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School Improvement Services
Overview
The Clackamas ESD Curriculum, Instruction, and Evaluation
(CIE) Services Department supports component districts to
increase achievement for all students through standards based
curriculum, instruction, and assessment. CIE Services utilizes
research-evidenced based best practices to provide: sustained
professional development, consultation, coaching curriculum
renewal, work group facilitation, grant coordination, and contract
services. Grant and contract coordination includes: Migrant
Education Consortium, Title IC, Clackamas Career Technical
Education Consortium (C-TEC), Workforce Investment Act
(WIA) Youth Program, State Assessment contract, CLASS Mentor
contract, OETC Educational Technology Cadre Grant (Ed. Tech.
Cadre), and the Direct Access to Achievement (D.A.T.A.) Project
Regional Sustain Grant.
Resolution Services
Improvement of Instruction Services
Improvement of Instruction Services endeavors to:
• Provide direct access to achievement for all students through
the effective use of student data to inform instruction;
• Provide research-evidenced based best practice consultation,
facilitation, and professional development to improve core
instruction and alignment of instructional interventions which
result in direct access to achievement for all students;
• Increase options for meeting the instructional needs of
diverse learners, with emphasis on differentiated instruction
and other research-validated strategies to meet the needs of
all student groups including, but not limited to: economically
disadvantaged students, limited English proficient students,
students who are migrant, students with disabilities, and
students who are deemed to be talented and gifted;
• Collect, organize, and communicate relevant educational
reforms and effective research-validated curriculum,
instruction, and assessment practices to increase student
learning outcomes;
• Assist district and school educators in implementing state and
federal regulations and policies including, but not limited
to: state assessments, graduation requirements, federal
and state laws, curriculum adoption, and the continuous
improvement planning and implementation (eCIP) cycle;
• Provide for the integration of online resources into the
classroom and improve technology and information literacy
in collaboration with the Media Specialist Work Group;
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Provide opportunities for teachers and administrators to
increase instructional leadership skills to improve student
learning;
Provide representation on state and local committees and
advocacy for districts as identified by the CIE Services
Advisory;
Sustain capacity to provide professional development services
previously supported through the SIF grant by extending
services beyond the life of the grant through continued
certification and skill renewal for professional development
identified as most useful to our component districts;
Facilitate work groups and task forces identified by CIE
Services Advisory to include: English Language Learners
Work Group; Media Specialist Work Group, and the Charter
School Authorizers Network.
Professional Development Services
CIE Services assists districts and schools in data analysis and
action planning for professional development needs; provides
sustained professional
development at the
local school level and
county wide; demonstrates
lessons in classrooms;
and observes
and provides feedback
to teachers and mentor
teachers. Areas
of expertise include,
but are not limited
to: using data to inform
instruction, data
driven decision making;
standards-based
curriculum and lesson
plan development; formative
and summative
assessment; curriculum
renewal processes
for all subject areas; and specific use of effective instructional
strategies in the classroom.
Professional development is aligned with state standards
and adheres to national standards adopted by the Oregon
Department of Education (ODE).
Consultation, Technical Assistance, and
Representation Services
CIE Services works with district administrators, teachers, and
teacher teams (Professional Learning Communities, Grade Level
teams, Teacher Leadership teams, etc.) on instructional
CESD Local Service Plan 2011-2012