The document summarizes Roseville's new K-6 literacy program that will be implemented district-wide in 2010. It describes the program's strengths in aligning to standards, equity goals, and evidence-based practices. It discusses evidence from pilot programs that showed the program improved students' decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, and overall test scores more than other programs. It outlines the stages of implementation and importance of fidelity. Guidelines for using and supplementing the core literacy program will be provided. Training will occur in September with phase-in during the first trimester.
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Roseville's New K-6 Literacy Program Implementation
1. Roseville’s New K-6 Literacy Program 2010 District-Wide Implementation April 5, 2010
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6. Systems Outcome/Accountability Review Cycle (SOARC) Evaluate program and innovations Assessment of Improvement II 8 Implement innovations Assessment of Improvement I 7 Planned innovation $ Assess and Gather Data II 6 Program results Assess & Gather Data I 5 Full implementation Implement & Train II 4 Early implementation Implement & Train I 3 Materials/Assessment/Staff Development Plan $$ Plan and Purchase II 2 Backward Design Process Plan and Purchase I 1 Activity SOARC Step Year
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Editor's Notes
Joe will introduce this slide. He will talk about what was covered during the vendor overviews and what will be covered during this discussion.
SOARC is the framework for what will be happening with implementation. We are transitioning from step 3 to step 4. It is important to note that steps 5 and 6 lead to planned district-wide innovations that happen after full implementation is reached. Also important is that potential funding is tied to step 6 to support those innovations.
This is the research we have reviewed regarding effective implementation. A point will be made regarding how well SOARC aligns with research-supported implementation practices, with the suggestion being that close implementation is what is necessary to see the intended results of a program, and to be able to evaluate whether or not a program is working. Stages 2 and 3 are highlighted because they are our current (step 2) and next (step 3) steps.
This is background information explaining 1) why it’s been so long since the last literacy adoption, 2) why becoming resource-rich without a clear core made sense given the circumstances, and 3) why moving toward to more consistent approach now is very different but also entirely appropriate. This is to anticipate what some teachers may interpret as the district “doing and about-face” in its approach and expectations (which is true), and why it is correct to do that (which is also true).
This is establishing the idea that we have to know what the expectations are, and know that they are being faithfully implemented, in order to say that we have reached full implementation.
This is anticipating some of the initial struggles that tend to happen during the beginning steps of a new large-scale implementation.
We will revisit this slide to point out that full implementation must be reached before innovations are considered. Stages 3 and 4 are highlighted to distinguish between initial implementation and full implementation. We have discussed that next year, teachers will have the first trimester to get things up and running. If that is the case, we will not have a full year of implementation completed, so full implementation will likely be reached at the end of 2011-2012 (in two years), which would be our first full school year with data that can be said to derive from our approach.
This is explicitly restating why we need to be disciplined in our approach, with good fidelity, through the completion of full implementation. Without a disciplined approach, we can’t evaluate the effectiveness of our program and will therefore be less likely to identify effective innovations to enhance our results.
This slide brings us to the fidelity guidelines draft document we’ve been reviewing – and the three sections of that document. We will review the bullet points of each.
As we bring the discussion to a close, these are upcoming steps for next year. The emphasis is on making clear, thoughtful, planned changes with significant support to make sure there is strong implementation. This shows we will provide training with breathing room to get started, followed by a full-year commitment to make sure we are moving together as an organization. We will finish by saying there will be a few minutes with your principal for some follow-up conversation. We hope today’s overview and building discussions will help us be better prepared for the changes that will be taking place next year, and to help everyone be in a better position to implement the changes.