1. TIE REGIONAL SUMMITS 1 ST OF 5 SETTING DIRECTION AND LEADING THE WAY By: Dr. Pam Lange TIE Development Coordinator

2. AGENDA  Morning: 8:00 to 11:45  Welcome  Reflect on current work  COMPASS  Five Shifts  Readiness Tool: CCSS  Lunch: 11:45 – 12:30  Afternoon: 12:30 to 4:00  Readiness Tool:  Awareness SBAC  Awareness: SD-STARS  Awareness: Framework for Teaching  Action Planning  School Board Awareness Discussion  Closure

3. OUTCOMES  To develop an understanding of the South Dakota Accountability/Waiver System and how it aligns with the current major shifts in education.  To complete a readiness tool aligned to all components of the Common Core State Standards.  To hear and share from other districts on implementation of the Common Core State Standards.  To complete awareness sections of a readiness tool aligned to SBAC, SD-STARS and The Framework for Teaching (Danielson Model).  To begin development of an action planning tool for the 2013-14 school year.

4. WIKISPACE http://regionalsummits.tie.wikispaces.net/  Each team member should have received an invitation  Secured website for districts attending Regional Summit series  Please download Readiness Tools and Action Planning Document

5. PARKING LOT

6. WORKING AS A TEAM  You will leave today with the beginning (hopefully finalized) action plan for the 2013-14 school year  Today’s main focus: COMPASS Model and Readiness Tool: Common Core State Standards.  Each summit your team will bring back the action plan and professional development schedule to work through a process of analyzing it, changing it, tweaking it, and making any necessary updates.

7. ASSIGN ROLES Leader Recorder (Electronic) Time Keeper/Task Master Presenter Errand Monitor

8. WHAT’S HAPPENING? Your team was asked to bring current School Improvement Plans, Consolidated Applications, Focus/Priority School Plans, Goals, or any other documents you use to make informed decisions.

9. WHAT’S HAPPENING? Using these documents determine:  What are any non-negotiables that can’t be taken off the table?  Have to be included in action planning  What are district/school goals that drive all decision-making processes?  If you don’t have these, include development of this document in action planning  What “guides or leads” your district to ensure all buildings are headed in the same direction?  Have you created “ONE-PAGER” document that everyone lives by

10. COMPASS MODEL “Leading” Rigor: Impact on Curriculum Impact on Instruction Impact on Assessment Tool to help lead; not another thing to do!

11. COMPASS MODEL  Why spend time on this resource?  Setting Direction and Leading the Way  For today’s work focus on:  Culture: Page 3 and 33  Structures: Page 9 and 167  What is your “Current Culture” as it pertains to implementation of Common Core State Standards?  What current “Structures” (Programs/Structures) might be getting in the way of making the instructional changes necessary to implement Common Core State Standards?

12. COMPASS MODEL We are not going to complete this activity today, but if you haven’t examined your programs and structures you might consider completing this activity back “home”.

13. 13 Major Shifts in South Dakota Common Core State Standards Since 2011 Smarter Balanced Assessment 2014-15 Educator Effectiveness 2014-15 Accountability System: Waiver 2011-12 to 2014-15 SD-STARS 2013 The Foundation

14. INDICATORS: K-8 (ELEM/MS) LEVELS

15. 15 INDICATORS: 9-12 (HIGH SCHOOL) LEVEL

16. ALIGNMENT TO SIP INDICATORS

17. ACTION PLANNING

18. 1 2 3 4 5 Haven’t started; that’s why we are here Ready for full implementation Have a plan need time to work COMMON CORE All in different places This is your day – It’s your way

19.  Common core training/professional development  Implementation of common core  Common core field items embedded in D-STEP  Assessment of Common Core in 2014-15 COMMON CORE

20. South Dakota Common Core Work http://sdccteachers.k12.sd.us/ COMMON CORE

21. READINESS TOOL: CCSS

22. READINESS TOOL  How to read the document  Sections  Awareness, Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, Professional Development  Resource Links  Let’s get to work

23. READINESS TOOL: CCSS  As a team complete all five sections of CCSS Readiness Tool  At least one person should complete electronically  Read each statement and come to a consensus about:  Level of Importance  Readiness Level of Staff  Levels will help prioritize when completing action plan this afternoon  Do not focus on Year 1, 2, or 3 at this time  Do not focus on Planning the Work at this

