Power Standards

August 2011Curriculum CouncilAgendaReview the work accomplished

Communicate the role of CC for this school year

Introduce Power Standards

Establish Criteria

Practice

Summer Work Collaborative Maps Created for:

MathLanguage ArtsSocial StudiesScience (updates to previous work)http://dunlapcusd.rubiconatlas.org

PLC WORKBuilding PLC TeamGrade/Course/Dept PLC TeamDistrict PLC TeamCurriculumSMART Goal (Skill)Grade level/course discussion of what is taughtDistrict Subject and/or Course Curriculum MapsAssessmentCommon Monitoring Tool for SMART GoalGrade level/Course development of common formative assessments

District Common Formative & Summative Assessment Development as indicated w/in the curriculum mapsInstructionActions for Targeted SMART Goal (the Do of PDSA)Grade level/Course discussion/implementation of instructional strategiesInstructional activities common across the grade level/course as

PLC WORKBuilding PLC TeamGrade/Course/Dept PLC TeamDistrict PLC TeamCurriculumSMART Goal (Skill)Grade level/course discussion of what is taughtDistrict Subject and/or Course Curriculum MapsAssessmentCommon Monitoring Tool for SMART GoalGrade level/Course development of common formative assessments

District Common Formative & Summative Assessment Development as indicated w/in the curriculum mapsInstructionActions for Targeted SMART Goal (the Do of PDSA)Grade level/Course discussion/implementation of instructional strategiesInstructional activities common across the grade level/course asBeginning with the End in Mind Identified Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum

PLC #1: What is it that we want all students to know & be able to do?

Common Formative Assessments

PLC #2: How will we know that are students are learning?Building the District CurriculumGuaranteedViableAll students are taught the same content and skills

At similar times

With similar emphasis

EnduringRetain over time

LeverageHelp in other curricular areas

Readiness for the next level

(Learning by Doing, p. 65)GuaranteedViableCommon Assessment An assessment created collaboratively by a team of teachers responsible for the same grade level or course and administered to all students in that grade level or course.

Why Common Assessments?One of the most powerful, high-leverage strategies for improving student learning available to schools is the creation of frequent, high quality, common assessments by teachers who are working collaboratively to help a group of students acquire agreed upon knowledge and skills. (Learning by Doing, DuFour, DuFour, Eaker, & Many, 2006, p.76)

The Process: A Standards-based comprehensive instruction & assessment systemIdentify Power standardsUnwrapping standardsEssential Questions/Content/SkillsDeveloping Formative & Summative AssessmentsInstructional unit design, including classroom performance assessmentsCollaborative scoring of student workData-driven instructional decision making, implications for intervention and acceleration

Why should we identify Power Standards?STEP 1: What are Power Standards?DefinitionsStandard: statement of what students need to know and be able to doIndicator: the grade-specific learning expectations for students

Power StandardTerm coined by Dr. Douglas Reeves

Refers to standards & indicators that are critical for student success

A very limited set of learning objectives organized for each grade level & each subject

Approximately 1/3 of Standards

StandardsEssential

Allows for in depth instruction

Required for the next levelNice to Know

Covering Old Model: We have to do it AllDistrict Curriculum

Frantic Coverage of Every Test ObjectState StandardsState Standards

Potential Curriculum & Test Objectives

Focused Curriculum & AssessmentsPower Standards

New Model: From Coverage to FocusCriteria for identifying Power StandardsWhat should be our criteria when choosing Power Standards?

3 to 4 screeners

Elementary Dunlap CriteriaWork our way up with the Power StandardsEntrance and Exit SkillsNeed for Life (21st Century )Foundational Skills (needed for next level)Life Skills21st Century Skills (vision criteria)Foundational skills/ Building BlocksCluster standardsTeacher/student friendlyNeed to define criteria and how many make a power standard, for example all (3) criteria???

Criteria for identifying Power StandardsDr Doug Reeves suggests:Endurance: knowledge beyond a single test

Leverage: valuable across disciplinesExample: Creating & interpreting graphs

Readiness for the next level/grade: entrance skills for the next course/grade level

Simplified CriteriaLarry Ainsworth suggests:

School

Life

State TestUsing our Criteria identify which standards you would select as Power StandardsPractice Social Studies: Political SystemsStandardsABCDEFKXX1XX2X3XX4X5XX6789/1011/12Next MeetingFinalize Criteria

Practice ID power standards as curriculum groupsNeed copies of standardsSit by K-5 Curriculum Group

Prepare protocol for Sept 28th Inservice

Need to ID Curriculum Teams for all teachers

September 28 SI AfternoonMeet at Departments

Explain Power StandardsWhat are the they?Why identify these?How does this fit with the work we have done?

Identification ProcessIndividualGrade Level/Course LevelDepartment as a whole

MathLanguage ArtsScience/ Social StudiesKJen WalcottJanelle Niemeier1Genia WorkheiserSusan Gradman, Jenna BibbJennifer Donovan2Linda PhillipsKelsie Stahl, Stacy LingenfetterJenny Lawless3Amy WinkelmannNatalie Lanser, Teresa MarquisKatie Norbutas4Karen DeteringJane CollinsAmelia Miller5NEED REPDeAnna BegnerStacy Combs