works? Teacher Reflection on DI Implementation: Innovation

• Created by a school in year 3.

• Customized• Used in that school.

What Works? Reflection Prompts: Innovation

What Works? Observation Matrix: Innovation

What Works? Shopping List

What Works? Tech Apps.

• Not about using tech for implemen- tation data

• Photos & videos of implementation used at trainings show rich variations.

• Celebrate good work.

What Works? Tech Apps.

What Didn’t Work

• District Implosion is Bad:

• Teachers• Principals• DO• No Expectation for

Follow-up• Morale

What Works? Improved Student Achievement

What Works? Improved Student Achievement

What Works? Improved Student Achievement

Questions for Regional Partners

What lessons about sustainability or institutionalization can you offer?

What about technology integration can you recommend?