Supporting Rigorous Curriculum (Overcoming Isolationism) Participants are expected to purchase the book Results Now Instructional Leadership

Supporting Rigorous Curriculum

(Overcoming Isolationism)

Participants are expected to purchase the book Results Now

Instructional Leadership

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, 2012.

• Name of Superintendent

– Welcome

– Why Important

Welcome


• Name of Facilitator

– Overview / Agenda

– Enduring Understandings

– Guiding Questions

– Targeted Objectives

– Introductions

Overview & Introductions

Proposed Norms & ExpectationsProposed Norms & Expectations

• Stay focused and fully engaged– no competing conversations please

• Participate to grow– share openly and monitor your listening

• Be a learner– create your own meaning and application

• Get your needs met– ask questions that benefit the group– personal questions on breaks

• Housekeeping– silence cell phones– handle business later– share ONE point …then next person


Instructional LeadershipCore Component is Managed through Key Processes


• There is…

– ambitious academic content

– provided to all students

– in all core academic subjects.

Rigorous Curriculum:


• Supports participation in professional development that deepens teachers’ understanding of a rigorous curriculum.

• Secures the teaching materials necessary for a rigorous curriculum.

• Provides teachers with time to work on developing and strengthening the curricular program.

• Supports teachers to teach a curriculum consistent with state and national content standards.

Research-Based Critical Behaviors


• By the end of this workshop you will develop an action plan focused on applying the Research-Based Critical Behaviors.

• In the column labeled “Current Reality” – Rate yourself on a scale of 1-5

5 = Highly effective 3 = Satisfactorily Effective 1 = Ineffective

– Describe the evidence that supports your application of this concept

Action Plan


How do instructional leaders support teachers to teach a rigorous curriculum?

Supporting Rigorous CurriculumSegment Guiding Question


• Brainstorm some barriers to teachers teaching a rigorous curriculum.

What gets in a teacher’s way?

• Share some of your ideas.

Set


One comment, One question•Read the article

– Isolation – The Enemy of Improvement.•At the end of each section, pause …

– make 1 comment– ask 1 question

•When finished, thank your partner and return to your table top.

Results Now: Isolation - The enemy of improvement


• At your table top, identify

– Common comments or significant

– Common questions or significant

• Be prepared to share out.

Discussion


• Consider the factors– Resources & PD to teach

standards• List challenges or obstacles (at

least 3 & 3)• Brainstorm ideas to raise rigor

and overcome challenges & obstacles

• Record prioritized ideas on a chart paper and post on the wall.

Task:


• Read the information

• Check obstacle you had not considered

• Record ideas that seem promising for your school

Gallery Walk


• Consider the Guiding Question.

• Use column labeled “Strategies/Ideas”

– connect today’s work with the “Research-Based Critical Behaviors.”

– List at least THREE things per box

• Pair Share ONE strategy you learned today and how you plan to use it at your school.

Closure for this Segment

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• Review the following…– Targeted Objectives– Research-Based Critical Behaviors

• Next Steps – What additional data do you need?– Who will you involve in process? – What resources do you need?

• Action Plan– Do what? – By when?

Conclusion and Development of an Action


• In table groups (in a round robin format)

– Share one new learning and describe how you will apply it in your job

– NO REPEATS!

Workshop Closure


• Please complete “Participant Feedback” form

– Grant research

– Improve future workshops

Workshop Closure

Documents

Supporting Rigorous Curriculum (Overcoming Isolationism) Participants are expected to purchase the book Results Now Instructional Leadership