24. READINESS TOOL: CCSS  What big “ah-ha’s” surfaced?  What conversations need to happen back “home”?  Highlight all areas marked as Critical and indicate a1 or 2 in staff readiness.  These are your priority areas when moving to action planning this afternoon

25. 1 2 3 4 5 Haven’t started; that’s why we are here Ready for full implementation Have a plan need time to work SMARTER BALANCED

26.  WEBSITE: smarterbalanced.org/smarterbalanced.org/  English Language Arts and Mathematics test specifications  Much can be learned by studying the specifications SMARTER BALANCED

27.  Assessment in 2015 will be based on Webb Leveling  Computer generated test  Results available in two weeks (for MC)  Leveled  Type of assessment questions  South Dakota gets same vote as California  Grades: 3-8 and 11 SMARTER BALANCED

28. We have been a “Blooms” state  Blooms Taxonomy describes the type of thinking Moving to a “Webb Leveling” state  Depth of which we expect students to demonstrate understanding of the content  Webb’s describes complexity of both the content and the task required  Use, Acquire, Extend SMARTER BALANCED

30. READINESS TOOL: AWARENESS: SBAC

31.  As a team complete the awareness section of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Readiness Tool  At least one person should complete electronically  Read each statement and come to a consensus about:  Level of Importance  Readiness Level of Staff  Levels will help prioritize when completing action plan this afternoon  Do not focus on Year 1, 2, or 3 at this time  Do not focus on Planning the Work at this

32. READINESS TOOL: AWARENESS: SBAC  What big “ah-ha’s” surfaced?  What conversations need to happen back “home”?  Highlight all areas marked as Critical and indicate a1 or 2 in staff readiness.  These are your priority areas when moving to action planning this afternoon

33. 1 2 3 4 5 Haven’t started; that’s why we are here Ready for full implementation Have a plan need time to work SD-STARS

34. ASSESSMENTS: SDCC ASSESSMENT TRANSITION PLAN 34

35. READINESS TOOL: AWARENESS: SD-STARS

36.  As a team complete the awareness section of the SD-STARS Readiness Tool  At least one person should complete electronically  Read each statement and come to a consensus about:  Level of Importance  Readiness Level of Staff  Levels will help prioritize when completing action plan this afternoon  Do not focus on Year 1, 2, or 3 at this time  Do not focus on Planning the Work at this

37. READINESS TOOL: AWARENESS: SD-STARS  What big “ah-ha’s” surfaced?  What conversations need to happen back “home”?  Highlight all areas marked as Critical and indicate a1 or 2 in staff readiness.  These are your priority areas when moving to action planning this afternoon

38. 1 2 3 4 5 Haven’t started; that’s why we are here Ready for full implementation Have a plan need time to work EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS

39.  Work group still meeting – should have plan soon  TeachScape  Full Implementation 2014-15 EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS

40. READINESS TOOL: AWARENESS: EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS

41.  As a team complete the awareness section of the Educator Effectiveness Readiness Tool  At least one person should complete electronically  Read each statement and come to a consensus about:  Level of Importance  Readiness Level of Staff  Levels will help prioritize when completing action plan this afternoon  Do not focus on Year 1, 2, or 3 at this time  Do not focus on Planning the Work at this

42. READINESS TOOL: AWARENESS: EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS  What big “ah-ha’s” surfaced?  What conversations need to happen back “home”?  Highlight all areas marked as Critical and indicate a1 or 2 in staff readiness.  These are your priority areas when moving to action planning this afternoon

43. ACTION PLANNING

44.  Refer to completed Readiness Tool documents  Based on assessed indicator levels, determine which “YEAR” you need to complete the work  You will transfer activities to your Action Planning Document

45. ACTION PLANNING

46. SCHOOL BOARD AWARENESS  ASBSD – Dr. Julie Ertz  How can your school board help support efforts as working toward alignment with the Five Shifts in Education?  CCSS, Smarter Balanced Assessment, Teacher Effectiveness, SD-STARS, Accountability Model

47. EXIT CARD