Idaho Core Coaching NetworkApril NiemelaIdaho Core Coach, Region II

April Niemela

Idaho Core Coaching Network Co-Director of Idaho Core Coaching Network Region II Idaho Core Coach (Literacy)

NIWP Summer Institute: 2002 Co-Director (2006-current) Summer Institute Facilitator

Fifteen years in education: 7-12 English Teacher LCSC: B.A. & Secondary Certificate UI: M.Ed. Curriculum & Instruction MSU: Ph.D. Ed Psych / Ed Tech (in progress)

Begin with the end in mind…

What if there was a cohesive, strategic, and sustainable method for rolling out deep learning of the Idaho Core, facilitating implementation of the Standards, and impacting student learning through high quality professional development for teachers, instructional coaches, curriculum teams, administrators, and support staff?

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Statewide Core Teacher Program

Regions

Coaches

Teachers

Program

• Six Regions

• One coach / region• Region III: 3 coaches

• Statewide: 260• Region: 40

• F2F: Regional 8 pd days • Online: all teachers

EQuIP: Evaluating Quality Instructional Materials

…the unifying strand.

About EQuIPEQuIP (Educators Evaluating the Quality of Instructional Products) is

an initiative of the American Diploma Project (ADP) Network designed to identify high-quality materials aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

The objectives are two-fold: Increase the supply of high quality lessons and units

aligned to the CCSS that are available to elementary, middle, and high school teachers as soon as possible; and,

Build the capacity of educators to evaluate and improve the quality of instructional materials for use in their classrooms and schools.

EQuIP Offers Quality Review Rubrics for These Areas

Mathematics (K-12)

ELA/Literacy (3-12

ELA Literacy (K-2)

Download copies at: www.achieve.org/EQuIP

EQuIP: the ELA / Literacy Rubric

The EQuIP rubric describes four dimensions of quality in lessons and units. These dimensions deeply examine the following areas:

Rigor of the Common Core Key Shifts of the Common Core Best Practices and Instructional Strategies Varied Modes of Assessment

EQuIP and Idaho

The Idaho State Department of Education has adopted the EQuIP rubric to support implementation of the Idaho Core in the following ways:

Build the capacity of teachers, administrators, and support educators to gain a deeper understanding of the CCSS, key shifts, best practices, and assessments;

Guide the development of lessons and units; Evaluate existing lessons and units to identify

improvements needed to align with the CCSS; and, Inform vendors of criteria that will be applied in the

evaluation of proposals and final products.

What does this mean for our pre-service teachers?

The power is in the process: We feel very strongly that experiencing the protocol is essential for deep understanding.

The rubric, in and of itself, is meaningless without the conversations, explorations, and productive struggling that go hand-in-hand with the EQuIP Training.

Open EQuIP Trainings for Faculty

EQuIP Training in Two Sessions (three hours each): Part I: Introduction to the EQuIP Rubric and lesson (Sojourner Truth) Part II: Exemplar Unit (Steve Jobs) & the EQuIP Rubric

All training materials (PowerPoints, copies, rubrics) will be made available via DropBox: you can use / repurpose as you see fit for your needs and the needs of your students.

Questions?

Thank You!

April Niemela, Idaho Core Coachidahocore2@sde.idaho.gov