November 21, 2013

1. Ingham ISD Leadership Academy PLCs November 21, 2013 Presented by: Mike Moreno  Waverly MS Nate Stevenson  Ingham ISD

2. Agenda • Bell-work • Today’s Clear Learning Targets • Review CLTs • Unpacking Group Work • Making Time for Everything • Rocket Science • Review • Next time @ Leadership Academy

3. Today’s Clear Learning Targets Participants will… • know how Clear Learning Targets connect to formative, summative and statewide assessments • know specific strategies for remediating CLT’s as part of core instruction 3

4. Assumptions • We have invested a significant amount of time building classroom routines and procedures. • We have explicitly taught behavior expectations. • We have established a strong classroom community where students feel free to take intellectual risks.

5. Bell-Work • You have 11 minutes to complete the Bell-work • Use the page provided • Write a total of three (3) Clear Learning Targets based on 5th grade Math CCSS • 1 – Independently (3 minutes) • With your table (8 minute)

6. Clear Learning Targets • Observable and measureable statements of what students will know or demonstrate at the conclusion of a lesson • Capitalizes on three (3) of John Hattie’s “top 10” • Focus instruction towards specific actionable goals • Makes learning transparent for all stakeholders 6

7. Self-Report / Self-Reflection Evaluate your own work • Is the CLT specific? Can I teach this in 1-2 class periods? • Is it observable and measurable? • Does the CLT state what student’s will know or demonstrateat the conclusion of the lesson? 7

8. Core Concerns • Why would I spend time developing and refining Clear Learning Targets? Aren’t lesson plans enough? • You have developed Clear Learning Targets. You taught Clear Learning Targets. There are some students that don’t understand, were absent, or otherwise require re-teaching • We have interventions to handle deficits in basic skills, but we don’t have a mechanism for intervening in grade level content 8

9. Outcomes from September Leadership Academy PLC • Three Question Assessment • Delivered Hardcopy • Scored in Illuminate Ed • Instant Results and Item Analysis 9

10. Results • Most students demonstrated proficiency in knowledge of clear learning targets • A few students were not proficient (<20%) 10

11. Next Step Now it’s the next day. There is a small group of students that did not reach proficiency in the CLT’s of the previous lesson. Now, I need a mechanism for catching them up. 11

12. Unpacking Small Group Work • Who was involved? • What happened? (tasks and sequence) • How did we assess? • What was everyone else doing? 12

13. This is what was supposed to happen… • Pulled students that have not demonstrated proficiency • Absent • Require re-teaching • Explicitly stated CLT • Provided guided notes • Required all students to verbalize the CLT • Cloze Reading • Choral Response • Concept Shrinking (Paragraph Shrinking) • Assessment 13

14. Research-based Intervention / Evidence-Practice • Need a mechanism for intervening in recent grade level content • 5-10 Minute of Skills Remediation per day • Institute for Educational Sciences (IES) Practice Guides • Adaptation research based instruction from whole class activities • What Works Clearinghouse 14

15. Rocket Science CLTs – Unit Plans – Unit Assessment – Content Area Test 15

16. Review • Review start of the day 16

17. CLT’s • Basic building blocks toward aligning units and assessments 17

18. This is the game we play • What are we measured by? What is that which our superintendents judge us and our school by? Either large or small? State Assessments. 18

19. Traditional Lesson and Unit planning • Dissect State Assessment • Align Units and Unit Assessments • Write Lesson Plans to meet daily objectives. 19

20. New elements towards reaching academic goals • Align Content Area Tests to reflect State Assessments. • Post Clear Learning Targets and show students what they need to do in order to demonstrate proficiency. • Allow students multiple opportunities to show proficiency and retest if necessary. • Adjust instruction to reflect student progress toward proficiency on Content Area Test. 20

21. Wrap Up • Clear Learning Targets provide clarity and precision that pays dividends in assessment and data analysis • Remediation of recent grade level content is necessary and possible with clear learning targets 21

22. Next time at the Leadership Academy • Next session – January 22nd • Assessing and Accounting for CLTs • Standards-based Grading • Assessment Design • Building Consensus 22

23. Questions? 23

24. Thank you! Mike Moreno Principal Waverly Middle School mmoreno@waverlyk12.net Nate Stevenson Data Coach Waverly Middle School & Ingham ISD nstevenson@inghamisd.org 24