Instructional Norms Team September 17, 2013

Norms Start and end on time Actively participate Use electronic devices professionally Take care of your personal needs

Resources District Wiki: wiki.sjcoe.net/groups/jefferson Teaching Channel: teachingchannel.org Literacy TA

Objectives Ice Breaker Common Core Implementation Timeline and Updates Review the purpose of the Norms Team Cohesive approach to PD – tying it all together Critical Thinking in the Common Core Analyzing, Evaluating and Problem Solving Site Planning Time

Create implementation plan Leadership level training Training on CC ELA Instructional Guides for CC ELA Preliminary look at Assessments & Technology Implementation of CC ELA Training of CC Math Training for Illuminate & CC Itembank Planning/Pilots for Assessment & Technology Evaluating Math curriculum Smarter Balanced Field Test Implementing CC Math Math curriculum adoption Technology integration Smarter Balance Operational

AB 484 Suspends STAR for Exceptions: Science 5 th, 8 th, 10 th Special Education Suspends API for 2 years Expands SBAC field testing

Function and Purpose of the Instructional Norms Team Build leadership and presentation capacity from within the district Disseminate critical information and training from the district to the site Support teachers with resources and mentoring following training Norms Team serves as models of professional practices

Assumptions Material and information is delivered accurately Training milestones are being met Administrators are following up with teachers and conducting observations Norms Team members report site feedback and progress back to the committee

Coherence in Professional Development

Reflection What support or training do you need at the site level in order for this model to work?

Thinking Skills in the Common Core Critical Thinking Critical Thinking Collaborative Thinking Evidentiary Thinking Argumentative Thinking

Think About It… “The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind of a child is naturally active, it develops through exercise. Give a child plenty of exercise, for body and brain. The trouble with our way of educating is that it does not give elasticity to the mind. It casts the brain into a mold.” -Thomas Edison

Reading Literature Reading Informational Text Speaking and Listening Language Critical Thinking

Thinking Shifts in the Common Core If we want students to change the way they think, we MUST change the way we teach. Students don’t only need to know the facts to be successful. Students must be able to THINK CRITICALLY Students must be able to ANALYZE and EVALUATE INFORMATION Students must be able to SOLVE PROBLEMS

Content VS Thinking Skill-Based Teaching Content Central focus is on memorizing and recalling facts and information. Assessments measure what has been memorized. Ideas are copied from a screen onto notepaper. Teacher does most of the thinking and presents solutions. Thinking Skill Based Central focus is on students making meaning from new learning. Assessments measure growth and identify supports needed. Understanding is acquired through analysis, evaluation and application. Students are expected to think critically and solve their own problems.

Table Talk What types of thinking skill-based instruction do you currently do well? What are the areas of growth?

Focus Questions What will critical thinking look like? What will critical thinking sound like?

Reading Literature Reading Informational Text Speaking and Listening Language Critical Thinking

Reading Literature Anchor Standard 5 Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.

Table Talk Look at how Anchor Standard 5 progresses from Kindergarten through 8 th grade. What do you notice about how the development of critical thinking occurs over time?

Teaching Channel Poetry Lesson

Reflection How does “spotting patterns” and the “jumbled line” tasks engage students in deep analysis? How does this approach make a complex poem easier to grasp?

Reading Literature Reading Informational Text Speaking and Listening Language Critical Thinking

Reading Informational Text Anchor Standard 3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Table Talk Look at how Anchor Standard 3 progresses from Kindergarten through 8 th grade. What do you notice about how the development of critical thinking occurs over time?

Keep It or Junk It: A Student Led Lesson

Reflection How does the Keep It or Junk It activity demonstrate critical thinking, evaluation and analysis of the text? How do student facilitators affect participation, engagement and problem solving?

Reading Literature Reading Informational Text Speaking and Listening Language Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking in Advertisement

The ALL-NEW 2014 IS CHANGE/LANES When all signs point in one direction, you can choose to go with the crowd. Or you can go your own way. With aggressive styling, supercar-inspired interior and sport-tuned suspension, the all-new 2014 Lexus IS F Sport is amazing in motion – designed with one purpose – to stand apart. It’s your MOVE.

Reflection Why would it be helpful to K-8 students to start practicing analyzing a text with something like an advertisement? What skills does a lesson like this teach students?

Connections to Illuminate How can we make connect these skills to Illuminate and SBAC?

Reading Literature Reading Informational Text Speaking and Listening Language Critical Thinking

1.Create an Itembank Assessment 2.Select standards from the Common Core 3.Browse through multiple choice, constructed response and performance tasks.

Reflection How can teachers use Illuminate to help in the implementation of Common Core?

Observing Critical Thinking What will critical thinking look like? What will critical thinking sound like?

Looking Back… Ice Breaker Common Core Implementation Timeline and Updates Review the purpose of the Norms Team Cohesive approach to PD – tying it all together Critical Thinking in the Common Core Analyzing, Evaluating and Problem Solving Site Planning Time

Training Plan DateSiteTraining Objective 9/30Traina & Monticello Hawkins & Jefferson Safety Training Critical Thinking, Follow Up with Math & Illuminate 10/28Traina & Monticello Hawkins & Jefferson Critical Thinking, Follow Up with Math & Illuminate Safety Training