Collaboration Lite Puts Student Achievement on a Starvation Diet

Standards• <strong>Student</strong>s will estimate the sociologicalproblems which might be associated with theend of the world, and construct an experimentto test their theory.

Back mapping• Traditional standards started with kindergarten andthen added years of work on top of those (and havefocused heavily on existing curricula and notions ofdevelopment)• The common standards began with college and careerreadiness standards and then back mapped from there• This means that the standards demand growth aimedat ensuring students reach graduation targets (ratherthan depending so heavily on what we have done inthe past)• This makes these standards more challenging thanpast standards

Common Core Standards architect David Coleman ……• “Teachers must train students to be workers in theGlobal Economy. It is rare in a working environmentthat someone says, “Johnson, I need a market analysisby Friday but before that I need a compelling accountof your childhood.”• Translation to the classroom: No more primary gradeessays about lost teeth or middle school essays aboutprepubescent angst. Instead, students must providecritical analysis of the “Allegory of the Cave” fromPlato’s Republic, listed as an “exemplary informationaltext” in the Common Core State Standards

“Goodnight”- Goodnight Moon

The Typical Classroom for 2012-2013• 11 of the 30 students will live in poverty• 10 of the students will be non-White• 12 of the student’s primary language will not be English(one of 150 languages spoken in the US)• 6 will not be reared by their biological parents• 1 will be homeless• 6 will move at least 4 times before grade 7U.S. Department of Education Census Bureau

And let’s notforget theEconomicTsunami many ofour families arestill trying torecover from.Source:

Value AddedThis student’s 2004 scorewas higher than predictedThis student’s 2004 scorewas lower than predicted

Good schools get all this. Thegrown ups who work in theseschools are not asked to beindependent contractors-martyrs orgeniuses

But We All Collaborate……Professional LearningCommunities, Child Study Groups, Data Teams,Classroom Planning Time, Bob

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Lost in Translation……………..• “Collaborate”• “Watch the Kids”• “Clean your room”21

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Data Teams Implementation Survey Results TableWe Haven’tDone This YetWe Are Workingon This StepStepPLANForm Data Teams and schedulemeetings 35% 25% 40%Assign Data Team Roles:Leaders, Recorder… 80% 15% 5%Schedule Data Team leader andadministrator meetings 60% 30% 10%We analyze our data to uncoverour Success Stories and HonestBad News. 35% 45% 20%DOWe develop monthly CurriculumCalendars and make thecommitment to teach someindicators at the same time - thebad news indicators and the longand lingering indicators 45% 30% 25%We develop and administerCommon Pre-Assessments 50% 30% 20%We analyze Pre-Assessment data,develop a common lesson andset our teaching goal 45% 50% 5%We develop and administerCommon Post-Assessments 15% 20% 65%We meet to determine if our goalwas met; provide intervention(s)for students who did not masterat proficient level and discusshow we will adjust this lesson forthe next year. 30% 60% 10%CHECKCreate formalized system forposting Data Team charts andgraphs 70% 25% 5%Create internal evaluation andcommunication system 70% 25% 5%Create external evaluation andcommunication system 85% 10% 5%We are ReallyDoing This

Collective Intelligence(men—put your cell phones down)• How big is the moon?The moon is about _______miles across.• How far is it from Earth to the moon?It is about _________ miles from Earth to themoon.• How old is the moon?The moon is the same age as the Earth andthe rest of the solar system — about ____billionyears. Our solar system was all formed at thattime.

Collective Intelligence• How big is the moon?The moon is about 2,000 miles across.• How far is it from Earth to the moon?It is about 250,000 miles from Earth to the moon.• How old is the moon?The moon is the same age as the Earth and the rest ofthe solar system — about 4.5 billion years. Our solarsystem was all formed at that time.

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A System• The first key term in this definition is SYSTEM. Teachers arenot invited or encouraged to collaborate. <strong>Collaboration</strong> isembedded in the routine practices of the school.• Teachers are organized into teams and provided time to meetduring the school day. They are provided specific guidelines andrequired to engage in specific activities that help them focus onstudent achievement.• The team agenda is all about two questions:What are the priority skills for this quarter?How can we be more effective teaching these priorities?Source:31

• The SYSTEM ensures the entire staff workstogether to focus constantly on those priorityskills.• Not Book Clubs• Not Prom Rules• Not Prezi• Diet Cards• 3 legged dogs• Walk ThroughsSource:

Matter over Chatter• Second, the SYSTEM is designed to impactprofessional practice. Teachers do more thananalyze, reflect, discuss, or debate. They usecollaboration as a catalyst to change their practices.• How they teach the lesson on weather or fractions Changes(for the better)!Source:

Keep Score—Politicians and Parentsare!• Third, the effectiveness of the SYSTEM is assessedon results rather than perceptions, projects, orpositive intentions.• Teams identify and pursue specific, measurable,student outcomes. <strong>Student</strong> performance is thebarometer of success.• “85% of my class will reach the proficient level on ourObservation vs. Inference lesson”.Source:

A Good Systemensures that, “teachersare nosy, noisy andtravel in packs”My Grandma, 1997

Horizontal Design/Data TeamElementaryGrade 3 TeacherGrade 3 TeacherGrade 3 TeacherSee page 63

Vertical Design/Data TeamMiddle School Department Team/Small School TeamGrade 6(K) Math TeachersGrade 7(1) Math TeachersSee page 63Grade 8 (2)Math Teachers

Balanced Assessment Model6. Analyze Post-Assessmentdata.• Plan interventions forstudents who did not masterthe standard.• Plan how you will tweak yourlesson for next year.5. Develop and AdministerCommon Post-Assessment• Feedback for administrators,teachers and students• Prove Learning1. Develop or Revise MonthlyCurriculum Calendars• Commit to teach the bad newsstandards and the long andlingering standards at thesame time• Develop a timelineWhen your summativedata comes back, uncoveryour success storiesand honest bad news.4. Teach Teach Teach Teach2. Develop and AdministerCommon Pre-Assessments• Find out what your studentsknow, don’t know and want toknow3. Analyze Pre-Assessment data• Identify student barriersstrengths and interests• Develop InstructionalStrategies and Lesson• Use data to improveinstruction38







Indicators of“Academic Emergency”• District Philosophy – <strong>Student</strong>s come to schoolto watch teachers workCenter forPerformanceAssessment45

Indicators of“Academic Emergency”• Science Coordinator’s plan for better sciencescores: “Build more Volcanoes”Center forPerformanceAssessment46

Indicators of“Academic Emergency”• On reading practice test students spell: “Plato”Play DoughCenter forPerformanceAssessment47

Indicators of“Academic Emergency”• All social studies teachers have same firstname: “Coach”Center forPerformanceAssessment48

Indicators of“Academic Emergency”• District prepares forthe test the sameway it prepares forthe Christmas playCenter for Performance Assessment49

Time to Break UpThanks!Mike WhiteECSWhite_ecs@fuse.net

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