Inquiry Teams for Administrators

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Inquiry Teams for Administrators

• Dennis C. Taylor
• Professional Learning Coach
• Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES

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Key Questions

• WHY are we implementing Inquiry Teams?
• WHAT is an Inquiry Team?
• WHO will participate on the Inquiry Teams?
• WHAT will the Inquiry Teams work on?
• WHEN will the Inquiry Team meet?

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Anticipatory Guide

• Complete the Anticipatory Guide by checking
  whether the sentence accurately reflects your
  school.
• You will share your thoughts with one other person

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Anticipatory Guide

• Turn and talk to the person next to you
• You will each have one minute to share your
  thoughts

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Key Questions

• WHY are we implementing Inquiry Teams?
• WHAT is an Inquiry Team?
• WHO will participate on the Inquiry Teams?
• WHAT will the Inquiry Teams work on?
• WHEN will the Inquiry Team meet?

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WHY are we Implementing Inquiry Teams?

• I have never met a kid who failed the state test
  and was ready for college, but I have met many
  kids who passed the state tests and are still not
  ready for college.
• -Paul Bambrick-Santoyo

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WHY are we implementing Inquiry Teams?

• Data-Driven Instruction has been proven to be
  successful!
• Common interim assessments will be used to drive
  instruction
• Reform Agenda- Individual Scopes of Work (SoW)

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Deliverables

• August October 2011
• Defining Data Driven Instruction and School Based
  Inquiry so that efforts can be focused on high
  leverage strategies
• Collaboratively accurately diagnose school
  capacity for implementing the Inquiry/ DDI model
  based on the DDI key drivers
• Build and/or identify high quality assessment
  tools to use in the classroom

NYSED Document Recommendations for School-Level
Network Team PD Common Core Inquiry/ DDI, June
15, 2011
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Deliverables

• August October 2011
• Develop an implementation plan for data driven
  instruction that is tailored to the specific
  needs of schools and/or districts
• Diagnose the quality of each schools
  implementation of data driven instruction against
  the key drivers
• Support the ongoing development of data driven
  cultures in teams of teachers and school
  leadership teams

NYSED Document Recommendations for School-Level
Network Team PD Common Core Inquiry/ DDI, June
15, 2011
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Deliverables

• October May 2012
• Linking Instruction and follow-up with analysis
  and action planning
• Align instructional practices, assessments, and
  analysis to the rigor of the Common Core
  standards
• Support and/ or lead effective analysis meetings
  with teachers that increase student learning
• Monitor Progress on Action Plans and determine
  mid-course corrections in each school

NYSED Document Recommendations for School-Level
Network Team PD Common Core Inquiry/ DDI, June
15, 2011
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Critical questions to consider

• What do we want students to know and be able to
  do?
• How will we know if they can?
• What will we do if they cant?
• What will we do if they already can?

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WHAT are the Inquiry Teams Goals?

• We will focus on
• ELA in 3rd, 8th, and 11th grades
• College and Career Skills

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3rd Grade Proficiency
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8th Grade Proficiency
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Regional English Regents DataCayuga-Onondaga
BOCES
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So what does this mean?

• About half of our students cannot read and write
  on grade level.
• Any student who does not pass the English Regents
  cannot graduate with a Regents diploma.

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Key Questions

• WHY are we implementing Inquiry Teams?
• WHAT is an Inquiry Team?
• WHO will participate on the Inquiry Teams?
• WHAT will the Inquiry Teams work on?
• WHEN will the Inquiry Team meet?

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WHAT is an Inquiry Team?

• Small team of teachers who teach common subject
  areas.
• Principals may be included. If not, there must be
  a clear line of communication between the team
  and the principal.
• The team will consistently analyze data to drive
  instruction.

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Key Questions

• WHY are we implementing Inquiry Teams?
• WHAT is an Inquiry Team?
• WHO will participate on the Inquiry Teams?
• WHAT will the Inquiry Teams work on?
• WHEN will the Inquiry Team meet?

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WHO should be on the Inquiry Team?

• 2-3 teachers
• Building principals

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WHO will participate on the teams?

• Based upon our regional needs
• 3rd grade teachers
• 8th grade English teachers (AIS/Special Ed./7th
  grade teachers)
• 11th grade English teachers (AIS/Special Ed./10th
  grade teachers)

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Key Questions

• WHY are we implementing Inquiry Teams?
• WHAT is an Inquiry Team?
• WHO will participate on the Inquiry Teams?
• WHAT will the Inquiry Teams work on?
• WHEN will the Inquiry Team meet?

