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Appendix: Professional Development Implementation Step Details LEA Goals Addressed:
Start 1/5/2015
#1 Ensure that there is a system within the school that fully ensures consistent implementation of a standards aligned curriculum framework across all classrooms for all students.
End
Title
2/28/2015
Conduct Review of Current Materials
Person Responsible Allyssa Schmitt, Anna Marie Siegmann, Megan Simmons
SH 3
S 2
EP 85
Strategy #1: Curriculum Mapping
Description Teachers will work collaboratively to review their core instructional materials and see how they align to the Common Core and 21st Century Skills. 100% of subjects will have an alignment document completed by the end of February. Provider Type App. Grade Level/Department Teams School Yes Entity
Knowledge
Teachers will know what PA Core Standards are not being addressed with their current instructional materials
Supportive Research
Curriculum mapping
Designed to Accomplish For classroom teachers, school counselors and education specialists:
•
Enhances the educator’s content knowledge in the area of the educator’s certification or assignment.
64 • For school and district administrators, and other educators seeking leadership roles:
Participant Roles
Professional Learning Communities
• Training Format
Provides the knowledge and skills to think and plan strategically, ensuring that assessments, curriculum, instruction, staff professional education, teaching materials and interventions for struggling students are aligned to each other as well as to Pennsylvania’s academic standards.
Classroom teachers Principals / Asst. Principals
• •
Elementary -‐ Primary (preK -‐ grade 1) Elementary -‐ Intermediate (grades 2-‐5) Middle (grades 6-‐8) High (grades 9-‐12)
• • • Grade Levels •
• Follow-up Activities
Continued Review of Instructional Materials
• Evaluation Methods
LEA Goals Addressed:
Start 11/3/2014
Review of written reports summarizing instructional activity
#1 Ensure that there is a system within the school that fully ensures consistent implementation of a standards aligned curriculum framework across all classrooms for all students.
End
Title
6/30/2015
Training on Curriculum Mapping
Person Responsible
SH
Description
S
EP
Staff will benefit by a professional development session on Curriculum Mapping Provider
Type
App.
65 Schmitt, Siegmann, Simmons, Adams
3
1
100
TBD
IU
Knowledge
Conceptual understanding and research base behind curriculum mapping.
Supportive Research
Conceptual understanding and research base behind curriculum mapping.
No
Designed to Accomplish • For classroom teachers, school • counselors and education specialists:
Enhances the educator’s content knowledge in the area of the educator’s certification or assignment. Increases the educator’s teaching skills based on research on effective practice, with attention given to interventions for struggling students.
• For school and district administrators, and other educators seeking leadership roles:
LEA Whole Group Presentation
• Training Format
Provides the knowledge and skills to think and plan strategically, ensuring that assessments, curriculum, instruction, staff professional education, teaching materials and interventions for struggling students are aligned to each other as well as to Pennsylvania’s academic standards.
• • •
Participant Roles
Classroom teachers Principals / Asst. Principals Supt / Ast Supts / CEO / Ex Dir Paraprofessional
•
Elementary -‐ Primary (preK -‐ grade 1) Elementary -‐ Intermediate (grades 2-‐5) Middle (grades 6-‐8) High (grades 9-‐12)
• • • Grade Levels •
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• Follow-up Activities
Joint planning period activities
• Evaluation Methods
LEA Goals Addressed:
Start
Review of written reports summarizing instructional activity
#1 Ensure that there is a system within the school that fully ensures school-wide use of data that is focused on school improvement and the academic growth of all students
End
Title Administrator and Staff 11/21/2014 11/21/2014 Training on Compass Learning Program Person Responsible SH S EP Simmons 3 2 50
Strategy #1: Data Analysis Procedures, Data-Informed Instruction, Data Teams & Data Warehousing
Description Staff development and training for the Compass Learning Program. Evidence will be through meeting agendas and minutes and training materials. Provider Compass Learning
Knowledge
Overview and practical applications of the Compass Learning Program
Supportive Research
Formative Assessment, Individualized Assessment, Educational Technology
Type For Profit Company
App. No
Designed to Accomplish • For classroom teachers, school • counselors and education specialists:
For school and district
•
Provides educators with a variety of classroom-‐based assessment skills and the skills needed to analyze and use data in instructional decision-‐making. Empowers educators to work effectively with parents and community partners. Provides leaders with the ability to access and use appropriate data to inform
67 administrators, and other educators seeking leadership roles:
•
decision-‐making. Empowers leaders to create a culture of teaching and learning, with an emphasis on learning.
School Whole Group Presentation
• Training Format
Classroom teachers Principals / Asst. Principals School counselors Paraprofessional
• • • Participant Roles •
• Grade Levels
High (grades 9-‐12)
•
Follow-up Activities •
Team development and sharing of content-‐area lesson • implementation outcomes, with • involvement of administrator and/or peers Evaluation Methods • Analysis of student work, with administrator and/or peers
Student PSSA data Standardized student assessment data other than the PSSA Classroom student assessment data
