Uconn Mission, Focus and Coherence Share

UCONN Executive
Leadership

Planning for
Aligned Strategic
Action

Jonathan P. Costa, Sr.
September 20th, 2012

Planning Message

Mission

Focus

Coherence

Lessons
Learned
Align
your
actions
with
your long
term
goals.

Goals for
Learning
Teaching & Assessment
Instruction & Data

Leadership
Curriculum &
Focus
Resource
Communication Deployment

Professional Professional
Evaluation Support

© JPC Sr. 2012

The Evolution of Educational Reform
Areas of Before 1986 NCLB 2001 PA12-116 2012
Focus Universal Access Universal Proficiency Universal Measures

Learning Goals Locally Determined State by State 46 State Consortia
(Math, LA, Science)

Assessment Smarter Balance
Protocols Rank and Sort Tests for ALL
(IPI) for All

No News is
Accountability Label Failing Schools Ranking Every District,
Good News School and Teacher

Certifications &
Teacher Prep Get A Degree BEST
Certifications, TEAM,
and SEED
State Standards & Multi-State
Curriculum Table of Contents Frameworks Unified Standards
Pencil & Paper With Digital With
Testing Tools Pencil & Paper Performance Tasks Performance Tasks

Student Abilities
Grouped & Integrated (N=40)
Integrated &
Labeled Scrutinized (N=20)

Common Core Aligned
Instructional Focus Teacher Dependent Standards Aligned
And Digitally Supported

Ready for K Need for Pre-School Pre-K and Full-K Standards
Inputs/Outputs
59.9 to leave Skill Demonstrations Demonstrations & Tests

© EC 2012

Common Core
State Standards
- Organized by the
Governors Association
(not the USDOE)

- 46 States have adopted
the CCSS (Language Arts
and Math)

- They are the official
state standards in
Connecticut and have
been since July 2010.

© JPC Sr. 2012

SMARTER BALANCE
Assessment Consortia
- Starting in 2014-2015 these
adaptive online assessments will
change the game for 36
participating states.
- 2015-2016 use of tablets will also
be required for portions of the
math assessment.
- They are INTENDED to impact
instruction. Teaching to the test
is not a bad thing... if it’s a good
test.

© JPC Sr. 2012

Student Growth Whole-school Observations of Peer or Parent
and Development Student Learning Performance and Feedback (10%)
(45%) Indicators or Practice (40%)
Student Feedback
(5%)

Outcome Practice Rating
Rating (50%) (50%)

All of these factors are combined to reach your final annual
rating (as described in the Connecticut guidelines).

9/20/2012 8

Deep
Breaths
Just do the
right things
the right way
(mission,
focus,
coherence).

Mission
To prepare
EVERY student
for learning, life,
and work
in the 21st century.

© Corwin Press - 2011

Mission
Long View
The future of
learning and
work
is digital.


Yes, It’s Happened Before Our Eyes


In Less Than
A Generation…
• From isolation to
communication as the
norm.
• From going out of your
way to communicate to
going out of your way
not to.


How Would
You Answer?
What happens
to learning
when everyone
can get
anything from
anywhere?

Teaching & Instruction Goals for Learning Assessment & Data
• CCSS instructional shifts • Common Core State Standards • K-3 reading performance
• Text/content dependency practices • 21st century skill identification • Student data sets for use in TEM
• SBAC alignment and integration (academic/civic & social) • SBAC aligned strategies,
• Non-tested curriculum with
• 21st century skills practice instructional implementation and
CCSS/21CS integration
• Information literacy integration daily analysis for improved practice
• Balance between mandated and local
• Instructional practices for a digital values • 21st century skill and performance
learning environment task assessments
• Independent and collaborative • Real world digital skill and
practices and support
Leadership Focus attribute assessment
• DPI/SPI/IPI rankings Resource Deployment
Curriculum & Communication • DIP/SIP planning • Unified chart of accounts
• CCSS Integration and alignment for • Evaluation, tenure and support • Charter school funding process (29-31)
ELA and math processes • MBR and small district guidelines
• Posting of choice options on website • Governance Councils (if needed) • Allocation of time and schedules to align
• 21st century skill integration • Mission and community-wide with priorities and needs
• Non-tested curriculum renewal with expectations • Alignment of resource allocations with
CCSS/21CS integration and • Coherence and systems approaches digital learning processes
readiness • Planning for digital transitions

