The TIME Collaborative Creating Schools with More & Better Learning Time

1. The TIME CollaborativeCreating Schools with More & Better Learning Time Session 1

2. Agenda Please Note: Next steps planning is MANDATORY

3. Sharing What You Learn Throughout today consider how Videos Activities PowerPoint Slides School Examples can be shared in your broader school community to build support and buy-in and continue the planning work www.timeandlearning.org/connecticut

4. Why More Learning Time? More Time Benefits BOTH Students and Teachers Achievement Engagement Inst Quality More Time to Raise Student Achievement and Teach to Common Core More Time to Provide Rich Engagement Offerings for Students More Time to Collaborate and Improve Quality of Instruction

5. What are Teachers Saying about Having More Time?

6. Introductions Three CT TIME Collaborative Districts (7 schools) • Instructions • Each team, please designate one person to: • Introduce your school and team members • Identify one thing your team wishes they had more time for in school? East Hartford O’Connell School Meriden Pulaski Elementary School John Barry School New London Winthrop Magnet Elementary Jennings Elementary Nathan Hale Elementary Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School

7. TIME Collaborative: Overview Selected districts and schools in five states will: • Re-engineer their school schedule to add 300 hours for all students • Expand opportunities for learning, enrichment and collaboration to improve student achievement, engagement, and teacher effectiveness • Join a network of pioneering educators from across the country

8. TIME Collaborative: Two Expectations High-quality Sustainable & • High-quality ELT schools: • Undergo an inclusive planning process • Leverage their additional time according to 7 Essential Elements • Sustainable ELT schools: • Take advantage of existing and newly available funding sources • Utilize cost-lowering strategies to staff the expanded schedule

9. TIME Collaborative: Timeline PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION Technical assistance sessions and school coaching Pre- Implementation planning and support Finalize ELT plans Districts identify implementation funds Apply for new CCLC-ELT grants Schools implement ELT plans Continued TA and coaching Districts monitor school performance

10. TIME Collaborative: Technical Assistance

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12. Getting into the Redesign Mindset • IDEO Redesigns the Shopping Cart • Take Something Familiar and Make it Better • DIRECTIONS: • Watch video and take notes • Team discussion • Share out

13. IDEO Redesigns the Shopping Cart Take Something Familiar and Make it Better

14. Redesign from the Ground Up What can the leading design firm in the country help us understand about rethinking your school day?

15. Redesign Mindset: Discussion Questions After the video, take 10 minutes to discuss the following questions with your school team: How did IDEO foster creative thinking? How can IDEO’s philosophy of ‘enlightened trial & error succeeds over the planning of the lone genius’ apply to your planning process?

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17. SevenEssential Elements High quality ELT schools leverage time to empower each student with the knowledge, skills, and experiences they need to succeed in college and career 1 Focused Schoolwide Priorities 2 Rigorous Academics 3 Differentiated Supports 4 Frequent Data Cycles 5 Targeted Teacher Development 6 Engaging Enrichment 7 Enhanced School Culture

18. Important Resources Requirements & Flexibilities A Needs Assessment

19. Seven Elements In Action Two Case Studies from Massachusetts to illustrate the 7 Essential Elements : Matthew J Kuss Middle School, Fall River MA Silvia Elementary School, Fall River MA Instructions: • Divide your team into two groups—one group will focus on the Kuss Middle School and the other will focus on the Silvia Elementary School • Read and take notes using note taker (20 minutes) • Full team (both groups) gather and each group takes turns explaining the case study they read and how it meets the Seven Essential Elements (10 minutes each – 20 minutes total) • Full team discusses observations about how their own school is meeting or not meeting the Seven Essential Elements (25 minutes)

20. Materials for the Case Study Exercise Kuss Case Study Silvia Case Study Case Study Note Taker

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23. Sustainable Strategies How do you go from a traditional student day Hr 1 Hr 2 Hr 3 Hr 4 Hr 5 Hr 6 to an expanded time student day Hr 1 Hr 2 Hr 3 Hr 4 Hr 5 Hr 6 Hr 7 Hr 8 that minimizes cost AND increases the quality of educational programs? Rethink Time The length of the student day does not have to equal the length of the teacher day Rethink Staffing Administrators, teachers, para’s, and other staff can work new roles Outside partners can provide quality programming during the school day Rethink Technology Computers/laptops can deliver adaptive, self-guided content in blended learning environment

