Administrators Academy August 9, 2006

Closing the Achievement Gap

The key is to replace a belief in “experts” who “deliver” knowledge of good teaching in workshops with communities of learners who learn through “ongoing collaboration and practice.”

Our Charge To fundamentally improve the quality of the interaction between each teacher and each student in order to create critical thinkers prepared to participate in a complex and diverse society

Instruction-Learning Administrators-2 hours/day in classrooms Content and Performance Standards Comprehension Strategies-Strategies That Work Principles of Learning-CE, AT, AR Dr. Vigil Teaching Narrative writing Second Language Learners-Gibbons Model Unit of Study Student shadowing Designed Curriculum-OCR, Into English Small Learning communities Managed Curriculum-Concept Lessons

Our Students

June Monthly Enrollment Local District California Standards Test- English Language ArtsPerformance Levels by GradeLocal District California Standards Test- English Language ArtsPerformance Levels by GradeLocal District 6 Time Time Help Latest data available : Annual Monthly Secondary Attendance Rate Local District 6 Rows 1-10 of 11 Rows 1-10 of 11 Up Row Navigation Options Down Total LD6 Enrollment June 2006: 61,688

June Enrollment by Language Classification Local District California Standards Test- English Language ArtsPerformance Levels by GradeLocal District California Standards Test- English Language ArtsPerformance Levels by GradeLocal District 6 Time Time Help Latest data available : Annual

California Standards Test Percent of Students Proficient and Advanced by Language Classification Local District 6 Time Time Help Latest data available : Annual Monthly Secondary Attendance Rate Local District 6 Rows 1-10 of 11 Rows 1-10 of 11 Up Row Navigation Options Down English Language Arts

California Standards Test Percent of Students Proficient and Advanced by Language Classification Local District California Standards Test- English Language ArtsPerformance Levels by GradeLocal District California Standards Test- English Language ArtsPerformance Levels by GradeLocal District 6 Time Time Help Latest data available : Annual Monthly Secondary Attendance Rate Local District 6 Rows 1-10 of 11 Rows 1-10 of 11 Up Row Navigation Options Down Mathematics

Secondary Attendance & Graduation Rates Local District 6 Attendance Rate July August September October November December January February March April California Standards Test- English Language ArtsPerformance Levels by GradeLocal District California Standards Test- English Language ArtsPerformance Levels by GradeLocal District 6 Time Time Help Latest data available : Annual Monthly Secondary Attendance Rate Local District 6 Rows 1-10 of 11 Rows 1-10 of 11 Up Row Navigation Options Down Graduation Rates

Current Picture of LD6 Time Time Help Latest data available : Annual Monthly Secondary Attendance Rate Local District 6 Rows 1-10 of 11 Rows 1-10 of 11 Up Row Navigation Options Down # Course Enrollments % Passed with “C” or Above A-G English 16,77735% AP English 71892% All English 30,89368% ELA Periodic Assessment % Proficient and Advanced Local District 6 End of Spring Semester English Course enrollment & Pass rates Open Court Reading Program % Meeting Fluency Benchmark (Unit 1) Local District 6

Current Picture of LD California Standards Test- English Language ArtsPerformance Levels by GradeLocal District California Standards Test- English Language ArtsPerformance Levels by GradeLocal District 6 Time Time Help Latest data available : Annual Monthly Secondary Attendance Rate Local District 6 Rows 1-10 of 11 Rows 1-10 of 11 Up Row Navigation Options Down # Courses Enrolled % Passed with “C” or Above A-G Math 19, % AP Math % Algebra I 9, % All Math 29, % Elem Math Periodic Assessments % Proficient and Advanced by Exam Local District Secondary Math Periodic Assessments % Proficient and Advanced by Exam Local District End of Spring Semester Enrollments & Pass Rates Local District 6

District 6 Reclassification Rates % % is 3,154 out of 30,238 students. 1,654 of 2,123 El students entering 6 th grade in 2006 had been EL Learners for 7 or more years.

Teachers

Subject Matter TeachersStudents The Instructional Core

Supporting teachers as they use curricula that engages students in rigorous standards-based instruction that incorporates cultural knowledge, prior experiences and the frames of reference of our students.

Elementary  Open Court  Math Instructional Guides  Big ideas, Concepts, Standards  Concept Lessons  Into English  ELD Practicum  Science Immersion Units

Middle School  Instructional Guides  Standard Sets  7 th Grade Concept Lessons  Culminating Tasks  Algebra Readiness  DRWC  High Point  Small Learning Communities

High School  Instructional Guides  Standard Sets  Culminating Tasks  Algebra  Concept Lessons  High Point  Small Learning Communities

Dribble Down Learning Designed Intended Implemented Learned

We are learning how and teaching others how… to fundamentally improve the quality of the interaction between each teacher and each student in order to create critical thinkers prepared to participate in a complex and diverse society

Subject Matter TeachersStudents PrincipalsTeachers

Subject Matter TeachersStudents Assistant Principals Teachers

Subject Matter TeachersStudents CoachesTeachers

Subject Matter TeachersStudents CoordinatorsTeachers

Subject Matter TeachersStudents Grade Level Chairs Teachers

Subject Matter TeachersStudents Department Chairs Teachers

Subject Matter TeachersStudents Content LeadsTeachers

Subject Matter TeachersStudents SLC Lead Teachers Teachers

Subject Matter TeachersStudents Teachers

Professional Learning/Communities We must provide opportunities for teachers to engage in continuous and sustained learning about their practice in the setting where they actually work, observing and being observed by their colleagues in their own classrooms and classrooms of other teachers in other schools confronting similar problems of practice.

Questions for Discussion How do we foster learning environments where teachers and others work together, reflect on their practice, exchange ideas, and share strategies? How do we create the kind of communities of “learner researchers” who engage in focused, recurring cycles of instruction, assessment, and adjustment of instruction?

Continuous Cycle of Improvement

Leadership

Leadership is the guidance and direction of instructional improvement based on distributed leadership. Principals need to be strong instructional leaders who share a common set of commitments to teaching and learning, along with a sense of belonging to an effective and demanding professional learning community. Principals need to be seen as learners. Principals need to model the strategies/characteristics they expect others to embrace.

Reciprocal Accountability There are certain expectations and benchmarks I expect you to accomplish and I will support you in your learning and ability to meet those expectations and benchmarks.

Benchmarking our progress Long Term –CST ( increase Advanced/Proficient, decrease Far Below Basic –CELDT (?) –CAHSEE –Dropout Rate

Benchmarking our progress Elementary- Short Term Periodic Assessments ELA-8 or above Math ELD Progress K-ELD 2 by February Reclassification -20% per year minimum -K-5 student (6 years of instruction) Secondary-Short term Periodic Assessments Math ELA Culminating Tasks ELD Progress Reclassification -20% per year min -6 years of instruction

In pairs or small groups, share what you heard in the opening comments.

Michael Fullan It is about learning to learn, about becoming independent thinkers and learners. It is about problem solving, teamwork, knowledge of the world, adaptability, and comfort in a global system of technologies, conflict and complexity. It is about the joy of learning and the pleasure and productivity of using one’s learning in all facets of work and life.