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�Illinois Priority

Learning Standards

Capacity Building Series

January 2021

Equity ● Quality ● Collaboration ● Community

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Insert instructions for adding number to Zoom name

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Changing your name in Zoom

▪Click “Participants” at bottom of window

▪Hover over your name and click “More” then “Rename”

▪BEFORE your name, please at the number that corresponds to your ROE area number (1-6)

▪Example: 3 Erica T (ISBE she/her)

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Welcome

Please sign in using the link in the chat feature
Link to slides
All resources are archived on ISBE’s Learning Standards webpage. https://www.isbe.net/Pages/Learning-Standards.aspx

Navigating Zoom

Video Controls
Microphone
Chat
Breakout Rooms

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Shared Norms

Use the chat to provide feedback & interact (back channel)
Unmute yourself to share during designated times
Make your video available during small group break outs
Be comfortable with feeling uncomfortable
Use equity of voice
Keep your mind & heart open
Be future focused

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Menti Poll

Where do most of your schools fall?

Go to: https://www.menti.com/vdtrywdo4m

The voting code 21 38 90 6

Link to live results: https://www.mentimeter.com/s/9c4441410007f169872d656fb8be033d/f5a0245a7ef3

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Our Agenda

10:05-10:15

"Capacity Builder" Operationalized -- ISBE

10:15-10:20

Plan moving forward (PLC vs SchoolKit) -- ISBE

10:20-10:30

Using PLCs to implement -- ISBE

10:30-10:50

Introduce Needs Assessment Survey. Instructions. -- Dara Carr

10:50-11:25

Use Service Continuum Doc and/or Scope of Work Continuum for options for implementing: Interactive slide to post notes from conversations,-- Katie Algrim, Maggie Brewner, Anji Garza

11:25-11:30

Next steps -- Erica Thieman

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Systems Overview:

Strengthening our Core

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ISBE

IARSS Steering Committee

Maggie Brewner, ROE 19

Anji Garza, ROE 47

Dara Carr, ROE 28

Kim Maville, ROE 4

Cindy Dollman, ROE 48

Mary Beth McCormick, ROE 45

Dee Anne Schnautz, ROE 21

Lori Loving, ROE 33

Jill Brown, ROE 4

Katie Algrim, Kane ROE

Terri Peoples, Unit 5

Rida Ellis, ROE 39

Sarah Emery, ROE 20

Juletta Ellis, Pana Schools

Joint Development Team

(Erica Tieman, Angelique Hamilton, Maggie Brewner, Anji Garza, Dara Carr, Kim Johnson, Shannon Becker, Katie Algrim)

Area 1 Capacity Builders (1 rep each from ROEs 44, 34, 31, 19, 24, 56)

Area 1 LEA Coaching, PL & PLCs

Area 2 Capacity Builders

(1 rep each from ROEs 8, 4, 47, 28, 35)

Area 2 LEA Coaching, PL & PLCs

Area 3 Capacity Builders

(1 rep each from ROEs 33, 26, 48, 53, 1, 51)

Area 3 LEA Coaching, PL & PLCs

Area 4 Capacity Builders

(1 rep each from ROEs 17, 32, 9, 54, 39, 11)

Area 4 LEA Coaching, PL & PLCs

Area 5 Capacity Builders

(1 rep each from ROEs 40, 41, 3, 50, 45)

Area 5 LEA Coaching, PL & PLCs

Area 6 Capacity Builders

(1 rep each from ROEs 13, 12, 20, 21, 30)

Area 6 LEA Coaching, PL & PLCs

Strengthening Our Core:

