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2013 Title I Conference Implementing and Monitoring Flexible Learning Programs for Student Success. Bobby Smith District Effectiveness Team [email protected]. Session Topics. FLP Connections FLP Students FLP Staff Looking Back to Look Ahead - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
2013 Title I Conference
Implementing and Monitoring Flexible Learning Programs
for Student Success
Bobby SmithDistrict Effectiveness Team
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Session TopicsFLP ConnectionsFLP StudentsFLP StaffLooking Back to Look AheadMonitoring for SuccessDistrict RolesWhat Works
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Instruction Strand Standard 9
Provides timely, systematic, data-driven interventions
Connection to School Keys
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
“The quality of a school can be measured by how effectively it addresses the needs of its struggling students.” _James Wright
“How are the children?” _Native American Tribal Leaders
Students are the barometers of our success.
Why FLP Success is Critical
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
FLP and Student Growth Percentiles
Making Connections to:
Teacher Accountability
Leader Accountability
School Accountability
District Accountability
Higher AchievementLower Growth
Lower AchievementLower Growth
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
FLP Impact
TKESCCRPI
FOCUS
PRIORITYSGPs
LKES
See Waiver for
District Accountability
70%
50%
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
PLUS/DELTA for FLP 2012-2013
What Went Well
What To Change
Include SLT, other staff, and stakeholders in this activity.
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
PLUS DELTATest scores went up. Test scores went down.Teachers worked together. FLP Teachers worked alone.Graduation rates increased. Students failed courses.Participation increased. Attendance was sporadic.More students passed classes. Discipline was an issue.We discovered new interventions. We didn’t know what to do.
Last Year’s FLP
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
“Don't underestimate the power of a vision.”_ McDonald's founder, Ray Kroc
“The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps. We must step up the stairs.” _Vance Havner
Our Vision for FLP:Where will FLP Carry Us?
The Lesson from Home Makeover Artists
= CHANGE+ + + + +Vision Skills Incentives Resources Action Plans Results
= CONFUSION+ + + + +Skills Incentives Resources Action Plans Results
= ANXIETY+ + + + +Vision Incentives Resources Action Plans Results
= RESISTANCE+ + + + +Vision Skills Resources Action Plans Results
= FRUSTRATION+ + + + +Vision Skills Incentives Action Plans Results
= TREADMILL+ + + + +Vision Skills Incentives Resources Results
Managing Important Change Factors
Knoster and Ambrose
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
What is our FLP Vision?If our Flexible Learning Program succeeds,
How will students be impacted? How will teachers and staff benefit?What will change at our school?How will the district benefit?How will families benefit?
Engage your SLT with this Activity.
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Our Vision for FLP 2013-14 The district and school collaborate on FLP. The FLP Plan is approved early. Highly effective teachers staff the FLP. Student participation increases. Student performance in classes improves. Students pass high stakes tests. FLP monitoring goes well.
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
An Inconvenient Truth: Children come to us with a great variety of needs.
Study the WHO before the WHAT
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
What are their common characteristics?
What is their academic history?
What is their view of school?
How do their interact with others?
How do they think?
Engage your SLT with this Activity.
Describing typical FLP students
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
The FLP Students:They seek to steer the class
away from learning targets.
They have learned to disinvite help.
They may have received the same message from their teachers each year – either through verbal or non-verbal messaging – “You can’t do this work as well as others.”
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
The FLP Students:They are two or more grade levels behind
their peers.
They have already mentally dropped out.
They attend school about 80% of the time.
They can’t translate teacher feedback into next steps.
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
The FLP Students:They fear reading aloud.
They absolutely dread testing season.
They may struggle on the CRCTs or EOCTs, but they are quick to sense who would rather not teach them.
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
What characteristics make them successful?
How do their interact with students?
How do they connect with students?
What teaching strategies do they use?
Engage your SLT with this Activity.
Describing Successful FLP Teachers
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Successful FLP Teachers: They are students of their students.
They connect with students head to head and heart to heart.
They have a deep understanding of their content area standards.
They actively and cognitively engage students.
They are optimistic, curious, and energetic.
A Key Question from Whatever It TakesHow will we respond when our students are not learning?
The belief system of those providing the interventions.
An assessment system for monitoring progress and making critical mid-course corrections.
Essential for Success
Does the staff of your school endorse this statement?
“ALL KIDS CAN LEARN.”
Is there a disconnect between the posted beliefs and the daily classroom practices?
