AEA Staffing Plans

1. AEA Staffing Plans Deploying Content and SI Consultants 2011 - 2012

2. REQUIREMENTS • Chapter 72 – AEA Standard & Descriptors • Professional Development • Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment • Equitable and Efficient Services

3. Agency-Wide Priorities • IAPDM • Workshop Support • Workplace Support • GEI/RTI/IDM Support • Iowa Core

4. Moving Forward … • Provide professional learning based on “need” data (not about time – service and priorities) • Follow the IAPDM • Embed Iowa Core content into all pd events

5. Moving Forward … • Build the capacity of LEA teams/staff/etc. so we can release the responsibility to them • Explicitly work with LEA staff during workshop/workplace pd events to be descriptive about GEI/RTI/IDM • Maintain and support best practices in an effective and efficient manner (specific consultants attending leadership team meetings for specific purposes – strategic placement of consultants)

6. School Improvement

7. Math Team Plans for 11-12 • Goals: • Provide success for all learners • Close achievement gaps

8. Cognitive Guided Instruction • Provides teachers skills to focus on student’s math reasoning. • Support for selected Cedar Rapids elementary schools

9. CGI Buildings 11-12 • Garfield • Wright • Arthur • Cleveland • Taylor students

10. Teaching Math for Understanding for Secondary Teachers • Year 2 for cohort group • 10 days of instruction • On-site support for participant teams

11. TFMU Districts 11-12 • College Community • Cedar Rapids • CPU • Linn-Mar • Williamsburg • Vinton-Shellsburg • Mount Vernon • North Cedar • Clear Creek Amana

12. Do the Math • Provide on-site support for teacher’s implementing interventions with Do the Math • Provide on-site support for teams working with math General Education Interventions • Provide support for Math E-Resources

13. Do the Math Schools Anamosa Cedar Rapids CPU Clear Creek Amana English Valley Iowa City Linn-Mar Marion Midland North Cedar Solon Washington Williamsburg

14. Iowa Core Alignment • Provide support for intended to enacted math curriculum and instruction. • Support implementation of process using: • ICAT • Curriculum Mapper • Power-school • Instruction data collection tools/Iowa Core Innovation Configuration Maps

15. Science • Focus Areas for 2011-2012 • Sustaining and Deepening the VAST Center work on curriculum, assessment and instruction as related to the K-8 VAST kits • Supporting High School Science teachers with curriculum, instruction, and assessments as related to the Iowa Core Outcomes

16. VAST Program • Sustaining– Continue to provide Professional Development to Vast Kit Clients (K-8) • Working/Recruiting LEA Teacher Leaders • Deepening—Follow up and coaching

17. Current Science Consultants • F.T.E. • Julie Foltz--.4 Cedar Rapids .6 other • Christopher Soldat—1.0 • Erica Larson--.4 VAST coordinator, .6 other • Steve Bartlett--.4

18. District Support • One Consultant assigned as point of contact • Consultant assigned by prior work with district and/or geographic area • Contact Consultant Assess Science need (i.e. science curriculum alignment, science formative assessments, analyzing science data to inform instruction) • Contact Consultant Determines Support to fill need

19. Literacy Team Plans for 2011-12 Goals: • Closing the achievement gap in the area of literacy • Alignment of all literacy initiatives to IC, IPDM, General Education Intervention processes • Balance of building/district wide Professional Development and working in classrooms with teachers • Focus work on building/district priorities and agency priority areas • Build capacity in LEAs for leadership and professional learning around evidence based practices

20. How Will We Get There? • Provide professional development (curriculum, instruction, and assessment) that is aligned to IC, GEI, and IAPDM and focuses on capacity building within the LEA • Provide agency wide professional development opportunities to AEA and LEA staff • Effective Reading Interventions • SCR • Literacy 101 and 201 (possible pilot of online course) • CBE Reading Course for Teachers • Scale up of literacy instructional rounds process • Offer the opportunity first to schools/districts that participated in literacy teacher academy the last two years • Train the trainer model • Building capacity for the LEA to sustain these practices over time through job embedded modeling, coaching, and collaboration

21. Current Literacy Consultants • Melody Cassidy • Kate Gardner (.5 fte) • Heather Feuerhelm • Arlene Brant • Patti Briggs • Myrissa Gingerich • Jessica Graham

22. Literacy Support Deployment Plan • Two teams (one north, one south) working collaboratively to provide supports to schools • Teams include individuals with both elementary and secondary experience and/or expertise • Identify individual contact person from each of the two teams for each district (i.e. one point of contact for support and services) • Supports and services are directly aligned to agency and district priorities (prioritization of the work)

23. “Northern Districts” • Four literacy consultants will be assigned/deployed to the “northern districts” • Consultants will have a mix of elementary and secondary experience/expertise • “Northern” districts • Vinton Shellsburg Marion • Benton Anamosa-on call • CPU Springville • North Linn Monticello • Central City Midland • Alburnett Olin • CR-on call Parochial/Private-on call • College Community • Linn Mar-on call?

24. “Southern Districts” • Three literacy consultants will be assigned/deployed to the “southern” districts • Consultants will have a mix of elementary and secondary experience/expertise • “Southern” Districts • Iowa City-on call Belle Plaine • Iowa Valley HLV • Williamsburg-on call North Cedar • Washington Mt. Vernon-on call • Mid Prairie West Branch • Highland English Valleys • CCA Tipton-on call • Lone Tree Parochial/Private-on call • Lisbon Solon-on call