National Summit Facilitator Orientation Circe Stumbo and Deb Hansen, SCEE Consultants April 14, 2010 CCSSO’s State Consortium on Educator Effectiveness (SCEE)

Agenda  Welcome  Introductions  Overview of CCSSO and SCEE  Role of Facilitators  Q & A

Webinar Logistics

 Everyone is un-muted, so you can break in at any time  If you prefer, you can use the chat function to make a comment or ask a question  You may chat privately with individuals on the webinar

SCEE Frameworks

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SCEE Actions

Key SCEE Actions  Facilitate networking, partnerships, and collective state action  Create a knowledge base responsive to state needs around critical topical strands  Develop SEA capacity  Provide leadership and advocate for state-level needs, contexts, and priorities in reform plans and investments

Key SCEE Vehicles  Monthly webinars  Formative Assessment  Teacher Evaluation  Principal Evaluation  ESEA Reauthorization  Whole Systems Reform  Collaboration Site  National Summit  Deep Dive Projects

State Team Compositions

 Many states are still gathering their teams  Each state has a team lead  Each team must include:  Chief state school officer or deputy chief  Representative of the professional standards boards (some are independent boards)  Previous InTASC and SCEL representatives

State Team Compositions  Some state teams are comprised of divisions across the SEA  Not just learning and teaching/ curriculum and instruction, but also  Standards and assessment,  Data systems,  Federal programs,  Etc.

State Team Compositions  Statewide teachers union representation  Statewide administrator associations  Statewide school board association  Practitioners  State legislator  One state partnered with higher ed to share the costs of membership

National Summit on Educator Effectiveness

Summit Purposes  Share information on educator effectiveness  Build internal relationships within state teams  Build cross-state relationships  Help state teams to determine their vision, purpose, and priority actions  Identify issues for CCSSO advocacy  Build trust

Summit Expected Outcomes  A new articulation of the future needs of students;  Ideas for how to transform state systems of educator effectiveness to meet those needs;  Potential solutions to challenges in transforming educator effectiveness systems;

Summit Expected Outcomes  Strengthened relationships within state teams to support individual state action;  New cross-state job-alike relationships to support collective state action; and  Specific plans for next steps.

Role of Facilitators  You are assigned to support one state throughout the Summit  Facilitate dialogue sessions when state works independently as a team and when combined with other states  Support Summit documentation and collection of artifacts

 Lead introductions  Provide directions for processing activities  Engage all participants  Collect questions and identify needs that are not addressed and submit to presenter  Help with Transitions -- Start on time  Time-keeper - Pacing  Manage Handouts Role of Facilitators

SCEE Collaboration Workspace

Next Steps  Next webinar: April 18, 2:00 – 4:00 pm EDT  Onsite Training April 27, 2:00 – 5:30 pm EDT  National Summit on Educator Effectiveness April 28, 8:00 am – April 30, 12:30 pm EDT

For More Information/Support  Collaboration site   Questions?   

Thank you!