Module 2 for Charter School Governing Boards

1. Module 2 for Charter School Governing Boards Supporting the Transition to Florida Standards

3. Professional Development Session Alignment • Set 1 Data Use Governing Board Data Use ELA Math School Leaders Data Use ELA Math Teachers Leadership Teams Session 1 Session 2 Module 6 Florida Standards Math Module 7 ELA & Data Use

4. Professional Development Session Alignment Set 2 Governing Board Florida Standards School Leaders Assessments Data Analysis VAM Data ELA Math Data & ELA Data & Math Teachers Leadership Teams Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Module 7 ELA & Data Use Module 8 Math & Data Use

5. 8 Components of Full Florida Standards Implementation

6. Module Outcomes • Develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between the Florida Standards and assessment • Increase awareness of the higher standards of learning and rigor the new assessments will require of students and staff • Recognize the importance of a culture of academic optimism to increase student achievement • Examine governing board policies that impact implementation of the Florida Standards and Standards-aligned assessments • Determine how to support their school’s successful transition to implementation of the Florida Standards and Standards-aligned assessments

7. Today’s Agenda • Welcome and Introductions • Pre-Assessment • Part 1: Overview of the Florida Standards • Part 2: Creating Conditions for Academic Optimism • Lunch • Part 3: Supporting the Florida Standards Transition Through Policy and Leadership • Next Steps and Post-Assessment • Wrap Up To Do List

8. Introductory Activity Pre-Assessment Guide Page 4

9. Section 1 The Florida Standards

10. Why Change to the Florida Standards? College and Career Readiness

11. Activity 1: Impact of the Florida Standards on Charter Schools Guide Pages 6-8

12. What Is Different About the Florida Standards? It’s All About the Shifts!

13. Three Instructional Shifts for ELA/Literacy

14. Instructional Shift #1: Building Knowledge Through Content-Rich Text Shift

15. Instructional Shift #2: Reading,Writing & Speaking Grounded in Evidence

16. Shift #3: Regular Practice with Complex Text and Its Academic Language • 1. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational text independently and proficiently • 2. Interpret words and phrases in text • 3. Determine the meaning of figurative language and vocabulary in content, acquire and use academic vocabulary

17. How Will the Florida Standards Shifts Alignwith Assessment? Sound familiar? The shifts you see during instruction will be assessed on Florida Standards aligned assessments.

18. Coherence Instructional Shifts for Mathematics • The Standards for Mathematical Content • The Standards for Mathematical Practice Rigor Focus Two Areas

19. Fewer standards allow for focusing on the major work for each grade Focus

20. Coherence The Standards are designed around coherent progressions and conceptual connections. Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract fluently Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic

21. Coherence The Florida Standards for Math are designed around coherent progressions and conceptual connections. All Roads Lead to Algebra…… Math Concept Progression K-12

22. The major topics at each grade level focus equally on: Rigor • CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING • More than getting answers • Not just procedures • Accessing concepts to solve problems • PROCEDURAL SKILL • AND FLUENCY • Speed and accuracy • Used in solving more complex problems • Comes after conceptual understanding • APPLICATION OF MATHEMATICS • Using math in real-world scenarios • Choosing concepts without prompting

23. How Will the Florida Standards Shifts Alignwith Assessment? As in ELA, the shifts you see during math instruction will be assessed on Florida Standards aligned assessments.

24. What Should We See In Classrooms? • Watch the short video on how a classroom that is aligned with the Florida Standards will look. • Discuss key ideas at your table. • What do you see that is similar to common classroom practices at your charter school? • What changes do you see that need to occur? How Does the Florida Standards Look Different In Classrooms?

