Wallingford Adult Education

1. Wallingford Adult Education Professional Development DayAugust 26, 2014

2. Welcome with many many thank-yous • Our Staff • Staff Movement School Name - October 9, 2012

3. Why are we here??? School Name - October 9, 2012

4. Status of Adult Education Profile for 2013-14 A Look See from 2011-12 to 2013-14 School Climate Results

5. Students With 12 or More Hours

6. Usage of Available Hours

7. Percent of ABE Students with Gain Wallingford Adult Education

8. Percent of ESL Students with Gain Wallingford Adult Education

9. School Climate Survey Results C:\Users\pflinter\Desktop\Climate Summary with responses.pdf School Name - October 9, 2012

10. Adult Education Updates Connecticut and Federal School Name - October 9, 2012

11. For FY 2014 federal reporting accuracy, new data fields in CARS are being required. The required new data fields pertain to “staff” designated as instructor or counselor. 1.EIN must be 10 digits (mandatory) 2.Years of Experience Teaching (mandatory) 3.Full or Part Time Status (mandatory) 4.Data verify errors are now included for these fields 5.Beginning with FY 2015, there will be a stationary reminder in CARS to update the Years of Experience Teaching Connecticut Adult Reporting System (CARS) Update School Name - October 9, 2012

12. Transitional Services for Community College Students Public Act 12-40 Response Strategy - College level with embedded support - Intensive college readiness - Transitional support •Allocation of Funds •Regional Planning Meetings School Name - October 9, 2012

13. SEED and Wallingford Public Schools’ Approved (CSDE )Evaluation Plan Areas addressed: Professional Assistance Plan 2.     Required number of Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) 3.     Number of observations for veteran staff 4.     Defining “Educational Specialists” 5.     Common Core of Teaching rubric used for observations School Name - October 9, 2012

14. Wallingford Plan: Observations / Reviews of Practice

15. Connecticut’sSystem for Educator Evaluation and Development SEEDhttp://www.connecticutseed.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CCT_Smartcard.pdfhttp://www.connecticutseed.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/CCT_Rubric_for_Effective_Teaching-May_2014.pdf

16. Levels of Performance

17. Examples of SLOs & IAGDs

18. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act • Effective July 1, 2015 • Maintains basic structures of WIA (occupational training, adult basic education, literacy and English language acquisition) • Career pathways explorations integrated with ABE • Family literacy will be integrated with employment and training opportunities School Name - October 9, 2012

19. BREAK School Name - October 9, 2012

20. Building Security • Evacuation • Lockdown • Shelter in Place School Name - October 9, 2012

21. Resources for Adult Education Teachers • College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education: http://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/CCRStandardsAdultEd.pdf • Literacy Information and Community System https://community.lincs.ed.gov/

22. https://community.lincs.ed.gov/

23. INFORMATION SHARING • Mandated Training Trainingsto be provided for all staff on Bloodborne Pathogens, Bullying and DCF (online) • Veteran’s Day Each school must plan and implement a Veteran’s Day event; Our program will need to inform Central Office of our plan School Name - October 9, 2012

24. PDEC Presentation back to the future

25. Combined Committees Teacher Evaluation & Professional Development are now….PDEC (Professional Developmentand Evaluation Committee) • Job of PDEC is to ensure Professional Development and Teacher Evaluation are in alignment and responsive to teacher’s needs

26. Four Focus Areas of Strategic Plan *Early Intervention *Models of Excellence *Proactive Student Supports with a Future Focus *Engaging and Empowering Learning Experiences

27. Early Intervention • Early Childhood Exploratory Committee Recommendations • High School Reform Initiatives

28. Models of Excellence • Personalized Learning • Competency/Standards Development • Global Awareness

29. Proactive Student Supports with a Future Focus • Student Success Plan • Advisory • College and Career Readiness • Authentic Learning Opportunities • District Climate • Positive Behavior Intervention Support • Student Attendance

30. Engaging and Empowering Learning Experiences • Leverage Technology • Relevant Learning • Credit Recovery • Anytime Anyplace Learning

31. Professional Development Past and Present - Personalized, rather than pre-determined - Meaningful, rather than artificial - Shared ownership, rather than passive participation - Forward thinking, rather than reactive - Purposeful, rather than chaotic - Ongoing/embedded, rather than disjointed/irrelevant

32. The new building based committee 1 administrator 4 teachers (consideration: possible to have one per grade level and one specialists/pps staff) • Between October 13 and October 23 (create the PD plan for school) • Work with administration to develop the school’s PD plan (Due for Oct 23rd) • meet throughout the year as a building based committee • October 23, communicate building level plan to the staff • Assist with creation of building professional development plan in collaboration with teachers and administrator SLO’s and Areas of Focus (see 2014 Calendar) • Allocate building resources to support teacher’s professional development • $2,500 Elementary • $5,000 Middle • $7,000 High

33. 2014-2015 PD Calendar Balanced to meet... • Individual Needs • Department Needs • District Needs / State Mandates

34. Design Change DESIGN CHANGE School Name - October 9, 2012

36. Our Opportunity…….Our Challenge

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