CEdO Midyear Review

1. CEdO Midyear Review Vision, Priorities, Next Steps Chief Education Office

2. Today’s Outcomes • Understand key priorities and their integration • Provide feedback on each priority • Provide feedback on the draft PD plan for this spring, summer and next year • Discuss plan for communicating priorities • Understand the month ahead • SIPAAA/budget • All principals meeting Chief Education Office

3. Meeting Processes • Each section will consist of time for explanation, reflection and feedback • Your honest feedback is critical to helping us finalize implementation plans and professional development support. Chief Education Office

4. CPS Vision CPS consists of a system of schools that prepares every student, in every community, to succeed in college and career. Chief Education Office

5. Where did we start? The Empowered, Supported, and Accountable Principal Chief Education Office

6. Where Did We Start? Accountability Chief Education Office

7. Where Did We Start? Support Instructional Core Chief Education Office

8. Where did we start?Empowerment Empowerment to make school-based decisions within minimum standards Full School Day Flexibility to design a day to best meet your students’ needs. Common Core Independence to lead learning about the standards and decisions around curricular pacing. Instructional Practice Autonomy to decide on particular instructional strategies. Chief Education Office

9. Reflection- 1 minute • Please rate the extent to which you’ve felt empowered, supported and accountable overall. Chief Education Office

10. Setting Clear Priorities • Incomplete theories of action focus on only a single component of creating great schools: • A focus on standards and curriculum without any impact on instruction • A focus on instructional strategies without the structures necessary to make changes sustainable • A focus on adding resources (time, people, money) without clear guidance on how to use them • A focus on outcomes without concern for the quality of inputs Transformation requires a sustained focus on the instructional core and the structures to support it. Chief Education Office

11. Transformation at scale:Focus on Priorities Chief Education Office

12. Common Core: Goal By SY 2014-15 all students will have access to high quality Common Core-aligned curricula as defined by the CPS Framework for Content Standards in literacy and mathematics. Common Core Chief Education Office

13. Common Core: Timeline Common Core Chief Education Office

14. Common Core: Focus This Year Teams ready to move from Learning to Doing Common Core • Unpack in TTs • Develop and pilot an ELA PA • Develop a sample unit Summer: Transition from “Learning” to “Doing” with support of solid team structures. Chief Education Office

15. Common Core: Focus This Summer • Math • 6-8 teachers unpack the standards that apply to 4th qtr Bridge plan and identify necessary instructional shifts • Algebra and Geometry teachers unpack the standards in the modified Appendix A Bridge map and identify instructional shifts necessary for Quarter 1 implementation Literacy K-10 teachers will develop CCSS-aligned unit plans (with performance assessment and scoring tool) for first quarter based on the CPS Framework for Content Standards Common Core Chief Education Office

16. Common Core: Instructional Materials DO NOT rush to buy anything that is branded “Common Core Approved.” Common Core This Spring -Audit existing nonfiction text sets -See CCSS Appendix B for exemplars This Summer -Purchase supplemental texts to support unit planning Next Year -Implement use of supplemental texts -Audit quality of math core materials Chief Education Office

17. Reflection- 1 minute • Please rate the extent to which you’ve felt empowered, supported and accountable for implementing the Common Core standards. • Below the table, please also rate your current level of: • Understanding of the timeline for implementing the Common Core standards • Experience your teachers have with the standards at your school • Confidence in readiness for implementation next year Common Core Chief Education Office

18. Framework For Teaching: Goal By SY 2012-13 all educators will be supported by a clear vision for effective instruction as defined by the CPS Framework for Teaching. Framework for Teaching Chief Education Office

19. Framework For Teaching: Timeline Framework for Teaching

20. Framework For Teaching: The Domains Framework for Teaching Chief Education Office

21. Framework For Teaching: Design Principles Principles for revisions to the Danielson Framework: • Common Core alignment: • Emphasis on disciplinary literacy, access to complex text, academic language • Performance assessment and backwards planning • High Expectations: • Determination, stamina • Streamlining: • Elimination of 2e: Organizing Physical Space • Embedded 4d (Participating in a Professional Community) in other Domain 4 components Framework for Teaching Chief Education Office

22. Reflection- 1 minute • Please rate the extent to which you’ve felt empowered, supported and accountable for measuring effective teaching practice. • Below the table, please also rate your current level of: • Understanding of what the observation and feedback process should look like • Experience with the Danielson Framework • Confidence with being able to identify effective practice for all types of teachers Framework for Teaching Chief Education Office

23. Full School Day: Goal • By SY 2012-13 all students will have access to core academics, intervention, and enrichment through a 7.5 hour school day. Full School Day Chief Education Office

24. Full School Day: Timeline Full School Day Office name goes here Office name/footer goes here Chief Education Office Chief Education Office

25. Full School Day: Parameters Within these parameters, schools design a day that accounts for student needs and reflects input from stakeholders. Full School Day • Elementary School Parameters: • 7.5-hour school day • 6.5 hours of instruction, an increase of 90 minutes • 45-minute duty-free lunch and 60 minutes of planning time for teachers(1 planning period per week will be directed by the principal.) • High School Parameters: • 7.5-hour school day • 6 hours 8 minutes of instruction, an increase of 46 minutes • 92 minutes of planning time for teachers Office name goes here Office name/footer goes here Chief Education Office Chief Education Office

26. Full School Day: Content Guidelines These guidelines set forth minimum minutes per subject area and grade band. These are based on: experience from District content experts, an analysis of guidelines adopted by other districts and time needed for educational models that have a proven impact on student achievement. Schools should ensure they create schedules that meet the learning and enrichment needs of their students. Full School Day Office name goes here Office name/footer goes here Chief Education Office Chief Education Office

27. Reflection- 1 minute • Please rate the extent to which you’ve felt empowered, supported and accountable to create a full school day that best serves your students’ needs. • Below the table, please also rate your current level of: • Understanding of how to redesign your day • Experience with engaging communities in the process • Confidence with the quality of your draft plan Full School Day Chief Education Office

28. Focus on Priorities: Communication How can you start to communicate to all stakeholders the interconnectedness of these priorities? Turn to a partner and practice—5 mins Chief Education Office

29. Plans for Professional Development Moving toward implementation of these priorities will require integrated and sustained professional development • Find your PD Plan handout and follow as we walk through it Chief Education Office

30. DRAFT PD PLAN Chief Education Office

31. Reflection- 15 min • Discuss with your table, and jot down some notes: • Strengths and weaknesses of this plan • How best to deliver different concepts • How best to ensure PD leads to shifts in practice • Share out: 10 min. Chief Education Office

32. It’s not easy… Discussion (5 min): • What can we do to better support you through these challenges? • Please leave any feedback you have for each priority Chief Education Office

33. Key Dates • February 24: Draft Full School Day plans due to Networks • March 12-21: CIWP (streamlined SIPAAA) TRAINING • March 22: All principal event • April: Budgets released • May: 2-day Network ILT sessions (focus on CCSS and Framework for Teaching) Chief Education Office

34. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR ATTENTIVENESS AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS!We look forward to discussing the Principal Competencies during the ALL Principals event on MARCH 22.