Curriculum Leadership Institute (CLI) Academic Program Governance

Vocabulary  Curriculum Leadership Institute (The CLI Model)  Steering Committee  Curriculum Coordinating Council (CCC)  Subject Area Committees (SAC)  Outcomes  Components

Curriculum Leadership Institute (The CLI Model)  A management system for academic programs that includes a policy and a governance body  Proven, step-by-step, processes for curriculum, instruction and assessment  Based on 20 years of scientific research

Steering Committee  The governance body that creates a policy document that clarifies purposes, authority, and relationships  The policy document is approved by the superintendent and BOE to become permanent policy for how curriculum is handled  Chooses a Curriculum Coordinating Council (CCC)

For the sake of time… Steering Committee = CCC  In August of 2011, a lottery will be drawn for 1, 2, or 3 year seats  Applications will need to be submitted for review to replace empty seats

Curriculum Coordinating Council (CCC)  Represents all District educators  Will include a Board Member  Will report to the Citizen’s Advisory Council (CAC)  Develops a long range plan in 4 to 5 year cycles

CCC - YEAR 1  Creates Math SAC  Makes decisions regarding implementation requirements  Begins discussions of mastery, grading, homework, report cards, and RtI  Creates plan for extended learning outside the school day for both enrichment and additional learning support  Makes decisions about assessments  Initiates discussion and possible revision of mission statement; purpose statement…10 words or less

CCC – Beyond Year 1  Meets monthly  Incorporates the mission  Integrates staff development  Monitors progress of organization  Facilitates implementation process with administrators  Convert external pressure (something new from the State) into positive action

Subject Area Committee (SAC) WHO  Includes a CCC member  One educator from each grade level and/or course K-12  16 educators will be selected for the first subject…math

SAC Meeting Dates WHEN  December15  January 26  February 17 and February 18  March 16 and March 17  April 27 and April 28  May 17 and May 18

YEAR 1 of MATH SAC  Create a survey of the local curriculum  Collect and organize the local curriculum  Create “Wall Work”  Conference with ALL teachers  Identify gaps, repetitions, and common core  Create the document

CONTENT SAC = SCIENCE TEACHERS = ART

Year 2 = Validation Year 3 = Resources and Assessment Year 4 = Assessment Validation

What about…  Transitional outcomes will be implemented the first year – the higher the grade level the increase in transitional outcomes  This will be Board Policy – there are administrative ramifications when a teacher chooses not to teach the curriculum  The policy is the thread that creates the continuum not the people  Decisions will be made on homework policies and grading practices  RtI – this is scientifically researched based Tier I core curriculum

How do we, as YMS professional educators, continue to create change in our instruction to improve student learning through our PLCs while this District change takes place?

Our Foundation is Set

With Common Core

We Build the Structure

Using Curriculum Mapper

We Frame the Structure

With Instructional Strategies  Similarities and differences  Summarizing and note-taking  Reinforcing effort and providing feedback  Homework and practice  Nonlinguistic representations  Cooperative learning  Setting objectives and providing feedback  Generating and testing hypotheses  Cues, questions, and advance organizers

Always Asking Why…  Why am I teaching this lesson?  Why do I want my students to learn this lesson?  Why are our students successful?  Why are our students not successful?  Why is this important to students right now?

Who dares to teach must never cease to learn ~John Cotton Dana