1. Webster Public Schools September 17, 2010

2. 2010 MCAS Results  Progress at every grade in every subject  Too slow to keep pace  With NCLB targets  With Webster Improvement Target  With Growth in Massachusetts schools

3. MCAS ELA Results

4. MCAS Math Results

5. We are doing the right things…  Not often enough  Not widespread enough

6. What Matters Most  What teachers do in the classroom, day to day and minute to minute  Jon Saphier EVERY CLASSROOM EVERY STUDENT EVERY DAY

7. What are those right things?  Lessons tied to MA standards  Emphasis on “power standards”  Well-designed lessons  Frequent, formative assessments  High quality feedback  Re-teaching

8. The right things…  Lessons tied to Massachusetts standards  Emphasis on “power standards” Curriculum Mapping Project

9. The right things…  Well-designed lessons Keys to Literacy Research for Better Teaching Instructional Coaches Thinking Maps Writing Analyzing Reading Problem Solving

10. The right things…  Frequent Formative Assessments  DSAC Data Team  Examining Student Work  Assessment Array  NWEA  AIMSweb  ASSISTments  Teacher – made Common Assessments

11. The right things…  High Quality Feedback  Online Grade Book  Ten Arenas of Classroom Life when teachers send messages of high expectations through their feedback to individual students

12. 10 Arenas: High Quality Feedback  Calling on students  Responses to student answers  When students don’t answer  Feedback on student performance  Dealing with errors  Grading  Students who don’t “get it”  Grouping  Giving and negotiating assignments Research for Better Teaching

13. The right things…  Re-teaching  The human mind learns through trial and error

14. Where are we? Where to we want to be? How do we get there? Curriculum Mapping Project

15. Project Coordinator Sheila Carroll Social Studies Justin Mara Math Tara Gelineau Science Laurie Foley English Colleen Nasis Consultant Liz Keroack TEACHERS 21

16. We’ve got our work cut out for us and we know what to do  EVERY CLASSROOM  EVERY STUDENT  EVERY DAY