Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time Initiative

1. Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time Initiative Leadership Team Session April 11, 2013

2. Time to Succeed Coalition - MA Time to Succeed Coalition is building TSC Massachusetts, a state coalition, focused on broadening support for expanded time across the state and ensuring that Massachusetts remains the leader on this issue. TSC Massachusetts launched on April 2nd at an event at the State House. To date, the coalition has over 4,000 grassroots supporters and over 85 featured signatories in the Commonwealth. • Focus on the student populations that need it most • Be available to all qualifying schools, but only proceed where the school and the community put together a strong plan to do it well • Be funded sustainably and cost-effectively • Build on all that has already been learned about how to spend all learning time well • Be pursued in combination with other elements vital for student and school success (e.g. strong leadership, high-quality teaching, use of data) Key Platform Elements http://www.timetosucceed.com/massachusetts/

3. Time to Succeed Coalition Event State House, April 2, 2013 “Nearly every school that is able to break the mold and get impressive achievement results with students from low-income backgrounds makes use of a longer school day, a longer school year, or both. And leaders of these so-called “high-performing, high-poverty” schools almost universally say their results would not be possible without the added time they utilize.” –Commonwealth Magazine “We know what works. We know that moving away from a school day and school year based on a farming schedule and making it more like the modern work day makes sense…We know that more time on task makes sense and works.” –Governor Deval Patrick "We feel and the governor feels strongly that this is going to allow us to increase opportunity and close achievement gaps” –Education Secretary Matt Malone

4. Objectives • Reflect on and share progress on your work since January around defining engagement in learning within your common practice(s) • Plan with your team for ways to maximize teacher time during SY2013-14, in ways that will support your ELT reapplication • Balance time for team reflection and planning, and learning from your peers at other ELT schools

5. Agenda

6. ELT Expectations for Implementation I. ELT Redesign Supports a Clear, School-wide Academic Focus II. Additional Time for Core Academics III. Additional Time for Enrichment IV. Additional Time for Teacher Leadership and Collaboration V. Focused and Collaborative Leadership VI. Resources are Aligned and Focused VII. District Leadership Supports ELT

7. Role Assignments • To ensure that this time is focused and productive, assign roles to team members for today’s activities and next steps planning. • Use colored dots to designate roles: • Scribe = Blue • Focuser = Red • Timekeeper = Yellow

8. Agenda

9. Review: Merging Work on FOCUS with Work on ENGAGEMENT What does engagement in learning look like for one of your common instructional practices? FOCUS ENGAGEMENT

10. Review: Effectively Implementing Common Instructional Practices Chose Common Instructional Practices Create Common Understanding Assess Team Needs & Teacher Strengths Strengthen Practice School-Wide Monitor the Work

11. Remember This?

12. Directions Reflect (20 min) Use the 4-square chart to reflect on your progress since January on this work. NOTE: wait to fill out the green box AFTER you hear from other schools. 2) Prepare (5 min) Select 2 team members to stay at your table to present your ideas to other schools – these are Talkers. The rest of your team will split up into two or three groups to visit another school (see next slide) – these are Travelers. 3) Travel and Talk! (15 min) Talkers: Share your progress and any artifacts with visitors. Travelers: Listen to Talkers’ presentation and take notes (p. 4). This is also your chance to ask questions! 4) Reconvene (15 min) Teams come back together to share what they learned from other schools and consider next steps Reconnection Activity: Travelers & Talkers p. 3-4

13. Travelers & Talkers Groupings

14. Agenda

15. ESE Presentation: ELT Reapplication

16. Agenda

17. Maximized Teacher Time: Planning for “The Core and More”

18. By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. -Benjamin Franklin Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. -Alan Lakein Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up. -A.A. Milne When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. -Chinese Proverb Prior Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance -An old British Army adage

19. Making Time for Professional Learning Activities Bi-Weekly ILT Meetings Plan and Shape these Activities Team Meetings Instructional Coaching Data Meetings School-Wide Professional Development Peer Observations Frequency of Activities Yearly Monthly Weekly Daily

20. Professional Learning Activities Seek to Meet Two Complementary Objectives Monitoring Student Progress and Adjusting Instruction in Real Time Strengthening Instruction Over Time

21. Professional Learning Activities Seek to Meet Two Complementary Objectives Strengthening Instruction Over Time Monitoring Student Progress and Adjusting Instruction in Real Time Monitoring students’ progress towards proficiency through frequent interim assessments over the year Responding to individual student data by providing targeted support or acceleration after each interim assessment Monitoring behavioral data on a regular cycle and providing targeted social-emotional supports • Establishing a school-wide academic focus • Articulating learning standards • Determining what constitutes student proficiency • Building coherent and effective instructional practices in all classrooms • Monitoring achievement and behavioral data over time to assess overall improvement efforts

22. Professional Learning Activities:SY2012-13 Reflection • Read through the Description of Professional Learning Activities independently to build understanding of how different activities can address the two complementary objectives • As a team, work through the 2012-13 Reflection of your school’s approach to professional learning and effectiveness of this time p. 5 p. 6-10

23. Creating a SY2013-14 Professional Learning Plan A cohesive professional learning plan maps out professional learning activities in two ways: • A year-long calendar that includes dates for professional learning activities (as well as assessments, vacations, holidays) • Shorter term (4-6 week) detailed plans that include the agenda items/objectives for each activity in that time frame

24. Sample Professional Learning Plan Take 10 minutes to individually review the sample year-long calendar and Summer-September Professional Learning Plan from Pierce Middle School. Then, discuss with your team: How does Pierce plan to leverage professional learning time to both strengthen instruction andaddress student needs? How does this compare to our school’s approach to planning professional learning from 2012-13? p. 11-14

25. Agenda

26. Creating Your SY2013-14 Professional Learning Plan Use this morning’s Reflection Activity, the Assessment Inventory (completed as pre-work), and a SY2013-14 calendar to begin mapping out your professional learning activities for next year. If your school is ready, you can move onto a more detailed plan for summer and September. p. 15-16 p. 17-18

27. Creating Your SY2013-14 Professional Learning Plan A suggested order for scheduling professional learning activities: • ILT meetings • Assessment administration • Data analysisand teacher collaboration meetings • Full-faculty PD • Instructional coaching • Peer observations We suggest you begin with summer ILT and full-faculty PD dates, and then a year’s worth of biweekly ILT meeting dates

28. Sharing & Feedback Each school will pair with another school from their cluster to share their draft professional learning plan and receive feedback and suggestions.

29. Guidance for Sharing & Feedback In our reflection on this year’s professional learning, we discussed… A possible resource to help with that might be… Have you considered trying… In mapping out next year’s professional learning plan, we’re making progress on… One way we’ve tackled that same challenge is… A challenge we’re facing around developing our professional learning plan is…

30. Next Steps Planning To ensure that this time is focused and productive, utilize team member roles: Scribe = Blue Focuser = Red Timekeeper = Yellow p. 19 and on NCR paper

31. Jot down an “aha!” moment that happened for you today Think of a “shout-out”to recognize one of your team members or person from another school team In Closing…

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