The Iowa CBE Collaborative January 22, 2014 # IACompED

1. The Iowa CBE Collaborative • January 22, 2014 • #IACompED IOWA Department of Education

2. More Children • Iowa CBE Collaborative • Housekeeping: • Coffee/Water • RR • Electricity • Lunch • Internet • #IACompED • Slight change in agenda IOWA Department of Education

3. Collaborative members will: • Increase understanding of the Iowa CBE Guidelines/Definitions • Increase understanding of standards-based grading, competency-based education, and personalized learning • Increase understanding of the Work Team purposes • Agree to specific next steps for each Work Team IOWA Department of Education

4. Collaborative members will: • Learn from RISC presenters about 2nd Order Change and the relevance with building a CBE system • Identify Successful Leadership Capacities associated with 2nd Order Change Demands • Strategize Leadership Roles/Responsibilities to meet 2nd Order Change Demands • Make Connections Between Leadership Foundations, Burning Platforms, and Community Engagement • Commit to next steps between now and February IOWA Department of Education

5. Mass Customization IOWA Department of Education

6. Top Ten . . . CBE Questions IOWA Department of Education

7. Tim Van Soelen, Education Dordt College IOWA Department of Education

8. 10. What is the Ning, and how can it help us? IOWA Department of Education

9. www.IACompEd.com • Promote communication across the state among people interested in CBE • Promote communication among Collaborative members • Provide work space for Collaborative Work Groups and District Teams • Provide space for Collaborative Members and others to ask questions and share work, resources, and lessons learned IOWA Department of Education

10. Flexible • New page added yesterday because a Collaborative member suggested it: • http://iacomped.com/page/collaborative-member-resources • This is a place for you to upload resources as you find value in them. IOWA Department of Education

11. National Attention • Rich Schreiber started a discussion • Rose Colby responded • www.IACompEd.com IOWA Department of Education

12. Kevin Range, PrincipalSpirit Lake High School IOWA Department of Education

13. 9. When are the districts in the collaborative expected to implement CBE? IOWA Department of Education

14. Move on when ready IOWA Department of Education

15. Kim Carter, QED Foundation IOWA Department of Education

16. 8. What will the collaborative do to support writing competencies? IOWA Department of Education

17. Writing Competencies and Scoring Guides Collaborative will learn in March and April Kim Carter and Rose Colby at June Conference Future days to write competencies Collaborative will write as many as possible as models Statewide, teachers can select from those or write their own Both inservice and preservice professional leaning will be key as others make this transformational change IOWA Department of Education

18. Andrea Stewart, G/T Coordinator Muscatine CSD IOWA Department of Education

19. 7. Why are we here? IOWA Department of Education

20. Task Force Collaborative • Recommended we identify up to 10 districts that would serve as models across the state and that support for those districts would develop into statewide support • The legislature provided for this recommendation to be fulfilled in House File 215 and House File 604 (funding) • Application: • Goals, Objectives, and Responsibilities • Overview: • Purpose of the Collaborative is to . . . “create a framework to guide the statewide implementation of competency-based education” IOWA Department of Education

21. Sandra Dop, DE Director, Iowa CBE Collaborative IOWA Department of Education

22. 6. What is the overall roadmap for the • Collaborative—especially for the first year? IOWA Department of Education

23. Iowa CBE Collaborative 2013-2014 2014-2015 and Beyond Performance Tasks Accountability Ed Camp Style District Exchanges Other Processes Continue to find ways such as summer conferences to inform the field • Nov—Orientation • Dec—Other Districts • Jan—Definitions, Work Teams, Leadership for Transformational Change • Feb—Stakeholder Engagement • Mar/April—Writing Competencies and Scoring Guides • May—to be determined • June—Conference IOWA Department of Education

24. Jason Ellingson, Superintendent Collins-Maxwell IOWA Department of Education

25. 5. What is our role in the June conference? IOWA Department of Education

26. Conference: June 23-24 As Attendees As Presenters Work Team sessions to update the field on the work so far and ask for their input District Panel(s) on what you are doing to this point Work with presenters during two-day tracks Writing Competencies Stakeholder Engagement Higher Education • All Collaborative members attend without cost • Keynotes and Guest Speakers include • Susan Patrick • Rose Colby • Kim Carter • Tom Vander Ark IOWA Department of Education

27. Ron Fielder, Educational Administration University of Iowa IOWA Department of Education

28. 4. What are the first year • expectations and “deliverables”? IOWA Department of Education

