The Center on Innovations in Learning (CIL ) A National Content Center Content Center Presentation January 31, 2014

Today’s Agenda  Our goal today is to familiarize the other content centers with the work of Center on Innovations in Learning  Review products and services  Identify difficulties and strategies used to address them  Discuss collaborations planned or accomplished  Respond to questions  CC Next Steps Drs. Sam Redding, Marilyn Murphy, & Janet Twyman

Partner Organizations  The Center on Innovations in Learning is housed at Temple University College of Education, Institute for Schools and Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  The Academic Development Institute (ADI), Lincoln, Illinois, is our partner organization

CIL Mission and Purpose CIL will (a) increase the capacity of state education agencies (SEAs) to stimulate, select, implement, and scale up learning innovations in local education agencies (LEAs) and schools to improve learning outcomes for all students; and (b) increase the capacity of regional comprehensive centers (RCCs) to provide technical assistance to SEAs relative to CIL’s scope of responsibility.

CIL Organizational Chart

Formative Evaluation Within Technical Assistance

Why Learning Innovations?  Learning innovations replace currently accepted standards of curricular and instructional practice with new practices demonstrated to be more effective or more efficient in the context in which they are applied.  CIL will work with RCCs to build SEAs’ capacity to stimulate, select, implement, and scale up innovations in learning.  CIL will focus on the school and classroom as the principal points of entry for learning innovations, with SEAs and LEAs playing significant roles in bringing the innovations to the school.

Objectives, Strategies, and Activities  Four objectives to meet its goal and aligned to SEA needs,  Seven strategies to organize CIL’s activities, and  Focused activities to carry out its strategies.

Objectives: 4  Objective 1: Stimulate Learning Innovation through SEA policies, structures, and programs that encourage and incentivize the development of learning innovations in the SEA, LEAs, and schools.  Objective 2: Select Learning Innovation by applying criteria and processes for the SEA, LEAs, and schools to identify innovations in learning and make decisions about their adoption.  Objective 3: Implement Learning Innovation through planning and performance management methods and tools at the SEA, LEA, and school levels that guide implementation and ensure sustainability.  Objective 4: Scale Up Learning Innovation through multifaceted dissemination and technology.

CIL’s Objectives, Strategies, and Related Activities I. Stimulate II. Select III. Implement IV. Scale Objectives Strategies Sample Activities Information Collaboration Tools Training & Information Support 1. Need 2. Evaluation Information Website, Handbook, Practice Guides, Solution Finding Reports, eNewsletter, eResources League of Innovation Leaders, Indistar Summit, Conversation s w/Innovators, National Leader Outreach League of Innovation Leaders, Indistar Summit, Conversation s w/Innovators, National Leader Outreach Indistar, Innovation Selection Review, Rubrics Indistar, Innovation Selection Review, Rubrics Indistar Onsite, Hosted Meetings, Targeted Assistance Indistar Onsite, Hosted Meetings, Targeted Assistance Monthly calls, Ongoing discussion: Scientific consultants, League of Innovators, National leaders Monthly calls, Ongoing discussion: Scientific consultants, League of Innovators, National leaders QA Procedures, Evaluation and Analysis of Services and Impact QA Procedures, Evaluation and Analysis of Services and Impact Annual management plan Annual external and internal evaluation Advisory Board Annual budget Annual management plan Annual external and internal evaluation Advisory Board Annual budget OrganizationalContent

CIL Work across the Nation  Indistar including BIA, DC  Direct work with SEAs  Collaboration with RCCs & other CCs  Response to expressed need

Handbook on Innovations in Learning Part 1: Innovation in Learning 1.What Is an Innovation in Learning? 2.Stimulating Innovation (or Making Innovation Meaningful Again) 3.Innovation, Implementation Science, and Data-Based Decision Making: Components of Successful Reform 4.The Logic of School Improvement, Turnaround, and Innovation Part 2: The Student in Learning Innovation 5.Innovative Practice in Teaching the English Language Arts: Building Bridges Between Literacy In School and Out 6.Innovations in Language and Literacy Instruction 7.Specialized Innovations for Students With Disabilities 8.Getting Personal: The Promise of Personalized Learning Part 3: Technology in Learning Innovation 9.Education + Technology + Innovation = Learning? 10.Games in Learning, Design, and Motivation 11.Advances in Online Learning 12.Learning, Schooling, and Data Analytics Part 4: Reports From the Field: Innovation in Practice 13.Idaho Leads: Applying Learning In and Out of the Classroom to Systems Reform 14.Using Response to Intervention Data to Advance Learning Outcomes 15.Innovation in Career and Technical Education Methodology Glossary Murphy, M., Redding, S., & Twyman, J. (Eds.) ok/

Indistar States

Indistar Summit Summit: Quality Implementation and Measurable Results March Albuquerque, NM Cohosts: The South Central Comprehensive Center Bureau of Indian Education

Conversations with Innovators Professional Development Series First Session: Tuesday, May 6 Philadelphia, PA Confirmed Speakers: Dr. Ryan Baker Dr. Michael Smith Dr. Janet Twyman Ms. Lisa Kinnamin Dr. Ryan Baker. Associate Professor of Cognitive Studies in Education in the Department of Human Development at at Teachers College Columbia University; Specializes in the intersection of Educational Data Mining and Human-Computer Interaction

Broader Collaboration  Federal Agencies  Universities  Non-Profit Think Tanks  State Initiatives Dept. of Ed Tech

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Thank you – from all of us at CIL

Discussion for Content Centers  Next Steps?