Montana Surveys of Enacted Curriculum Project

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Montana Surveys of Enacted Curriculum Project

• William Schauman, Gail Surwill, Lisa Scott and
  Jodi Rookhuizen

Presentation for CCSSO 2008 Education Leaders
Conference September 8-10, 2008 Milwaukee, WI
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Agenda

• MSEC State Overview
• MSEC District Perspective
• MSEC School and Classroom Perspective
• MSEC Next Steps
• Questions

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Montana Big Sky Country!
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The Five -Year Comprehensive Education Plan
(5YCEP) Building a Continuous Education
Improvement (CEI) Process for Montana Schools
5YCEP CEI Process
5YCEP CEI Process
5YCEP CEI Process
The Vision
5YCEP CEI Process
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Dialogue
Insuring Effective Decisions!
Standards-Based Instruction - Alignment -
Assessment Data
MSEC Data
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Options for Action Plans
Curriculum Modifications
Materials Development
Pacing Guides
Vertical/Horizontal Articulations
Monitor Progress/Adjust
Professional Development
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Phase I Pilot Projects 2005-2006 making
(M)SEC work for us!
Montana Small Schools Alliance
Prairie View Curriculum Consortium
Chester-Joplin-Inverness
Billings
Wolf Point
St. Regis
Huntley Project
Poplar
Bozeman
Troy
Havre
Title II Math/Science Partnership Grants
Libby
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• Phase II Developing the Model
• 2006 2009
• Working with districts through a multi-year
  cycle
• Taking on a limited number of new districts
• Continue to build trainer corps

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• Phase III Reconnecting Statewide 2009
• Continue to support current projects
• Promote use of MSEC through a variety of venues
  across the state
• Title I will begin using it as an initial
  strategy when working with schools in need of
  improvement or in restructuring under NCLB

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Billings Public Schools District use of SEC

• District Demographics
• District Goal
• Tool used to connect Curriculum, Instruction,
  Professional Development and Assessment

Curriculum
PD
Assessment
Instruction
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First Steps

• Examined current reality
• State Standards, Enacted Curriculum, and State
  CRT Assessment
• Asked hard questions
• Challenging conversations

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SEC Map Activity

• Take a few minutes to examine and discuss the
  contour maps
• Discuss the alignment of the four maps.
• Do you see any noticeable patterns?
• Describe the similarities and differences between
  the maps?
• What conclusions can you make?
• What content topics and/or cognitive levels would
  you suggest improving?

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2005 Comparison Standards, Instruction, and CRT
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Identified Curriculum Points

• 7th 8th Coarse Grain Maps the Same
• Needed to examine Fine Grain Maps
• Shift Emphasis
• Build Trust
• District Learning Objectives
• Resources
• Primary and supplemental
• Technology

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Professional Development Decisions

• Primary Resource Technology Training
• Summer Courses
• Math Professional Learning Communities
• District Math Meetings
• Math Coach

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2005-2008 ComparisonMeasurementGr 8 Instruction
Maps
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2005-2008 ComparisonGeo ConceptsGr 8
Instruction Maps
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Billings District Curriculum Maps 7th and 8th
Grades
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Comparison Gr 8 Curriculum, Instruction, and
CRT
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40
63
33
63
50
50
67
58
50
63
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The percentages come from the Gr 8 district avg
points earned out of the points possible for each
state standards content topic on the MT CRT.
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8th Grade Comparison Cognitive Demand 2005 -
2008
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What does this all mean for me - the teacher?

• A Lot of Data!
• Our Struggle
• Self Reflection
• Change is a Process
• Where to Begin?

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Anatomy of Change the 1st Year

• In our district
• SEC Maps
• District Learning Objectives
• Pacing Guides
• Supplementary Lessons
• SEC Instructional Practice Graphs

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Anatomy of Change the 1st Year

• In our school
• Math Team
• 8th Grade Math Lab
• Interdisciplinary Teams
• Instructing Across Disciplines

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Anatomy of Change the 1st Year

• In my classroom
• Learning Objectives in Lessons
• Vocabulary
• Facilitator
• Student Discovery

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Anatomy of Change the 2nd Year

• In our district
• Revisited SEC Maps
• Revisited Pacing Guides
• Writing Companion
• Supplementary Lessons
• Manipulatives

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Anatomy of Change the 2nd Year

• In our school
• Interdisciplinary Team Continued
• Instructional Strategies Across Disciplines
• Revisited Math Goals
• Continued 8th Grade Math Lab

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Anatomy of Change the 2nd Year

• In my classroom
• Lesson Reflection
• Writing in Math
• Cooperative Learning
• Alternative Assessments
• Formative Assessments

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Anatomy of Change the 3rd Year

• In our district
• Revisited SEC Maps
• Revisited Pacing Guide
• Writing Companion Revisited
• District Math Meetings
• Professional Learning Community
• Facilitated by Math Coach

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Anatomy of Change the 3rd Year

• In our school
• Interdisciplinary Teams
• Cooperative Learning
• 7th Grade Math Lab
• Gifted and Talented

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Anatomy of Change the 3rd Year

• In my classroom
• Lesson Reflection
• Writing in Math
• Cooperative Learning

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Anatomy of Change this Year

• In our district
• Revisited SEC Maps
• Revisited Pacing Guides
• Revisited Writing Companion
• Summer Professional Development
• Gifted and Talented Grant

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Anatomy of Change this Year

• In our school
• Instructional Strategies Team
• Problem Solving
• Department Collaboration

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Anatomy of Change this Year

• In my classroom
• Lesson Reflection
• Writing in Math
• Instructional Strategies
• Interdisciplinary Lessons

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Slowing Down the Conveyor Belt
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Next Steps

• Teacher Maps
• Common Formative Assessments
• Use Data
• Time
• Continue the process with High School Math

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• .....Who knows what else is to come..
• One thing is sure. We have to do something. We
  have to do the best we know how at the moment
  if it doesnt turn out right, we can modify it as
  we go along.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Questions?
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Thank You!!

• William Schauman, Montana Office of Public
  Instruction
• wschauman_at_mt.gov
• Gail Surwill, Billings Public Schools
• surwillg_at_billings.k12.mt.us
• Lisa Scott, Billings Public Schools
• scottl_at_billings.k12.mt.us
• Jodi Rookhuizen, Castle Rock Middle School
• rookhuizenj_at_billings.k12.mt.us