Grade Level Content Expectations

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Grade Level Content Expectations

• Dissemination Plan and
• Companion Documents
• Michigan Department of Education
• Office of School Improvement
• April 19, 2004

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Dissemination Plan

• Phase I ISD/RESAs only
• For curriculum directors and content area
  specialists from the 57 Intermediate School
  Districts and Regional Educational Service
  Agencies
• April 30 at Kellogg Center, East Lansing
• May 3 at Traverse Bay Area ISD
• Participants will receive a packet to use in
  their dissemination efforts with their local
  districts
• Video of clips of March 30 Conference
• Complete set of GLCE documents produced to date
• Packet of strategies for use with LEAs

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Dissemination Plan

• Phase II ISD/RESAs and LEAs
• For curriculum directors, content area
  specialists, and classroom teachers from
  ISD/RESAs and LEAs
• Presented by MDE staff and Peer Review Committee
  in the 10 Sustained Learning Regions (May June,
  2004)
• Marquette-Alger ISD, Traverse Bay ISD, Saginaw
  ISD, Kent ISD, Eaton ISD, Genesee ISD, KRESA
  (Kalamazoo), Washtenaw, Macomb, and Wayne RESA
• Dates to be determined posted on MDE, MVU, and
  the Sustained Learning Center websites
• Participants will receive the General Overview
  session (Tier 1)

4
Dissemination Plan

• Phase III Regional Roll Out
• Staff from the 57 ISD/RESAs in collaboration
  with local practitioners, faculty from IHEs, and
  staff from Educational Organizations provide
  sessions focused on district-wide alignment of
  GLCE to current district curriculum, assessment,
  and instructional practices

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Dissemination Plan

• Phase IV Local Roll Out
• Staff from local school districts in cooperation
  with ISD/RESAs, IHEs, and Educational
  Organizations provide sessions focused on
  classroom specific instructional strategies to
  support the GLCE

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Dissemination Tiers

• Tier 1 Statewide Roll Out (10 sessions)
• General Overview
• Video clips from March 30th
• Content specific information in ELA and
  Mathematics
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
  information in ELA and Mathematics
• Strategies for next steps and identification of
  resources
• Presented by MDE Staff and Peer Review Committees
• Convened in the 10 Sustained Learning Regions May
  through June, 2004
• For curriculum directors, content specialists
  from ISD/RESAs and LEAs, and classroom teachers

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Dissemination Tiers

• Tier 2 Regional Roll Out
• General Overview AND District Curricular Review
• Presented by Staff from ISD/RESAs in
  collaboration with local practitioners, staff
  from IHEs and Educational Organizations
• Suggested session content
• Review of districts curricular pacing and
  assessment practices
• Identification of strategies for instructional
  support and professional development for teachers
• Develop ways to communicate to parents about GLCE
• Designing promising practices format for
  continued discussions
• Strategies for next steps and identification of
  resources

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Dissemination Tiers

• Tier 3 Local Roll Out
• Staff from local school districts in cooperation
  with ISD/RESAs, IHEs, and Educational
  Organizations provide sessions focused on
  classroom specific instructional strategies to
  support the GLCE
• Suggested session content
• General Overview
• Review of district curricular pacing and
  assessment practices
• Strategies for effective instructional design and
  delivery
• Increasing knowledge of specific content
• Designing a promising practices format for
  continued discussions
• Alignment of GLCE to district support materials
• Strategies for next steps and identification of
  resources

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Companion Documents

• Alignment between MCF and GLCE ready by July,
  2004
• ELA Co-Chairs Rita Maddox (Gratiot Isabella
  ISD) and Cindy Clingman (Ottawa ISD)
• ELA is also doing an alignment between GLCE and
  MLPP and Reading First
• Mathematics MCTM, Chuck Allan
• Mathematics is also identifying appropriate
  instructional resources

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Companion Documents

• GLCE for Parents
• ELA and Mathematics for K 2 by August, 2004
• for grades 3 5 by January, 2005
• for grades 6 8 by June, 2005

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Contact Information

• Betty Underwood for GLCE logistics at
  UnderwoodB_at_michigan.gov
• Ruth Anne Hodges for Mathematics at
  HodgesRA_at_michigan.gov
• Lynnette VanDyke for ELA at VanDykeL_at_michigan.gov
• Dr. Yvonne Caamal Canul, Director
• Office of School Improvement at
  Canuly_at_michigan.gov