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IOWA CORE CURRICULUM LEADERSHIP TRAINING
Day Two
WELCOME Back!WELCOME Back!
Homework Review
1. Iowa Core Curriculum vision
2. Communication plan
3. Continuum Mapping Tool
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
Today’s Objectives
• Build an understanding of the Implementation Plan
• Complete Self Study for Outcomes One, Two, and Three
• Introduce “Characteristics of Effective Instruction”
Implementation Plan Framework
Purpose:
Build an understanding of the Implementation Plan Framework
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
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?
Iowa Core Curriculum Self -Study
Aspects of the Self Study
• Purpose and Use
• Recommended Practices
• Content
• Process and forms
Purpose and Use
• Baseline data for each outcome
• Progress monitoring of implementation
• Prioritization of need for action
• State evaluation of Iowa CoreCurriculum rollout and implementation
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
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
Completion of the Self Study• Advanced Organizer
• Facilitation through the process
• Paper now/on line in the future
Advance Organizer
• Identify
• Present
• Review
• Discuss
• Rate
• Vote
• Prioritize
• Record
• Evaluate
• Submit
Step One: Identify Self Study Respondents• Representative Group• Iowa Core Curriculum Leadership
Team• Individuals with knowledge of
district structures, policies and procedures
Step Two:Present Scoring Rubric
Step Three: ReviewStep 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 documentswithout making ratings
• Group “Questions and Answer”
Step Five:Individual Rating
• Each member rates each action on the Scoring Rubric
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
Step Six:Vote: Consensus RatingFist 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
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
Step Eight:Record Ratings
Item Baseline Priorities Initial Ideas for Next Steps/Activities
Action 1. District Leadership Team is established and operating to implement Iowa Core Curriculum.
0 1 2 3 4
Action 2. District Leadership Team consistently communicates a clear and shared vision for the Iowa Core Curriculum.
0 1 2 3 4
Step Ten:Submit: Forms to AEA
Send a copy of your completed Consensus Rating form to:
Barb Brunkan
Amy Wichman
LunchLunch
Welcome Welcome BackBack
Working in the Inner Circle
• Content
• Instruction
• Assessment
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
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Reviewing the Essential Concepts and Skill SetsDiscuss• 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?
And…..how is this work to be accomplished
Characteristics of Effective
Instruction
Introduction toCharacteristics of Effective Instruction
• Teaching for Understanding
• Assessment for Learning
• Teaching for Learner Differences
• Rigor and Relevance
• Student Centered Classrooms
Teaching for Understanding
“In short, we must teach for understanding in order to realize the long-term payoffs for education.”
David PerkinsAmerican Educator: The
Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers
Teaching for Understanding
Teaching for UnderstandingDirections:1.Number off 1 – 62.Go to assigned table3.Review Teaching for
Understanding (pages 6 -8 of Perkins article)
4.Complete Definition and Characteristics
Teaching for Understanding
Things to consider…..
• Students?
• Leadership?
• Teachers?
• Data?
• Professional Development?
