1. C4K Overview Collaborating for Iowa’s Kids Partnering with Iowa’s Local Schools

2. Collaborating for Iowa’s Kids INTENT  To work more effectively and efficiently as a full educational system to accomplish a few agreed upon priorities. GOAL  All learners will be proficient in reading by the end of 3 rd grade across subgroups. 2 COLLABORATING FOR IOWA’S KIDS PHASE ONE IMPLEMENTATION JUNE 2013

3. Priority Areas:  Standards and Curriculum  Educator Quality  Response to Intervention  School Improvement Purpose of Work Teams 3 COLLABORATING FOR IOWA’S KIDS PHASE ONE IMPLEMENTATION JUNE 2013

4. Major Work of Teams Standards & Curriculum 1.Early Literacy Framework 2.Evidence-based strategies to support early lit. framework 3.Evidence-based universal reading programs to support early lit. framework 4.Evaluation of programming/ supports Educator Quality 1.Consensus 2.Leadership Teams 3.Collaborative Inquiry 4.Professional Development structure & support 5.Processes/tools to support Data-Based Decision- Making Response to Intervention 1.Universal Screening/ Progress Monitoring 2.Diagnostic Evaluation Process 3.E-B Standard Treatment Protocol 4.E-B Intensive strategies/supp orts 5.Data-Based Decision - Making School Improvement 1.Implementation and Scaling 2.Continuous Improvement Model 3.Healthy Indicators 4.Data System 4 COLLABORATING FOR IOWA’S KIDS PHASE ONE IMPLEMENTATION JUNE 2013

5. State Board, AEA Boards, LEA Boards, Public Collaborative Governance Structure Early Literacy: All learners will be proficient in reading by the end of 3 rd grade across subgroups 5 COLLABORATING FOR IOWA’S KIDS PHASE ONE IMPLEMENTATION JUNE 2013 COMMUNICATION IMPLEMENTATION WORK COORDINATION Advisory WORK TEAMS Standards & Curriculum Educator Quality Response to Intervention School Improvement COLLABORATIVE OVERSIGHT AEA REGIONS

6. State Board, AEA Boards, LEA Boards, Public Collaborative Governance Structure Early Literacy: All learners will be proficient in reading by the end of 3 rd grade across subgroups 6 COLLABORATING FOR IOWA’S KIDS PHASE ONE IMPLEMENTATION JUNE 2013 COMMUNICATION IMPLEMENTATION WORK COORDINATION Advisory WORK TEAMS Standards & Curriculum Educator Quality Response to Intervention School Improvement COLLABORATIVE OVERSIGHT AEA REGIONS People who are able to lead across the system who are able to make decisions about resources and policies. We are calling this Collaborative (C4K) Oversight. Essentially, this is a decision-making group with membership that includes the DE Division Administrator and Associate Division Administrator, AEA Chiefs and Directors, LEA Superintendents and the Co-Chairs of Work Coordination People who are able to coordinate work across the system to ensure coherency and alignment of work, programs, products and training/coaching. We are calling this Work Coordination. Members include system facilitators, one each from the DE, AEA and LEA, and facilitators from each of the Work Teams. People who are experts in identified areas within the state’s priority focus to identify/develop evidence-based frameworks, practices, strategies, programs and supports. We are calling this Work Teams. There are four teams what have been commissioned: Standards & Curriculum, Response to Intervention, Educator Quality and School Improvement. Members include experts regardless of agency or location (e.g., personnel at universities, national organizations, schools, AEA, DE, etc.). People who are able to scale/implement across Iowa with fidelity. We are calling this Implementation. This group is often called C4K or The Collaborative. Members include DE, AEA and LEA personnel. People who are the first to apply the what (developed by the Work Teams) using the how (scaling/implementation developed and monitored by the Implementation group) to meet the goal that every child is proficient by the end of third grade. We are calling this AEA Regions or transformation zones. Members include all educational systems in Iowa (schools, universities, colleges, inservice programs and so on). People who are able to develop essential communications across audiences. We are calling this Communication. Members include AEA and DE communication specialists. People who are able to provide critical input and advice on major proposals and decisions for the state. We are calling this Advisory. Members include stakeholders within and outside of the educational system.

7. C4K – Building an efficient and effective delivery system to impact critical outcomes for kids Our initial focus as we build this system is early literacy with a goal that---- All learners will be proficient in reading by the end of 3 rd grade across subgroups Partnering with Iowa’s Local Schools

8. Technology Set Up Information jschnabel@aea267.k12.ia.us Partnering with Iowa’s Local Schools