August 14, 2012 Southside High School

1. August 14, 2012 Southside High School

2. Alabama College- and Career-Ready Assessment System Grade Assessment(s) 12 WorkKeys 11 ACT w/Writing 10 PLAN 9 Transition 8 EXPLORE 7 ARMT+ 6 ARMT+ 5 ARMT+ 4 ARMT+ 3 ARMT+ 2 Developmentally Appropriate Assessments(s) 1 Developmentally Appropriate Assessments(s) K Kindergarten Screener(s) for all entering Kindergarten students All assessments will be offered in online or paper-and-pencil format with a standards-based reporting format that will be immediate. All assessments will be formatted for “through course” or single-setting use. End-of-Course English 9, 10, 11, 12 Alg. I, Geometry, Alg. II w/Trig, Pre-Cal Biology, Chemistry, Physics U.S. History ARMT+ (Reading/ELA, Math, Science and Writing/Social Studies Based) aligned to College and Career Readiness Benchmarks Formative, Benchmark and/or Interim Assessment Repository with Resources Grades 3-12 A pool of aligned items to each standard at each grade level within each assessment content area will be available for teacher, school or system use for formative, benchmark and/or interim assessments to be used to inform instructional practice. Included will also be links to instructional resources aligned to the standards for use by teachers, schools or school systems. Project-Based Assessments Grades 6-12 These assessments are designed to foster research inquiry skills, persistence, independence and intercommunications in ways that are not accomplished with more traditional summative and end-of-course assessments. Project-based assessments are scored based on templates or rubrics that produce rich, multileveled evaluations of student work. Career Interest/Career Aptitude Assessments Grades 6-12 These assessments are designed to inform student, parent, teacher, counselor and principal decisions about appropriate coursework and co-curricular opportunities for students culminating in a comprehensive and annually updated four-year high school plan of study.

3. Alabama College- and Career-Ready Assessment System Timeline for Implementation • NOTE: State-provided formative/interim/benchmark assessments aligned to college- and career-ready standards will be available August 2012 for Grades K-12.

4. Other Testing Info • End-of-Course Test: ACT QualityCore • Standards and Suggested Syllabi have been posted on Curriculum Website. • http://www.ecboe.org (Departments/Curriculum) • ECBOE will begin correlating them with the new courses of study asap.

5. Lost Generation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6msKrqmN3w&feature=related • Collaborative Planning Parody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXhA_hs2J8&feature=youtu.be

6. Continuous Improvement District-Wide Goals (CIP)

7. District-Wide Reading Goals • Goal 1 - Improve Reading and Writing Proficiency • Strategic teaching • Intensive reading/ writing strategies • Reading and writing across the Curriculum • Read and write multiple genres • Address student needs • Increase honors/AP enrollment and success (middle and high school)

8. District-Wide Math Goals “Non-negotiables” • Goal 2 - Improve Math Proficiency • Strategic Teaching • Longitudinal Data • Increase AP enrollment and success (high schools)

9. What is strategic teaching? • Core teachers will open each lesson with a student friendly objective. All teachers will begin each class by establishing a purpose for the lesson (make the lesson relatable to the student, build background knowledge, generate questions to investigate, or discuss essential vocabulary) • At the end of the lesson, teachers will reflect on the content of the lesson in a manner that formatively assesses comprehension of all students (questions, group share-out, retell, summarize, journal writing, etc.) • All teachers will engage their students in higher-level questioning in an effort to strengthen understanding of the content.

10. What is strategic teaching? (cont.) • During the lesson, all teachers will use various strategies to explore or explain the lesson (technology, integrate new information, explore predictions, student response groups, teacher-student conferencing, writing labs, portfolio assessments, after-school tutoring, graphic organizers, etc...) • Teachers will correlate their lesson plans with the ALCOS, AHSGE, and ARMT+. Teachers (grades 7-12) will submit a syllabus (or course outline) for the entire course before school begins. ALCOS, AHSGE, and ARMT correlations will be noted. These syllabi will be posted on each teacher’s website and be placed in the school evidence box for future reference. School administrators will ensure reflective planning is taking place by walkthroughs and submission (or viewing) of lesson plans.

11. Secondary Teachers…and Data • We must use data to teach strategically. • We must meet vertically and horizontally to better plan and teach. Southside’s college bound students performed well on testing. What can we do to better serve our free/reduced and at-risk students?

12. Display 7-12 Student Work in Classroom Have student work displayed in halls and classroom - that's much better (and authentic)  than a crowded CIP evidence box.

13. Improve Web Presence • Parents ARE googling you. If your website stinks, they’ll assume the same of your teaching. • Warning: Blank and outdated pages are often deleted. • There are only two website requirements: • Contact information and courses taught • A syllabus for each course

14. Google Docs:An Alternative for Lesson Plans https://docs.google.com/a/ecboe.org/document/d/1Xjz5NgmTfuiB1QpErWDV0OaDuyD72kajsFoNrmBidXE/edit

15. A syllabus should have… • Rules, grading policies, texts and materials posted • Sequential and calendar-Based content • Standards addressed PE Syllabus: http://www.ecboe.org/Page/3742 Biology Syllabus: http://www.ecboe.org/Page/3742 English Syllabus: http://www.ecboe.org/Page/12563

16. New Courses of Study/ Common Core/CCRS

17. A Little Clarification about Common Core Acronyms To be clear, they are one of the same. • CC: Common Core • CCSS: Common Core State Standards • CCRS: College and Career Readiness Standards • ALCOS: Alabama Course of Study • The 2010 ALCOS standards equal the CCSS plus a few added standards.

18. Where We Want To Be Students who are college and career ready … • Demonstrate independence • Build strong content knowledge • Respond to varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline • Comprehend as well as critique • Use technology and digital media strategically and capably • Understand other perspectives and cultures • Value Evidence ALSDE

19. New Courses of Study – All addressing Common Core Standards • Math begins this year – full implementation • English – begin implementing this year, full implementation next year (2013-2014) • Literacy standards for Science, History, and technical studies also begin. • Science coming soon…

20. Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects 6-12 The literacy standards in the appendices of the 2010 ELA and Math courses of study (and that will be in the new science COS) are not just for ELA teachers. Nor are they just for math instruction. They are for social studies, science, math, and other technical teachers and students in courses such as those offered in career tech.

21. Lesson Plan Resources • ALEX: http://alex.state.al.us/index.php • Alabama Insight • Want to search AL COS lessons by grade, strand, or anchor standard? Go to the link above and click the Alabama Insight graphic. • Etowah County user name: guest28 • Password: guest.

22. What Teachers Make • Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsOVK4syxU&feature=related • Clean (with words): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuBmSbiVXo0 • Clean (with Mali): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5yg0u1MkDI&feature=related • Classroom Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pojG7XjFQxo