1. PCG Education Helping Florida Schools and Districts Successfully Transition to the Florida Standards Palm Beach Charter School Administrators

2. Does your staff know…
How to Design Instruction Around the Standards, the Instructional Shifts, and Essential Questions?
How to Support Students in Close Reading of Complex Text, Academic Language, and Text-based Discussion?
How to Support Students in Research and Writing on Demand with Evidence from multiple sources?
How to Create Aligned Units, Lessons and Assessments; and Teach it all with Rigor?
How to Support Students in the Math Practice
and Content Standards?
This slide provides a visual showing how the topics for the professional development modules fit together. Briefly explain to participants.

3. Public Consulting Group
4/22/2017
What are you seeing in…?
School
Data
Lesson Plans
Classroom Walk-through
Instruction
Curriculum &
Assessments
PLC/Team Meetings
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4. TEACHER as Facilitator
What Should You See?
Instructional Resources aligned to the Standards
Instructional Strategies grounded in the “Essential 3”
Deeper Knowledge
Academic Rigor
High level texts, resources, language
Teacher AND student
Engagement
Students engaged in work
TEACHER as Facilitator
Demonstration of Deeper Knowledge
Differentiating Instruction for teaching and learning
Collaboration
Students- demonstration of knowledge, ability to synergize and learn with/from others
Staff/Leaders- Cross Curricular, thematic units: PLC’s

5. Essential 3: After determining FL Standards being addressed- look for evidence of any of these instructional elements in every lesson

6. Real-life Application: Recent “Walkthroughs”
PCG Education
4/22/2017
Real-life Application: Recent “Walkthroughs”
Successes Transitioning towards standards implementation:
Close reading- stopping to dig deeper with text. Complex texts, etc.
Peer review of work, group collaboration
Student centered work
Seamless integration of technology.
Activities based on thematic lessons/activities
Demonstration of knowledge
Documentation of textual/further evidence
Reading linked to writing and discussion

7. Real-life Application: Recent “Walkthroughs”
Challenges
Engagement:
Call and response
Limited engagement, demonstration of knowledge
Does not differentiate for various learning styles
ELL, ESE, etc.
Post its? Everyone write answer in journal first!
Collaboration
Lack of protocols/norms for group work
Lack of Outcomes
Deeper Knowledge
Textual evidence
“Bunnies are cute because…”
Allow students to show their knowledge in a variety of ways with a variety of solutions
Word process and test-based computer skills- we can’t get everyone on the computer

8. Where do we start?
Review what is in place and alignment of PD, curriculum, instruction, and assessment
2. Review high quality units and lessons in discipline specific
areas
3. Review multiple videos aligned to the standards
4. Engage staff in the no cost Blended Learning Modules

9. Blended Learning Model
Web- Based Courses
Onsite Follow Up
Supporting the transition to the Florida Standards
Courses available on CPALMS CHARTER; for teachers to learn at their own time and place
Approximately 1 – 3 hours
PCG staff goes on-site to charter schools
Provide face-to-face professional development; work with grade levels, departments, and/or leadership teams; provide coaching and technical assistance.

10. On-Site Coaching Flexibility
On-Site Sessions May Include:
Professional Development
On-line Course Follow Up
Action Planning
Classroom Walkthroughs
Session Availability:
PD Days
Early Release
After School
Saturday Sessions

11. Web-based Course Strands 1. Teachers K-5 and 6-12
Web-based Course Strands 1. Teachers K-5 and * ELA/ Discipline Literacy * ELA Foundations * Mathematics 2. Administrators 3. Leadership Teams 4. Diverse Populations 5. Governing Boards

12. Sessions for Teachers Including K-5 and 6-12
Data for Teachers
Data Use 1
Data Use 2
ELA/Literacy
FL Standards ELA- Instructional Shifts
FL Standards ELA-
UDL/Adaptations
ELA & Assessment
Mathematics
FL Standards Math- Practice Standards
FL Standards Math- Content Standards
Math & Assessment
New!
*Reading Foundations *Writing to Sources
*Struggling Readers 4-12

13. Sessions for Leadership Teams
Public Consulting Group
4/22/2017
Sessions for Leadership Teams
Tools and Team Strategies for Change Management
Focus on Developing and Monitoring an Implementation Plan
Self-Assessment
Gap Analysis
Action Planning
Managing Change
Progress Monitoring
Sustainability
Briefly describe the past year long learning from the Charter Leadership Teams Modules.

14. Sessions for School Leaders
ADMINISTRATORS
Using Data
ELA and Math Standards
Assessment, What to Look For, & Academic Optimism
Teacher Evaluation
VAM & Academic Rigor

15. New On-line Courses for 2015-2016 School Year
New Blended Learning Course Offerings With Follow On Coaching
Supporting Students with Disabilities in Standards Based Instruction in ELA & Literacy (K-5 & 6-12)
Supporting Students with Disabilities in Standards Based Instruction in Mathematics (K-5 & 6-12)
Standards-based Goals and IEP Development (K-5 & 6-12)
Supporting English Language Learners in Standards Based Instruction in ELA & Literacy (K-5 & 6-12) and Mathematics (K-5 & 6-12)
Best Practices for Supporting Students in Writing to Sources (K-5 & 6-12)
Best Practices in Foundational Skills: Creating Accurate Readers (K-5)
Best Practices in Foundational Skills: Creating Fluent and Skillful Readers (K--5)
Best Practices in Creating Fluent and Skillful Secondary Readers (4-12)

16. Introduction to Paths to College and Career ELA Core Curriculum for Grades 6 - 12

17. Paths to College and Career: PCG Education’s Grades 6-12 ELA Curriculum
Paths enhances the EngageNY curriculum, making it more accessible and usable for teachers and students
Paths is a national curriculum
Paths is a cost-effective print ELA curriculum that pairs exceptional instructional resources with high quality professional development
Client Tip: Don’t be shy about making the EngageNY connection. We should take advantage of the good publicity that ENY has received, but also be careful not to brand Paths as EngageNY.
Grades 6-8 developed by Expeditionary Learning, a PCG subcontractor.
PCG owns the copyright to the EngageNY.org modules.
| Understanding Paths to College and Career: PCG Education's Grades 6-12 ELA Curriculum

18. What are Paths’ Core Components?
Planning materials for teachers
Reproducibles for teachers to use
Resources for students
Introduction to the program
Curriculum maps
Module and unit overviews
Lesson plans
Tools & handouts, including:
Blank tools
Model tools
Scaffolded tools (for use as needed)
Rubrics & checklists
Assessment sheets
Curriculum texts
Tools & handouts
Rubrics & checklists
Assessment sheets
Curriculum texts
This organization is a distinct advantage to Paths. All the organizational work is done for the teacher in terms of sorting resources.
Additional features of the content:
Daily lesson plans (including teacher actions and student responses to TDQs and assessments)
Module, unit, and lesson assessments
Model student responses
Vocabulary words and definitions
Scaffolding recommendations for students with disabilities, English language learners, and accelerated learners
Homework assignments
Supplemental modules of instruction to ensure students’ diverse learning needs are met
PCG CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT SERVICES
| Understanding Paths to College and Career: PCG Education's Grades 6-12 ELA Curriculum

19. Thanks and we hope to see you soon!
If there are dates set for the next professional development session this would be a great time to share that information.

20. PCG Florida Facilitators
Dr. Evan Lefsky
Julie McEachin
Debra Berlin