STEM MI Champions
SURVEYS OF ENACTED CURRICULUM
Teacher Orientation
Gary Money
August 2 and 3, 2011
SEC Collaborative
 Michigan Department of Education
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/
 Council of Chief State School Officers
www.SECsurvey.org
• Wisconsin Center for Education
Research www.SEConline.org
Objectives of the
Teacher Orientation Session
• Answer questions concerning the Surveys of the
Enacted Curriculum (SEC).
• Understand the teacher’s role in the SEC.
• Learn how the SEC uses topics and cognitive
demands to describe instruction.
• Understand how to complete the online survey
questions.
• Learn to register and begin a session with the survey.
Expectations of Teachers
• Complete all sections of the survey.
• Provide an accurate account of:
– What is taught.
– Teacher expectations for students.
– Instructional practice.
• Survey completion time is approximately 90
minutes.
Three Sections of the SEC
• School and Target-Class Description
• Instructional Content
• Instructional Practice
School and Target-Class Description
• Provide a general description of
your school.
• Provide a general description of the
target-class you will consider as
you complete the survey.
School and Class Description
Click Submit to save your responses and continue.
Instructional Content
• Part A: Topics taught and Time devoted to
instructional topics
– “What students should know”
• Part B: Expectations of students/
cognitive demand
– “What students should be able to do
with what they know”
SEC Time on Topic Qualifiers
Time on Topic
• 0 = None
• 1 = Slight coverage (less than 1 class/lesson)
• 2 = Moderate coverage (1-5 classes/lessons)
• 3 = Sustained coverage
(more than 5 classes/lesson
Note: The entire school year is always the
time frame for time on topic.
Instructional Content–Time
• Indicate the time spent during the
course of the school year.
Cognitive Demand
• Content Standards have inherent cognitive
demand.
• Your instructional activities also have
cognitive demand.
• The SEC intend to measure the cognitive
demand relative to content instruction.
Cognitive Demand Categories for Mathematics
Cognitive Demand Activity
• With a partner, read the instructional
activities on the worksheet and indicate the
cognitive expectation for one activity.
• With your partner, discuss responses.
• Then, with the large group, we will review our
answers and facilitate discussion around the
answers.
SEC Response Codes for
Cognitive Demand
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0 = No emphasis
1 = Slight emphasis
2 = Moderate emphasis
3 = Sustained emphasis
Note: Emphasis doesn’t need to equal 100%.
Instructional Content–Cognitive Demand
Instructional Practice
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Homework
Instructional practices
Assessments
Opinions and beliefs
Classroom instructional
preparation
• Professional
development
• Personal characteristics
• Formal course
preparation
Instructional Practices
Respond to the questions using the scales
indicated in all sections.
Log on to the Web Site
www.seconline.org
Registration
• Click on the Registrar button.
Registration
• Select Michigan
Registration
• Click the Register button.
Registration
Fill in all the fields and then click “submit”
Registration
• Enter a unique user name and password.
• Enter a valid e-mail address.
Registration
Click Continue.
User Information Agreement
User Information Agreement
• For research purposes it is sometimes desirable to merge SEC
data with other data
• it is true that administrators are not able to link names with
data, researchers may receive teacher names (if the teacher
checks the box associated with the teacher release statement)
-John Smithson,WCER
Survey Sections
• This screen provides information about the status of your
survey.
Important Reminders
Survey Menu
Technical Assistance
• E-mail assistance
– [email protected]
• Toll-free phone help (9 a.m.–6 p.m. EST)
– 888-454-0195
GMoney Consulting
Gary Money
13134 North Forest Beach Shores
Northport, MI 49670
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 231.633.2073