National Association for Alternative Certification

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National Association for Alternative Certification

• January 31, 2009

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Institute for Innovative Community Learning
(ICL) at the University of West Florida

• Located in the Beautiful Historic District of
  Downtown Pensacola, Florida

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Offers

• One stop shopping center for soon-to-be and
  new teachers new sight launched April 1, 2009
• Includes
• TeacherReady Program, teacherready.org
• TeacherNotes
• LearnRightNow
• Free Teacher Resources
• To dos
• Idea Generator
• Teacher Tips
• Articles

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New Teachers Teach, Students Learn Academy
(NTTSLA)

• 4 high need elementary schools
• 20 new teachers, 4 principals and 5 coaches
• 3rd, 4th and 5th grade teams at one school
• 3rd grade team at one school
• Mixed grade teams at two schools

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Research and Application

• Teacher Effectiveness
• Marzano
• Black and Wiliam
• Catherine Snow
• Rick Stiggins
• Harry Wong

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Research and Application

• Jim Collins
• Good is the enemy of great
• Good to Great
• Quint Studer
• Evidenced-Based Leadership
• Results that Last
• Hardwiring Excellence

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• New Book,
• How Teachers Become Great Its All About
  Student Learning Results by Janet Pilcher and
  Robin Largue
• Published by Firestarter Publishing, Inc., 2009
• Influenced by the work of Quint Studers
  Evidence-Based Leadership Approach and the
  Organizational Flywheel
• Purpose, worthwhile work and making a difference

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NTTSLA

• Purpose
• To provide content knowledge, practice and
  tactics to help teachers have a successful first
  30 days of school.
• Measured by student learning results
• Measured by teacher satisfaction results
• Measured by 30 day parent satisfaction results

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Goals and Measures Students

• Student
• Goal One Demonstrate achievement by students on
  a summative classroom procedures assessment at
  the 100 level
• MET
• 100 of students in all teachers classrooms
  achieved at 100 level

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Goals and Measures Students

• Goal Two Demonstrate achievement at the 80
  level of 30 day student achievement literacy goal
• 100 of students achieved goal 6 teachers
• 96 of students achieved goal 1 teacher
• 80 of students achieved goal 1 teacher
• 70 to 75 of students achieved goal 3 teachers
• 60 to 67 of students achieved goal 7 teachers

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Goals and Measures Teachers

• Teacher
• Goal Three 80 of teachers will score each item
  a 5 on a 5 point scale on the teacher
  satisfaction survey
• MET
• 4.91 average on a 5 point scale

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Goals and Measures Teachers

• Goal Four 80 of teachers will score each item a
  5 on the professional development survey
• MET
• 100 of the teachers rated their experience a 5
  on a 5 point scale
• Goal Five Retain 95 of teachers in the school
  district
• MET
• 100 of teachers returned and were retained

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Goals and Measures Parents

• Parent
• Goal Five 70 of the students parents will
  score each item a 4 on a 4 point scale on the
  parent satisfaction survey
• MET
• 3.63 average on a 4 point scale

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Essential Content for Completing Successful First
30 Days

• Classroom Rules and Procedures
• Classroom Formative and Summative Assessment
• Content Specific Focus
• Planning and Scaffolding Instruction

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Essential Tools for Completing Successful First
30 Days of School

• Teacher Learning Teams
• Teacher Preference Cards (adapted from Studer
  Group)
• Rounding (adapted from Studer Group)
• Thank you Notes (adapted from Studer Group)
• 30 Day Plans
• AIDET (adapted from Studer Group)
• Coaching Probe Tool
• Parent Survey
• Student Results and Teacher Reflection Tool
• WOW Card (adapted from Studer Group)

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Teacher Learning Teams

• Coach and 4 to 6 teachers
• Collegial coaches and teachers
• Reflect together every 30 days on
• How well students learned
• How satisfied parents are with their childs
  learning experience

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Rounding

• Every 14 Days
• Whats working well for you?
• What individuals should I recognize?
• Do you have the tools and equipment you need to
  do your job?
• What would help you do your job better?

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Thank You Notes
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Four Weekly Plans of the 30 Day Plan

• What will students need to know and be able to do
  to achieve the weekly learning targets?
• What will I do this week to help students achieve
  the daily learning targets so that students can
  achieve the weekly learning targets?
• How will I know if students achieve the daily
  learning targets to that students can achieve the
  weekly learning targets?
• How will I communicate progress on the learning
  targets to students each day?

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Pre School New Teacher Prep Rally

• Train on how to use AIDET and administer 30 day
  parent survey
• Train on Coaching Probe Tool
• Train on Student Results and Teacher Reflection
  Tool

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AIDET
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30 Day Parent Satisfaction Survey

• 5 point scale
• Overall, I am satisfied with my childs
  experience at school.
• I believe that my child is learning this year.
• I feel comfortable with my childs teacher.

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Teacher Video

• Developed by 3rd grade teachers at Warrington
  Elementary
• Olivia Russell
• Katherine DAmbre
• Rachael Farmer
• Jackie Perkins
• Kanisha White
• Coach Lorie Heath

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Summary

• Take Aways
• Include parent satisfaction as a component of new
  teacher preparation
• Provide professional development to new teachers
  on how to connect with parents
• Focus on very specific learning targets in 30 day
  increments
• Include assessment on how well students learn and
  apply the classroom rules and procedures
• Round on teachers every 14 days
• Use rounding information to follow-up
• Recognize and reward teaching performance and
  behaviors

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Reward and Recognition teacher to student
coach/principal to teacher
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Contact Information

• TeacherReady
• Institute for Innovative Community Learning (ICL)
• 212 Church Street
• Pensacola, FL 32502
• 850.595.0001
• icl_at_uwf.edu
• Janet Pilcher, jpilcher_at_uwf.edu
• Robin Largue, elargue_at_uwf.edu