District Literacy Leaders Network Meeting

October 7, 20159:00am-12:00pm

Dr. Marion Smith, Jr. | Director, Learning and InnovationStudent and School Success

English Language Arts

Before We Start

Wireless: PSESD Guest

Resources: https://literacy.psesd.org/district-literacy-leaders-resources/

Agenda

Welcome:Silent Circle Activity

• Form a circle• Listen to various

statements• If the statement

represents you raise your hand

• Notice who else raises their hand

Think-Pair-Share

• Why might it be important to “start from the place of same?”

• As you think about your context, what systems and/or structures are maintained by the Power of Academic Language?

• As we continue to implement ELA CCSS, what conversation(s) and/or work is happening in your district to engage all voices?

Plan to share your thinking on one (1) of these prompts.

Introductions

• Individual introductions: name, role, school district

• Share a thought from your Think-Pair-Share conversation

Community Agreements

• Stay engaged

• Speak your truth

• Have a learners stance

• Experience discomfort

• Intent vs. impact

DLL Survey Results

• 17 responses

Structure of Time

– Collaboration– Districts Sharing

Resources– State Information– Information Sharing

Top 5Topics of High Interest

• Using Smarter Balanced (SB) Results: 87%• Using Interim SBA to Inform Instruction: 81%• Struggling Readers and Writers: 81%• Writing in the Content Areas: 75%• RTI / LAP: 68%

Revisiting Supports• Priority and Focus

Schools

• School Needs-Self Assessment

• Regional Indistar Plan

• Job-embedded, on-going PD opportunities

Who Do We Serve?

Setting the Stage

“Imagine that upon your arrival at an airline ticket counter, you are

told that only 65 percent of the flights to your intended destination

actually even arrive. The remainder crash en route. And, if you are a

child of color, or poor, you are required to fly on special, poorly

Maintained planes—of which only 35 percent make it. Sounds crazy,

right? But this is exactly the deal that, as a nation, we are serving up

daily to millions of children in thousands of our public schools.”

from Crash Course by Chris Whittle

Through line to Student Learning

ESD District + School Leaders Teachers Students

PSESD ContextAgency End:

• “Success for each child and eliminate the opportunity gap.”

Foundational Strategies

• Best Practices• Uphold Whole Child

Tenets• Instructional Core• Lead With Racial

Equity• Data Informed

“The most troublesome achievement gap is the racial gap—the difference in student achievement between White and Asian students and their Black, Latino, Native American, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander counterparts. Without question, poverty and wealth impact student achievement as well. Statistically, however, even within the same economic strata, there is an achievement gap based on race.” – Glenn Singleton

Why are we talking about race when we talk about the opportunity gap?

Access To Opportunity in King County

How do we ensure equitable access to opportunities for all learners to successfully meet the ELA CCSS??

2015-2016 WA State Fellows

• Representing English Language Arts, Math and Science

• Washington Fellows are one of the largest state sponsored cadre of teacher leaders in the United States

• WA Fellows represent 188 school districts• Educating over 1 million public school children

GrowthGrowth of ELA, Math and Science Fellows Network:

Content Area 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

# of Fellows # of Districts # of Fellows # of Districts # of Fellows # of Districts

ELA 10 10 156 103 218 119

Math 51 48 213 122 221 125

Science n/a n/a n/a n/a 140 81

Totals 61 56 369 159 579 188

2015-2016 PSESD ELA Fellows

• 36 ELA Fellows

– 19 different school districts

Fellows by district

• Auburn- 1• Bainbridge Island- 2• Bethel- 1• Clover Park- 1• Eatonville- 3• Fife- 1• Highline- 1• Kent- 5• Lake WA- 5

• Northshore- 1• Orting- 1• Puyallup- 2• Riverview- 1• Seattle- 2• Skykomish- 1• Steilacoom Historical- 2• Sumner- 5• Tacoma- 1

The Fellows Mission

The Fellows, teacher leaders who support district implementation efforts, are a crucial part of larger systemic statewide CCSS/NGSS implementation efforts. The Fellows work in harmony with state, district, regional, and local structures to build coherent and effective implementation of the CCSS/NGSS, which will result in student growth in each district in Washington State. Each region has a cadre of leaders who share in common specialized content learning along with the other regions from across the state. Fellows work in their schools to deepen core understandings of engaging instructional practices and leadership strategies for professional development.

ExpectationsFellows and District Commitments:• Collaborate throughout the year with district leadership and/or school principal to

discuss, create and document the ongoing District Fellow Plan.

• Implement learning from the Fellows meetings within your own instructional practice and in supporting teachers in Washington State Learning Standards (CCSS or NGSS) implementation.

• Submit completed District Fellow Plan to your Regional Coordinator at the end of the year.

English Language Arts and Mathematics: • Attend and participate in four (4) regional Fellows Convenings:

– October 27, December 7, February 23, April 26

Outcomes

Ongoing Professional Development• Learning together • Exploring new and up-and-coming resources• Building skills around best resources for your context

Build Leadership Capacity in School, Districts and Among Colleagues• Intentional focus on instructional leadership • Increase evidence of implementation and professional development in

support of WSLS at regional, district and state levels

Leadership in the Extended Community• Providing feedback to the state-wide system• Supporting collegial capacity for all of Washington’s schools

15-16 Content Focus

ELA Fellows will grow their instructional practice in the area of writing, specifically with drawing evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis and reflection.

Instructional LeadershipFellows work will be anchored in the Fundamentals of Learning by Margaret Heritage and the WestEd Team.

Instructional Leadership Framework

Making Meaning Thinking critically, creatively and meta-cognitively Connecting Prior Knowledge to New Learning Using language, symbols and texts

Participating and Learning Engaging with Others in Learning Communication Ideas, Feelings, and Perspectives Relating to Other People’s Ideas, Feelings and Experiences

Managing Learning Taking personal responsibility for learning Adapting learning tactics Persevering with challenges

Action Plan

The Action Plan will be finalized and ready to launch at the Fellows Convening (Oct. 27th) with the Regional Coordinator

Self Reflection / Network Brainstorming

• When I think about supporting ELA work in my district and the realities of my contexts, what gets in my way?

SSEO and Menu of Best Practices

Amy Thierry

Program Supervisor- LAP English Language Arts and Research (OSPI)Amy.Thierry@k12.wa.us

Break

Grounding Our Work

Text Rendering:

“Assessment Literacy for Teachers: Faddish or Fundamental” (Popham, 2009)

SBAC Update

Beth Simpson

ELA Assessment Specialist & SB Digital Library State Lead (OSPI)Beth.Simpson@k12.wa.us

Think Tank

Question(s):

What are you thinking about Next Steps to move this work forward? What additional resources may you need?

Exit Survey