Professional Evaluation Professional Support
• K-3 reading instruction test (every year) • Reading instruction
• New Teacher/Administrator Evaluation Model • Elimination of CEU requirements
implementation (SBOE Guidelines) • Professional Development Committee
• Rate every teacher every year • Individual and small group coaching sessions
• Tenure and termination process changes. (preponderance of 18 hours focused on priorities) and
• Validator practices instructional practices
• Alignment of teaching practice with 21 CS • Evaluation and support training by 7/1/14
• Beyond CT Framework of reference- strengths and • Providing professional learning opportunities
weaknesses - ensuring that TEM values what it • Rethinking the expectations of professional learning –
measures and measures what it values. impact on TEM – alignment with TEAM

Red = 12-116 (CSDE) Green = NEASC Blue = Digital Learning

The Pareto
Principle
The law of the

Vital
Few

Goals for
Learning
The commitment you
have made to a small
and focused number of
essential skills and
learning outcomes.


Remember
the Mission… Communicate

is about Effectively

Independent
Adaptable
more &
Collaborative
& Creative
21st
than Century
just Information
Skills
Higher-Order

School. Literacy Thinking

Personal
Responsibility


Life
Common
Core & 21st
Century
Skills

Work School/Tests

© JPC Sr. 2012

Focus
What are
the key
leverage points
that will drive
mission
sustainability?

Focus
What are the key
skill sets
that are the most
important that
you do the least
well?


Focus
What are the
key
skill sets
that are the
most
important
that you do
the least well?

Teaching &
Instruction
The alignment of
instructional practice
with the articulated
goals for learning.


Essential
Question
Who
owns
the
learning?

One Size Cannot
Possibly Fit All

In a world where we can
customize everything
from hamburgers to
jeans, can we really
expect one instructional
approach or resource to
work for every learner?


Essential
Engagement
Measuring
higher-order
engagement
is the indicator
of success.

The Engagement
& Learning Equation
Degree of Student Control
times
Order of Conceptual Difficulty
plus
Content Fluency
equals
Instructional Value

Go Beyond
Danielson
What additional
descriptors
could you
add to
3a, 3b, & 3c?

Assessment
& Data
How well the
accountability systems
align with the stated
goals for learning and
inform continuous
improvement of
teaching and
performance.


Assessment
& Data

Quality
over
Quantity

Assessment
& Data
Align SLOs and
School Indicators
on the one or two
things that matter
most.


Coherence
Connecting the
dots
in the midst of
tumult, stress and
confusion.

Many school mandates, but just...
12-116/CT Reform CCSS/SBAC NEASC
Shifting the focus to student Rigorous content and Ensure a focus on
performance. adaptive online assessment. 21st Century Skills.

Process Focus Content Focus Process & Content

...one Mission.
Pursued through one pathway and one plan.

Ensuring all students are challenged and successful by acquiring the
skills knowledge needed for 21st century success.

CCSS & 21st Universal & Rigorous and
Century Aligned Progress
Common
Skills/Content Instruction with Monitoring
Goals Assessments High Engagement

© JPC Sr. 2012

Goals for
Learning
Priority Common Core
Teaching & State Standards and 21st Assessment &
Instruction Century Skills Data
Rigor and Higher Order Supporting Data
Engagement.
Leadership Focus Driven Instruction
Connecting the Dots – Align
everything with the three
Curriculum & Communication themes you see above. Resource Deployment
Connecting the Dots – Align Connecting the Dots – Align

Professional Evaluation Professional Support
Connecting the Dots – Align Connecting the Dots – Align

Planning Resources
Common Core State Standards
http://www.corestandards.org/

Connecticut SEED (Educator Evaluation)
http://www.connecticutseed.org

NEASC Standards
http://cpss.neasc.org/selfstudy_onsite_visit/selfstudy_materials_for_2012_schools/

Public Act 12-116
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/act/pa/pdf/2012PA-00116-R00SB-00458-PA.pdf

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/

Good to Great – Jim Collins

The Goal – Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Change P, P, & P – Hall & Hord

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Contact Information

Jonathan P. Costa, Sr.
Director, School/Program Services

EDUCATION CONNECTION
costa@educationconnection.org
860-567-0863

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