Committing to the Core Rethinking Mathematics

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Committing to the CoreRethinking Mathematics
Literacy for the 21st Century
Parma City School District Professional Learning
Model
LITERACY COACHES Kellie Burke Rena McClellan
MATH COACHES Heather Canzurlo Sara Good
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Rationale
The Standards for Professional Learning served to
guide the learning design.

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Learning Communities Professional learning that
increases educator effectiveness and results for
all students occurs within learning communities
committed to continuous improvement, collective
responsibility, and goal alignment. Leadership 
Professional learning that increases educator
effectiveness and results for all students
requires skillful leaders who develop capacity,
advocate, and create support systems for
professional learning. Resources Professional
learning that increases educator effectiveness
and results for all students requires
prioritizing, monitoring, and coordinating
resources for educator learning. Data Professio
nal learning that increases educator
effectiveness and results for all students uses a
variety of sources and types of student,
educator, and system data to plan, assess, and
evaluate professional learning. Learning
Designs Professional learning that increases
educator effectiveness and results for all
students integrates theories, research, and
models of human learning to achieve its intended
outcomes. Implementation Professional learning
that increases educator effectiveness and results
for all students applies research on change and
sustains support for implementation of
professional learning for long term
change. Outcomes Professional learning that
increases educator effectiveness and results for
all students aligns its outcomes with educator
performance and student curriculum standards.
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Learning Communities Each grade level (K-3) divided among three small cohorts Building teams were intentionally split Grade-level cohorts ranged from 15-25 participants Cohorts comprised of both general education and special education teachers Additional cohort of Title 1 teachers
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Leadership The district Race to the Top plan delineates a Common Core State Standards rollout The Director of Elementary Teaching Learning envisioned a comprehensive plan and support system for professional development Leadership secured substitutes for teachers Instructional Coaches charged with providing teacher training
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Resources Coaches researched materials from the growing body of Common Core Resources Coaches synthesized and prioritized materials to create Alignment Resource Binders for Mathematics and Literacy Videos from the authors of the CCSS
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MATH BINDER

• The binder has 5 main tabbed sections
• Common Core State Standards
• Learning Progressions
• ODE
• PARCC
• Everyday Math

Please refer to your handout to see the table of
contents for each section of the binder.
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LITERACY BINDER

• The binder is tabbed by session number
• Common Core State Standards
• Learning Targets
• Ten Guiding Principles
• The Six Minute Solution
• Text Complexity
• Writing

Please refer to your handout to see the table of
contents for each section of the binder.
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Data Student achievement data informed planning Exit Slips provided formative assessment data Coaches took notes and typed up Exit Slip responses which were emailed to cohort participants and leaders Participants completed district online evaluation Coaches responded to feedback with adjustments
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TEACHER FEEDBACK

• I learned the importance/value of rich tasks
  and allowing children to lead their own problem
  solving.
• I learned how misconceptions affect future
  mathematical understanding. Ill stop now.
• I liked meeting with other teachers around the
  district. This model gave me the opportunity to
  hear many different views other than my
  grademates.
• It would be better for me to be with grademate
  to plan instruction better.
• It was nice to be with the same group of
  teachers from other schools. I liked having the
  same group all 3 times with the Cohort A group.
• I liked the small group over the year because we
  could share growth over the year. Building an
  environment in the classroom which supports
  viable arguments is very important.

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Learning Designs Coaches applied current adult learning theories during the planning phase Coaches modeled research-based strategies while facilitating Sessions Marzano and Max Teaching strategies Coaches applied current educational research to the design process Hattie, Reeves
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RESEARCH-BASED ACTIVITIES
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Implementation In order to sustain professional development, facilitators scheduled three full-day learning opportunities across the school year Half of each Session devoted to Mathematics, and half to Literacy, so as to balance the learning
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COMMITTING TO THE CORE SCHEDULE
GRADE COHORT SESSION 1 SESSION 2 SESSION 3
K A 11/22/11 2/16/12 3/22/12
K B 11/29/11 2/23/12 3/28/12
1 A 11/7/11 1/12/12 2/27/12
1 B 11/8/11 1/17/12 2/28/12
1 C 11/10/11 1/19/12 2/29/12
2 A 11/14/11 1/9/12 3/2/12
2 B 11/16/11 1/10/12 3/8/12
2 C 11/17/11 1/11/12 3/15/12
3 A 12/5/11 2/7/12 3/19/12
3 B 12/12/11 2/9/12 3/20/12
3 C 12/16/11 2/13/12 3/21/12
Title 1 A 12/16/11 3/6/12 3/12/12
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Outcomes Teachers must be sufficiently prepared to implement the CCSS with fidelity in their classrooms and prepare students to succeed on the forthcoming PARCC assessments in 2015
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PCSD Instructional Framework
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Overarching Learning Target
I can PLAN, ASSESS, and TEACH with intention, and
in full alignment with the Common Core State
Standards.
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CONTENT OVERVIEW
MATHEMATICS LITERACY
SESSION 1 CCSS General Information The Standards for Mathematical Practice Creating a Community of Learners CCSS General Information Model Curriculum ELA Crosswalk
SESSION 2 Structure Organization of the CCSS-M Curriculum Through the Common Core Lens Rich Tasks Ten Guiding Principles Creating Learning Targets
SESSION 3 Common Misconceptions Diagnostic Teaching CGI Problem Structures Key Instructional Shifts Text Complexity Writing
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Thank you!

• To access the resources used in Parma City School
  Districts Committing to the Core series, visit
  the following Wiki

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