1. December 21, 2012 Welcome to the December Administrators’ RTTT Webex!

2.  Describe the key details of the Math and ELA assessment transitions (3-8)  Explain the Dignity for All Students Act  Describe the resources that have been added to the engageNY site

3.  Describe resources that have been added to the Principals’ Center site  Explain updates on the Literacy and Math Task work

4.  Focus: Priority standards will be the focus of the assessments--other standards will be deemphasized Key Details of the Math Assessment (3-8) Transitions :

5.  Coherence: progression of content and concepts Key Details of the Math Assessment (3-8) Transitions :

6.  Fluency: will not be assessed--it will be assumed that students possess the required fluencies ◦ No calculators in grades 6 and below—possibly 8 and below Key Details of the Math Assessment (3-8) Transitions :

7.  Deep Understanding: standards will be assessed from multiple perspectives ◦ ensuring and dictating standards in multiple ways while not veering from primary target of measurement in standards ◦ fewer vocabulary questions Key Details of the Math Assessment Transitions :

8.  Application and Dual Intensity: ◦ students will be expected to know grade level math content with fluency ◦ Students will be expected to know math concepts to employ to solve real world math problems Key Details of the Math Assessment Transitions :

9.  Balancing Informational and Literary Texts: Passages will be authentic and balanced across informational and literary texts  Knowledge in the Content Areas: ◦ Assessments will contain knowledge based questions about the informational text ◦ Students will not need outside knowledge to respond ◦ Students will be expected to read informational texts from content domains and respond in writing Key Details of the ELA Assessment Transitions : Key Details of the ELA Assessment Transitions :

10.  Staircase of Complexity: passage selection will be based on appropriate grade level  Text-based Responses: questions will require students to gather evidence from text Key Details of the ELA Assessment Transitions : Key Details of the ELA Assessment Transitions :

11.  Academic Vocabulary: ◦ Students will need to be strategic in solving words contextually ◦ Students will be tested indirectly through general comprehension of the text ◦ Fluency in academic vocabulary is expected Key Details of the ELA Assessment Transitions : Key Details of the ELA Assessment Transitions :

12.  Effective July 1, 2012  The Dignity Act Legislative Intent: Provide all students in NY public schools an environment free of discrimination and harassment  No student shall be subjected to harassment, discrimination, or bullying by employees or students  No student shall be subjected to discrimination based on their: Actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex  Dignity for All Students Act:

13.  Dignity Act impacts the following SAVE requirements: ◦ code of conduct ◦ Uniform Violent Incident Reporting  Code of conduct: an age-appropriate version of the policy written in plain-language shall be included in the code of conduct ◦ Codes of conduct are to be posted on the school web site Dignity for All Students Act: Dignity for All Students Act:

14.  The commissioner shall create a procedure under which material incidents of discrimination and harassment on school grounds or at a school function are reported to the department at least on an annual basis  Additional Dignity Act Requirements--Policies and Guidelines to include: ◦ Guidelines relating to the development of nondiscriminatory instructional and counseling methods ◦ Requirement that at least one staff member at every school be thoroughly trained to handle human relations Dignity for All Students Act: Dignity for All Students Act:

15.  Staff Training Note ◦ Ideally--1 person in each school building to be the point person for Dignity Act related issues ◦ Depending on the size of the district, a staff member must be available to go to every school as needed and be readily accessible to other staff for consultation and advise- by phone or other means of communication ◦ In smaller school districts, schools may share a staff member for multiple schools ◦ There is no requirement to hire a new staff member Dignity for All Students Act: Dignity for All Students Act:

16.  The Dignity Act and student instruction: ◦ instruction in civility, citizenship and character education ◦ Grades K-12 ◦ Honesty tolerance, personal responsibility, respect of others, observance of laws, courtesy, dignity  Dignity Act relates to safety issues in schools: ◦ Expected behavior--code of conduct ◦ Consistent enforcement with appropriate responses to violations ◦ Staff training of all staff ◦ Reporting disruptive activity already required to be included as part of VADIR Dignity for All Students Act: Dignity for All Students Act:

17.  Resources: ◦ NYSED Dignity Act Web Site:  Model Code of Conduct  Model Curriculum Materials  FAQs (students/parents and faculty/staff)  NYSED P-12 News and Notes Articles  New York State Center for School Safety Dignity for All Students Act: Dignity for All Students Act:

18. ◦ Dignity Act Facebook Page ◦ Dignity Act Public Outreach Forums ◦ Dignity Act Speakers @ Statewide Conferences ◦ Resource Guide: http://regions.adl.org/new- york/pdfs/npfh-ny-resource-guide.pdfhttp://regions.adl.org/new- york/pdfs/npfh-ny-resource-guide.pdf ◦ http://scdn.wsboces.org/ http://scdn.wsboces.org/ Dignity for All Students Act: Dignity for All Students Act:

19. Contact information:  NYS Education Department ◦ DASA@mail.nysed.gov  NYS Center for School Safety ◦ 518-486-6090  scss@ulsterboces.org 845-255-8989 Dignity for All Students Act: Dignity for All Students Act:

20. engageNY.org Resources:

21. Principals’ Center:

22. Username: principals Password: center

23. Principals’ Center: Username: principals Password: center

24. Principals’ Center:

25. Math Task Work:

26. Literacy Task Work: Day 4 Grades 6-12 Sessions scheduled for choice of February 13 th or 16 th.

27. Albany Common Core Updates English Language Arts Shifts 1 and 2 ◦ Balancing informational and literary text ◦ Knowledge in the disciplines Text Pairs ◦ Literary with informational text ◦ Evidence based questioning

28. Albany Common Core Updates Math

29. Network Team Institute Materials: Conference Resources  Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics by Richard Askey Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics by Richard Askey  National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report  Leadership for Excellence in Mathematics – Principal’s Role in Math Instruction Leadership for Excellence in Mathematics – Principal’s Role in Math Instruction  EduTron Resources on Mathematics Education for NYSED Network Teams EduTron Resources on Mathematics Education for NYSED Network Teams  Visual Map of the Content Standards in Mathematics Visual Map of the Content Standards in Mathematics  Supporting Implementation of the Common Core Standards for Mathematics Supporting Implementation of the Common Core Standards for Mathematics

30. January 10, 31 and February 7 Lead Evaluator Training—Part 2 @ UE January 13 th, 23 rd k-5 Math Task Work (Day 2) January 17, 18,19 Network Team Training—Lead Evaluator January 30 9-12 Math Task Work (Day 2) February 6 th, 10 th k-5 Literacy Task Work (Day 4) February 13 th, 16 th 6-12 Literacy Task Work (Day 4) Upcoming Dates:

31. Thank You!