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WHAT DID THE DATA SAY?

JK – 8 MATH PROGRAM PREK–12 WORLD LANGUAGE PROGRAM PREK – 6 LITERACY PROGRAM

ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS

Board of Trustees

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Master Teacher Program Professional development

Commitment to change

Head of School & Division Leadership

Vision and experience Decision making criteria

Parents

Buy in and support

Faculty

Professional Development Best Practices

PD tied to:

Strategic goals Best practices

Types of PD:

Road trips Task Forces Visiting Scholars Summer Reading Summer grants

Teacher’s Observations

Workbooks, Workbooks, Workbooks Dabbling at Whole Language instruction Where is the differentiation?

The Need for Change…ERB Reports

Math sc o re s highe r than re ading sc o re s Audito ry and re ading c o mpre he nsio n gaps

Division Head Observations

Do n’t c hange during the first ye ar. Re ally? T

he sno wball is ge tting large r…

Professional Development = Consultants & Literacy Scholars

Heinemann comprehension and reading assessment

consultants

Intermediate and middle school literacy consultant Faculty buy in of consultants: Why? Pacing and plan for consultant visits

Professional Reading

Mosaic of Thought

Keene and Zimmerman

Strategies That Work

Harvery

Best Practices

Zemelman, Daniels, & Hyde

A Guide to Benchmark Assessment

System

Fountas & Pinnell

The Continuum of Literacy

Learning

Fountas & Pinnell

Making the Most of Small Groups

Debbie Diller

6 + 1 Traits of Writing

Ruth Culham

The Fluent Reader

Rasinski

A Whole New Mind

Daniel Pink

Apprenticeship in Literacy

Dorn, French, & Jones

Faculty Teams

Consideration of Strengths and Placement Safe Supported Opportunity to Learn Time to Learn on the Job Input from Faculty

Integration & Differentiation

Why Integrate?

Time Authenticity More comprehensive

Differentiate?

Small Groups Individualized assessment

Assessment/Reporting

Formative Assessment

Developing writing rubrics to correlate with WRAP

• Implementing running record assessment in reading using F&P and DRA
• Utilizing EDM assessment with math boxes and open response

Anecdotal notes

Summative Assessment

• T

eac hing with the end in mind by develo ping a standards based repo rt c ard

• I

dentifying and aligning standards in literac y, math, so c ial studies, and sc ienc e

• Develo ping quarterly expec tatio ns and assigning

benc hmarks

Report Cards

New format identifying key standards in content areas New format identifying benchmark expectations by quarter instead

• f grades

Transitioning from grades to benchmark assignment:

Secure, Developing, Below, Needs Improvement

Parent education

Assessment + Reporting = Change in Instruction

Fewer worksheets More small group work More differentiated groups More independent differentiation More leveled reading instruction

• More opportunity for

independent goals

• More opportunity for

project learning

• More creative, authentic,

and integrative instruction

• More reading/writing

workshop instruction

Higher ERB scores

Where are we now?

Our Mantra: What is good for the girls? We continue to “Tweak”. More Professional Development

Professional Development

Phonics refinement 1st/2nd Literacy Lab 3rd /4th Closing divisional gaps Literacy Specialist for Classrooms EDM Resident Experts Creativity is a Priority Creating Faculty Leadership Technology Integration

First Grade: BALANCING & WEIGHING

BALLET

ARCHITECTURE SKATING TIGHT ROPE WALKING ENGINEERING

GYMNASTICS

E xplor ing & De signing

Based on a true story of a boy who wanted to fly his kite across the Niagra River to help build a bridge. He succeeded in landing it from the Canadian side to the American side. Soon after, the first suspension bridge was built across the great Niagra Gorge.

F ilmmaking: shor ts

Reading Geography Science Listening Technology Speaking Imaginative Thinking Writing

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Content Study: 1st Half

Silent films by Georges Melies, Charlie Chaplin, Edison and

Lumiere Brothers

Pixar shorts and other shorts on YouTube Jacob Burns Film Institute’s kids videos Lincoln Center Institute

Eberle Eberle’ ’s Strategy: s Strategy: SCAMPER SCAMPER s substitute c combine a adapt m maximize p put to good use e elaborate r rearrange

Key Ideas Key Ideas

Building Vocabulary

analyzing plot with storyboarding imaginative thinking skills:

brainstorming, noticing deeply, adapting, asking questions, identifying patterns, making connections, reflecting

collaborative problem-solving skills technology creating a short film with criteria

VIQ: Questions?

Can integration be relevant to the present lives of the students? Do the activities ignite the students’ imaginative thinking and awareness to their imagination and others’ thinking? Can teachers access the school’s curriculum with the selected focus? Is support for the multi-disciplined process?

Production Production

Language Arts

Technology

Criteria List

Main idea Clear message Two or more characters Chase scene Three or more locations Beginning, middle and end

Now… Where Are We Heading?

Innovation/Creativity Task Force Reggio-inspired Early Childhood Program STEM initiatives K-12 Conversations by Curriculum Teams Teacher-leader resident experts Hutchison LEADS

Integration..integration..integration

Feel free to contact us…

Laurie Stanton

Assistant Head for Program

lstanton@hutchisonschool.org

Noel Brewster

Lower School Head

nbrewster@hutchisonschool.org

Susan Hale

1st Grade Teacher

shale@hutchisonschool.org

Cathleen Sibley

3rd Grade Teacher csibley@hutchisonschool.org