SDUHSD Middle School

Science Spring PD

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February 27, 2020 / 8:00 am - 2:30 pm

SDUHSD District Office Board Room

Jennifer McCluan and Amy Olson

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Today’s Outcomes

• Familiar with the timeline and process we will use for recommending instructional materials for adoption
• Aware of how pilots are progressing at each middle school
• Review student/teacher pilot feedback and data
• Evaluate pilot assessments using SDCOE workshop materials
• Understand the work accomplished by the Middle School Health Committee
• Time Permitting-Course-Alike Planning

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Agenda

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RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN YOU SPOT THE WORDS OUT OF ORDER!

Welcome to new colleagues!

Alexandra Pop, CVMS

Lee Glisan, OCMS Student Teacher

Other introductions?

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Stacking Cups

Finish by 8:15 am

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Does your string have black ink on it? You might have to check the whole string….

State of the Union:

Science Instructional Materials & Health

Bryan Marcus

Associate Superintendent of Ed Services

8:15 - 8:45 am

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Guess how much cash Bryan has on him at this moment!

One guess per table. Closest guess wins. All table members get a prize.

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Your Input Matters!

Multiple Opportunities for Teachers to Provide Input:

• PD Sessions like today
• Site Bi-Monthly Check-Ins (record in template)
• Teacher Feedback Google Form Survey based on TIME Rubrics 2 and 3
• Some sites are also keeping a running Google Doc

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Link to Original Doc

Final Recommendation Process

• All MS Science teachers will provide input during PD, site department meetings, and through surveys.
• Special Education and English Learner Colleagues are welcome to meet with your department and provide input
• 7th and 8th grades are able to recommend different programs for adoption.
• Rather than individual “votes,” the site team will make a recommendation for 7th and for 8th.
• Final recommendations for adoption should include all current science teachers at your school site.
• This recommendation will be shared by chairs on April 29th to Bryan Marcus, Associate Superintendent of Ed Services.

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Science Instructional Materials

Q & A

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You encounter a Vaccinium myrtillus. Do you snuggle with it, eat it, or avoid it at all costs?

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Most accurate and most creative answers win a prize.

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One minute to answer.

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Key Health Points

• Health Committee will share curricular details shortly
• District Parent Letter Home
• Parent Preview Nights
• Expectations for Consistency
• Stylization of Slide Decks is ok
• Alteration of Curricular Content is not
• No additions, deletions, substitutions
• Rationale: Consistency & Parent Preview
• Training for 7th Grade Teachers at 4-23 PD

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Person with the earliest daily alarm and person with the latest daily alarm - Rock Paper Scissors for a prize.

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Health

Q & A

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Unscramble the title to win a prize:

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Middle School Health Subcommittee:

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Krista Baldwin, Kathryn Freeman, Tania Kim, Tracy McCabe, Jenn McCluan, Lindsey McVay, and Erika Pavlovich

(8:45 - 9:05 am)

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Scope and Sequence (Tania Kim)

History and Development

• Multiple Groups Involved
• CHYA and Standards Alignment
• Knowledge and Skills
• Sequence

Two Versions

• Rationale
• Teacher Version
• Parent Version

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CHYA stands for???

Only teachers who do not teach health may answer...

Unit Overview Tables (Tracy McCabe)

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• What are they?
• How can they help teachers?
• Unit Overview Tables

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Slide Deck Example (Lindsey McVay)

• Slide Decks
• Overall Architecture (Parts and Pieces)
• What Students and Parents will see
• Stylize, don’t add/delete lesson components
• Note these are a work in progress

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Wrapping Up (Jenn McCluan)

• Goal is to finish and share by April 1st
• We have one more working day on March 16th
• We will develop a way for teachers to share feedback and suggestions (likely Google Form)
• Support at each site-work with your Subcommittee Members

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Intro to Today’s Work

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9:05 - 9:20 am

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Norms & “Housekeeping”

• Equitable “Airtime” and Participation
• Support the Goals of the Group
• Honoring Start and End Times
• Electronic Devices
• Water Filter

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Link to Three Year Plan

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Light at the End of the Tunnel

What We’ve Done

• 2014-2015 NGSS- What’s that?
• Fall 2015 Select a Course Model

(RIP 619825723 post-its)

• Spring 2016 Review of State Framework
• New content - ongoing
• Instructional Shifts - ongoing
• 2016-2017 Scope and Sequence
• 2016-RIGHT NOW Pilots
• 2018-2019 TIME Training andPrescreen
• Amplify, SimScience, Discovery Tech, IQWST
• Carolina Smithsonian
• TCI, STEMScopes
• LabAids, ACS, Impact Science
• Stanford SCALE

What’s Left

• Instructional Materials Recommendation
• Tidy up prep-rooms
• Teach science

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BREAK!

