Please find Patrick to pick up your survey data and then sit with your fellow network team members

Making a Switch: How to Make Change When Change is Hard NTI Wednesday Night Session August 15, 2012

Tonight we will…. 3 Understand what critical moves are, and aren’t Examine your data Train you on how to use the Workbook and Roadmap so you can Plan your Work Help you begin to Rally the Herd

Meanwhile Principals and Teachers Will… 4 Understand what critical moves are, and aren’t Identify their own critical moves Learn to Rally the Herd

Materials You Will Need 1.Critical Moves Handout 2.Your survey data 3.Workbook for Network Teams 4.CCSS NT Roadmap 5

6 Trap Door Abandon all hope ye who enter here OK, I can do this Reality sets in Starting out with high hopes Neutral Common Core is great and will make a difference in how my students learn! Eh, this isn’t so different from what I was already doing. What was all the fuss about? Uh oh, this changes everything. This is going to be a lot more work for me and my students. This is WAY too hard. I don’t have time for this. I’m already giving everything I have. Wait a minute, this is starting to make sense. I can do this and so can my students!

What are the critical moves? 7

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Critical Moves Are “inch pebbles” not “milestones” Are developed with the destination in mind Are specific about how people should act Start with an achievable first step

Critical Moves: Example 1 A prominent research contractor hopes to improve its ranking. One manager decides to implement a critical move: All Employees Must Make 125 Client Calls per Month. The manager also shared data throughout the team. 10

Critical Moves Discussion Spend five minutes reading the handout on critical moves. Think about what critical moves are and aren’t. When we return, we will evaluate the previous examples. 11

Critical Moves Checklist: Research Calls 12 Does it evoke emotion?Yes Does it feel do-able?Yes Was it part of success stories in the past? Yes Will your team see the connection with the big picture? Yes Would it provide a quick win?Yes Would it create positive peer pressure? Yes Is it consistent with the way people think about themselves in the firm? Maybe

What are your critical moves? 13

Districts report awareness of instructional shifts among teachers, but lower readiness to use and apply District reporting on what percentage of teachers are aware of the 12 instructional shifts, and what percentage of teachers understand how to use and apply the shifts 14

Respondents chose one CCSS curricular resource their district will use for ELA and Math 15 CCSS curricular resources# of times Selected Using state-developed curricular resources, but adapting to needs of our district 87 Creating our own comprehensive curricular redesign that clearly demonstrates the CCSS shifts 29 No Response 78 Undecided 28 Using state-developed curricular resources (scope and sequence; modules) without modification 15 Purchasing curriculum materials that satisfy the Publisher’s Criteria and/or the Tri-State Rubric 4 Other 0

Analyzing Your Data Spend the next seven minutes reviewing your survey data. While reviewing, try to consider the following: What in the data surprises you? What in the data concerns you? Do you feel prepared moving forward on the shifts? Can you think of any critical moves for your region based on the data? 16

Working with Your Team Take two minutes to think about how you want to present your data to your ambassadors. What will you want to highlight? What kind of discussions will you want to have? Write it down… 17

18 Workbook and Roadmap

Using the Workbook Step 1: Internalize metrics Step 2: Assess district and regional status of implementation efforts Survey is done! Step 3: Build regional turnkey plans Step 4: Help your districts build district plans Step 5: Implement and adjust plans 19

Mapping Your Critical Moves 20 Critical Move 1: Use your data to help each district in your NT/NTE decide how to use the state-developed ELA curricular resources Critical Move 2: Support your districts in mapping out a transition plan for CCSS math implementation until modules are available Critical Move 3: When the math modules are available, use your data to help each district in your NT/NTE decide how to use the modules Critical Move 4: Help each district determine their plan for ensuring that all educators deeply understand the CCSS instructional shifts Critical Move 5: Help each district decide how to “Rally the Herd” and deploy CCSS Ambassadors

Does the district have the capacity to develop its own curricular materials for all the standards? Create a job description with full-time responsibility for developing curricular supports, in collaboration with educators, that include model units and lesson plans with guidance on how to teach, develop and adapt them for every strand in every subject Provide evidence that the curricular materials reflect the shifts and the Tri-State Rubric Assist district in developing curricular resources Yes No Decide if the district will adopt or adapt the state curricular materials or purchase new materials If adopting the state curricular materials, clearly communicate to all educators what the state materials are, how they will assist educators, the timeline for rolling them out, and their alignment to CCSS and assessments If adapting the materials, identify who in the district has the content expertise to ensure the quality remains high while adapting the materials to the needs of the district If purchasing new materials, seek vendors who can provide evidence that their materials reflect the shifts, meet the publisher’s criteria and the Tri-State Rubric From Critical Move to Plan – An Example

22 Planning Your Sessions: How can you use the Workbook and Roadmap?

What’s Next All network teams will meet until 9:30 pm Find an open table or a room Rochester team will meet poolside Goal of the meeting is to cement your work plan and determine: What are the critical moves? Who’s doing what? What is the timeline? When will the network team meet next? 23

Planning Your Network Team Meeting Using what we’ve discussed tonight, how will you frame critical moves with your ambassadors? Who will be your top allies moving forward? What first steps will inspire emotion but also seem do- able? How will your survey data inform your discussions? How will you keep moving toward your goals? 24

Welcome back. Please sit with your network teams. 25

Roles of Network Teams Ensure all educators build their capacity to implement CCSS, APPR, DDI 26

What’s Next All network teams will meet until 9:30 pm Find an open table or a room Rochester team will meet Phoenix` Goal of the meeting is to cement your work plan and determine: What are the critical moves? Who’s doing what? What is the timeline? When will the network team meet next? 27