Statewide Delivery System for Capacity Building

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Team	Role/Scope of Work	Meeting Frequency/Time Commitment
ISBE	Maintain the vision of ISBE and agency Strategic Plan goals Collaborate with Steering Committee to define, evaluate and improve the delivery system Works with Steering Committee to develop common language for system and content	Meets with Steering Committee quarterly
Steering Committee	Provide feedback and input to ISBE related to system and scope of work Collaborate with ISBE to define, evaluate and improve the delivery system Works with ISBE to develop common language for system and content	Meets with ISBE quarterly
Joint Development Team	Identify/develop resources and tools to assist capacity builders in their regional work based on the annual scope of work Facilitate webinars, capacity builder PLCs, and other synchronous events Review capacity builder and LEA data & feedback to improve statewide resources	Meets 1-2 times per month to develop tools and resources Facilitate monthly live or recorded sessions with ROE capacity builders
ROE Area Capacity Builders	Participate in monthly capacity building informational sessions and PLCs, including networking and sharing implementation & best practices Facilitate differentiated regional and/or district level PLCs and coaching, related to scope of work - including use state tools and resources Provide feedback on resources to Steering Committee & Development Team	Meets monthly with Joint Development Team to participate in PLCs and additional networking, problem solving, and training Differentiates state tools and resources to meet the needs of LEAs in service regions on a regular basis
LEAs	Engage with ROE Area Capacity Builders to assess need and access differentiated support through a PLC, coaching, or other evidence based model	Meets according to the needs of the LEAs and area. Time may be job embedded, afterschool, School Improvement Days, asynchronous, etc.

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Defining Capacity Builders

Vision: Building upon the strengths of local schools, districts, and professional learning communities, ROEs in partnership with ISBE and other professional learning support staff will provide just-in-time training designed to meet local schools where they are and focus on building capacities of educators to meet learning needs related to the learning standards.

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Funding

ROE PD Implementation Expenses

Flat fee per session delivered to curriculum/teacher leaders for a region

All inclusive

Planning and development time for Capacity Builders

Implementation of Training and Coaching Supports

Virtual Platform—LTC has offered at reduced rate to ROEs for Zoom

Technology needed for offering virtual PD (webcams, mics, etc)

Substitutes for teachers participating

Book for book studies or other tangible materials

Divide by 6 ROE Area = 96 hours per Area

DRAFT Proposal

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Priority Standards PLC vs. SchoolKit

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CCSSO State Grant

More

For more information on joining these sessions please see: Curriculum and Instruction @ www.ISBE.net

First Webinar scheduled for January 27, 2:00-3:30

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Using PLCs as Delivery Mechanism to Support Schools

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Professional Learning Communities

A professional learning community (PLC) is an extended learning opportunity to foster collaborative learning among colleagues within a particular work environment or field. It is often used in schools as a way to organize teachers for collaborative learning and engagement towards reaching collective school and district goals.

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Monitoring Our Impact

Needs Assessment & Data Collection

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Data Collection

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Needs Assessment Survey

Needs Assessment

Survey Guidance

Rationale for Questions

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Groups of 5-6

10 minutes

Directions:

Introduce yourself
Discuss how you are currently using the priority learning standards to guide work and conversations with schools & teachers.
Discuss how you might use the needs assessment tool to pinpoint areas of leverage
Where do you see your schools falling on the needs assessment?

Identify one person to write some takeaways in the chat upon return to whole group.

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Sharing Our Thinking

Upon return to whole group, please type a summary of your group’s discussion in the chat box.

Overall Reflection/Debrief!

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Planning for Supporting Schools

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Tool 1

Link to this doc

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Tool 2

Based on DuFour’s PLC Model and rubric, as well as IQF.
Sorted by areas districts should consider when working to identify priority learning standards, focus learning, and refine systems
These topics will be addressed this year in our capacity building sessions
Work & support at each level, will help districts to move to the next level.

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Groups of 5-6

10 minutes

Directions:

Introduce yourself
Review the two tools for Implementing the Priority Learning Standards
As capacity builders, how can you best help your schools based on where they are at?

Identify one person to write some takeaways by area on the interactive slides that follow.

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A good roadmap - helps us know where to help our schools.