24. High Quality Sustainable Expanded Time 200 7-Hour Days Each Year Learning Time 20 or More Days Each Year Staff Dev Time 2 Hours Every Day Collab Time ALL for 0 $ For: Course Load Class Sizes Student Load For: Additional Dollars 3 Classes Each Day 14 to 18 Students per Class 60 Students per Teacher

25. Sustainable Strategies in Time Rethink Time: How does this strategy minimize costs and increase quality? • Reduce number of teacher hours required to expand school day • Reduce risk of teacher burnout throughout the year • Provide flexibilities for teachers to address needs in personal schedule Expanded Day for All Students Hr 1 Hr 2 Hr 3 Hr 4 Hr 5 Hr 6 Hr 7 Hr 8 Early Group of Teachers 7 Hour Day Late Group of Teachers 7 Hour Day

26. Sustainable Strategies in Staffing Rethink Staffing: How does this strategy minimize cost and increase quality? • Maximizes flexibilities in staffing expanded day • Eases staggering of teacher schedules • Creates opportunities to bring in outside expertise within the school day Expanded Day for All Students Hr 1 Hr 2 Hr 3 Hr 4 Hr 5 Hr 6 Hr 7 Hr 8 Traditional Staffing Model Classes led by classroom teachers Sustainable ELT Staffing Model Classes led by teachers , community partners , coaches , and/or support staff

27. Sustainable Strategies in Technology Rethink Technology: How does this minimize cost and increase quality? • Creates flexibilities in class sizes • Leverages lower-cost staff to facilitate dedicated online content periods • Maximizes existing computers/laptops and software Expanded Day for All Students Hr 1 Hr 2 Hr 3 Hr 4 Hr 5 Hr 6 Hr 7 Hr 8 Option 1: Dedicated Period for Online Content Option 2: Use Online Content in ELA/Math Periods

28. Challenges in Creating Sustainable Strategies Complexity Creativity Persistence Consider the multiple of impacts from each change Rethink every existing resource and strategy Push your school to be creative amidst complexities

29. Sustainable Strategies: Discussion Questions Take 10 minutes and discuss the following questions with your school team: Which of these strategies might your school adopt? How will your team have the stamina to keep pushing to be creative with scheduling, staffing, and resource use? Which strategies would you like to learn more about?

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31. A Successful Redesign is Focused High quality ELT schools leverage time to empower each student with the knowledge, skills, and experiences they need to succeed in college and career All elements of your plan should connect to element #1: Focused Schoolwide Priorities 1 Focused Schoolwide Priorities 2 2 Rigorous Academics Rigorous Academics 3 3 Differentiated Supports Differentiated Supports Priorities are narrowly focused (no more than 3 total) and impact the entire school 4 4 Frequent Data Cycles Frequent Data Cycles 5 5 Targeted Teacher Development Targeted Teacher Development 6 6 Engaging Enrichment Engaging Enrichment The first step towards developing focused priorities is establishing a SCHOOLWIDE INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS 7 7 Enhanced School Culture Enhanced School Culture

32. Be Wary of Taking on Too Much with ELT Let’s implement a mandatory peer mentoring program! Let’s concentrate on math and ELA and social studies and gym and art and dance… With 300 hours of time we could have every student do an internship with a local business next year! Let’s be a STEM magnet school and add a high school next year too! ADVISORY!!! What if we became a dual immersion Portuguese-English school? How about all of our teachers take on a student teacher next year? ADVISORY!!! ADVISORY!!!

33. A Successful Redesign is FOCUSED Clear, Schoolwide Instructional Focus Cuts across all content areas Impacts every student, every adult Central topic for collaboration and PD Brought to life through a set of common instructional practices Provides a foundation for long-term academic success Drives your use of TIME, and helps shape your schoolwide goals.

