Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools Jeff Hittenberger, Ph.D. Chief Academic Officer 1 OCDE VISION FORUM HOW CAN ORANGE COUNTY LEAD THE NATION IN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND SUCCESS? SESSION 4

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools -Purpose -Cross-divisional collaboration: One team -Shared understanding of what we will do to assure that OC leads the nation in college and career readiness and success: One vision -Strategic Plan: January 27! 2 WELCOME!

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools -Dates: -Jan. 13 -Jan 28 (the day after the Conley event) -Feb. 3 (12:30 p.m.) -possibly Feb. 11? -Online resources and discussion -Really should be one chapter a week! 3 LOGISTICS

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools -Deeper Learning Performance Tasks 4 DIVING IN TO CHAPTERS 5-6

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools p. 100, paragraph 1: Deeper learning is learning that empowers students to “go beyond the surface of facts and terminology to levels of thinking that require them to apply what they have learned in more complex ways. Deeper learning is achieved when knowledge learned in one setting can be applied in another.” TRANSFERABILITY 5 WHAT IS DEEPER LEARNING?

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools Toward Deeper Learning 1.Some Framing Characteristics of the Learning Process (p. 100) 2.Knowledge Complexity Progression (p. 101) 3.What is Deeper Learning? (p. 105) 4.Four Models of Deeper Learning (p. 110) 5.Overview of Research Foundation for Deeper Learning (p. 116) 6 CHAPTER 5 STRUCTURE (P. 99)

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools 7 CHAPTER 5 SUMMARY VISUAL (P. 102) Declarative Knowledge (What) Procedural Knowledge (How) Conditional Knowledge (When) Conceptual Understanding (Why) Related definition: last sentence on page 105

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools Deeper Learning at the Classroom Level 1.Characteristics of the Deeper Learning Classroom (p. 120) 2.Challenges of the Deeper Learning Classroom (p. 122) 3.A Closer Look at Scoring Student Work for Deeper Learning (p. 130) 4.Deeper Learning, the Common Core State Standards, and College and Career Readiness (p.134) 8 CHAPTER 6 STRUCTURE (P. 119)

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools Digging More Deeply into the Four Keys 1.Pick one of the four performance task scenarios 2.Work with a partner on a plan 3.Write your plan down (no more than a page) 4.Share with another team 5.Self-assess 6.Share out 9 DOING DEEPER LEARNING - HANDOUT

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools Cognitive Strategies (p. 59) You have an employee in your division who is a hard worker and is service-oriented, but seems to get stuck when facing non-routine problems or unexpected challenges. With a partner, design a plan or learning activity that might help that employee grow in his or her use of cognitive strategies. 10 SCENARIO 1

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools Content Knowledge (p. 64) You have a high schooler in your family who hates history. In the wake of Nelson Mandela’s death, his History class is doing a unit on South Africa. He can’t see the point. “What does this have to do with anything in my life? Why should I care about South African history?” Come up with a plan to help him understand some big ideas that connect South Africa’s history to our own history and to his life. 11 SCENARIO 2

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools Learning Skills and Techniques (p. 72) You know a young person who is very bright, but very unmotivated by school. She can get by with minimal effort and seems to be satisfied with Bs and Cs. You’re worried she is not developing a work ethic or the competencies she will need beyond high school. Come up with a plan that might help her take greater ownership of her learning. 12 SCENARIO 3

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools Transition Knowledge and Skills (p.86) You are serving as a mentor or teacher to a group of students whose parents did not attend college and who are having a hard time imagining that they might be able to attend college. Design a plan for helping them acquire transition skills and knowledge that will facilitate college attendance. 13 SCENARIO 4

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools 1.Plan should be well grounded in the relevant section of Conley chapters 3 and 4. 2.Plan should display a deep understanding of the key concept you choose. 3.Plan should be written up on no more than one page. 4.Plan should be actionable. 5.You will have 15 minutes to generate the plan. 14 PARAMETERS

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools 15 PARTNER WORK

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools 16 SHARE WITH ANOTHER TEAM

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools Using the continuum on page 130, assess the level of your expertise on the key concept you chose based on the evidence available in the plan you and your partner generated. Use the organizing concepts on page 131 as criteria to rate your level of expertise. What would you need to do to go to the next level of expertise on the key concept you chose? Share out learnings. 17 SELF-ASSESSMENT

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools -What has been your own experience with deeper learning? What learning experiences have helped you to go deep into an area of inquiry or expertise that you are passionate about? 18 REFLECTION QUESTIONS

Orange County Department of Education Al Mijares, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools -January 27: David Conley at Irvine Marriott -January 28: We’ll discuss chapters 7-8 Have a great week! 19 ON TO CHAPTERS 7-8!