Student Achievement Framework: Adoption Eric Hoppstock Director of Learning and Leadership July 01, 2011

Student Achievement Framework Capacity for Instruction Capacity for Leadership Capacity for Data Use Student Achievement

Why is Student Achievement Framework Important? Simple – students do better

Capacity for Leadership Capacity for Instruction Data Use High Quality Instruction matched to Student Need (Curriculum, Evidence-based instruction, Schedule) Rate of Learning over Time (Data system, monitoring implementation & effectiveness) Educational Decision-Making (Data-based, consistency) Do I have AGREEMENT? – Everyone understands the why. Is the INFRASTRUCTURE ready? – The existing elements or skills have been identified verses needed elements or skills. Ready for IMPLEMENTATION? – Supports, stabilization, institutionalize. ASK YOURSELF?

Our Challenge… We must begin to think differently. And to think differently, we must start by asking the right questions.

The Wrong Questions… How do we raise our test scores? How do we implement RtI? How do we stay legal?

The Right Questions… What do we want for our children?

The Right Questions… What do we want for our children? What do our children need?

Today, a child who graduates from school with a mastery of essential skills and knowledge is prepared to compete in the global marketplace, with numerous paths of opportunity available to lead a successful life. Yet, for students who fail in our educational system, the reality is that there are virtually no paths of opportunity.

To assure high levels of learning for ALL students Our Mission… To assure high levels of learning for ALL students

What do we mean by high levels of learning? High School + Plus

The Right Questions… What do we want for our children? What do our children need? What do we need to do?

What worked yesterday is the gilded cage of tomorrow. -- Peter Block

“Formula for Learning” TI + T = L (Targeted Instruction + Time = Learning)

Fundamental Assumption: There is no way a single teacher has all the time, all the knowledge, and all the skills to meet the needs of every child.

Student Achievement Framework Goal: To create a systematic process that ensures every child receives the additional time and support needed to learn at high levels.

5 Essential Elements

Essential Elements: Focus on Learning

Fundamental Assumption: To have a mission of learning for all You must believe all students can learn at high levels You must take responsibility to ensure that all students learn.

Restructure vs. Reculture

Essential Questions: Do you believe all students can learn at high levels? Do you accept responsibility to ensure that all students learn?

But does “all” really mean “all”?

Essential Elements: Focus on Learning Create a collaborative culture

Starting a collaborative culture: Creating frequent, collaborative time during the professional work day. Creating teams that support each person’s “day job.” Creating & following team norms

Essential Elements: Focus on Learning Create a collaborative culture Clearly define what all students must learn.

What do we expect students to learn? SAF Critical Questions: What do we expect students to learn?

But don’t we already have state standards?

“To cover all of this content, you would have to change schooling from K-12 to K-22…The sheer number of standards is the biggest impediment to implementing standards.” -Scherer. “How and What Standards Can Improve Student Achievement: A conversation with Robert J. Marzano.” Educational Leadership (September 2001) p. 15

Most teachers provide a “self-selected jumble” of standards. - Rosenholtz

Most schools have a “wild variation” from teacher to teacher. - Berliner/Walberg

Criteria for Selecting Essential Standards: Endurance Leverage Prepare for the next level - Doug Reeves

College Knowledge (David Conley): Analytical reading and discussion Persuasive writing Drawing inferences/conclusions from texts Analyzing conflicting source documents Supporting arguments with evidence Solving complex problems with no obvious answer

Essential Standards Chart Standards Description Example Rigor Prior Skills Needed Common Assessment When Taught Enrichment/Extension Skills

Have you clearly defined what all students should learn? Essential Question: Have you clearly defined what all students should learn?

Essential Elements: Focus on Learning Create a collaborative culture Clearly define what all students must learn. Constantly measure your effectiveness.

SAF Critical Questions: What do we expect students to learn? How do we know when they have learned it?

Which students did or did not master specific essential standards? What we need to know… Which students did or did not master specific essential standards? Which instructional practices did or did not work? (Easy, efficient data)

Essential Question: Do you have frequent, common formative assessments to measure student learning and to target interventions?

Essential Elements: Focus on Learning Create a collaborative culture Clearly define what all students must learn. Constantly measure your effectiveness. Systematically respond when students don’t learn.

SAF Critical Questions: What do we expect students to learn? How do we know when they have learned it? How will we respond when students don’t learn?

Traditional Interventions: Up to each teacher Remedial classes Summer school Retention Special education

Why adopt an RtI model? Look back in history PL 94-142 Child Find and FAPE Procedural Safeguards

Response to Intervention Response to Instruction a.k.a. Response to Instruction

SAF is not “regular ed” Nor is it “special ed”… It is just “ed”!

Implementing SAF SAF instructional groups are flexible and frequently changing based on the data. What all students need What targeted students need What individual students need

Are at least 75% of our students succeeding at grade-level curriculum after core instruction?

What if we would… Determine student learning outcomes, and share with students? Plan one common formative assessment during instruction? Plan one day to re-teach after analyzing common assessment?

Final thoughts…

Do the work for the right reasons.

Materials available at: Thank You! Eric Hoppstock eric.hoppstock@berrienresa.org 269.471.7725 ext. 1342 Materials available at: http://www.berrienresa.org/programsservices/studentachievementframeworkmodel/