9:30 - 9:40 am

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Pilot Progress

9:30 - 10:00 am

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Share a Positive Pilot Experience

Discuss in Table Groups (1 min per person)

• Could be student work
• Could be lesson planning/progression
• Could be phenomenon-based
• Could be your own learning as teacher

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Tables share out one idea with whole group

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Review Pilot Check-In Tables

Identify any themes you notice for 7th/8th grades across school sites in the check-in table.

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Have someone at your table record notes and decide who will share with the whole group.

How many total messages do you have in your SDUHSD email inbox? Lowest and highest numbers get a prize.

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Highest number of unread messages gets a prize.

Pilot Feedback Analysis

Supplementation

Student and Teacher Feedback

(10:00 - 11:30 am)

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Survey - Supplementation Rate

Please complete this brief survey to share how much supplementing you have done for pilots.

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Short Link: bit.ly/MSPilotSupplement

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If you are respondent number 8, 14, or 20 you win a prize!!

Review Results of Survey

Survey Results

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Guiding Questions

• What did you notice in the results?
• Did any pilots stand out as needing significant supplementing?

Keep these results in mind as we consider student feedback.

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Review Student Feedback

Complete Student Feedback Scavenger Hunt using:

• Form Responses View (use graphs)
• Spreadsheet (Most Powerful Memory)

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PLEASE STAND AND GET A PRIZE UP IF YOUR HANDOUT HAS BEEN THREE HOLE PUNCHED.

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Summarize Student Feedback

At your table, rank the 7th and 8th grade pilots based on the student feedback data. (Argue from Evidence)

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Consider that this data will be shared with School Board Members (along with Teacher Feedback Data)

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Brain Break

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Refresh our Teacher Brains

Teachers were asked to complete portions of the TIME rubric online to provide feedback on our pilots.

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Link to Google Form

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This form was divided into 11 sections for each portion of the TIME rubric we agreed to use in our Fall PD (and we added in an SDUHSD section)

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Tally the number of students you have this year with the names “Ella”, “Sophie/a”, or “Zoey”. Highest and lowest totals win a prize.

Divide and Conquer!

• We need 10 groups of 2-3 teachers each (7th and 8th mixed).
• Pick a rubric section out of the hat.
• Your group will analyze, tally, and summarize the data for your rubric section.
• Plan out key takeaways to share with the whole group. (See example “Phenomena/Problems”) or express yourself as you see fit

Spreadsheet of Data

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Consider how you will summarize and share out your data.

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Graphs, statements, and interpretive dance are all acceptable methods.

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Teacher Feedback Sections

We have 11 Sections of the TIME Rubric

1. Phenomena/Problems (Example) - DO NOT DO THIS ONE
2. Three Dimensional Conceptual Framework
3. Prior Knowledge
4. Metacognitive Abilities
5. Equitable Learning Opportunities
6. Monitor Three Dimensional Learning
7. Capturing Student Progress
8. Variety of Measures
9. Equitable Access
10. Use of Assessment
11. SDUHSD Specific Questions

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Do you have a Green Star on your card???

LUNCH!

11:45 - 12:45 pm

(1 hour)

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Pilot Assessments & Collaboration Time

12:30 - 2:15 pm

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Person willing to eat the most taco flavored crickets wins a prize!

Evaluate Pilot Assessment

With your partner, choose an instrument and use it to evaluate an assessment from one of our three pilots

• Bozeman Assessment Screening Tool
• Red Flag Checklist for Assessments

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Reflection

Did anything surprise you when reviewing assessments from our pilots?

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Time to Collaborate

• Decide which pilot assessment(s) you might want to use for an upcoming unit.
• Work with a partner or your course-alike team to find/modify assessments.
• You may want to consider the newly released CAST Practice Items. (Choose “Practice Test”)

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Wrap-Up

2:15 - 2:30 pm

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Thank You!

Please provide feedback on our day by completing this brief Google Form.

�Short Link:

bit.ly/2-27MSScienceFeedback

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