Charles Darwin School Pontius Pilate School
Henry Higgins SchoolChicago Cub Fan School
“We believe all kids can learn . . . based on their ability.”
“We believe all kids can learn . . . if they take advantage of the opportunity we give them to learn.”
“We believe all kids can learn . . . something, and we will help all students grow in a warm and nurturing environment.”
“We believe all kids can learn . . . and we will work to help all students achieve high standards of learning.”
Four School Philosophies _Whatever It Takes
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Monitoring FLPat the District and School Levels
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Why Monitoring is ImportantCollect Data and DocumentEstablish AccountabilityInform Decision MakingMake Mid-Course CorrectionsMaximize ResourcesEnhance Knowledge of What WorksCelebrate SuccessesBuild Capacity for Monitoring
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
The True Tests for FLP
Are graduation rates improving?
Are CRCT scores increasing?
Are EOCT pass rates increasing?
Is our CCRPI increasing?
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Related Leading Indicators of FLP Success
Are course pass rates increasing?
Are nine-weeks grades improving?
Are unit test pass rates increasing?
Are students passing benchmark assessments?
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Monitoring with Surveys and InterviewsFLP Staff and administratorsTeachers of RecordStudents (Four Questions)Parents
Monitoring with ObservationsFLP ClassroomsFLP Planning SessionsSchool Leadership Team Meetings
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
FLP Students Class Pass RatesShown in Percentages for Algebra
Sept Oct Nov Dec0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
35.2 32.8
55.6
68.8
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
FLP Progress on Newton Assessment Grade Equivalent Improvement Aug Dec
S-1S-2S-3S-4S-5S-6S-7S-8S-9
4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 50
1020304050607080
3242
54 5158
FLP AttendanceAverage Participants per Week
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
The District as the First Responders
Principals who will pull the alarm
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
District Support for FLPProvide access to all relevant data in usable format.Provide staff with professional learning aligned to
needs.Provide schools with feedback on goals and
strategies.Expedite purchases and staffing.Allocate resources including funding, time,
personnel, materials, transportation, and technology.
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
District Support for FLPProvide regular feedback during implementation.Provide staff support and removes barriers as
needed.Assist with internal and external communication.Don’t add extra layers of unnecessary work.Participate in celebrations of progress.Build capacity of the school staff to monitor FLP.
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
FLP
SchoolLeadership Team
District Leadership
School Administration
School Staff
Creating an Ecosystem of Communication, Support, and Ownership
Families
Students
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
General and Specific Practices that Can Improve Results
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Bart Moore
Test Data Attendance Data Parent Contact Information Schedule Report Card & Progress Reports Diagnostic Reports Lexiles Advisor & Counselor Interests/Career Path Work Samples
Put a Face on the Data Points
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
What are the weakest areas/domains?
What are the weakest standards?
What is the important vocabulary students need to know to perform well?
Ask parents to establish a time/location for homework.
Important Information to Share with Students and Parents
80/20 Rule
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
The Power of Pairs is Real.
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Multiple means of representation
Multiple means of engagement
Multiple means of action and expression
One Size Does Not Fit All: Universal Design for Learning and Differentiation
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Have table talks. Some of these students have had few opportunities to actually talk through a math problem. (Or talk at all)
The Power of Talking
Letting students explain how they worked a problem is powerful.
Students who don’t understand the teacher will understand and listen to their classmates.
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Be leery of putting all of your eggs in the technology basket.
Telling kids to get on the computers and use a software program may not work as well as the software vendor promised.
“What’s wrong with education cannot be fixed with technology.” _Steve Jobs
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
FLP Component 3 Describe the scientifically-based research strategies that the LEA will implement.
iPads, Labs, Software Differentiated Instruction Small Groups Vocabulary Instruction
TKES Fact SheetsPages 20-26
What Works in Classroom Instruction
Do your purchases with align with research?
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
SBC SBC
Poor Implementation of SBCs Results in Extensive, Expensive Interventions
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
InterventionFactory
RemediationFactory
The Big Problems Require a K-12 Solution Address symptoms but fix the problems
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
People do differ in intelligence, talent and ability.
But Mozart, Edison, and Michael Jordan were not simply born with talent; they cultivated it through tremendous, sustained effort.
Similarly, hard work, discipline, and effort contribute much more to school achievement than IQ does.
Cultivating a Effort Mindset in Students
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
2013 Title I Conference
Implementing and Monitoring Flexible Learning Programs
for Student Success
Bobby SmithDistrict Effectiveness Team
Name the program “academy”
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org