1. School Staff Overview

2. What is Forward? Forward K-5 Instructional System
Consultative Services
Progress Monitoring
Integrated Curriculum and Assessment
Professional Development and Field Support
Forward brings together consultative services, professional development and field support, and curriculum, progress monitoring and assessment resources together into a single, seamless offering.

3. Why is Forward Unique? Forward K-5 Instructional System
It was built with full collaboration with Montgomery County Public Schools (MD), but it is available to districts nationwide
It emphasizes the development of critical and creative thinking and academic success skills throughout instruction
It services a broader solution by combining curriculum, assessment and professional development, and includes extensive on-site and virtual professional support and coaching. Everything is in one place
It ensures equity of access and accomplishment in schools with a broad range of socioeconomic and performance need
See Top 10 Things to Know About Forward on Playbook

4. i3 Investing in Innovation
Federally-funded partnership with
Montgomery County Public Schools (MD)
Goals
Broaden instruction to integrate content
Exceed assessment expectations
Save students and teachers valuable
instructional time
Align to Common Core State Standards
Forward was developed through an innovative product development approach—a true public/private partnership with the Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland.
MCPS is the 17th largest school system in the US, and it boasts the highest graduation rate among large districts. The district was also the recipient of the 2010 Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award; Pearson is committed to the idea that a curriculum developed in partnership with schools is likely to increase the probability that students who use it will achieve greater academic success.

5. Characteristics of a Forward-thinking district
A clear and shared focus
High standards and expectations for all students
Effective leadership
High levels of collaboration and communication
Focused professional development
We encourage schools and districts who want to see if Forward aligns with their vision for student success in the 21st century to take a brief, vision self-assessment at:

6. Partnership for Sustainability
Three year implementation plan
Consultation
Implementation Planning
Ongoing Support and Progress Monitoring

7. Thinking and Academic Success Skills
Based on the research conducted by Montgomery County Public Schools and endorsed by expert consultants, the Thinking and Academic Success Skills are the key skills and habits of mind that students need to be successful in school, college and the workplace. These skills provide the basis for integration of instruction across subjects.
The power of making connections across content-areas will help unleash the habits that mark the academic mind - such as analysis, flexibility, and collaboration. In Forward, these skills are developed beginning in Kindergarten. A detailed Scope & Sequence within the program describes how the thinking and academic success skills should be taught across grade levels.

8. Integrated Curriculum Scope & Sequence

9. Integrated Curriculum Written for the Common Core
Mathematics
Helps teachers strongly focus on the Common Core State Standards for mathematics, deepening students’ conceptual understanding and procedural skills
Brings coherence to teaching math both within and across grade levels by connecting practice standards with content
Encourages students to think mathematically when solving problems; deep understandings and connections are made within mathematical relationships
English Language Arts
Adheres to the Common Core State Standards approach to text complexity
Small-group reading includes carefully leveled selections that progress in terms of readability, topic complexity, and word count

10. Integrated Curriculum Everything in one place
Learning hub of assets
enVisionMATH
Reading Street™
Good Habits Great Readers™
Interactive Science
myWorld Social Studies
A+RISE®
Pearson Teacher Compass
Technology integration
Interactive Games
Graphic Organizers and Strategies Library
Teacher Resources
Skills Posters
Forward provides thousands of select assets from Pearson’s market-leading and classroom-tested programs. The program also provides hundreds of animations, videos, interactive games, student lesson pages and notes to support teaching. Everything is in one place.
Any asset referenced in Forward is provided in the program. Assets may include, but are not limited to: audio, video, games, and interactivities.

11. Rigor and balance for all students
Support for English Language Learners
ELL Overview (Grades K-5); provides details on how Forward can be adapted to teach ELLs, and strategies for meeting specific needs
ELL Teaching Support; provides support for teaching a specific grade/Part within Forward
Response to Intervention
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Access to Differentiated Instructional resources in each weekly planner
2-3 Content-area formative assessments per subject to help measure student understanding of the content being taught
Forward promotes school-wide participation in core instructional planning.
Built-in materials for ELL and SPED support staff
An ELL Overview (Grades K-5), which provides details about how Forward can be adapted to teach ELLs, and strategies for teaching ELLs and meeting their specific needs. The final pages of this document provide support for teachers as they plan lessons for ELLs and include samples that guide teachers on how to use the planners to achieve maximum results.
Teachers also have access to grade-specific ELL Teaching Support. Each document includes support for teaching a specific grade/Part of Forward to English-language Learners, including the Thinking and Academic Success Skills, Unifying Questions, indicators for standard English and academic vocabulary acquisition, sample language objectives and structures, concepts and topics grouped by English Language Proficiency standards, and academic vocabulary lists.
In addition, Forward also includes point-of-use ELL strategies from the market-leading Pearson A+RISE® system. Some strategies are in the form of cards; some are video.
Differentiated instructional resources are available in each Weekly Planner to support struggling students. A Guide for Additional Resources identifies the purpose of each asset within a lesson and teachers can select from this material to support students who need extra help. Each Part of instruction within Forward also includes 2-3 Content-area formative assessments per subject to help measure student understanding of the content being taught.

