CCRS Implementation Team Meeting Leadership Session

1. CCRS Implementation Team MeetingLeadership Session April 2014

2. Next Steps What tool(s) are you using to observe effective implementation of the CCRS? Be prepared to share your tool(s) at the next CCRS Implementation Team Meeting.

3. Outcomes • Share survey results of implementation of CCRS • Identify how principals can support implementation of the CCRS in their schools • Network with colleagues around topics identified from survey results

4. Our Vision Every Child a Graduate – Every Graduate Prepared for College/Work/Adulthood in the 21st Century

5. Prepared Graduate Defined Possesses the ability to apply core academic skills to real-world situations through collaboration with peers in problem solving, precision, and punctuality in delivery of a product, and has a desire to be a life-long learner. Possesses the knowledge and skills needed to enroll and succeed in credit-bearing, first-year courses at a two- or four-year college, trade school, technical school, without the need for remediation.

6. Absolutes Teach to the standards for each of the required subjects (Alabama College- and Career-Ready Standards - Courses of Study) Through a clearly articulated and locally aligned K-12 curriculum (Sample curricula found on ALEX and Alabama Insight) Supported by aligned resources, support, and professional development (Sample lesson plans and supporting resources found on ALEX, differentiated support through ALSDE Regional Planning/Support Teams and ALSDE Initiatives, etc.) Monitored regularly through formative, interim/benchmark assessments to inform the effectiveness of the instruction and continued learning needs of individuals and groups of students (GlobalScholar, QualityCore Benchmarks, and other locally determined assessments) With a goal that each student graduates from high school with the knowledge and skills to succeed in post-high school education and the workforce without the need for remediation as evidenced by multiple measures achieved through multiple pathways to meet the graduation requirements set for students in Alabama. (Alabama High School Graduation Requirements/Diploma)

12. What changes are teachers in your district making to teaching practices as a result of the CCRS? • 83.8% Incorporating new curricular materials and instructional strategies in teaching • 86% Asking students more questions and encouraging them to develop answers independently • 67.7% Structuring opportunities for students to develop and solve their own problems • 78% Increasing collaboration with colleagues within the school and in other schools

13. Q10 Which of the following would help you feel better prepared to teach the CCRS? • More information about how the CCRs will change my instructional practice • More information about how the CCRS will change what is expected of students • Access to Assessments aligned to CCRS • Access to curricular resources aligned to CCRS • More Planning time • More collaboration with colleagues • Observations of CCRS aligned lessons

15. Next Steps • How can you use information from the surveys to plan for next year? • What structure do you have in place for teachers to express their needs/concerns? • Would it be helpful to get this same type of information from leaders and teachers from schools in your district? We hope to hear from you at our first QM what changes you have made at your schools to support teachers and implementation of the CCRS.

16. Wrapping up………….

17. PLUACLD210B The district CCRS Implementation Team contact person will verify participation and implementation of activities. The district contact person will submit all forms to Phyllis Montalto at one time. All forms should be submitted by districts no later than June 15, 2014. Please be sure you have registered in STIPD for this PLU.