Schooling by Design – building a coherent educational system
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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
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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
s)
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
s)
Use
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pply Strategic Principles