May 2014

Schools don't need more things to do. They need to do less with greater focus.

A Year-Long Journey May - September Attend Training Disaggregate Data Get Input From Faculty Write the Plan August - April Set up Documentation Communicate the Plan Check Documentation Formative Assessments August - April Update as Necessary Keep the Plan Alive

What data to use? STAR Reading and Math PLAN / EXPLORE EOCTs Report Card Grades Other Formative Assessments Classroom Rounds Evidence (Spreadsheets & Graph Data) ASSIST Surveys

Updating Goals and Activities Emphasis on… Training and Support Strategic Teaching Identify and Address Student Needs Suggestions for goals and activities? (Small Group Collaboration)

What do I need to do first? Log in and “tinker” around site Make hard and digital copies of eCip before the site goes down Discuss with your school team what goals and strategies you need to put in place

District-Wide Reading Goals “Non-negotiables” Goal 1 - Improve Literacy in All Content Areas – Strategic Teaching TEACH THE STANDARDS! – Increased Complexity in Reading and Writing (All Content Areas) – Address Student Needs – Add Honors/AP Courses – ARI Schools (may add strategy)

District-Wide Math Goals “Non-negotiables” Goal 2 - Improve Math Proficiency – Strategic Teaching – Formative Assessments – Longitudinal Data – AMSTI Schools (may add strategy)

Increase the percent of qualifying AP Literature scores from ___% to ___% during the 2013– 2014 school year. Specific Clearly define the outcome that you want to achieveClearly define the outcome that you want to achieve Measurable Establish concrete measures of successEstablish concrete measures of success Attainabl e Push your self past your comfort zone but you should still be able to achieve it with effort and commitmentPush your self past your comfort zone but you should still be able to achieve it with effort and commitment Relevant Connect the goal to the reason why you did not make AYPConnect the goal to the reason why you did not make AYP Consider areas of needed improve- mentConsider areas of needed improve- ment Time Bound Create a sense of urgency by defining when the goal will become reality SmartGoals Smart Goals

Strategies: What will we do in order to achieve the goal we have set? All teachers and administrators Many plans only involved intervention teachers and math and reading teachers Many plans were written by just a few people rather than guided by a leadership team who gained whole faculty input What needs to be done in core instruction to ensure that fewer students in the future will need intervention? What can general math and reading teachers as well as non core teachers do to help? Can these weaknesses be addressed in other content areas also?

Strategy and Action Step Reminders Effective Strategies and Action steps: Are measurable Include but are not solely centered around remediation/intervention Address core instruction Require evidence that is observable in a classroom, not just found in a box Involve more than just math and language arts teachers

So….When’s It Due?

General CIP requirements for schools (not necessarily in an evidence box): KISS - Keep it simple….. Principal Summary Forms (PSFs) - in school box. CIP (and amendments) - in school box. CIP on website. Principal(s) is ensuring teachers are creating lessons plans that reflect the COS/CCRS. Specific documentation, as mentioned in each school's CIP (in school box). Secondary Schools - Syllabus (with COS/CCRS/EOCT correlations strongly suggested). Syllabus should be posted on teacher's website.

Other Items of Interest School web presence, including teacher webpages (especially if teacher/student communication is mentioned in CIP) Student engagement Classroom/school culture Utilizing technology, Web 2.0 tools, and/or project-based learning Four-Year Plans (Middle and High Schools) – Kuder

ACT Quality Core and ASPIRE ACT Quality Core website: – Objectives – Teacher-generated assessments – Sample syllabi and lessons ASPIRE

SEARCH AL CCRS lessons by grade, strand, or anchor standard. Click and then the Alabama Insight graphic. Etowah County user name: guest28. Password: guest.

Walkthrough (or Rounds) Schedule

Walkthrough Forms Online Form: DhaUk02U0U1SW1XZXktVGtsanc0S2c6MA#gid=0 DhaUk02U0U1SW1XZXktVGtsanc0S2c6MA#gid=0 Graph Data Analysis Sharing forms

Suggestions Kill two birds - Utilize RtI data for math and reading goals (STAR Enterprise and SuccessMaker data) Have teachers print out lesson plans and leave on desk. If using lesson plans book, those are completely acceptable as well, as long as they are easily accessible to visitors. Prepare tentative schedule for CIP walkthrough (list of teachers and general time frames). Give visitor a copy.

eCIP

CIP Resources ASSIST Surveys SpeakUp Survey Attendance Report (Gail Rice) ARI RTI AMSTI

CIP Quick Sheet