12. Take assessment beyond the right answer
Purpose
Ability to track
online
Observational
Location
Success Skills
Assessment
Nurture and measure student development of the thinking and academic success skills; Engage students in classroom activities that are consistent with the CCSS. x
7-9 per Part (distributed across subjects in weeks 6-9); Accessible from the Performance-Based Assessment folder in the TOC view, the list of Sample Learning Tasks, or the Resources section in the Program view.
Content-area Formative Assessment
Measure student understanding of core subjects.
Can be downloaded from the Resources section in week 9 of each Weekly Planner. The CAAs are available in the weeks in which they are meant to be delivered. Teachers can see which weeks by checking the List view. Students can also take these assessments online for digital reporting.
Coursework
Integrated content, instructional resources and practice items.
Checks for Student Understanding
Alternate, formative assessment; takes place after each Sample Learning Task
Appear within each Sample Learning Task
Checks for Student Understanding, which are built into each Sample Learning Task, offer a second type of observational assessment. Teachers also have access to content-area formative assessments, which measure student understanding of core content, and can be tracked online. Teachers who elect to print and distribute these assessments can record student responses manually into the Forward Gradebook. Please note that some coursework is for practice only, and is not meant to be tracked. Grade K content-area formative assessments are not native; meaning that they cannot be administered online.

13. Integrated Curriculum Unifying Question
Supports skill integration
Builds understanding
across subjects
The Unifying Question connects the Thinking and Academic Success Skills to each of the five subject-areas. The goal of the Unifying Question is to support integration and build understanding across all subjects.

14. Integrated Curriculum Part Overview
Provides access to
content and assets for
nine weeks of instruction
The Part Overview provides access to content and assets for nine weeks of instruction.

15. Integrated Curriculum Integration Guide
Drills-down to the week
level, providing an
overview of an integrated
week of instruction
Integration Guides drill-down to the week level, providing an overview of an integrated week of instruction.

16. Integrated Curriculum Weekly Planners
Plan based on students’
needs or abilities
Forward empowers teachers to select from a range of sample learning tasks, resources and activities based on student s’ needs. It provides direction for instruction that promotes equity in schools, but it is not scripted.
Each weekly planner:
-Aligns to a unifying question
-Supports a thinking and academic success skill
-Focuses on a specific standard or objective

17. Integrated Curriculum Weekly Planners
Plan based on students’
needs or abilities
On the left of the planner, you will see the Enduring Understanding, the Essential Question and the key skills to be taught that week.

18. Integrated Curriculum Weekly Planners
Plan based on students’
needs or abilities

20. Integrated Curriculum Weekly Planners
Plan based on students’
needs or abilities

22. Integrated Curriculum Weekly Planners
Plan based on students’
needs or abilities
On the right, you will see an array of sample learning tasks, allowing teachers to plan for instruction in a flexible manner, based on students’ specific needs or abilities. Forward also provides a “flex guide” to help teachers who want to incorporate their own content with the curriculum topics presented in the program.

24. Integrated Curriculum Model Integrated Day
Model plans for each day
of instruction.
3 per week in Part 1; 2 per week in Part 2; none in Parts 3 and 4.

25. Integrated Curriculum Forward Flex Guide
How to locate Curriculum Concepts
and Topics
How to read a Sample Learning
Task (SLT)
How to incorporate custom content
resources
How to tie custom assets to the
Thinking and Academic Success
Skills

26. Role of the Education Specialist
Provide technical support in an ongoing and collaborative basis to help get implementation practices underway and provide feedback on progress
Nurture the development of cohesiveness among all schools implementing Forward
During the course of a day, the Education Specialist will work with school leaders, teachers, and coaches.  Every time an Education Specialist visits a school they can do the following:
With Teachers;
Co-plan- lessons, individually or in a group
Model- Lessons or expectations of how to facilitate
Observe- teachers
Co-facilitate- teacher meetings and PD
With Leaders;
Strategize (problem solve implementation issues)
Co-plan- meetings to be facilitated to staff or events to support implementation (eg- classroom observations)
Co-facilitate- meetings to be facilitated to staff
Model-  leadership team meetings

27. Implementation Planning Conference
Multi-day, collaborative planning process with the district and schools to measure readiness to implement Forward. The process results in the creation of a recommended Scope of Work and establishes priorities for implementation in year 1.
District Meetings: Curriculum, technology and leadership
School Visits: Visit each school to collaboratively conduct the Implementation Planning Assessment; each school receives an Implementation Planning Profile
Identify general trends in School Dimensions to develop a set of priorities to guide the Professional Development delivered in Year 1
School Dimensions
Teaching and Learning
Organizational Staffing
Leadership
Professional Development
Technology

28. Sample Scope of Work
Professional Development and Support Days; 20 days/school
Professional Development
4 days prior to the start of the year; 2 days throughout school-year.
Targeted to audience:
Whole School
Leaders
Lead Teachers
Teachers
Professional Support
14 days throughout the school-year. Targeted to principals and teachers, providing job-embedded coaching and mentoring focused on:
Teacher team and leadership support and guidance
Curricular problem solving and support
Instructional support
Implementation observation and reporting
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29. Professional Development and Field Support

30. Communication Resources Unified Messaging and Information Sharing
Teacher Introduction to Forward
Parent/Back to School Night Introduction to Forward
Superintendent Letter
Letter to Parents and Families from Principal, Teacher
Thinking & Academic Success Skills Framework
Parent Guides; consist of an Overview Guide and a PPT version of the concepts and topics charts found in the curriculum.

31. Progress Monitoring Reflect Forward Journal
Ability to reflect upon the individual and organizational changes that take place during Forward implementation; teachers will have the ability to:
Capture experiences
Engage with peers
Share key data points with leadership

32. Demo Access http://successnetplus.com/programs/forward
Demo Access Code: forward1