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Bill and Melinda Gates/ASCD Grant: Virtual Learning Networks
Teacher Networks: Building Capacity for Powerful Instruction
December 2013
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Virtual Convening• WELCOME!• Introduction of ASCD Faculty Member• Overview of the ASCD/Gates Grant• Eliciting Problems of Practice • Introduction to ASCD EDge®• Introduction to EduCore®• Next steps
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Goals:
1. Cultivate “Constuctivist Community” 2. Change the world Empower students3. Enable THEM to change the world
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Poll 1:
Who in the world are you?
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Poll 2:
What in the world do you teach?
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Poll 3:
Where in the world are you all in terms of common core implementation?
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Poll 4:
What is your level of understanding about the CCSS in the Sciences?
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Focus: Instructional Shifts of CCSSAssist with implementation in the classroom
Secondary TeachersELA literacy shiftsMath shiftsLiteracy shifts for ScienceLiteracy shifts for Social Science
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Key Instructional Shifts: ELA/Literacy
Content-rich nonfiction/informational text
Reading-writing-speaking grounded in evidence
Regular practice with complex texts and its vocabulary
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Key Instructional Shifts: Mathematics
Focus: Focus on where standards focus
Coherence: Think across grades and link to major topics
Rigor: Require fluency, application, deep understanding
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• Two Years• Five Webinars per year
• Content specific• Host by ASCD faculty member• Synchronous• Recorded and archived on EduCore
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Phase One• 1 Virtual Convening• 4 Webinars
• Structured around “Problem of Practice”• Challenges identified by participants
in implementing CCSS in their classrooms
• Collaboration with trusted experts• Helpful feedback in a timely manner
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Phase Two• 1 Virtual Convening• 4 Webinars
• Deeper dive• Expand networks to include local
colleagues/teams• Local professional networks
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ASCD EDge
• ASCD proprietary social networking platform
• Share comments and resources• Share video, audio, photos• Share upcoming events, updates,
alerts
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EduCore
• ASCD Common Core Online Digital Tool• Funded by a grant from Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation• Free resource• Materials created from:
• Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)• Math Assessment Resource Service
(MARS) • Repository of evidence-based strategies,
videos, supporting documents
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Measurement and Evaluation• Pulse surveys to gauge participant
satisfaction• Skills assessments: pre- and post-• Teacher practice surveys 3x/year• Possible voluntary phone interviews• Voluntary focus groups
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What is something you love about science?
Source: Unknown
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And something frustrating about science instruction?
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Poll 5:
Next Generation Science Standards
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Eliciting Problems of Practice
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.”
Yogi Berra
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Eliciting Problems of Practice
Building the airplane while flying it . . .
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Eliciting Problems of Practice
In your opinion, what are key barriers to integrating the Common Core literacy standards in the non-ELA (English Language Arts) classroom?
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Eliciting Problems of Practice
How would you describe the current “mood” of your colleagues in regards to integrating ELA CCSS in general and/or the sciences?
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What would you say are the major social barriers to implementation?
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Eliciting Problems of Practice
What would you say are the major social barriers to implementation?
Examples:Resistance to change? Satisfied with current methods? Top‐down frustrations?Feeling like there isn’t enough time? Too little collaboration? “One more thing!”?
Feeling it doesn’t fit in content areas? Other factors?
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Poll 6:
Knowledge base for teaching ELA skills
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What do you feel is an essential skill and/or knowledge base science educators need in order to integrate ELA CCSS?
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Poll 7:
Connection between CCSS and NGSS
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Poll 8:
Areas in need of increased support
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Do teachers from different subject areas currently have sufficient opportunities to collaborate and learn from one another?
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Do you feel students are prepared to handle an increase in the amount of literacy related skills in the sciences?
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Do you feel teachers are prepared / supported to manage the needs of neurodiverse learners in the context of reading and writing?
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Eliciting Problems of Practice
Any additional thoughts about problems of practice?
A problem that wasn’t covered?
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Poll 9:
Are you familiar with ASCD EDge?
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ascdedge.ascd.org
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Other than the webinars, the ASCD EDge VLN group is where the sharing of resources takes place.
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ascdedge.ascd.org Join Today
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Learn the basics of ASCD EDge in the brief video linked here
http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol8/809-video.aspx
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EduCore®ASCD‐developed website designed with . . .
• Tools• Strategies• Videos • Supporting Documents
To support implementation of the Common Core.
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Videos can be viewed independently and discussed in a PLC or watched together as a faculty.
WATCH
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Read relevant up-to-date articles and papers about the CCSS, instructional shifts, and teaching methods.
Read
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Learn
How do the Common Core standards affect me? What do they mean for my students? What is formative assessment? How do I meet CCSS literacy standards if I’m not an English teacher?
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CREATE
Both LDC and MDC provide modules. Check out the examples, learn how to implement them, and then use the templates to create your own!
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EXPLORE
Discover all the resources EduCore offers to meet your professional development needs.
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Faculty Meetings
Professional Learning Communities
Independently
Connect and Share
How to use EduCore?
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Questions? Comments? Concerns? Quips? Quotes? Qualms? Or Conundrums?
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Thank you!
Connect with me on: Twitter @JasonFlom
ASCD EDge: Jason Flom& VLN Science Group
Email: [email protected]
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