In Kentucky, we’re on track for our students to experience unbridled learning.

1. In Kentucky,we’re on track for our students to experience unbridled learning.

2. Welcome! TEAM INTRODUCTIONS: • Jeff Hawkins: KVEC Executive Director jeff.hawkins@hazard.kyschools.us • Carole Mullins: KDE Network Content Specialist carole.mullins@education.ky.gov • Dr. David Elias: EKU Professor of English david.elias@eku.edu • Mary McCloud: KVEC Lit/Strategies Consultant mary.mccloud@hazard.kyschools.us • Linda Holbrook: KDE Reading Consultant linda.holbrook@education.ky.gov

3. Kentucky’s Vision The Commonwealth of Kentucky Educational Vision: Every child – Proficient and prepared for success. Dr. Terry Holliday, Kentucky Commission of Education Karen Kidwell, Kentucky Leadership Network Program Manager

4. AGENDA • Welcome • Community Building • Senate Bill 1 • Orientation to Networks • Focus of Kentucky’s Plan: The Big Picture • Online Community • Digging Into the Standards! • Wrap-Up and Reflection

5. Who’s In the Room? Jenkins Ind. Perry Co. Pike Co. Floyd Co. Letcher Co. Middlesboro Ind. Pineville Ind. Pikeville Ind. Lee Co. Harlan Co. Jackson Ind. Leslie Co. Harlan Ind. Knott Co. Breathitt Co. Magoffin Co. Owsley Co. Wolfe Co. Hazard Ind. Paintsville Ind. Bell Co. OTHERS?

6. Let’s Build A Team! What’s Your “True Color?” Have you ever tried to communicate something to someone and it just didn't come out right? Or perhaps you thought it came out right but they took it wrong? Why is that…? Although there are numerous systems for explaining our behaviors and personalities, the True Colors communication model is one of the most fun to apply! Created by: Mary Miscisin www.truecolorstest.com

7. Learning Targets: • I can explain the Why, What, and How of the Kentucky Leadership Network (KLN). • I can identify the 4 major components that form the foundation of the KLN.

8. Let’s Take A Break! Be Ready to start back in 10 MINUTES

9. Setting Group Norms • Group norms are agreed upon ways in which we will work together so that productivity is maximized. • They are posted and reviewed (verbally and in writing) at all meetings. • Let’s work together to set the norms that our Network will abide by.

10. Group Norms Non-Negotiable Group Norms • Be present and be engaged in the work • We are all equal partners in this work • Seek first to understand, and then to be understood • others? • Think individually, write down 3 norms that you feel should be included on our list (2 minutes). • Share with your team, designate a recorder/synthesizer and share your 3 Norms and come up with a group list. Your group should be prepared to share one Norm that should be considered for our list (5 minutes).

11. Don’t we already have enough state standards? Our recent Kentucky state standards … The content students are assessed on in KY…. (subset of the Program of Studies) As a result of KERA, broad goals and academic expectations…. The content teachers are required to teach in KY….

12. Senate Bill 1: The Why 2009 Kentucky’s State Constitution mandates that all students receive a free and quality public education.

13. Highlights

14. Focus of Kentucky’s Plan: The Big Picture • Leadership Networks • Common Core State Standards • Highly Effective Teaching and Learning • Balanced Assessment

15. Kentucky’s Leadership Network • State • Central Office Instructional Supervision • Administrators • Teachers • Capacity Building vs Train-the-Trainer

16. WORKING LUNCH • 45 Minutes for Lunch • Complete 2010 Participant Baseline Questionnaire and Place on Presenter Table • T-Chart Reflection Time

17. 4 Major Components That Form the Foundation of Every Leadership Network in the State • Kentucky Core Academic Standards (will “dig” into later this afternoon) • Assessment Literacy: Classroom Assessment for Student Learning • Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching and Learning • Leadership

18. “When Leadership Spells Danger” • On a post-it note, record your definition of ‘leadership’. • As you read the article, use the window notes organizer to capture important facts, questions that arise, feelings that are evoked and ideas that you have. (You may want to jot down page numbers by these for future reference.) • Look back at your definition—revise it if desired. • Discuss the article and your definitions with your table group. What facts, feelings, questions or ideas did you share? • Be prepared to share with entire group.

