Data Day 2009-10

1. Data Day 2009-10 Waukee North Middle School

2. Logistics • Restrooms • Review of agenda and what we will learn today • Holocaust Museum

4. WCSD Mission Statement • Dedicated to optimizing individual learning and potential for success in a global community.

5. WE are a professional learning community. • PLCs provide the means to the end • It’s not something we do 2 times a week during planning period and then work in isolation for the rest of the week. • It’s what we BELIEVE; what we’re passionate about • Philosophy / Journey / EXPERIENCE

6. Our Commitment • As a PLC, we commit to student learning with a collaborative culture focused on RESULTS. • As a PLC, we operate under the assumption that the key to improved learning for students is continuous job-embedded learning for US.

7. 3 Guiding Questions • 1. What do we want our students to learn? • 2. How will we know they have learned? • 3. What are we going to do if they have or have not learned?

8. 21st Century PLC • The 6 C’s: • Content Analysis • Collaborate • Create • Communicate • Courage • Contribute

9. …So that students can do the 7th C: • Compete in a global society

10. Hand in hand, we all learn. • 2 kinds of schools: learning enriched and learning impoverished • If we expect kids to learn at high levels, then WE must learn at high levels. These go hand in hand. You can’t have one without the other. • Our fundamental purpose is LEARNING.

11. Continuum of PLC Work • Charles Darwin: based on ability • Pontius Pilate: If they take advantage of the opportunity… • Chicago Cubs: We will create a warm, pleasant environment even if they don’t perform at a high level.

12. Henry Higgins • We will do whatever it takes to ensure they achieve the agreed-upon standards. • “My Fair Lady” - Henry takes a flower girl and, through passion and persistence, makes her presentable in high society

13. Group IQ • Smarter together • No egos • Working smarter, not harder • “My kids bombed this concept. What are you doing in your class to help kids learn this?” • Building leadership capacity among the staff (leaders & experts among us)

14. Expectations for Curricular PLC Discussions • 3 Guiding Questions • Framework for Meeting the Needs of All Students • Data driven discussions (treasure hunt; trust) • Group goal / ITPDP • MAP & ITBS (know where your students are) • Curriculum (if activity doesn’t align, stop doing it) • Share student work (agree on criteria)

15. Expectations, cont’d • Common grading practices (by end of 09-10) • Common assessments • 21st Century Skills • SINA strategies • Differentiation • Professional readings

16. The bottom line for PLC discussions… • Focus on RESULTS.

17. Learning by Doing • By DuFour, DuFour, Eaker, & Many • It is what it is! • Presents the tools we need to be successful PLCs in order to increase student learning

18. Mission • “Why do we exist?

19. Vision • “What must we become in order to accomplish our fundamental purpose?”

20. Values • “How must we behave to create the school that will achieve our purpose?”

21. Goals • “How will we know if all of this is making a difference?” • Intent vs. Action

22. Effective Communication • Most important element is congruency between actions and words • We communicate priorities by what we give attention to • Celebrations communicate what we value as a community • Guiding Norms (similar to insurance) • Leadership capacity among staff and identified roles

24. Using data as the guide... Long Range Goals External Assessments District Annual Improvement Goals District Level Assessments Building Annual Improvement Goals Team Goals Common Assessments and Classroom Assessments ITPDP

25. Overview of Assessment Adapted from Solution Tree, 2007. www.solutiontree.com

26. Long Range Goals District Annual Improvement Goals Building Annual Improvement Goals Team Goals ITPDP Our Goals. . .

27. Long Range Goals Increase the percentage of students proficient in reading in grades 4, 8, and 11

28. Long Range Goals Increase the percentage of elementary students who display respectful attitudesand behaviors necessary for productive citizenship. Behavior Goal

29. Long Range Goals District Annual Improvement Goals Our Goals. . .

30. District Annual Improvement Goals Increase the percent of students proficient or above on the ITBS reading comprehension test at grade 4 Increase the percent of students proficient or above on the ITBS science test at grade 11 Increase the percent of students proficient or above on the ITBS math total at grade 8

31. District Annual Improvement Goals 1

32. District Annual Improvement Goals 2

33. Did we make it? Increase the percent of students proficient or above on the ITBS reading comprehension test at grade 4 Increase the percent of students proficient or above on the ITBS science test at grade 11 YES! No... Increase the percent of students proficient or above on the ITBS math total at grade 8 YES! BARELY…

34. Consequence - for not meeting an APR goal. . . • Plan what to do better or different • Report the plan in the APR • Get to work!

35. District Annual Improvement Goals 2009-10 • Increase the percentage of 6th grade students scoring proficient or above on the ITBS reading comprehension test. • Increase the percentage of 8th grade students scoring proficient or above on the ITBS mathematics total. • Increase the percentage of 9th grade students scoring proficient or above on the ITED science test.

36. 2009-10 Academic Goal for WNMS • Increase the percentage of sixth and seventh grade students meeting or exceeding their target growth in reading on MAP from fall 2009 to spring 2010.

37. 2009-10 Behavior Goal for WNMS • Improve all sixth and seventh grade caring behaviors as measured by PBS and survey data.

38. What will YOU do? • PLC Team Goal • Individual Teacher Professional Development Plan (ITPDP) • Team goal can be the same as ITPDP • Focus on RESULTS

39. Richard DuFour says… • “Inherent to a PLC are a persistent disquiet with the status quo and a constant search for a better way to achieve goals and accomplish the purpose of the organization.” • Continuous improvement!