1. MISIC Regional Webinar
January 21, 2016

2. 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

6. MTSS
Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning,

7. Tier 1 80% + Tier 3 Tier 2 Preventative Proactive
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% +

8. 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?
Questions addressed in the Vision /Understanding phase include… (read from slide). Add any additional questions that might have emerged from the brainstorming session at the beginning of this section).

9. How well do you understand the instructional shifts it will take to effectively implement the Iowa Standards?

11. Shifts

12. Publishers’ Criteria Putting the pieces together
Being critical consumers
Building systems of deep implementation
HO-8
Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning,

13. Shifts in Teaching and Learning
Green Flags
Shifts in Teaching and Learning
in the CCSS
Red Flags
Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning,

14. Green Flags / Red Flags
ELA / Literacy
and
Math

15. Evaluating the Quality of Instructional Products (EQuIP)
Clear, descriptive standards for quality CCSS lessons/units
What a solid Tier I looks like?
Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning,

16. PURPOSES
Identify exemplary lessons/units that serve as models of high-quality core instruction.
Build the capacity of educators to evaluate and improve the quality of instructional materials for use in their classrooms and schools.
Provides collegial review and jurying processes.
Provide meaningful, constructive feedback to developers of lessons/units.
Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning,

17. EQuIP ELA and Math Dimensions
Alignment to the Rigors of the CCSS
Instructional Supports
Assessment
3 Key Shifts
HO-7 Tri-State Quality Review Rubric: Mathematics
Moving pieces, break it down
Developed by Achieve,
Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning,

18. 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

19. EQuIP Rubric for Lessons and Units: ELA 3-12
Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning,

20. EQuIP Rubric for Lessons and Units: ELA K-2
Foundational Strand
EQuIP Rubric for Lessons and Units: ELA K-2
Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning,

21. EQuIP Rubric for Lessons and Units: MATH K-12

22. EQuIP Rubric for Lessons and Units: SCIENCE K-12

23. 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

24. 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

25. ACHIEVE
PD Partners

26. TOOLS and RESOURCES

27. Student Work Protocol

29. Sue Z. Beers, Tools for Learning, 2014 -- suebeers@netins.net

31. 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)

32. How could instructional planning be made better with the EQuIP Rubric?
Be conscious and deliberate while planning, not afterward…

33. The blueprint guides the structure…
..but we complete it one room/ system at a time.
We are building our expertise one room at a time.

34. Like the blueprint guides the structure…
…each ‘room’ takes different skills and work
We are building our expertise one room at a time.

35. The Gifts of the Planner
Insert the EQuIP Criteria!
Moves the ‘shifts’ from talk 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 Gifts of the Planner

36. The Nine Roles of Your Teacher Leaders:
Coaching Skills
(How)
CCR Instructional
Practices
(What)
Instructional
Leader
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

37. Connecting all the pieces…
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 Strategy
Day 6- Planning Instructional Strategies
Day7- Developing Appropriate Scaffolding
Day 8- Implementing Assessments that Motivate
Day by Day Glimpse
Connecting all the pieces…

38. Jill, Elementary Principal.
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

39. 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

40. It is about doing Tier 1 well!!!!
Putting into Action
Unit / Lesson Plan

42. SPOTLIGHT on
MISIC RESOURCES