IARSS: Working Hard to Address Your Professional Development Needs

1. IARSS: Working Hard to Address Your Professional Development Needs

3. Our Purpose IARSS supports the role of Regional Superintendents of Schools and Assistant Regional Superintendents and of Regional Offices of Education in Illinois, personally and professionally, in their efforts to promote quality education for the school children and citizens of Illinois, to provide educational leadership, to impact public policy, and to deliver educational services effectively for the benefit of Illinois school districts, other educational entities and educational system clients of all ages.

4. Our Purpose IARSS supports the role of Regional Superintendents of Schools and Assistant Regional Superintendents and of Regional Offices of Education in Illinois, personally and professionally, in their efforts to promote quality education for the school children and citizens of Illinois, to provide educational leadership, to impact public policy, and to deliver educational services effectively for the benefit of Illinois school districts, other educational entities and educational system clients of all ages.

11. IARSS Speaker Series: Making Teacher Evaluation Meaningful to Teachers and Students Using The Framework for Teaching to Enhance Formative Assessment for Student and Teacher Learning Presented by Pam Rosa Explore an essential priority of instructional practice: How can I use formative assessments to gain BOTH knowledge of student learning as well as enrich my own professional practice? November 3 Par-a-dice Hotel East Peoria November 4 Our Lady of the Snows Shrine Belleville November 6 Holiday Inn Conf. Center Countryside Please visit http://iarss.org/the-trail/ for registration information.

12. IARSS Speaker Series: Making Teacher Evaluation Meaningful to Teachers and Students Grading and Reporting Student Progress to Promote Growth Presented by Tom Guskey Reflect upon the purpose of grading and the effect it can have on student learning. Understand the relationship between grading and assessment and learn to use grading as an incentive for improved student growth and learning. February 9 Nelson Campus, Lewis & Clark CC Edwardsville February 10 The Chateau Bloomington Please visit http://iarss.org/the-trail/ for registration information.

13. IARSS Speaker Series: Making Teacher Evaluation Meaningful to Teachers and Students Instructional Agility, Making Seamless Instructional Adjustments at a Moment’s Notice Presented by Tom Schimmer Learn how to switch the focus of assessment from an event that requires teachers to stop teaching in order to conduct their assessments to a more organic process of infusing assessment experiences into any activity or strategy. March 2 Holiday Inn Mt. Vernon March 3 Richland Community College Decatur March 4 Giovanni’s Rockford Please visit http://iarss.org/the-trail/ for registration information.

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16. IARSS Speaker Series: Making Teacher Evaluation Meaningful to Teachers and Students Becoming A Master Gardener To Harvest Better Results In The Classroom Presented by Jones Loflin Experience a fresh approach to becoming more efficient in all areas of your work and life so you can give more attention to creating and delivering the most effective instruction possible. December 9 IEA Professional Development Center Springfield Please visit http://iarss.org/the-trail/ for registration information.

19. Priority Services to Districts with Priority Schools (147 schools in 30 districts) Lowest 5% of Title I or Title I eligible schools Less than 60% graduation rate High Priority Districts (2) State Take Over Tier III 5% Focus Services to Districts with Focus Schools (TBA-at least 250 schools) With the lowest performing subgroups Tier II 10% Foundational Services to all Illinois districts aligned to 8 Essential Elements Tier I All Illinois Districts

20. Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Regional Office of Education and Intermediate Service Centers (ROEs/ISCs) Illinois Center for School Improvement(Illinois CSI) Illinois Principals Association: Ed Leaders Network

21. Delivery of Foundational Services through SSoS • Plans and coordinates uniformdelivery of Foundational Services for all districts statewide in seven topic areas • Delivers ISBE-approved content developed by Content Area Specialists • ROE/ISC delivery of content in three methods: • Technical Assistance • Professional Development Workshops • Targeted Networking Sessions • ROE/ISC documentation through the Service Tracker Tool and the Evaluation System

23. Consistency Coverage Quality

24. Balanced Assessment • Continuous Improvement Planning • Family Engagement • Illinois Learning Standards - ELA • Illinois Learning Standards - Math • Science • Teacher Evaluation

25. Balanced Assessment Foundational Services will provide instructional leaders and classroom teachers with information and tools as they work to implement the PARCC assessment and to implement assessment that informs instruction at the school and classroom level.

26. ISBE Foundational Services for Balanced Assessment include the following content: • Balanced Assessment Framework • State Assessments in a Balanced Assessment Framework • Classroom Assessments in a Balanced Assessment Framework

27. CIP Foundational Services will provide districts with an understanding of the process needed to set, plan for, and reach district goals for the betterment of their students, teachers, and community.

28. ISBE Foundational Services for Continuous Improvement Planning include the following content: • Continuous Improvement Planning • Rising Star System Navigation • Informal Needs Assessment (one-on-one with districts) • Networking related to CIP • Technical Assistance related to CIP

29. Family Engagement Foundational Serviceswill help build the capacity of school and district teams in developing effective partnerships with families linked to learning and healthy development. The Illinois State Board of Education’s Family Engagement Framework provides the core content for the trainings.

30. ISBE Foundational Services for Family Engagement include the following content: • Making the Case for Family Engagement • Family Engagement Framework Overview Training • Collaborative Approach Training • Assessment and Action Planning Tool

31. District staff will increase their knowledge of the Illinois Learning Standards (ILS) for English Language Arts incorporating the Instructional Shifts by interacting with tools, resources, and strategies as they work to improve and align their curriculum.

32. ISBE Foundational Services for ILS-ELA include the following content: • Shift Kits • EQuIP(Educators Evaluating Quality Instructional Products) Rubric • Writing Matters

33. District staff will increase their knowledge and understanding of shifts in the Math Illinois Learning Standards by interacting with tools, resources, and strategies to determine appropriate grade-level expectations and aligned curriculum resources..

34. ISBE Foundational Services for ILS- Math include the following content: • Introduction to Math Standards and Resources • Model Math Curriculum Resources • EQuIP Rubric​ • Implementation

35. Science Foundational Services will provide district level staff with information and tools as they work to develop, improve and align their science curriculum and increase their knowledge of the new Illinois Learning Standards for Science incorporating the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

36. ISBE Foundational Services for ILS/NGSS-Science include the following content: • Sample NGSS Lesson: The critical first step to Science training • Science and Engineering Practices, Cross-Cutting Concepts, and Phenomenon • Science Performance Expectations • Three-Dimensional Learning • EQuIP Rubric for Science

37. Teacher Evaluation: District teams will receive training on different growth models and implementing the student growth component, rules and regulations for Joint Committees, the legislative options for districts, and the three types of assessments available when making student growth calculations. These modules were developed to be delivered in the order listed below and can be combined as needed.

38. ISBE Foundational Services for Teacher Evaluation include the following content: • Module One: Rules & Regulations Part 50 • Module Two: Decisions of the Joint Committee • Module Three: Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) • Module Four: Measurement Model • Module Five: State Model Plan • Module Six: Summative Rating

39. Presentation Models: • ROE/ISC based training • On-site training by Service Providers • On-site training by staff

41. Spring 2016 Connecting Conference April 14, 2016 Standards for Professional Learning Featured Speaker: Fred Brown, Deputy Executive Director, Learning Forward

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43. On the horizon: • Assessment Literacy • Standards-Based Grading • Group Facilitation/Effective Meetings • Your topic here…

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