34. Table Talk If someone asked you today “What is YOUR school’s instructional focus?” how would you answer? • Write your response on a piece of paper. • Share responses among your team. Did you have the same answer? Different answers? Why?

35. Jacob Hiatt Magnet School Instructional Focus

36. Sample Schoolwide Instructional Focus “All Jacob Hiatt Magnet School students will show measurable growth in their ability to read and respond to open response questions, using details and relevant information from all text for support. All teachers will implement writing strategies for open response questions to support our instructional focus. Success will be measured by student performance on MCAS 4-point rubric and school performance-based assessments.” Impacts every student Measurable Clear, narrow, cuts across content areas Impacts every adult Actions that bring focus to life in the classroom Multiple measures

37. How Do These Differ from Focus Statements “The mission of the Pierce School is to provide high quality holistic education in an inspiring learning environment that maximizes the potential of each individual to become a responsible global citizen.” “The goal of The Freeport School is to liberate the joy of learning within every child and nurture them as citizens of the world. We believe that global education is the key to continued success.”

38. Focused Schoolwide Priorities: Discussion Questions Take 10 minutes and discuss the following questions with your school team: How do the statements on the previous slides differ from the focus we saw at Jacob Hiatt? What evidence did we see in the Hiatt video of students and teachers communicating an instructional focus? What have we focused on in the past? How has it impacted our improvement efforts?

39. So Far Today CREATIVITY QUALITY PERSISTENCE FOCUS

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41. Activity: Establishing a Schoolwide Focus DATA ANALYSIS ACTIVITY PURPOSE • The purpose of this activity is to analyze student achievement data to identify areas of weakness that cut across grade levels and subject areas. Schools then use this information to develop a schoolwide instructional focus. MATERIALS NEEDED • Red Flag Data graphic organizer (provided by NCTL) • Student achievement data sets We will model a data analysis activity that can be used with your entire staff to determine a school wide instructional focus

42. Data Analysis: Red Flag Graphic Organizer

43. Data Analysis Activity Steps 1-3 Please take 15-20 minutes to complete in your groups Step One • Prepare and disseminate data sets to teacher teams Step Two • Identify grade level red flags (low scores) for each subject area Step Three • Look at the State Summative Assessment School Results by Standards report and identify grade level red flags or low scores

44. Data Analysis Activity Steps 4-7 Please take 15-20 minutes to complete in your groups Step Four • Identify red flags across multiple grade levels Step Five • Identify red flags across multiple subject areas Step Six • Discuss as a large group the patterns you see across grade levels and subject areas Step Seven • As a team identify a preliminary focus

45. Schoolwide Focus: Next Steps

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47. Building Support For Your New School Day Communicate early and often to: • Build support and enthusiasm for the effort • Create a common sense of purpose • Convey a sense of urgency • Reduce anxiety and misconceptions by providing concrete information and regular updates • Building support for your new school day by engaging key stakeholders will be an ongoing theme of the planning process

48. Building Support at All Levels Responsible for communicating to school staff, families, and key partners NCTL in partnership with CSDE is responsible for building support among legislators, state union leaders, statewide organizations Responsible for communicating to district-wide staff, local union leaders, School Board, and key partners

49. Building Support in Your Schools • Imperative for your School Planning Teamto communicate to your School Leadership Team after every planning session • What did our team learn today? • What are our key next steps to build support in our school? • How can our staff participate? • It is also expected that you communicate regularly with your Faculty & Colleagues throughout the planning year • Smaller team meetings • Full faculty meetings • Email updates School Planning Team School Leadership Team Faculty & Colleagues

50. Building Support with Your Families • Important for you to regularly communicate with your families and partners throughout the planning process • Explain why expanded learning time is important for your school • Provide an overview of the planning process and their role in developing your school’s redesign plan • It is expected that you hold at least 3 community meetings to engage families and partners by the end of the school year • 1st meeting to provide an overview of what your school is undertaking this school year • 2nd meeting to solicit input and feedback on draft plan • 3rd meeting to present your final redesign plan