CCSS Webinar Series – Part 3 Systems Webinar for School District Leaders March 7, 2012 OSPI Teaching and Learning and Assessment Divisions

Welcome! Agenda for today’s webinar…  Updates on the of the Common Core State Standards and Smarter Balanced Assessment Initiatives  New national resources  State opportunities  Framing Implementation – what’s next??  Address questions and discuss next steps March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 3

Before we begin…About You  We’d like to know a little about who is out there.  Time for a poll. March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 4

OSPI CCSS Webinar Series for District and Building Leaders … Where have we been? Where have we been? Phase 1: CCSS Exploration Phase 2: Build Awareness & Begin Building Statewide Capacity Phase 3: Build Statewide Capacity and Classroom Transitions Phase 4: Statewide Application and Assessment Ongoing: Statewide Coordination and Collaboration to Support Implementation CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 5March 2012 August 2011 January 2012

Implementing the Common Core State Standards in Washington State March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 6 Our Vision: Every student will have access to the CCSS standards through high quality instruction aligned with the standards every day; and that all English language arts and mathematics teachers are prepared and receive the support they need to implement the standards in their classrooms every day. Our Purpose: To develop a statewide system with aligned resources that supports all school districts in their preparation of educators and students to implement the CCSS. This includes building system-wide capacity for sustained professional learning that can support CCSS implementation now and be applied to other initiatives in the future. Our Core Values: This vision can only occur through core values of clarity, consistency, collaboration, coordination, and commitment from classrooms, schools, and communities to the state level. March and May 2012

March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 7 1. What do all students need to know and be able to do as a result of the CCSS? 2. What do the adults in the system need to know and be able to do to support all students? 3. How do we design a professional learning system to support them? Handout

“Dramatic shift in teaching…” March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 8 “The dramatic shift in teaching prompted by the common core will require practical, intensive, and ongoing professional learning – not one-off “spray and pray” training that exposes everyone to the same material and hope it sticks” --Stephanie Hirsch, Learning Forward

What does this mean for district and building leaders? March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 9  What unique resources/supports do leaders need to support a building and/or sustaining a professional learning system?  An emerging CCSS resource for leaders:  College Board Webinar Series: School Leadership for Common Core Standards and College and Career Readiness College Board Webinar Series: School Leadership for Common Core Standards and College and Career Readiness

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March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 2: District and Building Leaders 11 College Board CCSS School-Wide Instructional Practices Webinar

Instruction Changes #9 and #10… March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders Approach to Teaching  Teaching changes from giving students the answer to having students apply knowledge to real world situations  Students must find the answer and explain 10. Professional Development  Studies show that our teachers are weakest in the areas that are deemed critical to the Common Core State Standards  Implementation of these standards will require a “deepening” and “retraining” of entire teaching corps College Board CCSS School-Wide Instructional Practices Webinar

Individual School/Team Program Implementation Implementing the Common Core: Three Types of Professional Development

Individual Data driven Aligned with teaching, leadership, and common core standards Evaluation cycle Impact at classroom and student level

Team/School Data-driven Shared goals Collective responsibility Cycle of continuous improvement With or without external assistance Impact at team and schoolwide levels

Program Implementation Data-driven District/state priority alignment Curricula With or without external assistance Impact at subject, grade, or district level

A Resource for Looking at YOUR System and Building Transition Plans... March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 17 CCSS Readiness Assessment for District Implementation Systems March 2012 – Draft for Piloting Background (Dec 2011 – today):  Developed by Washington’s CCSS Steering Committee  With input from district and statewide partners  Grounded in Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning  Let us know what you think! Let’s take a look!

Your thoughts… March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 18  How might you use this document with teams and leaders in your district / building?  How can it inform your district and building CCSS transition plans?  What more information would you need to gather?  Who else would need to be involved?

Key next steps and additional resource for Phase 2 – Spring & Summer 2012 March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 2: District and Building Leaders 19 Continue Building Statewide Awareness…(  CCSS Webinar Series, web resources ( )  CCSS Overview Presentations and Support (OSPI and ESD partners) Continue Statewide Coordination and Collaboration  Convene statewide professional learning content associations to coordinate statewide PD offerings for FALL 2012  Higher education coordination  WA Assoc. Colleges of Teacher Education (April)  PESB Endorsement Competency Revision Process  HECB / SBAC Begin Building Statewide Capacity… In collaboration with 9 regional ESDs and other state partners:  CCSS Overview and Content-Specific Learning Opportunities  Establish CCSS District Implementation Network Pilot Project (**Mini-Grant applications due Friday, March 9 th …)

Content Progressions and Major Shifts within Mathematics CCSS (Resources: WA 3-Year Transition Plan & Spring 2012 PD Offering (handout)) March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: Systems Update20 Major Shifts Focus Fewer big ideas --- learn more Learning of concepts is emphasized Coherence Articulated progressions of topics and performances that are developmental and connected to other progressions Application Being able to apply concepts and skills to new situations