19. Leadership Discussion • What do you foresee as your role in establishing the District Leadership Team within your district? • What obstacles do you foresee in this work? • How will you use Adaptive Leadership in your role as a Network Teacher Leader?

20. Online Blackboard Virtual PLCRegistration Information Registration Link: • http://otl.education.ky.gov/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=Educator_Network_Reg&-loadframes Registration Confirmation: • At the last step of online registration, you will receive a summary document to print and save. (it contains credentials, Network name and number and instructions on how to log in). • You are not automatically enrolled in the Blackboard virtual PLC at the end of this registration process. DO NOT try to access the Blackboard virtual PLC yet! • You will receive a registration confirmation letter. • Please e-mail Carole Mullins if you are accidentally placed in the wrong network or wish to be dropped from the network initiative.

21. Let’s Take A Break! Be Ready to start back in 10 MINUTES

22. Where did these new standards come from? -launched by Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center).

23. The standards: Why and Who? http://www.corestandards.org/

24. The Process - Common Core State Standards Initiative • State-led effort to establish consistent and clear education standards • Written by content experts, teachers, researchers and others • Nearly 10,000 comments from the public • Validation committee reviewed the standards • Each state chooses to adopt, NOT led by federal government.

25. By what criteria were the standards developed? The standards: • Are aligned with college and workforce expectations; • Are clear, understandable and consistent; • Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills; • Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards; • Are informed by standards in other top performing countries, and • Are evidence-based.

26. What you won’t see… • Strategy use • Instructional advice • Everything • G/T or advanced work Interventions Supports for students with special needs, ELLs The “whole” of CCR

27. Whatelse do I need to know about theseStandards? A Design Summary • CCR vs. grade-specific Standards • Grade level Standards for K-8 • Grade band Standards for 9-10 and 11-12 • Emphasis on informational and persuasive text (NAEP) • A focus on results rather than means • An integrated model of literacy • Research and media skills blended into Standards • Shared responsibility for students’ literacy development

28. How are the Standards organized?

30. Tabbing Activity Instructions • 3 Large Red Tabs • 4 Large Green Tabs • 3 Large Blue Tabs • 8 Small Red Flags • 4 Small Blue Flags • 6 Small Green Flags

33. ACTIVITY Table Standard Assignments Tables A – H: Use Writing Standard 7 (Pages 19, 21 K-5; Page 44 6-7-8; Page 46 9-10 Band and 11-12 Band) and (Page 66 – Standards for History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects 6-12) Tables I– P Use Language Standard 5 (Pages 27, 29 K-5; Page 53 6-7-8; Page 55 9-10 Band and 11-12 Band)

34. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS Work with a partner to complete your table’s assigned standards progression process. Using a highlighter, identify changes in the verb usage and complexity of the standard from Kindergarten through grade 12. You will share findings with the entire group to illustrate how the standards work across the grades K-12.

35. T-Chart Time

36. “If the U.S. is to return to a position of leadership in college completion and prepare students for high-skills jobs in a global economy, it is essential that states, schools and higher education develop a consensus concerning the skills and knowledge required for success in college and beyond. The common core state standards are an important first step in developing this consensus with rigorous and clear criteria that will provide a road map for success in rigorous college readiness programs.” http://www.collegeboard.com/press/releases/208658.html

37. Learning Targets: • I can explain the Why, What, and How of the Kentucky Leadership Network (KLN). • I can identify the 4 major components that form the foundation of the KLN.

38. Homework for September • Read Chapters 1-2 in Classroom Assessment for Student Learning • Complete the Reading Guide for Chapter 1

39. It’s all about student learning. Period. Period.