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Pierre School District

Pierre School District. BLT Training & Data Retreat September 19, 2007. Welcome. Facilitators Jeanne Cowan Roxann Bighorn Lacey Bleess Coly Blake Karen Taylor. Outcomes. Participants will: have a shared understanding of the Building Leadership Team (BLT) Process.

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  1. Pierre SchoolDistrict BLT Training & Data Retreat September 19, 2007

  2. Welcome Facilitators Jeanne Cowan Roxann Bighorn Lacey Bleess Coly Blake Karen Taylor

  3. Outcomes Participants will: • have a shared understanding of the Building Leadership Team (BLT) Process. • have an increased understanding of the state accountability system. • have an increased understanding of their school data. • prepare for September 26 building-level training (early dismissal).

  4. Spaces and Logs

  5. Group Norms • Meetings begin on time • Take care of personal needs • Mute cell phones • Limit side conversations • “Parking lot” • Others?

  6. BLT Training

  7. BLT is a research-based professional development model designed to transform professional learning in schools. • It is based on three of the twelve standards developed by the National Staff Development Council (http://www.nsdc.org) • The BLT process weaves these three standards into an on-going learning process that is designed to engage all educators in a school and district in a collaborative, data-driven, reflection experience aimed at improving classroom practice and student learning.

  8. Learning Communities Staff development that improves the learning for all students organizes adults into learning communities whose goals are aligned with those of the school and district.

  9. Data-Driven Staff development that improves the learning for all students uses disaggregated student data to determine adult learning priorities, monitor progress, and help sustain continuous improvement.

  10. Research-Based Staff development that improves learning for all students prepares educators to apply research to decision-making.

  11. Self Assessment Look at the three Desired Outcomes for LearningCommunities. At which level do you think you and your colleagues fall? Discuss your “starting level” with your team. Think about how you might move along the continuum of levels. What action steps would be required? Do the same for the Desired Outcomes for the other two standards—Data-Driven and Research-Based.

  12. Step into the BLT Team Process The vision of this leadership team process is to meet the individual needs of schools. • The team attends BLT Leadership Trainings prior to each scheduled in-service. • At each BLT training session, presenters share information and model strategies based on district-wide goals. • The BLT Team takes the information learned at each training session, plans and organizes the best way to introduce the information to their staff - building specific.

  13. Step into the BLT Process • Planning time is given during the BLT training. • The BLT Team trains their entire staff during each of the district’s in-service days. The BLT Team process is research-based and correlates with effective professional development models proven to enhance student achievement.

  14. Training Schedule • September 19: BLT Training (8:00 to 3:30 District Level) • September 26: District In-Service (Early Dismissal) • October 17: BLT Training (8:00 to 3:30 District Level) • October 31: District In-service (Early Dismissal) • November 14: BLT Training (8:00 to 3:30 District Level) • November 28: District In-service (Early Dismissal)

  15. Advantages of Teachers Working in Teams • Develop more creative solutions to complex problems • Reduces isolation among teachers • Builds commitment and support for new ideas • Fosters collective responsibility for students’ success • More successful at implementing complex plans • Closest to the work and know best how to improve teaching and learning • Provides possibilities for empowerment that are not available for individuals

  16. Structures for Collaborative Work Groups (CWGs) • Horizontal groups by grade level • Vertical teams by subject area • Interdisciplinary groups • Personal interest in working on a particular goal • Groups with common planning times • Groups formed around the needs of students • Self-selection around a certain topic • Others

  17. Collaborative Workgroups

  18. Break To create a professional learning community, focus on learning rather than teaching, work collaboratively, and hold yourself accountable for results. -Richard DuFour

  19. Professional Learning Communities • What is a professional learning community? • What are the implications for our work?

  20. PLCs by Richard DuFour Directions: • The article is divided into three sections. Number off at your table by three’s. • Everyone reads the introduction and conclusion and his/her assigned section. • As you are reading, record important information on the graphic organizer. • You will have 15 minutes to complete the reading.

  21. PLCs Group Work • Choose a recorder and reporter. • Each team member shares ideas while others record them on the graphic organizer. • Determine a key idea from the article to share with the large group and record it on the left side of a T-Chart drawn on chart paper. • Post ways you might achieve this big idea and post on the right side of the T-Chart. • Post the T-Chart on the wall. • Reporter explains your T-Chart to the large group. • Please be ready to share in 20 minutes.

  22. September 19, 2007 Pierre Data Retreat

  23. NCLB • Data analysis is a critical component of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). • NCLB is an opportunity to use data to transform teaching and learning. • State Accreditation- Data Retreat Requirement • Previously only schools in improvement • Accreditation– every school in the district Let's take a look at data.

  24. Study & Plan Successful Strategies Prioritize & Set Goals Professional Practices Data Student Data 4 Lenses of Data Observe Patterns & Hypothesize Family & Community Data Program & Structures Data

  25. DakotaSTEP School Improvement and Why Standards Retreat Identify Areas of Need Outcomes To examine district and building achievement data Goals Strate-gies

  26. DakotaSTEP Basic Information

  27. DakotaSTEP Testing • Reading: Grades3-8 and 11 • Math: Grades3-8 and 11 • Science:Grades5, 8 and 11 (reported only; not for AYP) • Writing: Beginning in 2007-2008, this will be given in the spring. Grade levels being tested are yet to be determined.

  28. Annual Measurable Objectives up to 2014

  29. DakotaSTEP Dept. of Education Website 2007 “District” Report Card Table and Bar Graph

  30. State Report Card • Available to the parents, community, media • South Dakota Department of Education http://doe.sd.gov/

  31. How You Get There

  32. Document Data Findings Observations What patterns do we see in the data? Hypotheses What explanations or theories might we have about the data? What impact might this data have?

  33. Lunch—11:30-12:30 The best thing to invest in right now is collegiality. The number one skill that teachers need is to be team-based, collegial, sharing their knowledge and wisdom. --Alan November Teams get results. --Katzenbach and Smith

  34. Refocusing Activity • You will be shown the answer to a question. • Each person of your team will have two minutes to write one question that could be the question for this answer. • At your table you will share the questions that were written. • Your team will select one question to share with the whole group.

  35. And the answer is… The Speed of Light

  36. DakotaSTEP 2004 – 2007 “District” Reports Line Graphs

  37. Will E. Everlearn Elementary School

  38. AMO AMO CI 2 –Yr Avg SH CI

  39. Document Data Findings Observations What patterns do we see in the data? Hypotheses What explanations or theories might we have about the data? What impact might this data have?

  40. Next Steps • How can this information be useful to you? • What other information can you add to this data? • What data source discussions will lead us to change instruction?

  41. Team Planning Built-in Break Complete Meeting Planner for Sept. 26 Discuss formation of CWGs

  42. Share Building Planning/ Wrap Up Choose a reporter to share your teams plans and the agenda you developed for the September 26 building-level training. • Please take two minutes to share your building’s plan with the large group. • Please send an electronic copy of your agenda to Ruth Smith and to the TIE team. jcowan@tie.net • Remember to use the Pierre wiki to access all handouts and the Power Point presentation. http://pierreblt.tie.wikispaces.net

  43. Evaluation Please complete the Evaluation and leave it on your table. • I have increased my understanding of the BLT process. • I have increased my understanding of the state accountability system. • I have increased my understanding of my school’s data. • Our team is prepared for the September 26 early release training in our building.

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