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Challenging Curriculum and Organizational Structures Oct. 23, 2013 Jesse White

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Challenging Curriculum and Organizational Structures. Oct. 23, 2013 Jesse White. PA Core Standards. Districts are realigning curriculum Many new teachers will be teaching a course while they are writing the curriculum Teachers won’t teach the same curriculum for 20 years, constantly changing - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Challenging Curriculum and Organizational StructuresOct. 23, 2013Jesse White

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PA Core Standards•Districts are realigning curriculum

▫Many new teachers will be teaching a course while they are writing the curriculum

▫Teachers won’t teach the same curriculum for 20 years, constantly changing

•Core Standards – Changes to the curriculum

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Literacy in the Core Standards•New requirements for types of reading

▫50% of materials read at the middle school level should be non-fiction or informational text

▫70% at the high school level

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Science and Social Studies in the Core Standards•Both subject areas have reading and

writing core standards that must be taught▫Many teachers feel they lack the content

knowledge to be able to instruct reading and writing

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Math in the Core Standards•Increased Rigor

▫Real life problems▫Application of skills

•Many materials shifted down to a grade lower than they were previously taught

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Real World Application of Standards•A goal in the all subject areas is to focus

instruction on college and career readiness▫Apply the material being learned▫HW

Not 40 skill review problems 5 higher level application problems

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Response to Instruction and Intervention (RTII)•RTII is a multi-step school improvement

approach to provide early academic and behavioral supports to struggling students rather than waiting for a child to fail before offering help. (PDE.com)

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RTII•Data analysis

▫All students will be expected to make curricular decisions based on data from assessment results Standardized tests, benchmark assessments,

common assessments

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RTII• Benchmark assessments for all students

▫ Gathers data to compare all students• Flexible Groupings

▫ Students are placed in different intervention groups depending on scores on benchmark assessments

• Special intervention time in the schedule▫ Each teacher will have a group of students during the

intervention period to teach a skill at their level of instruction

▫ Teachers may have students that are not in any of their classes

• RTII instruction▫ Data driven instruction

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Curriculum Cycle•Constant Refinement

▫Curriculum is no longer developed and used for many years Aspects of the curriculum are constantly

refined Common Assessment, Pacing, Unit Plans

▫Curriculum adjusted for strengths of students in the class

▫Curriculum adjusted for results of common assessments

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Textbooks are tools•The curriculum is written based on

standards▫Textbook is used to instruct on standards

included▫Supplemental materials need to be used for

standards not included in the textbook

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Teamwork•Teaming

▫Grade level teams Cross curricular projects Problem solving student concerns

▫Subject area teams Curriculum revisions Comparing assessment data

▫Meetings Active participant

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Whole Child•Character Education•Clubs

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Building a Positive Environment•Getting to know each student

▫Interests▫Attending events (music, band, etc.)

•Contact with parents▫Make positive phone calls▫Send parents information about

assignments▫Positive relationships with parents are

essential

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New Teacher Evaluation System•4 categories

▫Observation▫School Data▫Teacher Data▫Elective Data

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New Teacher Evaluation System•Teacher and school data

▫Based on PSSA and PVAAS results PSSA

The level the student scores is factored into the rating

PVAAS Projected level of achievement for a student Students scoring at the projected level count as

a positive Students scoring below the projected level

count as a negative▫Teachers must differentiate

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Differentiation•Meeting the learning needs of every

student▫Teachers need to use assessment data to

decide what students need▫To improve the teacher and school rating

all students must score at least what the state projects