August 16, 2010

1. August 16, 2010 Back to School

5. December 18, 2006

6. 21st Century Students • Know more about the world • Think in interdisciplinary combinations • Manage, interpret, and validate information (information literacy) • Communicate and work in teams • Utilize technology • Understand key concepts taught in depth

7. August 2009 we launched a comprehensive district wide strategic plan--to prepare our students for the 21st Century

8. Strategic Focus Areas • Student Achievement and Development • Human Assets • Climate for Learning • Financial Sustainability and Operational Excellence • Community Engagement

9. Mission Statement The Waterloo Schools community commits to a comprehensive system of education and support to assure that each and every student will graduate prepared for college, career, and citizenship as evidenced by continuing education, pursuing a career path and contributing to a community.

10. Why? -Because children’s brains are wired differently • -Because we must align teaching and learning to tomorrow’s workforce needs • -Because we must acknowledge global economic and technological realities

11. 1950s Educational strategies just will not work • Passive • Receive Knowledge • Learn Alone • Learning Content • Replicate • Tracking

12. Engaged 21st Century Classrooms -Active Learning -Construct Knowledge -Learn Together -Learning to Learn -Relevant instruction -Different Learning Styles

13. Strategic Focus Area One Student Achievement and Development: Delivering the comprehensive curriculum through engaging instruction with a focus on measured results for student achievement.

14. Student Achievement and Development (part one) • Picture Word Inductive Model—Kerri Johnson • Reading Coaches—Donnie Weimer • Good Habits Great Readers—Haley Rezai • Instruction Decision Making—Tammy Ryan • Media Specialists—Doree Cronin • Guidance Counselors—Al Howard and Stephanie Chandler

15. Instructional Decision Making Intensive Assistance 5% Supplemental Assistance 15% Core Instruction 80% 2 Week Chunks of Instruction

17. Horn Concludes: Customized learning will help many more students succeed in school • Student-centric classrooms will increase the demand for new technology • Computers must be disruptively deployed to every student

18. Horn Concludes: • Disruptive innovation can circumvent roadblocks that have prevented other attempts at school reform We can compete in the global classroom—and get ahead in the global market

19. A local example of disruptive innovation… • We are the first district in Iowa to implement PBDA

20. Performance Based Diploma Academy (PBDA) 1. Online academic instruction 300 Students at East and West 200-250 at Expo

22. Performance Based Diploma Academy • Career technical certification

23. Performance Based Diploma Academy 3. Counseling

24. Performance Based Diploma Academy 4. Mentoring

25. Student Achievement (part two) • Performance Based Diploma Academy—Justin Little and Anjuli Myers • Promethean Boards—Darby Kurtz, Sarah Lalk, and Becky Landers

27. Marzano findings: When corrected for attenuation, the percentile gain associated with the use of Promethean ActivClassroom is 17 percent. A reasonable inference is that the overall effect of a 17 percentile point gain is probably not a function of random factors that are specific to the independent treatment/control studies; rather, the 17 percentile point increase represents a real change in student learning.

28. Marzano Study The meta-analytic findings suggest relatively large percentile gains in student achievement under the following conditions: 1. A teacher is experienced. 2. A teacher has used Promethean ActivClassroom for an extended period of time.

29. Marzano Study 3. A teacher uses Promethean ActivClassroomextensively in the classroom but not beyond 80% of the time. 4. A teacher has high confidence in his or her ability to use Promethean ActivClassroom.

30. Alan November Novemberlearning.com

31. Students as Contributors: The Digital Learning Farm • Tutorial Designers • Official Scribes • Researchers • Collaboration Coordinators • Contributing to Society • Curriculum Reviewers

32. Strategic Focus Area Two Human Assets: Staffing our organization with high performing leaders, teams, and employees.

33. We are empowering our instructional staff with research-based teaching strategies and facilitating laser-like, focused instruction.

34. Human Assets • Characteristics of Effective Instruction—Barbie Bass • Reciprocal Teaching—Pat Chase

35. Strategic Focus Area Three Climate for Learning: Providing a safe, caring, engaging, and inviting environment for our students, staff, parents, and community.

36. Climate for Learning • Campus Safety Monitors—Roderick Jones • Positive Behavior Intervention Supports—Paul Hubbard, Rebecca Lins, and Lisa Dumler, and Marsha Watters

37. PBIS • Focuses on the positive rather than the negative behavior • Consistency • Used in all Waterloo Schools • Research Based • Dramatically lower discipline referrals

39. Strategic Focus Area Four Financial Sustainability and Operational Excellence: Operating with fiscal integrity, efficiency, and effectiveness.

40. Operational Excellence • Operations—Tim Flodeen • Custodians—Steve Bredow • Bus Drivers—Deb Morrison • Food Service—Jessica Bormann

41. Strategic Focus Area Five Community Engagement: Interacting effectively with our students, staff, parents, and business communities.

42. Community Engagement • Connect Ed—Anita Barr • Infinite Campus, Parent Portal—Sue Liddle

43. High School Continuous Improvement

44. Career Interest Academy Features • 3-4 smaller learning communities • A college-prep curriculum with a career theme 3. Partnerships with employers, the community, and higher education

45. Originally conceived forty years ago, career academies address academic rigor,relevance of instruction, and build relationships between students and adults.

46. Career academies have thrived because of their dual objectives of career and college preparation.

47. Career Interest Academies-Smaller Learning Communities -Heterogeneous groups of 300 - 400 students -Cohort of students and teachers who stay together over the course of four years -Group core area teachers in career disciplines -Place an emphasis relationships rigorous, relevant, and relational

48. Career Interest Academies-Smaller Learning Communities -Prepares students for postsecondary education and employment -Integrates academic and career instruction with real-world relevance -Enhances advanced classes

49. Nationally Jobs are divided into 16 Career Clusters Information Technology Finance Agriculture, Food Natural Resources Arts A/V Technology Communications Business, Management, Administration Marketing, Sales, Services Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Architecture Construction Health Sciences Human Services Manufacturing Transportation Distribution Logistics Hospitality Tourism Government Public Administration Education Training Law Public Service Security

50. Arts, Communication & Business Academy Health Academy Human Services Academy Engineering, Technology and Manufacturing Academy