Content Progressions and Major Shifts within ELA CCSS (Resources: WA 3-Year Transition Plan & Spring 2012 PD Offering (handout)) March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: Systems Update21 K Foundational Skills: Print Concepts & Phonological Awareness Foundational Skills: Phonics & Word Recognition, Fluency Reading Literature & Informational text, including literary nonfiction: Balance K-5 = 50% literature* & 50%* informational text Reading Literature – stories, drama, poetry: Balance grade 6-8 = 45%* Balance gr = 30%* Reading informational, including literary nonfiction: Balance 6-8 = 55%* Balance gr = 70%* Literacy (Reading) in History/Social Studies, Science, and Other Technical Subjects Writing Standards: Balance of Text Types: grades 4 – opinion = 30%; information = 35%; narrative = 35% Literacy (Writing) in History/Social Studies, Science, and Other Technical Subjects: Grade 8 – argument = 35%; information = 35%; narrative = 30% Grade 12 – argument = 40%; information = 40%; narrative = 20% Speaking & Listening Standards Language Standards, including vocabulary acquisition and use Major Shifts 1.Balance of Literary and Informational Texts 2.Literacy in the Content Areas 3.Increased Complexity of Text 4. Text-based Questions and Answers 5. Writing Using Evidence 6. Academic Vocabulary

Hold the Dates… Washington CCSS Upcoming Events…  OSPI Quarterly Webinar Series (September and January webinars and materials posted at ) :  March 20, 3:30 – 4:30 – Mathematics  March 21, 3:30 – 4:30 – English Language Arts  May 23, 10:30 – 11:30 – District/Building Leaders  May 29, 3:30 – 4:30 – Mathematics  May 31, 3:30 – 4:30 – English Language Arts  WA State PTA Conference – May 4-6, 2012  ESD Content Leader PD dates To Be Determined (will be posted on OSPI CCSS Web Site:  CCSS School District Implementation Network Team Workshops (May and August 2012)

What is on your mind? March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 23  Thoughts?  Wonderings?  Questions?  What would you like to see for the May OSPI Webinar for District and Building Leaders?

SMARTER Balanced Assessment System New Assessment System: What We Know So Far ESD Superintendents’ Meetings Feb-March 2012

A Balanced Assessment System: ELA and Math --Grades 3-8 and High School Common Core State Standards specify K-12 expectations for college and career readiness Common Core State Standards specify K-12 expectations for college and career readiness All students leave high school college and career ready Teachers and schools have information and tools they need to improve teaching and learning Interim assessments Flexible, open, used for actionable feedback Summative assessments Benchmarked to college and career readiness Teacher resources for formative assessment practices to improve instruction March 2012 CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 25

Talking ‘bout an evolution Washington’s involvement OSPI staff involved in workgroups Widespread Input on Item Specifications (March 2012) – Review and Survey District Input on Current Technology Capacity and Infrastructure (Spring 2012) – Survey Teachers from all states involved in item writing (Summer 2012) Limited pilot in Comprehensive field test in Operational use in March 2012 CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 26

March 2012 CCSS Webinar Series Part3: District and Building Leaders 27 Find Out More: www. SmarterBalanced.orgwww. SmarterBalanced.org State Contact:

March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 2: District and Building Leaders 28 Smarter Balanced wants YOUR input! Item Specification Review and Survey Review Items and Complete Survey by Friday, March 16, 2012!

How can teachers volunteer for item writing? How can schools volunteer for limited pilot? Will everyone have to participate in the field test? What retake opportunities will there be? Mandatory testing schedule? Will translations be available? What tools will be allowed (e.g., calculator, highlighter, thesaurus)? What accommodations will be allowed? March 2012 CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 29 Still to be worked out: System Development and Implementation Details

What technology infrastructure will be required (survey for districts coming this spring)? What if there are not enough computers? What will parent and classroom reports look like? What happens to the Smarter Balanced Consortium at the end of the grant (Oct 2014)? March 2012 CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 30

Washington’s Context… Proposed Summative Assessments in 2014–15 English/LAMathematicsScience Grade 3SBAC Grade 4SBAC Grade 5SBAC MSP Grade 6SBAC Grade 7SBAC Grade 8SBAC MSP Grade 10???EOC Algebra/Geometry ??? EOC Grade 11SBAC SBAC=SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium MSP= Measurements of Student Progress EOC= End of Course exams March CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders

Will 11 th grade exam be used for graduation (exit exam) in Washington? If these exams are our exit exams what will the CAA options be? Will the Summative SBAC test replace our End of Course exams or will SBAC have End of Course exams too? How will Washington’s science tests mesh with these tests? March 2012 CCSS Webinar Series Part 3: District and Building Leaders 32 Still to be worked out: W ashington’s Policy Discussion…

March 2012CCSS Webinar Series Part 2: District and Building Leaders 33 Thank you. Common Core Questions: Greta Bornemann, OSPI CCSS Project Lead,