29. Collaborative Year One Expectations/Objectives: Deliverables: Individual district stakeholder engagement plans Beginnings of the Framework (which includes guidance from each Work Team) June conference • Begin to understand the foundation of the work • Begin to understand stakeholder engagement • Understand how to write competencies and scoring guides • Share with the field • Plan for next year • Begin to plan for the framework IOWA Department of Education

30. Circe Stumbo, President West Wind Educational Policy, Inc. IOWA Department of Education

31. 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . Today’s Agenda • 3.  What are the relationships between and among standards-based grading, competency-based education, and personalized learning.? • 2.  What are the purposes of the Work Teams? How do they function? • 1.  What can we do to successfully engage other staff and our parents and communities? IOWA Department of Education

32. The Iowa CBE Collaborative • Digging Into Our Alphabet Soup:   • SBG, CBE, and Personalized Learning IOWA Department of Education

33. Digging Into Our Alphabet Soup:   SBG, CBE, and Personalized Learning More Children • Chris Sturgis, CompetencyWorks • Matt Townsley, Solon Community School District • Lisa Wilson, AEA 10 • Moderator: Circe Stumbo, Midwest Comprehensive Center and West Wind • Education Policy IOWA Department of Education

34. Getting Started: Refer to Your Guidelines Document IOWA Department of Education

35. Alphabet Soup • Competency-Based Education=CBE • Personalized Learning=PL • Standards-Based Grading=SBG IOWA Department of Education

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37. Guiding Questions More Children • What do we want students to learn? • How do we help them to learn it? • How do we know they have learned it? • How do we communicate what they have learned? • What happens when they learn it? What happens when they don’t? IOWA Department of Education

38. Guiding Questions and More Terms More Children • What do we want students to learn? • Standards … competencies • Academic content … Non-academic skills • Learning progressions • Depth of knowledge • Other? IOWA Department of Education

40. More Children Guiding Questions • How do we help them to learn it? • Personalized Learning • Other? IOWA Department of Education

41. e.g.: Innovation Collaborative for Personalized Learning More Children • Students advance to higher-level work upon demonstration of proficiency of competencies rather than according to age or seat time. • Explicit and measurable learning objectives guide student learning, which occurs at the students’ own pace in school, in the community, in workplaces, and through online experiences. • Skills or concepts are assessed in multiple contexts and multiple ways with attention on student learning and performance, not grades. • The relationship between student and teacher shifts to co-designers where students have voice and choice in developing their learning pathway. IOWA Department of Education

42. Table Discussion: How else would you answer these questions? What questions do you have? More Children • What do we want students to learn? • How do we help them to learn it? • How do we know they have learned it? • How do we communicate what they have learned? • What happens when they learn it? What happens when they don’t? IOWA Department of Education

43. Guiding Questions More Children • What do we want students to learn? • How do we help them to learn it? • How do we know they have learned it? • How do we communicate what they have learned? • What happens when they learn it? What happens when they don’t? IOWA Department of Education

44. More Children Guiding Questions • How do we know they have learned it? • How do we communicate what they have learned? • Standards-Referenced Grading(Standards-Based Grading) IOWA Department of Education

45. Measuring Progress • Based on Norms • Compared to other students, local norms & the bell curve • Based on Standards • Individual Teachers - Standards-referenced • Scales, not grades • Trends, not averaging • Schoolwide - Standards-based • Students are expected to become proficient in the standards • Organizational capacity to respond to students NYP • Advance upon mastery • Based on competencies • Builds upon standards, often the same • Competencies capture the big ideas we expect kids to know and be able to do • Emphasis on application and performance • Learning Taxonomy IOWA Department of Education

46. Table Discussion More Children • How do we know they have learned it? • How do communicate what they have learned? • Is the distinction between SBR/SBG and CBE clear? • Other important points? • Questions? Comments? IOWA Department of Education

47. More Children Guiding Questions • What happens when they learn it? When they don’t? • Guidance document: “Students advance upon proficiency” • Implications? IOWA Department of Education

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49. Linda Allen, President Hawkeye Community College IOWA Department of Education

50. Work Teams • Work Team Charges • on the ning • in the Google folder • Work Team Organizational Protocol • getting started • connecting with other groups • developing questions for site visits • other processes to get us started • Work Team Reflection Sheets for the end of the day are also in that folder • http://tiny.cc/CollaborativeGoogleFolder IOWA Department of Education