Success criteria might not be there - could be an area we can help districts with.
Customize services based on teacher, grade level, etc.

Major goal of updated SS is equity and teaching of skills.
No deployment date set.. still teach the standards as they are.
Will be vastly improved!!

Schools are not all in the same lane. Maybe add “ELA” and “Math” plans as options since districts might be at different places for different subjects, grades, etc.
Might need multiple plans.

What cluster of standards do we start with? Foundational standards, language standards, speaking and listening and grade levels - what are we prioritizing within the prioritized standards?

Scope of work document

Schools won’t be in the same place.
Schools within each district can be at different places and needs.

Gaps/unfinished learning might have changed because of the situation we are currently in.

Working with all contents to let them know the priority standards to help focus their instruction.

What other assessments can we use to help with the prioritization?

Area 1

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Tool 1:

The differentiation helps to map out steps toward implementation

Reminds teachers and principals of Danielson

Tool 2:

Good tool for pinpointing where our districts are in this process.

Inclusion of effect size helps show research behind work and why it is important.

Possibly a summer workshop for working on this?

Sparked interest in Curriculum directors-- helps them to have a road map

Lends itself to give examples of each area of need and how to proceed.

Should we prioritize these areas for work?

How does this relate to school improvement?

Teacher leaders may be willing to use this tool.

Entry point for establishing teacher clarity.

Area 2

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Common Vocabulary!!!

Survey is needed.

Some districts have already formed their own standards and seem to not want to focus on the priority standards.

Make a strategic plan for differentiation based on school level.

Cohorts/lead coaches-to build capacity across region???
A possible flow chart to determine???

Everything needs to align.

priority standards
IL Empower
Curriculum/Assessment

Challenges:

Inquiry rather than questioning

Area 3

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Needs assessment is a must!

Multiple entry points is great - everyone is at a different point in the journey

ISBE needs to identify the priority standards. Cluster rather than list in a linear fashion.

Encourage participation in upcoming trainings

May need to be clarification on what the different steps mean.

We need to identify the standards and the next step should be identifying assessments so we know where students are and what success looks like

Emphasis on the process - use of tools provided will be key

Priority Standards still have a lot of meat. Example - ELA only standard 4 missing.

We can’t prioritize everything. Is this a draft?

We need a mechanism to get feedback on students learning - maybe use Engage NY (every item is tagged to a standard) as a type II assessment?

Area 4

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Combined with Area 6 due to low number of participants

Area 5

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The needs assessment will be very helpful, planning on adding more specifics for Area 6

Looking forward to taking more time to study the documents

The alignment of the needs assessment to the service continuum is very helpful in figuring out where to start with districts

Appreciate the differentiation for districts who are all across the board in engagement with prioritization of standards

Especially helpful for comprehensive schools who need supports related to the Standards

Area 6

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Next Steps

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Monthly Webinar Outline

Monthly Session Outline
December	Orientation to the Capacity Builders Network	Context and background of the PLS and needs assessment data collection on level of engagement at the district level with the priority learning standards
January	Teacher Clarity	Understanding rigor of the PLS and using data to monitor
February	Prioritizing Learning	Articulation of instructional strategies to improve student outcomes
March	Aligned Feedback and Assessment Systems	Leveraging pre-assessment data and effective feedback for a balanced and coherent assessment system
April	Closing the Achievement Gap	Using data and developing a common vocabulary to increase access to strategies and for closing achievement gaps
May	Engaged Students	Identification of local data points to monitor student engagement and development of strategies to promote engagement from the whole child perspective
June	Working with Special Populations Learners	Discussion and implementation of evidence-based strategies and accommodations aligned to the PLS
July	Planning for 2021-22

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Meeting Dates & Times

Upcoming Meetings

10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Mark your calendars!

Monday, February 22

Monday, March 15

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Virtual Parking Lot ask your questions, answer questions, give advise and add new slides for more room.

Questions?

Presenting a crosswalk to common core, priority standards, etc