Curriculum and Instruction Council

September 23, 2010

Welcome and Introductions

SED Updates

The Year of Getting to Get Ready

SED Updates

LOTE

The plans to address the two issues (not approved so be patient):

1. Earning the one high school credit by two years and a test

2. Assessments that have been eliminated can be replaced by a local exam

QUESTION: Regional Collaboration?

SED Updates

LOTE

The plans to address the two issues (not approved so be patient):

3. Note: There are no proposed substantive changes to Commissioners Regulation 100.4(d) which provides for grade 8 acceleration for diploma credit. Students will still have the opportunity to complete an accelerated Checkpoint A LOTE course and pass a locally developed examination in order to earn their first unit of credit in LOTE.

SED Updates

Accountability

• Performance targets and safe harbor adjustments, loss of 34 points

• High school completion might have been reported differently, but that has been scuttled for now

SED Updates

Common Core State Standards

1. Final adoption in January

2. “State” Curriculum 2010-2011

3. Interim assessments 2012-2013

4. PARCC assessments 2014-2015

5. Don’t write, revise, map, etc. until then

6. For now, familiarize

SED Updates

Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR)

1. WAIT! Draft regulations in April

2. 4-8 teachers and principals implementation 2011-2012

3. Public reporting

4. All other teachers and principals implementation in 2012-2013 (training evaluators, improvement plans, value-added, too)

SED Updates

Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR)

WAIT! Don’t do anything yet. Get ready but don’t do anything yet. Guidance will be specific.

Familiarize with Danielson; all three rubric tracks are based on her work

SED Updates

Assessment News

The new 3-hr Regents ELA examination is a go for January, 2011. It will consist of:• 25 multiple choice questions,• two short constructed-response items, and• one essay (critical lens).

SED Updates

NAEP, TIMMS, PIRLS

• Districts have been notified about NAEP

• TIMMS window in the spring

SED Updates

Dignity For All Students Act (DASA)

• Not just bullying; all discrimination

• July 2012 implementation

• Don’t worry about any policy at this time; keep up anti-bullying efforts

SED Updates

Online Learning

• Yes, credit recovery

• Initial credit very possible, too

• Q and A rather than regulations

Legislative Updates

Replaces ITIP

Good lessons; right lessons

Cohort A begins 10/28

Cohort B begins 1/19

Enrollment of 76

Two cohorts merging to one

with repeat sessions for

flexibility

CI&A Website

IT&D Updates

CNY NYSASCD

• “21st Century Learner” workshop by Giselle Martin Kniep

• First meeting will be announced soon

BIG EVENTS

Beyond Textbooks

• October 7, 2010

• “Follows” BCIC Meeting

• What next for textbooks???

BIG EVENTS

A K-12 Look at Response to Intervention

• November 15, 2010

• RIC Data Warehouse/ISS collaboration

• John McCook Keynote

• More that 10 breakout sessions

• All over campus

BIG EVENTS

APPR Prep: Exploring the Danielson Framework

• January 13, 2011

• “Follows” BCIC Meeting

• Candi McKay from the Danielson Group

BIG EVENTS

Assessment 101

• Late January/Early February

• Data Warehouse/ISS Collaboration

• Assessment Literacy

• Using assessments to inform instruction

• Using student achievement data in evaluations

• Just what is value-added and how does it work?

BIG EVENTS

LC21: Learning Commons in the 21st Century

• District instructional leader plus lead LMS/teacher librarian

• PD scheduled throughout the year (paid for by member items)

• Vision of your LC for the future

BIG EVENTS

21st Century Skills Implementation

• Building Awareness

• Assessing Current State

• Narrowing to a Manageable Handful

• Planning

• Two Tracks

BIG EVENTS

Professional Learning Communities at Work Institute

• August 11-13, 2011

• Convention Center

• School Improvement Project

• 30% Discount

• Limited number of discounted slots

Assessment

Professional Learning Communities at Work Institute

• August 11-13, 2011

• Convention Center

• School Improvement Project

• 30% Discount

• Limited number of discounted slots

• National Summit• Cyber Summit• NYP21• Implementation sessions

Changing the Odds for Student Success:

What Matters Most

• Copies distributed• Browse; what’s in it?• Interested in a close read?

Suggestions for process?

What’s On Our Minds?

• Gather data about what is on our minds as instructional leaders Use these data to identify focus topics and groups for meetings during the year

BCIC Next Year

• Next year’s calendar laid out• Some extended days

• Beyond Textbooks• Allison Zmuda• Assessment Day

• More collaboration opportunities (with interest group work)

• Less paper (use archive)