WELCOME TO

VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS

OCTOBER 17, 2012

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WELCOME Messagefrom Dr. Brooks

FOCUSING ON THE “HOW”Videos and/demonstrationsStudent Activities Evidence-based StrategiesBest PracticesModeling

MSL: MEASURES OF STUDENT LEARNING

COMMON EXAMSExams in any subject and grade

where there is not a state assessment

Administered after fall and spring semesters in our high schools

Administered after spring semester in our elementary and middle schools

Available in core areas in grades 4-12 for the 2012-2013 school year

THE PACKET

Implementation Timeline for MSL’sHigh school teachers have the length of the high school exam

THE PACKET CONT.

Assessment Specifications (if available at this time)

This is all that is available regarding what MSL’s will look like

WHAT ARE MSL’S

Assessments that are not a part of the school accountability formula

Assessments that will be a part of the teacher and administrator evaluation system

TEACHER EVALUATION

• According to the standards in the teacher evaluation instrument, teachers receive ratings as follows: To what extent they demonstrate

leadership Meet the needs of diverse students Master the content Facilitate learning Reflect on the craft Contribute to academic success of

students (newly added)

TEACHER EVALUATION

• School administrators determine the ratings on the first five standards

• Student growth data from EOG’s, EOC’s, CTE post assessments, and MSL’s determine the rating on the sixth standard SBE has not yet decided on the permanent

components of the sixth standard rating and their respective weights.

The majority of the sixth standard rating will be based on how a teacher has impacted the learning of students.

Teacher growth values will be calculated based on all students a teacher teaches and when multiple assessments are required, on all data generated through the assessments.

ASSURE STUDENT READINESS

Teach the standards in ways students can demonstrate mastery of the standards on all assessments

Visit www.ncpublicschools.org/educatoreffect/

for additional available MSL information Look for webinars VCS has a committee to ensure we follow

state regulations to administer the MSL’s

CLOSING

In your packet, you will find a short summary and a sample of the NC Education Evaluation System.

Also, in your packet is Vance County Schools’ Framework for Learning

THE

HOW OF

COMMON CORE

Challenging and

ScaffoldingOur

Students

UDL: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

U = Universal

D = Design

L = Learning

Universal Design for Learning

MULTIPLE MEANS OF REPRESENTATION

Manipulatives Videos Music Movement Text Readers Visual Displays Anticipatory guides Graphic

organizers Artifacts

For example:

MULTIPLE MEANS OF ACTION AND EXPRESSION

Thumbs Up/ Thumbs Down

Gallery Walks

Pair/Share

Chalkboard/Whiteboard Splash

Response Hold-Up Cards

Quick Draws

Numbered Heads Together

Line-Ups

For example:

MULTIPLE MEANS OF ENGAGEMENT

Bounce Cards

Air Writing

Case Studies

Role Plays

Concept Charades

Response Hold-Up Cards

Networking Sessions

Simulations

For example:

Discuss ways to scaffold and challenge students in your classroom using elements of UDL.

Using your Frayer Model foldable…

The goals of Close Reading engage the reader with the text focus on specific sentences and phrases

for deeper understanding focus on specific sentences and phrases

during rereading for a variety of purposes (language and craft, perspective/bias or mood/tone, organization, etc.)

CloseReading

Choose one technique to perform

a Close Read.

Ten Tips for

Engaging Underperforming Students

DISCUSS IN SMALL GROUPS

Which Close Reading technique did you choose? Why?

Did the strategy you chose work well with this text? Why or why not?

What information in the reading was most interesting to you? Provide examples.

Essential Questions•Are worth asking or are meaningful•Have no short answers!•Are interesting to students •Engage students in real life problem-solving and make students investigators •Require a high level of thinking•Can be answered by all students •Are more about learning than teaching

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONSSome examples

Science Does North Carolina have reason to fear a natural disaster?  Which ones or Why not?

MathWhen is multiplication most useful? 

Social StudiesHow does the economy of a society depend on the geography of the region?

Language ArtsWhat can a story teach us about life?

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONSSome examples

TechnologyHow would our culture be different without computers?

Physical EducationWhat are the top three rules in basketball?  Why?

ArtWhat choices must a painter make before beginning a work?

Foreign LanguageHow is Spanish/French like and unlike English?

In groups of 2 or 3, write some sample

Essential Questions for your specific

grade/content area.

Star 3 of the 10 tips that you want to incorporate into your lessons.

Share one of your choices.

Which of the 8 standards for mathematical practice are supported by your choices?

What would be evidence that this tip is being used effectively in your classroom?

CLASSROOM VIDEO10 BLOCK CHART

VIDEO: Teaching Functions

WHAT DID YOU SEE IN THE VIDEO?

Which Common Core or Essential Standard standards were addressed in the video?

Are there other standards that could be addressed using this lesson?

Things to consider when planning a

lesson.1.What standard is addressed?2.What should a student understand and be

able to do?3.What strategies will best accomplish the

learning?4.How will I know when they know it? What

will I do if the don’t know it? What will I do if they already know it?

LESSON PLANNING Use the outline you were given and

plan a lesson. The choices in each section are

suggestions and you may want to add other choices to that.

Think about your students and how to address the differences by using certain choices.

10 minutes to plan

EVIDENCE

What evidence would you be able to supply to show the following were addressed in your lesson?

The standard you are teachingUDLThe ten strategiesThe eight practicesThat students have learned what

you are teaching them

EXIT TICKET

Include the three strategies that you have decided to include in your lessons.

What information would you like to have at future staff development? (November 6, and February 13)