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WHAT will the Inquiry Team work on?

• Create an appropriate long-term goal based upon
  data ? We plan to focus on ELA
• Drill down to individual learning targets, then
  create short-term goals that correspond to the
  long-term goal

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WHAT will the Inquiry Team work on?

• Effectively share what instructional practices
  work best for the students, and implement the
  adoption of these strategies throughout the
  building

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Typical Math Standard

• Understand and use ratios, proportions and
  percents in a variety of situations

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• Identify 50 of 20
• Identify 67 of 81
• Shawn got 7 correct answers out of 10 possible
  answers on his science test. What percent of
  questions did he get correct?
• J.J. Redick was on pace to set an NCAA record in
  career free throw percentage. Leading into the
  NCAA tournament in 2004, he made 97 of 104 free
  throw attempts. What percentage of free throws
  did he make?
• J.J. Redick was on pace to set an NCAA record in
  career free throw percentage. Leading into the
  NCAA tournament in 2004, he made 97 of 104 free
  throw attempts. How far did his percentage drop
  before the tournament game to right after missing
  those free throws?
• J.J. Redick and Chris Paul were competing for the
  best free-throw shooting percentage. Redick made
  94 of his first 103 shots, while Paul made 47
  out of 51 shots.
• Which one had a better shooting percentage?
• In the next game, Redick made only 2 of 10 shots
  while Paul made 7 of 10 shots. What are their new
  overall shooting percentages?
• Who is the better shooter?
• Jason argued that if Paul and J.J. each made the
  next 10 shots, their shooting percentage would go
  up the same amount. Is this true? Why or why not?

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Data Driven Instruction
Assessment
Analysis
Action
Data Driven Culture
Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, 2010
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Assessments

• Assessments must be
• the starting point
• transparent
• common
• interim
• aligned

Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, 2010
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Analysis

• Analysis must
• have a quick turnaround
• be user-friendly
• be teacher-owned
• be Test-In-Hand
• be deep

Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, 2010
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Action

• Planning
• Implementation
• Ongoing Assessment
• Accountability
• Engaged Students

Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, 2010
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Data Driven Culture

• Highly Active Leadership Team
• Introductory Professional Development
• Implementation Calendar
• Ongoing Professional Development
• Build by Borrowing

Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, 2010
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Douglass Street School

1. Do you think Krista Brown met the challenge? Why?
   (cite specific examples from the text)
2. If your answer is partially, which teachers met
   the task? Which ones did not? Why?
3. What are the most important factors contributing
   to a schools success in dramatically improving
   school improvement? What are the biggest
   stumbling blocks that can undermine the process?

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8 Mistakes that Matter

• Inferior Interim Assessments
• Secretive Interim Assessments
• Infrequent Assessments
• Curriculum-Assessment Disconnect
• Delayed Results
• Separation of Teaching and Analysis
• Ineffective Follow-Up
• Not Making Time for Data

Paul Bambrick_Santoyo, 2010
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Data Driven Instruction School-Based Inquiry
NYS Assessments
NYS Assessments
Interim Assessments
Interim Assessments
Interim Assessments
Formative Assessments
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Assessment Cycle
Type of Assessment Frequency of Assessment Usage
Pre-Assessment Prior to instruction Assess prior knowledge and skills.
Formative Assessment Daily or more Ongoing assessment for student learning.
Interim Assessment 4-6 times per year Assess all skills and knowledge to that point in time.
Summative Assessment Annually Assess knowledge and skills learned throughout the course.
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Key Questions

• WHY are we implementing Inquiry Teams?
• WHAT is an Inquiry Team?
• WHO will participate on the Inquiry Teams?
• WHAT will the Inquiry Teams work on?
• WHEN will the Inquiry Team meet?

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WHEN will the Inquiry Teams meet?

• NYSED is requesting 90 minutes per week by
  October 2012
• Our reality
• Professional Learning Coaches will train and
  initially facilitate teams according to the
  in-district calendars

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WHEN will the Inquiry Team meet?

• Once per week is the recommended timeframe
• We anticipate the teams being able to meet
  bi-weekly
• We have committed one day per month for coaching
  these teams throughout the school year
• Things to consider
• common planning time
• multiple grades/teams represented
• flexibility in scheduling

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Recap Key Questions

• WHY are we implementing Inquiry Teams?
• WHAT is an Inquiry Team?
• WHO will participate on the Inquiry Teams?
• WHAT will the Inquiry Teams work on?
• WHEN will the Inquiry Team meet?