MISIC Regional Webinar
January 21, 2016
• How students learn and are assessed
• How teachers teach
• How instructional leaders lead
Implementing the Common Core State Standards:
The Role of Secondary School Leaders
MTSS
Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning, 2014 -- [email protected]
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Do we have solid, effective Tier 1
curriculum and instruction that
helps students achieve the Iowa
Standards?
 Preventative
 Proactive
 Universal Design for
Learning (UDL)
80% +
Vision / Understanding
 When the Iowa Core are
implemented, what will it “look like?”
 How will we know that the standards
are being implemented correctly?
 Do we have a common, shared vision
of how the standards are
implemented?
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How well do you
understand the
instructional shifts
it will take to
effectively
implement the
Iowa Standards?
http://achievethecore.org/page/966/3-12-ela-literacyinstructional-practice-guide-coaching-detail-pg
Shifts
Publishers’
Criteria
Putting the pieces
together
 Being critical consumers
 Building systems of deep
implementation

Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning, 2014 -- [email protected]
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Green Flags
Red Flags
Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning, 2014 -- [email protected]
Shifts in
Teaching
and
Learning
in the CCSS
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Green Flags / Red Flags
ELA /
Literacy
and
Math
Evaluating the Quality of
Instructional Products (EQuIP)
Clear, descriptive
standards for quality CCSS
lessons/units
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Sue Z. Beers, Tools for
Learning, 2014 [email protected]
PURPOSES
1) Identify exemplary lessons/units that serve
as models of high-quality core instruction.
2) Build the capacity of educators to evaluate
and improve the quality of instructional
materials for use in their classrooms and
schools.
1) Provides collegial review and jurying
processes.
2) Provide meaningful, constructive
feedback to developers of lessons/units.
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Sue Z. Beers, Tools for
Learning, 2014 [email protected]
EQuIP ELA and Math Dimensions
Alignment
to the
Rigors of
the CCSS
3 Key Shifts
Instructional
Supports
Assessment
Developed by Achieve, www.achieve.org,
Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning, 2014 -- [email protected]
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Stay on the continuous improvement path
 Not
all criteria are required for a 3 rating
 It
is not a checklist, but a list of on-going
considerations for planning quality
curricular experiences for students
 Not
a teacher evaluation tool, but does
lead teacher conversations around the
dimensions
Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning, 2014 -- [email protected]
EQuIP Rubric for Lessons
and Units: ELA 3-12
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Foundational
Strand
Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning, 2014 -- [email protected]
EQuIP Rubric for Lessons and
Units: ELA K-2
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EQuIP Rubric for Lessons and Units: MATH K-12
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EQuIP Rubric for Lessons and
Units: SCIENCE K-12
Multiple Users
Teachers
 Teams
 Teacher Leader
Coaches
 Principals
 Instructional
Materials
Committee
 Curriculum
Developers


Guiding the development of lessons/ units

Evaluating existing lessons/ units to identify
improvements needed to align with the CCSS

Providing educators criterion-based quality
feedback on their lessons/ unit plans

Helping educators and instructional leaders
foster a culture of collaboration on developing
and sharing lesson/ unit plans

Building the capacity of educator and education
leaders to gain a deeper understanding of the
CCSS
EQuIP Training Structured for Districts to:
 Apply
common criteria (standards) to
evaluate the alignment and quality of
instructional materials and to identify
improvements
 Include
the rubric and processes as part of
a plan to build the capacity of educators to
evaluate the quality of instructional
materials for use in classrooms
 Identify
lesson/ unit exemplars
ACHIEVE
PD Partners
TOOLS and RESOURCES
www.achieve.org
Student
Work
Protocol
Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning, 2014 -- [email protected]
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Rewards
 Better
teacher understanding of the shifts in
the core
 High-quality lessons/ units that support
building knowledge
 Students who are critical thinkers, readers,
writers, and communicators (the why of ELA)
 Students who use the mathematical practices
(the why of the MATH)
How could
instructional
planning be made
better with the
EQuIP Rubric?
The blueprint
guides the
structure…
..but we complete it
one room/ system
at a time.
Like the blueprint
guides the structure…
…each ‘room’ takes
different skills and
work
Insert
the
EQuIP
Criteria!
• Moves the ‘shifts’ from talk
The Gifts of the
Planner
to action…
(implementation with fidelity…)
• Connects all of the
pieces…
• Provides a tool from which
to coach/self coach…
• Becomes the ‘way we do
business’…
• Models the way for new
staff…
• Sustains the investment and
gains made…
The Nine Roles of
Your Teacher Leaders:
Classroom Supporter
Instructional Supporter
Curriculum/Content
Facilitator
Data Coach
Facilitator for Change
Learner
PD Facilitator
Resource Provider
School Leader
Coaching Skills
(How)
Instructional
Leader
CCR Instructional
Practices
(What)
Day by Day
Glimpse
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Day 1- Understanding Standards 2.0
Day 2- Selecting Learning Targets
Day 3- Building Text Sets
Day 4- Designing Text Dependent
Questions
• Day 5- Using Writing as a Learning
Connecting all the
pieces…
Strategy
• Day 6- Planning Instructional Strategies
• Day7- Developing Appropriate
Scaffolding
• Day 8- Implementing Assessments that
Motivate
What Participants of Cohort 1 Are Saying:
My biggest gain…”Has been the
identification of the shifts to standard
2.0 and how that plays a factor in
how our students are learning… and
what that means to parents”
Jill, Elementary Principal.
Cohort #1- Clarke, Van Buren, Woodward-Granger,
Central Lee, and Melcher-Dallas
What Participants of Cohort 1 Are
Saying:
Citing examples of the changes seen
in her students, Gina, Elementary
Teacher says, “I have learned an
incredible amount of new ideas and
thinking...As long as I am remain in
this profession I will continue to learn
new things to apply but this learning has
made a BIG impact.“
“Everyone in our district needs this learning
experience!” Jon, K-12 Curriculum
Director
Currently Cohort #2 includes Melcher-Dallas,
Clarke, Shenandoah, Murray, and East Union
Currently Cohort #3 includes Greene County
It is about
doing Tier
1 well!!!!
Putting
into
Action
Unit /
Lesson
Plan
SPOTLIGHT on
MISIC RESOURCES