1. 1 P16 Resources for Student Success Today’s Focus: Planning for the 2004-05 School Year

2. 2 eJournal  Links to related handouts, references, and resources  Contact information for each presenter www.ode.state.or.us/cifs/video

3. 3 Today’s Format  Resources planned for August  Subject Area Endorsements  Superintendent's Middle School and High School Improvement Initiative  Superintendent's Literacy Initiative  CIP (Continuous Improvement Planning)

4. 4 Elementary/Secondary Transitions Secondary/Post-Secondary Transitions Private Schools and Specialized Programs Support to Districts Operations and System Coordination Office of EII TEAMS:

5. 5 Major Areas of Work:  Accountability for Public Districts and Schools  Alternative Education  Curriculum and Instruction Frameworks and Standards  Federal Programs and Grant Management  Systems Integration and Improvement  Private Schools and Specialized Programs  Post-Secondary Educational Programs  Professional Development  Professional Technical Education

6. 6 PLANNING FOR THE 2004-05 SCHOOL YEAR

7. 7 Oregon Standards Newspaper Requests for additional copies contact: Marlene Goff marlene.goff@state.or.us 503-378-3600, ext. 2290

8. 8 Planning for the 2004-05 School Year: Subject Area Endorsements

9. 9 Rendy Delvin

10. 10 Second Language Endorsement School Districts must offer instruction to the Second Language Standards Districts must offer students the option of earning an endorsement in Second Language

11. 11 Second Language Endorsement We suggest that districts continue to use the instructional program and local assessments that are currently in place Second Language standards revision scheduled for 04-05 school year

12. 12 Proposed standards presented to the State Board by May of ’06 School districts will have 2 years to align curriculum with the new standards List of available assessments on Second Language webpage Second Language Endorsement

13. 13 Assessments are scheduled to be reviewed and correlated to the ACTFL scale, resulting in a revised list of suggested Second Language Assessments Second Language Endorsement

14. 14 CIM performance level will be determined by the Second Language Content Panel with input from public meetings held throughout Oregon Second Language Endorsement

15. 15 Work Sample requirements will also be determined during this process Scoring guides will be developed to assist in the review of work samples Second Language Endorsement

16. 16 Field Testing – 2005-2006 School Year CIM Awards based on new State Level Performance Requirement – 2007-2008 School Year Second Language Endorsement

17. 17 CONTACT INFORMATION: Rendy Delvin, Second Languages Curriculum Specialist 503.378.3600 Ext. 4450 rendy.delvin@state.or.us

18. 18 Andrea Morgan

19. 19 Stay current by receiving the Oregon Social Sciences Teacher Update monthly e-newsletter nearly 1,700 teachers already receive it! Social Science Developments contact Andrea Morgan to subscribe

20. 20 Social Science Grade- Level Mapping What is it? What teachers believe is necessary to move children to benchmark standards. It is not required curriculum. It is one model of year-to-year organization of instruction to move students to meeting the standards.

21. 21 Social Science Subject Area Endorsement Schools and districts must offer instruction to the Social Science Standards Districts must offer students option of earning the Endorsement Available now in Social Science

22. 22 Social Science Assessment Spring 2003-2004 Knowledge and Skills Test qualifies students for the Subject Area Endorsement in Social Sciences.

23. 23 Social Science Work Sample Work Sample Development: Review and Revision of Social Science Analysis Scoring Guide NEEDED: NEEDED: Collection of anchor papers http://www.ode.state.or.us/asmt/socialsciences/ survey/ssscoringguide9.pdf

24. 24 Social Science Assessment Work Sample timeline: proposed operational in 2005 (a requirement to earn the Subject Area Endorsement). Phase-in proposal survey to collect feedback from teachers through Oregon Social Sciences Teacher listserv, May 2004

25. 25 CONTACT INFORMATION: Andrea Morgan, Social Sciences Curriculum Specialist 503.378.3600 Ext. 2289 andrea.morgan@state.or.us

26. 26 CONTACT INFORMATION: Leslie Phillips, Social Sciences Assessment Specialist 503.378.3600 Ext. 2713 leslie.phillips@state.or.us

27. 27 Jess Lawrence

28. 28 Health Education Standards Timeline Standards, CCG’s and Benchmarks are currently being developed Standards brought to the State Board of Education in September School districts will have two years to align their curriculum with the Oregon health education standards.

29. 29 Health Education Standards Timeline Free training and support from ODE and the Oregon Training Cadre to help teachers and districts align their curriculum will be ongoing, beginning at the FREE Safe and Health Summer Institute in Newport, August 9-12. Trainings will continue throughout the school year.

30. 30 Health Education CIM Endorsement Scoring guides for Health are currently being developed. During April 1, 2005 through March 30, 2006, the scoring guides will be field tested. Districts shall make CIM endorsement available based on state performance requirement May 1, 2007.

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32. 32 Phyllis Quanbeck

33. 33 The Arts Endorsement School Districts must offer instruction in the arts. Districts must offer students the option of earning an endorsement in The Arts.

34. 34 We suggest that districts continue to use the instructional program and local assessments that are currently in place The Art Content Standards are currently being revised. The Arts Endorsement

35. 35 CONTACT INFORMATION: Phyllis Quanbeck, The Arts Curriculum Specialist 503.378.3600 Ext. 2268 phyllis.quanbeck@state.or.us

36. 36 Theresa Levy

37. 37 Superintendent’s Middle School and High School Improvement Initiative

38. 38 CONTACT INFORMATION: Theresa Levy, Education Specialist 503.378.3600 Ext. 2239 theresa.levy@state.or.us

39. 39 Helen Maguire

40. 40 Planning for the 2004-05 School Year: Continuous Improvement Planning (CIP)

41. 41 Superintendent’s Literacy Initiative

42. 42 CONTACT INFORMATION: Helen Maguire, School Improvement Specialist 503.378.3600 Ext. 4504 helen.maguire@state.or.us

43. 43 Julie Anderson

44. 44 LEXILES are around the corner!! 1a) Why will Oregon students receive Lexile scores?  As part of Oregon's Literacy Initiative  Funded through Oregon's Reading First Grant

45. 45 1) When will students receive Lexile scores? When they receive their state test scores. The Lexile Framework is now linked to the Oregon's Reading/Literature Assessment.

46. 46 2) What are Lexiles?  Lexiles are derived from The Lexile Framework.  The Lexile Framework matches the reading level of students with the difficulty level of the materials read.

47. 47 3) How will LEXILES help students? Parents and educators may direct students to reading materials at a level where students are challenged but not discouraged. The Lexile Framework enables students, parents, and teachers to take an active role in improving students' reading skills.

48. 48 4) What is that "sweet" level? An instructional level at which students can understand approximately 75% of the materials they read on their own. 5) Who created the Lexiles?  A team of experts in the fields of measurement, testing, and reading  MetaMetrics markets this tool.

49. 49 CONTACT INFORMATION: Julie Anderson, English Curriculum Specialist 503.378.3600 Ext. 2294 julie.anderson@state.or.us

50. 50 Need a VHS Copy of this Videoconference? Contact Barb O’Neill barbara.oneill@state.or.us 503.378.3600, Ext. 2298

51. 51 Web Support for this Videoconference Overview Sheet eJournal – links to all e-mail addresses and links to web sites Power Point Slides Archived Video http://www.ode.state.or.us/cifs/video/

52. 52 Thank you for joining us!