May 2014

Schools don't need more things to do.

They need to do less with greater focus.

A Year-Long Journey

May - September

Attend Training

Disaggregate Data

Get Input From Faculty

Write the Plan

August - AprilSet up

DocumentationCommunicate the

Plan

Check Documentation

Formative Assessments

August - April

Update as Necessary

Keep the Plan Alive

What data to use?

• STAR Reading and Math• PLAN / EXPLORE• EOCTs• Report Card Grades• Other Formative Assessments• Classroom Rounds Evidence (Spreadsheets &

Graph Data)• ASSIST Surveys

Updating Goals and Activities

Emphasis on…• Training and Support• Strategic Teaching• Identify and Address Student Needs

Suggestions for goals and activities? (Small Group Collaboration)

What do I need to do first?

• Log in and “tinker” around site• Make hard and digital copies of eCip before

the site goes down• Discuss with your school team what goals and

strategies you need to put in place

District-Wide Reading Goals “Non-negotiables”

• Goal 1 - Improve Literacy in All Content Areas– Strategic Teaching• TEACH THE STANDARDS!

– Increased Complexity in Reading and Writing (All Content Areas)

– Address Student Needs– Add Honors/AP Courses– ARI Schools (may add strategy)

District-Wide Math Goals “Non-negotiables”

• Goal 2 - Improve Math Proficiency– Strategic Teaching– Formative Assessments– Longitudinal Data– AMSTI Schools (may add strategy)

Increase the percent of qualifying AP Literature scores from ___% to ___% during the 2013– 2014 school year.

Specific

• Clearly define the outcome that you want to achieve

Measurable

• Establish concrete measures of success

Attainable• Push your self

past your comfort zone but you should still be able to achieve it with effort and commitment

Relevant

• Connect the goal to the reason why you did not make AYP

• Consider areas of needed improve-ment

Time Bound

• Create a sense of urgency by defining when the goal will become reality

Smart Goals

Strategies:

What will we do in order to achieve the goal we have set?

All teachers and administrators

All teachers and administrators

Many plans only involved intervention teachers and math and

reading teachers

Many plans were written by just a few people rather than guided by a leadership

team who gained whole faculty input

•What needs to be done in core instruction to ensure that fewer students in the future will need intervention?•What can general math and reading teachers as well as non core teachers do to help?•Can these weaknesses be addressed in other content areas also?

Strategy and Action StepReminders

Effective Strategies and Action steps:• Are measurable• Include but are not solely centered around

remediation/intervention• Address core instruction• Require evidence that is observable in a

classroom, not just found in a box• Involve more than just math and language arts teachers

So….When’s It Due?

General CIP requirements for schools (not necessarily in an evidence box):

• KISS - Keep it simple…..• Principal Summary Forms (PSFs) - in school box.• CIP (and amendments) - in school box.• CIP on website.• Principal(s) is ensuring teachers are creating lessons plans

that reflect the COS/CCRS.• Specific documentation, as mentioned in each school's CIP (in

school box).• Secondary Schools - Syllabus (with COS/CCRS/EOCT

correlations strongly suggested). Syllabus should be posted on teacher's website.

Other Items of Interest

• School web presence, including teacher webpages (especially if teacher/student communication is mentioned in CIP)

• Student engagement• Classroom/school culture• Utilizing technology, Web 2.0 tools, and/or

project-based learning• Four-Year Plans (Middle and High Schools)– Kuder

ACT Quality Core and ASPIRE

• ACT Quality Core website: http://www.ecboe.org/qualitycore– Objectives– Teacher-generated assessments– Sample syllabi and lessons

• ASPIRE

SEARCH AL CCRS lessons by grade, strand, or anchor standard.Click http://alex.state.al.us/browseEnglish.php and then the Alabama Insight graphic.

Etowah County user name: guest28. Password: guest.

Walkthrough (or Rounds) Schedule

Walkthrough Forms

• Online Form: https://docs.google.com/a/ecboe.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDhaUk02U0U1SW1XZXktVGtsanc0S2c6MA#gid=0

• Graph Data Analysis

• Sharing forms

Suggestions

• Kill two birds - Utilize RtI data for math and reading goals (STAR Enterprise and SuccessMaker data)

• Have teachers print out lesson plans and leave on desk. If using lesson plans book, those are completely acceptable as well, as long as they are easily accessible to visitors.

• Prepare tentative schedule for CIP walkthrough (list of teachers and general time frames). Give visitor a copy.

eCIP

CIP Resources

• ASSIST Surveys• SpeakUp Survey• Attendance Report (Gail Rice)• http://www.ecboe.org/cip• ARI• RTI• AMSTI

CIP Quick Sheet