Southwest Regional

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Southwest Regional Professional Development Center
January 19, 2009
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Were All In The Same Boat
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LIFE BOAT ETHICS
a metaphor for resource distribution proposed by
the Garrett Hardin in 1974

• a lifeboat bearing 50 people, with room for ten
  more.
• in an ocean surrounded by a hundred swimmers.

The "ethics" of the situation stem from the
dilemma of whether (and under what circumstances)
swimmers should be taken aboard the lifeboat.
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LIFE BOAT OPTIONS

• we could take them all into our boat, making a
  total of 150 in a boat designed for 60. The boat
  swamps everyone drowns. Complete justice,
  complete catastrophe.

• Since the boat has an unused excess capacity of
  10 more passengers, we could admit just 10 more
  to it. But which 10 do we let in? How do we
  choose? Do we pick the best 10, the neediest 10,
  first come, first served? And what do we say to
  the 90 we exclude?

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LIFE BOAT OPTIONS

• If we do let an extra 10 into our lifeboat, we
  will have lost our safety factor, an
  engineering principle of critical importance. And
  what about the need for a safety factor? Aren't
  we irresponsible if we don't plan ahead for
  possible emergencies by leaving ourselves some
  excess capacity? (Recall that in this metaphor,
  capacity includes things like supplies.) Suppose
  we decide to preserve our small safety factor and
  admit no more to the lifeboat. Our survival is
  then possible, although we shall have to be
  constantly on guard against boarding parties.

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CAN WE AFFORD TO
CAN WE AFFORD NOT TO
CONTINUE SUPPORT?
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COST COMPARISON
Average 1 PD fund distribution - 19000
Outside Consultant Avg. 3500 day
SWRPDC Literacy Network 350 day
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Days
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SWRPDC BONUS FEATURES

• State Alignment
• DESE/MAP/MSIP
• Scope of Expertise
• MAP/PLC/MELL/Special Ed/PBS
• Regional Accessibility
• Adaptability/Flexibility for
  Customization/Choice
• Networking Opportunities
• Ongoing Support

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LITERACY NETWORK SPECIFICS

• Membership Packages

• 10 Contacts 3500
• (20 - ½ days or 10 full days or a combination)

• 15 Contacts 5250
• (30 - ½ days or 15 full days or a combination)

• 20 Contacts 7000
• (40 ½ days or 20 full days or a combination)

• 25 Contacts 8750
• (50 - ½ days or 25 full days or a combination)

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LITERACY NETWORK SPECIFICS

• Levels of Membership

• District

• Building

• Grade Level

• Grade Span

• Elementary

• Middle School

• High School

• Other??????

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LITERACY NETWORK SPECIFICS

• Added LN Components

• 2-day summer institute for data analysis and
  action planning

• Unlimited participation from LN members at no
  charge

• Progress monitoring planning and support

• Networking Opportunities

• Regional Quarterly meetings for literacy leaders,
  coaches, and teachers

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LITERACY NETWORK SPECIFICS

• Content Focus Areas

• SBRI

• Includes LETRS training (6 days required training
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• Formative Assessment for Literacy

• Assessment for learning (3 days required
  training)

• Differentiated Literacy Instruction

• Marzano-Based Literacy Instruction

• 3-Tiered Literacy Instruction

• RTI-based in literacy instruction

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LITERACY NETWORK SPECIFICS

• Content Focus Areas (continued)

• Six Trait Writing

• Four Square Writing

• Literacy Curriculum Alignment Development

• Literacy Coach Support

• Literacy Leadership

• Walk Through/ Instructional Leadership/Effective
  Meetings/Leading data-based conversations/data
  analysis