February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership for the Common Core NYSED Principal Evaluation Training Program

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core Session 3: Effective Leadership for the Common Core Session 3: Effective Leadership for the Common Core 2

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core 3 Aims of The Session To enhance your understanding of implications of the Common Core standards for principal leadership. To help you understand the types of evidence needed to evaluate implementation of the Common Core in schools. To prepare you to train colleagues to evaluate the implementation of the Common Core in schools.

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core 1. Whole Group Introduction (5 minutes) Aims of today’s session 2. Activity 1: Principal Responsibilities (20 minutes) 3. Activity 2: Evidence of Principal Leadership (35 minutes) Small group brainstorm Paired group share 4. Discussion and Close (30 minutes) 5. Evaluation and reflection (15 minutes) 1. Whole Group Introduction (5 minutes) Aims of today’s session 2. Activity 1: Principal Responsibilities (20 minutes) 3. Activity 2: Evidence of Principal Leadership (35 minutes) Small group brainstorm Paired group share 4. Discussion and Close (30 minutes) 5. Evaluation and reflection (15 minutes) Agenda: Effective Leadership for the Common Core 4

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core 5 College & Career Ready Students Data Driven Instruction Common Core State Standards Teacher/ Leader Effectiveness Three Initiatives

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core 6 Engage NY Website

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core 7 6 Shifts in ELA/Literacy Balancing Informational and Literary Text Building Knowledge in the Disciplines Staircase of Complexity Text-based Answers Writing from Sources Academic Vocabulary ELA/Literacy & Math Shifts 6 Shifts in Mathematics Focus Coherence Fluency Deep Understanding Applications Dual Intensity 6 Shifts in Mathematics Focus Coherence Fluency Deep Understanding Applications Dual Intensity

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core Activity 1: Principal Responsibilities Activity 1: Principal Responsibilities 8

ELA/Literacy Shift 1: Balancing Informational and Literary Text What the Student Does…What the Teacher Does…What the Principal Does… Build background knowledge to increase reading skill Exposure to the world through reading Apply strategies to reading informational text. Provide students equal #s of informational and literary texts Ensure coherent instruction about content Teach strategies for informational texts Teach “through” and “with” informational texts Scaffold for the difficulties that informational text present to students Ask students, “What is connected here? How does this fit together? What details tell you that? “ 9

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core Activity 1: Principal Responsibilities Use the handouts provided to examine the implications of one ELA/Literacy shift and one Mathematics shift –For students –For teachers Brainstorm “what the principal does” –The implications for principal leadership Document your ideas on chart paper 10

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core Activity 2: Evidence of Principal Leadership Activity 2: Evidence of Principal Leadership 11

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core 12 Transformational leadership through implementation of: Common Core State Standards Data-Driven Instruction Teacher Effectiveness: Evidence-Based Observation Changing Role of the Principal

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core Changing Role of the Principal (continued) Successful Implementation through strategic use of: Teacher Planning Time Teacher Professional Development Time Principal Time and Energy Resources on EngageNY.org Observation and Feedback cycle between Principals & Teachers Interim Assessment Results 13

Leadership in The Common Core ELA Shift One: Balancing Literary & Informational Text ELA Shift Two: Building Knowledge in the Disciplines 14 Principals Should: Purchase and provide equal amounts of informational and literacy texts for each classroom Hold teachers accountable for building student content knowledge through text Provide PD and co-planning opportunities for teachers to become more intimate with non fiction texts and the way they spiral together Support and demand the role of all teachers in advancing students’ literacy Support and demand ELA teachers’ transition to a balance of informational text\ Give teachers permission to slow down and deeply study texts with students

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core Activity 2a: Evidence of Principal Leadership Your group will focus either on ELA/Literacy or Mathematics Examine NYSED’s “Leadership in the Common Core” handout –Proposed principal responsibilities for implementing the Common Core Brainstorm examples of evidence that you could use to evaluate principal leadership in this domain –Draw on yesterday’s discussion of objective evidence –Document on chart paper 15

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core Activity 2b: Evidence of Principal Leadership Share your ideas about evidence of principal leadership with your partner table Ask questions of each other and add new ideas as they emerge 16

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core Silent Writing Time and Whole-Group Discussion What are some of the most important types of evidence your group identified? What noticings or reflections can you share regarding evaluating principal Common Core leadership? What questions do you have regarding evaluating principal Common Core leadership? 17

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core Three Key Take-Aways NYSED is providing helpful scaffolding for principals and principal evaluators regarding the implementation of the Common Core Standards Principals have the specific responsibilities we have discussed for implementing the Common Core Standards in their schools Principal evaluators are charged with collecting and analyzing evidence of principal leadership— as we have identified— regarding the implementation of the Common Core 18

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core 19 Feedback on today and close What went well? Even better if …

February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core