1. IOWA CORE CURRICULUM LEADERSHIP TRAINING Day Two

2. WELCOME Back!

3. Homework Review 1.Iowa Core Curriculum vision 2.Communication plan 3.Continuum Mapping Tool

4. Course Objectives Understand the Implementation Plan Framework Understand and engage in a Self- Study To deepen knowledge of the essential concepts and skill sets of the Iowa Core Curriculum Gain initial knowledge of Characteristics of Effective Instruction

5. Today’s Objectives Build an understanding of the Implementation Plan Complete Self Study for Outcomes One, Two, and Three Introduce “Characteristics of Effective Instruction”

6. Implementation Plan Framework Purpose: Build an understanding of the Implementation Plan Framework

7. Implementation Plan: Stakeholders Read pages one through four of the Implementation Plan Identify three points that need to be communicated to each stakeholder group Share with your team

8. Implementation Plan: Capacity and Planning What does your school need to proceed to ensure that all students are being taught and learning the essential concepts and skills? What steps will need to be taken to design your Implementation Plan?

9. Iowa Core Curriculum Self -Study Aspects of the Self Study Purpose and Use Recommended Practices Content Process and forms

10. Purpose and Use Baseline data for each outcome Progress monitoring of implementation Prioritization of need for action State evaluation of Iowa Core Curriculum rollout and implementation

11. Recommended Practices Diverse stakeholder input - District Leadership Team/stakeholders - Implementation Plan Facilitators - Maintain Results Data collection/reporting - Scoring Rubric and Consensus - Rating Form AEA as partners

12. Content: Iowa Core Curriculum Outcomes Outcome One: Leadership Outcome Two: Community Outcome Three: Schools Outcome Four: Alignment Outcome Five: Professional Development Outcome Six: Instruction and Assessment

13. Completion of the Self Study Advanced Organizer Facilitation through the process Paper now/on line in the future

14. Advance Organizer Identify Present Review Discuss Rate Vote Prioritize Record Evaluate Submit

15. Step One: Identify Self Study Respondents Representative Group Iowa Core Curriculum Leadership Team Individuals with knowledge of district structures, policies and procedures

16. Step Two: Present Scoring Rubric

17. Step Three: Review Step Four: Discuss Each member receives a copy of the Outcome Guidance and Scoring Rubric Two representations of the same information, more/less detail Each member reads documents without making ratings Group “Questions and Answer”

18. Step Five: Individual Rating Each member rates each action on the Scoring Rubric

19. Step Six: Vote: Consensus Rating Fist to Four Process – Round 1 Within each tem identify: Facilitator Time keeper Recorder Staring with Action 1, Fist to Four Vote Most frequent – modal number Make amendments based on votes

20. Step Six: Vote: Consensus Rating Fist to Four Process – Round 2 All persons vote again on this action Record answer on Consensus Rating Form If consensus is not reached, further discussion and votes until “modal number” emerges Continue voting process

21. Step Seven: Action Planning Engage team in conversation Identify top two or three areas that would be priorities for initiation action planning Identify initial ideas about possible action steps

22. Step Eight: Record Ratings

23. Step Ten: Submit: Forms to AEA Send a copy of your completed Consensus Rating form to: Barb Brunkan bbrunkan@aea9.k12.ia.us Amy Wichman awichman@aea9.k12.ia.us

24. Lunch

25. Welcome Back

26. Working in the Inner Circle Content Instruction Assessment

27. Essential Concepts and Skills Divide into “content” areas Read through the document Record individual responses in upper left quadrant Complete windowpane in group Share with your school team

28. 28 Reviewing the Essential Concepts and Skill Sets Discuss What connections between or among content areas can you find? Describe at least three. How might these essential concepts and skill sets impact the local curriculum of a school or school district?

29. And…..how is this work to be accomplished Characteristics of Effective Instruction

30. Introduction to Characteristics of Effective Instruction Teaching for Understanding Assessment for Learning Teaching for Learner Differences Rigor and Relevance Student Centered Classrooms

31. Teaching for Understanding “In short, we must teach for understanding in order to realize the long-term payoffs for education.” David Perkins American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers

32. Teaching for Understanding

33. Directions: 1.Number off 1 – 6 2.Go to assigned table 3.Review Teaching for Understanding (pages 6 -8 of Perkins article) 4.Complete Definition and Characteristics

34. Teaching for Understanding

35. Things to consider….. Students? Leadership? Teachers? Data? Professional Development?