The Elements of High Quality Expanded Learning Time: Time & Student Needs

1. The Elements of High Quality Expanded Learning Time: Time & Student Needs

2. Group Norms • Keep an open mind • Respect other opinions • Assume positive intent • Appreciate conflict • If you disagree, offer solutions or pose questions • Maintain and honor a mutually safe & confidential environment (except for common messaging)

3. Takeaways from TWSCreate a chart to display your team’s main takeaways from the TWS readings

4. Session Objectives EXAMINE and DISCUSS how HQELT schools use TIME to assess, analyze, and respond to student data. EXAMINE and DISCUSS how HQELT schools use TIME to individualize learning time and instruction based on student needs. EXAMINE and DISCUSS how HQELT schools use TIME to provide a well-rounded education.

5. Expanded Learning Time: A National Movement

6. Use Time to Relentlessly Assess, Analyze, & Respond to Student Data

7. “Being a data driven organization is a key tenet to who we are…we continuously communicate the importance of data as a tool to improve instruction and ensure that every student is receiving the academic support they need to succeed.” Mastery Charter Schools Shoemaker Campus

8. TIME and DATA: Keys to Success Build school-wide commitment to data use Provide teachers with tools to simplify real-time data analysis Create protocols that support teachers in planning around data use 8

9. Time and Data: Case Studies Cycle of Inquiry at ASPIRE PORT CITY ACADEMY (p.72) Malley Data Analysis Tools and Protocols at MASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS SHOEMAKER CAMPUS (p.73) Riverdale Individualized Support and Saftey Nets at KUSS MIDDLE SCHOOL (p.74) Woodglen Improved Data Systems and More Time for Data Analysis and Planning (OG p.12-13) STEM

10. Team Presentations: Case Studies In no more than 3 minutes, talk about… • Context of your school • 3 things you found interesting • 2 things that you could apply to your school • 1 question you still have

11. CREATE A CHART:Using Time and Data to Respond to Student Needs

12. Gallery Walk and Team Share • Take ten minutes to look at each team’s Time & Data charts. • Return to your table and take 30 minutes to share what you saw and to discuss the following: • What changes could you make to align your practice with that of HQELT schools? • How much time do you spend with data? Do you believe investing more time on data analysis would benefit your students? How? • Does your entire staff know how to assess, analyze and respond to student data? • What changes to using data could you make now? What changes would require more time in your school day/year?

13. So What?

14. Individualize Learning Time and Instruction Based on Student Needs

15. “To provide an individualized academic program, school staff must deeply understand each individual student’s academic strengths and weaknesses, so that supports can be tailored and targeted to particular skill deficits.” Time Well Spent Report

16. TIME and INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION: Keys to Success Train teachers to leverage additional time for individualized instruction Use data to select, group, and re-group students for support Integrate and align academic supports to core instruction 16

17. Guiding QuestionHow does the Edwards use TIME to Individualize Learning Time and Instruction Based on Student Needs?

18. Acceleration Academies

19. Guiding QuestionHow does the Edwards use TIME to Individualize Learning Time and Instruction Based on Student Needs?

20. Time and Data: Case Studies Serving English Language Learners at ROCKETSHIP (p.34) STEM Academic Leagues at EDWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL (p.35) Riverdale Individualized Supports and Safety Nets at GOLDER PREP (p.36) Woodglen Online Hybrid Learning at ROCKETSHIP Malley

21. Team Presentations: Case Studies In no more than 3 minutes, talk about… • Context of your school • 3 things you found interesting • 2 things that you could apply to your school • 1 question you still have

22. CREATE A CHART:Using Time to Create Opportunities for Individualized Instruction

23. So What?

24. LUNCH Continue your conversations and if you have general questions about expanded learning opportunities, don’t hesitate to ask!

25. Use Time to Provide a Well-Rounded Education

26. “By offering students engaging learning opportunities that appeal to their diverse skills, interests, and learning styles, well-rounded schools may combat the high drop-out rates that plague low income communities.” Time Well Spent Report

27. TIME and WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION: Keys to Success Respond to student interests Start with exposure and offer more opportunities for specialization and mastery Create partnerships that bring in outside expertise and leverage the skills and expertise of teachers

28. Opportunities for a Well-Rounded Education

29. Case Study Debrief Use the AAA Text Protocol to unpack and discuss the pre-reading assignment with your team (TWS p. 46-52) • What do you Agree with in the text? • What do you want to Argue with in the text? • What parts of the text do you want to Aspire to?

30. CREATE A CHART:Using Time to Provide a Well-Rounded Education

31. So What?

32. Individualizing Instruction through Expanded Learning Time

33. Time & Action “Wish List” • Use your charts and focus statement to create a Time & Action “Wish List” for your school that includes at least one item from each chart. • Create the first 3 steps you will take to make your wish list a reality.

34. Reviewing Session 2 Objectives EXAMINE and DISCUSS how HQELT schools use TIME to assess, analyze, and respond to student data.  EXAMINE and DISCUSS how HQELT schools use TIME to individualize learning time and instruction based on student needs.  EXAMINE and DISCUSS how HQELT schools use TIME to provide a well-rounded education. 

35. Now What?

36. “One Word” • Think of a word/phrase from today that was most meaningful to you • Write the word/phrase, large enough to hold up on a page. • Stand up one at a time to silently show your word/phrase.

37. Please thoughtfully complete and return the session evaluation! www.timeandlearning.org

38. Additional Resources Visit www.timeandlearning.org for: • Tools, practice profiles, case studies and videos • Links to the latest research on time and learning • Our blog, Time Matters • A database of over 1,000 expanded time schools around the country Visit www.timeandlearning.org/Adams12 for the materials from your sessions! Email Lisa Pryor (lpryor@timeandlearning.org) Email Puja Thakkar (pthakkar@timeandlearning.org) 38