February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership for the Common Core NYSED Principal Evaluation Training Program
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February 10, 2012Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core
February 10, 2012Session 3: Effective Leadership for the Common Core
NYSED Principal Evaluation Training Program
February 10, 2012Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core
February 10, 2012Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core
Session 3:Effective Leadership for the
Common Core
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Aims of The Session
• To enhance your understanding of implications of the Common Core standards for principal leadership.
• To help you understand the types of evidence needed to evaluate implementation of the Common Core in schools.
• To prepare you to train colleagues to evaluate the implementation of the Common Core in schools.
February 10, 2012Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core
February 10, 2012Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core
1. Whole Group Introduction (5 minutes)• Aims of today’s session
2. Activity 1: Principal Responsibilities (20 minutes)
3. Activity 2: Evidence of Principal Leadership (35 minutes)• Small group brainstorm• Paired group share
4. Discussion and Close (30 minutes)
5. Evaluation and reflection (15 minutes)
Agenda: Effective Leadership for the Common Core
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College & Career Ready
Students
Data Driven
Instruction
Common Core State Standards
Teacher/ Leader
Effectiveness
Three Initiatives
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Engage NY Website
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6 Shifts in ELA/LiteracyBalancing Informational and Literary Text
Building Knowledge in the Disciplines
Staircase of Complexity
Text-based Answers
Writing from Sources
Academic Vocabulary
ELA/Literacy & Math Shifts
6 Shifts in Mathematics
Focus
Coherence
Fluency
Deep Understanding
Applications
Dual Intensity
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February 10, 2012Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core
Activity 1: Principal Responsibilities
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ELA/Literacy Shift 1: Balancing Informational and Literary TextWhat the Student Does… What the Teacher Does… What the Principal Does…
•Build background knowledge to increase reading skill•Exposure to the world through reading•Apply strategies to reading informational text.
•Provide students equal #s of informational and literary texts•Ensure coherent instruction about content•Teach strategies for informational texts•Teach “through” and “with” informational texts•Scaffold for the difficulties that informational text present to students•Ask students, “What is connected here? How does this fit together? What details tell you that? “
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February 10, 2012Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core
Activity 1: Principal Responsibilities
• Use the handouts provided to examine the implications of one ELA/Literacy shift and one Mathematics shift
– For students
– For teachers
• Brainstorm “what the principal does”
– The implications for principal leadership
• Document your ideas on chart paper
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February 10, 2012Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core
Activity 2: Evidence of Principal Leadership
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Transformational leadership through implementation of:
• Common Core State Standards
• Data-Driven Instruction
• Teacher Effectiveness: Evidence-Based Observation
Changing Role of the Principal
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Changing Role of the Principal (continued)
Successful Implementation through strategic use of:
• Teacher Planning Time
• Teacher Professional Development Time
• Principal Time and Energy
• Resources on EngageNY.org
• Observation and Feedback cycle between Principals & Teachers
• Interim Assessment Results
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Leadership in The Common Core
ELA Shift One: Balancing Literary & Informational TextELA Shift Two: Building Knowledge in the Disciplines
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Principals Should:
Purchase and provide equal amounts of informational and literacy texts for each classroom
Hold teachers accountable for building student content knowledge through text
Provide PD and co-planning opportunities for teachers to become more intimate with non fiction texts and the way they spiral together
Support and demand the role of all teachers in advancing students’ literacy
Support and demand ELA teachers’ transition to a balance of informational text\
Give teachers permission to slow down and deeply study texts with students
February 10, 2012Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core
Activity 2a: Evidence of Principal Leadership
• Your group will focus either on ELA/Literacy or Mathematics
• Examine NYSED’s “Leadership in the Common Core” handout
– Proposed principal responsibilities for implementing the Common Core
• Brainstorm examples of evidence that you could use to evaluate principal leadership in this domain
– Draw on yesterday’s discussion of objective evidence
– Document on chart paper
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Activity 2b: Evidence of Principal Leadership
• Share your ideas about evidence of principal leadership with your partner table
• Ask questions of each other and add new ideas as they emerge
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February 10, 2012Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core
Silent Writing Time and Whole-Group Discussion
• What are some of the most important types of evidence your group identified?
• What noticings or reflections can you share regarding evaluating principal Common Core leadership?
• What questions do you have regarding evaluating principal Common Core leadership?
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February 10, 2012Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core
February 10, 2012Session 3: Effective Leadership in the Common Core
Three Key Take-Aways
NYSED is providing helpful scaffolding for principals and principal evaluators regarding the implementation of the Common Core Standards
Principals have the specific responsibilities we have discussed for implementing the Common Core Standards in their schools
Principal evaluators are charged with collecting and analyzing evidence of principal leadership—as we have identified—regarding the implementation of the Common Core
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