25. What Will the New Assessments Look Like? • New assessments will mirror the shifts in instruction • Students will be using both the traditional format (paper and pencil) and a computer version to answer assessment items

26. FCAT 4th Grade Math Sample Fraction Test Item

27. Florida Standards Assessments 4th Grade Math Sample Fraction Test Item

28. Activity 2a: Developing an Understanding of Assessment Expectations Guide Pages 9-19

29. Activity 2b: Supporting the Transition to Increased Expectations Guide Page 20

30. Let’s Take a Break… Be back in 15 minutes…

31. Section 2 Creating Conditions for Academic Optimism

32. How can charter schools create a culture of Academic Optimism to ensure that students are able to meet more rigorous expectations? Leadership is Critical How Do We Create Academic Optimism That the Changing Expectations Will Be Met?

33. Academic Optimism A school with high academic optimism believes that faculty can make a difference, students can learn, and academic performance can be achieved. Hoy et al., 2006

34. What Characterizes Academic Optimism? Academic Emphasis Academic Optimism Collective Efficacy Faculty Trust in Parents and Students Hoy et al., 2006

35. Do You Believe All Children Can Be Successful? Watch the video, use the video sheet in your Participant Guide on page 22 to note how staff create an environment of high expectations and academic optimism that connects with students and parents. That is a critical component of the new Florida Standards. We will refer back to this video in later slides. Creating A Culture of High Expectations and Academic Optimism Guide Page 22

36. Academic Emphasis Academic emphasis is the extent to which a school is driven by a belief system that includes high expectations for students to achieve. Reflecting back on the video, what did you see as an example of academic emphasis at Citizens’ Academy? Academic Emphasis Hoy et al., 2006

37. Collective Efficacy The collective efficacy of the faculty is the teachers’ belief that they can affect student learning- they are up to the task and so are their students! In the video, what statements were made by teachers that supported a strong sense that they made a difference in student learning? Collective Efficacy of the Faculty Hoy et al., 2006

38. Faculty Trust in Parents, Students, and Each Other Faculty, administrators and parents/families cooperate and collaborate on improving student learning. From the video of Citizens’ Academy, what statements did parents make that led you to believe that there was a strong sense of trust between staff and parents? Faculty Trust in Parents, Students, and Each Other Hoy et al., 2006

39. Academic Optimism? As a governing board member, what can you do to strengthen Academic Optimism as your charter school transitions to full implementation of the Florida Standards?

40. Activity 3: Creating Conditions for Academic Optimism Through the Transition Guide Pages 23-27

41. Bon Appétit Be back in 1 hour…

42. Section 3 Supporting the Transition Through Policy and Leadership

43. What Role Does Policy and Governance Play in Supporting the Florida Standards Transition? Policy making is one of the primary roles of charter school governing boards. Policies provide: A set of organizational statements, values, and perspectives to direct a course of action A framework for ethical decision-making and a guide for the operation of the board A system to translate the mission and vision of the charter school and the intention of the governing board into supporting actions

44. Why Is Board Governance Important For Success? Boards providing governance to an organization provide structure and support. This is critical when there are times of great transition and change. Watch the video on why governance matters. Discuss what role governance should have in framing your governing board’s support of the Florida Standards transition. Governance Matters

45. Policy and Governance Focus Areas Supporting the Florida Standards Transition Adapted from Good Governance for School Boards: Ontario School Trustees

46. Activity 4a: Supporting Transition Through Resource, Policy, & Procedure Alignment Guide Pages 29-34

47. Activity 4b: Supporting Transition Through Resource, Policy, Procedure Alignment Guide Pages 35-39

48. Are Stronger Leadership Skills At The Governing Board Level Critical for Success? • Governing board leadership is critical if the Florida Standards transition is to be successful. • Systemic change must occur throughout the entire school so there is clarity about expectations, accountability, and support. • There are leadership strategies which will help guide the transition.

49. “A leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.“ ~Eric Hoffer Turn to someone next to you to discuss what you believe this quote means for a governing board member.

50. Characteristics of Effective Leadership Strategies to Support the Florida Standards Transition Adapted from: NSBA Center for Public Education. January 2011