District Literacy LeadersNetwork Meeting

February 10, 20169:00am-12:00pm

Dr. LaWonda SmithManager, English Language Arts

Dr. Marion Smith, Jr.Director, Learning and Innovation

Aira JacksonDirector, English Language Arts (OSPI)

Before We Start

Wireless:

• PSESD Guest

Essential Question:

• How do we support all learners in successfully achieving the ELA CCSS?

Agenda

Community Agreements

• Stay engaged

• Speak your truth

• Have a learners stance

• Experience discomfort

• Intent vs. impact

Who Do We Serve?

DLL Survey Results

Respondents: 17

Structure of Time• Collaboration• State Information• MTSS • Districts Sharing Resources

Topics with Highest Impact

• Broadened Knowledge: 87%• ELA Data-Utilizing Results: 93%• WCAP and Digital Library: 87.5%

Research based: 68.8%

DLL Survey Results

• “Use of student lens for professional development. Use of digital library through WCAP”

• “Using the specific data from the ORS as an instructional tool during PD”

• “How to support Title/LAP teachers support their students with the CORE. Help create a framework in our district that encourages = Plan, Do, Study, Act”

• “Resources to help me support teachers and principals to look at and evaluate data . . . and frameworks that support the process of making a plan!”

• “A true understanding of the MTSS – before I had a working knowledge, after, it was a clear picture of all of the elements and supports”

• “I am wondering how I can support strong systems without the power to set district agendas. I can bring back these tools and help with the data mining and resources sharing through the digital library and WCAP site?”

• “It’s always hard to balance depth and breath, but I would love more time to focus on fewer items, rather than broader brush strokes.”

Leading adults is like this image because . . .

Implementation ScienceLesson 2: Usable Interventions

– Key Takeaways

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“teachable, learnable, doable, and can be assessed in practice”

http://implementation.fpg.unc.edu/

Implementation ScienceLesson 2: Usable Interventions

Clear description of the program

Clear essential functions that define the program Operational definitions of essential functions

Practical performance assessment

http://implementation.fpg.unc.edu/

Usable Interventions – Key Takeaways

http://implementation.fpg.unc.edu/module-6/topic-1-defining-usable-interventions

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Clear description of the program

• Philosophy, Values and Principles• Inclusion and exclusion criteria that define the

population for which the program is intended

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Clear essential functions that define the program

• Core components that define the programImproves efficiency and effectivenessAllowance for implementation evaluation

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Operational definitions

• Clear indicators that core components are in place• Promotes consistency• Replicable and scalable

How do we know an intervention is working?

How do we know an intervention is working?

How well are practitioners saying and doing those things that align with the essential functions and the intensions of the program?

Are the intended outcomes being realized?

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Practical performance assessment (Evidence)

• Grounded in core components• Practical, and can be repeated• Provides evidence that the intervention is

effective

ApplicationTwo Column Text Slid

Think about a program, practice, or innovation that you and your district/school/teacher(s) are developing/employing. How does it align with – Usable Interventions. Use Activity 1.1 to guide your discussion.

Upcoming PD Opportunities

Cris Tovani: Comprehending Content

As the demand for Common Core rigorous instruction increases, all teachers are being asked to figure out how to include reading instruction in with required content. Participants will learn different ways to meet these demands.

ESD 101Saturday, February 20, 2016To register: http://esd101.gosignmeup.com

Deadline: February 13, 2016

IMET Training What's in a Name? Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, and All the Rest.

The Educational Workshop will focus on gathering the appropriate tools in your assessment toolbox . . . resulting in providing you tools that target individual student needs and appropriate instruction.

Featuring: Beverly J. Wolf

March 8, 20161701 20th AVE S., Seattle WA 98144

http://www.wabida.org/events

Comprehending Content Conducting a Materials Adoption?

Instructional Materials Evaluation Tool (IMET) Training

The IMET is designed for use by educators and administers responsible for developing, purchasing, and/or evaluating a comprehensive textbook and/or textbook series.

ESD 105 - Presenter: Erin ChaplinFebruary 29, 2016To register at: https://www.escweb.net/wa_esd105//default.aspx

WABIDA Event

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Upcoming PD Opportunities

2016 4th Annual P-3 Symposium

Sessions strands will include leadership, early numeracy, literacy, full-day kindergarten and social emotional; including updates from state and local leaders from the early learning field. Keynote Speaker –Dr. Steven Tozer, Professor, Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, COE

March 10, 2016 Hilton Seattle Airport Hotel and Conference Centerhttps://www.regonline.com

OER Summit East

Early Literacy Summit 12: When Struggling Readers Thrive, Dreams Come TrueIs your team working on supporting strategic reading instruction for struggling students? Are you looking for strategies to share with parents and communities to grow students’ literacy skills? Are you working on how new assessments “make sense” with students’ growth in literacy? This summit is for you.

April 29-30, 2016 in Spokane, Wahttp://www.k12.wa.us/ELA/pubdocs/SpokaneFlyerOptions.pdf

WERA P-3 SymposiumOpen Educational Resources (OER)

Is your district holding off on instructional material decisions? This event may be for you... OER are free to use, edit, and share. They have the potential to align curriculum more closely with the Common Core State Standards and engage teachers more fully in curricula.

April 19, 2016ESD 101, Spokane8:30 am - 4:30 pmhttps://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer/events/Registration information coming soon

Early Learning Summit 12

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