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Standards Committees Kick-off

Today’s Topic: Overview of the NEASC Game Plan and instructions for today’s work.

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Today’s Agenda

8:00-9:00 Full-faculty meeting

SIP UpdateNEASC Overview (Game plan and instructions for today)

Standards Committee Work

9:00-10:30 Session I–Reading period–Develop a common understanding of the indicators

10:35-11:45 Session II: Collect evidence

12:45-1:30 Session III: Write and upload lesson plans

1 :30-3:00 Session IV: Collect evidence

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NEASC Accreditation NEASC Accreditation StandardsStandards

Develop 2 and 5 Develop 2 and 5 year targeted year targeted

plans to address plans to address our and needs.our and needs.

Collect evidence Collect evidence

Analyze the Analyze the evidenceevidence

Assignment: write reports that state Assignment: write reports that state how well we do and do not meet how well we do and do not meet

these standardsthese standards

Self-StudySelf-Study

Visiting CommitteeVisiting CommitteeGives an outside assessment using our reports, Gives an outside assessment using our reports,

our evidence, and their observations. our evidence, and their observations.

Goal: Goal: A better A better

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Develop 2 and 5 Develop 2 and 5 year targeted year targeted

plans to address plans to address our critical needs.our critical needs.

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How do we get there?

Evidence Collection•2/13 PD full day

– Develop a common understanding of the indicators– Evidence collection

•4/7 PD – ½ day – Evidence Collection

Analysis of Evidence•5/5 PD – ½ day

– Analyze evidence and draw conclusions

•6/9 PD – ½ day – Analyze evidence and draw conclusions

Writing Report•Summer 2015 Co-Chairs author reports based upon Standards Committee’s conclusions

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Creating Summaries and Finalizing Plans•October PD – ½ day

– Standards Committees review report and determine summary

•November PD – Steering Committee finalizes State of School Critical Strengths and

Weakness

•December PD - ½ day– Standards Committees edit any reports that did not get approved

and finalize evidence for March visit.– Steering Committee finalizes 2 and 5-year targeted plans based on

Statement of School Critical Strengths and Needs

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Objective #1: Set the bar.

• Given the self-study guides, each standard committee will develop a common understanding of the indicators for which they are responsible.

• Outcome: For indicators that are not easily quantifiable, standards committees will articulate a statement of what they understand to be adherence to the standard and record that in their “Common Understanding of Indicators” google doc.

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Step 1•Read the self-study guide for your standard committee.

– Indicators themselves– Required evidence

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Step 2 – Open the Common Understanding of Indicators Google Doc

Objective #1: Set the bar.www.whsneasc.weebly.com

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• Why?• Some indicators are black-and-white

– Curriculum Indicator 2 “the curriculum is written in a common format”

• Some are not– Curriculum Indicator 4 “There is clear

alignment between the written and taught curriculum”


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• Outcome: For indicators that are not easily quantifiable, standards committees will articulate a statement of what they understand to be adherence to the standard and record that in their “Common Understanding of Indicators” google doc.

• What will it mean to say, “yes our written and taught curriculum align.”

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Objective #2: Collect the Evidence• Given the self-study guides, each

standard committee will collect, or plan for how to collect, all of the evidence listed in section II of their self-study guide.

• Outcome: Evidence will either be– A. Collected and saved in the Standard Committee’s folder on

the shared drive and marked as collected on the evidence spreadsheet

– B. A point person from the Standard Committee will be identified to gather the evidence along with the staff member responsible for generating the evidence.

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Step 1 – Open the Evidence Collection Spreadsheet

Objective #2: Collect the Evidence

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Objective #2: Collect the Evidence

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Objective #2: Collect the Evidence• Required Evidence

1. Number SRE1.01 (School Resources 1.01)2. Evidence required by NEASC to be gathered3. Status (uploaded, pending upload, needs to be

created, does not happen)4. Standard Committee Point Person5. Person(s) that need to be contacted to gather or

create this piece of evidence6. Type of evidence that needs to be collected (Policy,

Word Document with examples, Lesson Plans, Budget etc.)

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Objective #3: Collect Lesson Plans• Given Session III, teachers will

transpose a successful lesson plan to the lesson plan template and upload it to the NEASC lesson plan folder.

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Objective #3: Collect Lesson Plans• Why do I have to do this?

Teachers’ instructional practices support the achievement of the school’s 21st century learning expectations by:

• personalizing instruction • engaging students in cross-disciplinary learning • engaging students as active and self-directed learners • emphasizing inquiry, problem-solving, and higher order thinking• applying knowledge and skills to authentic tasks • engaging students in self-assessment and reflection• integrating technology

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Objective #3 Lesson Plan Template

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Objective #3: Collect Lesson PlansYou are uploading this lesson plan as an exemplar for which of the following reasons: (Please delete any that do not apply): •personalizing instruction•engaging students in cross-disciplinary learning•engaging students as active and self-directed learners•emphasizing inquiry, problem-solving, and higher order thinking•applying knowledge and skills to authentic tasks•engaging students in self-assessment and reflection•integrating technology•using formative assessment, especially during instructional time•strategically differentiating•purposefully organizing group learning activities•providing additional support and alternative strategies within the regular classroom•Engaging students in career connections

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Evidence Collection•2/13 PD full day

– Develop a common understanding of the indicators– Evidence collection

•4/7 PD – ½ day – Evidence Collection

Analysis of Evidence•5/5 PD – ½ day

– Analyze evidence and draw conclusions

•6/9 PD – ½ day – Analyze evidence and draw conclusions

Writing Report•Summer 2015 Co-Chairs author reports based upon Standards Committee analysis

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Standards Committee Locations

• Core Values - Rm 3037• Curriculum – Rm 008• Instruction – Rm 006• Assessment – Rm 3018• Culture and Leadership – Rm 2069• Resources for Learning – Rm 2081• Community Resources – Rm 205

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