The Iowa CBE Collaborative February 18, 2014 # IACompED

The Iowa CBE CollaborativeFebruary 18, 2014#IACompED

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Video from January Evaluation from January Today’s agenda and ppt Homework for March 12

Today’s Outcomes

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Collaborative members will:• Build community• Take shared ownership of the

Collaborative • Enact multiple feedback loops • between District Teams and Work • Teams

Today’s Outcomes

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District Teams will:• Understand why systems analysis is

necessary in order to build CBE pathways

• Begin analysis of current district reality in relation to desired state

• Identify connections with work team charges

• Prioritize next steps for our district

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Work Teams will:• Build relationships among members of

the work teams• Define interconnectedness among

teams and charges• Eliminate redundancy through

identifying shared purpose• Clarify our work• Identify next steps for moving forward

with our charge

Today’s Outcomes

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Leadership Teams

DistrictsIHEsAEAs

Work

Teams

Collaborative Processes

Iowa districts and schools

implement CBE according to

the State Guidelines

Collaborative Outcomes

Students who are prepared

with the knowledge, skills, and

dispositions necessary for

post secondary success

State Outcomes

A framework for transitioning to a

personalized, competency-based system, which will

guide statewide implementation

Demonstration sites successfully

implementing the framework and demonstrating

improved college and career ready

outcomes

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Iowa CBE Collaborative

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Design TeamDistrict Representatives CR: Trace Pickering CM: Jason Ellingson EU: Pam Vogel HW: Tim Felderman Ma: Susan Pecinovsky MC: TJ Jumper Mu: Andrea Stewart N: Justin Gross SL: Angela Olsen VM: Jen Sigrist

Higher Ed Representatives

Ron Fielder, Univ of Iowa

Al Rowe, Kirkwood

AEA Representatives

Julie Graber, AEA 8 Lisa Wilson, AEA 10

More ChildrenEngaging Community Today,

Tomorrow and at Home

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Facilitators: Trace Pickering, Cedar Rapids Al Rowe, Kirkwood

In the business world, the term burning platform has long been used to indicate a crisis of such magnitude that it forces change. Delivering on the Promise, page 28

Design Team Planning Team: ● Trace Pickering ● Al Rowe

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Where are we in relation to where we want to be?

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District Teams

Facilitator:Andrea Stewart, Muscatine

Design Team Planning Team:● Jason Ellingson ● Jen Sigrist● Julie Graber ● Andrea Stewart

Purpose of this time:

• Build relationships among members of the work teams• Define interconnectedness among teams and charges• Eliminate redundancy through identifying shared

purpose• Clarify our work• Identify next steps for moving forward with our charge

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CBE District Self-Assessment Tool:• Use the sheet you filled out individually to come to

consensus as a district about where your district is in relation to an idealized design

• Where are we in relation to where we want to be? • Use Fist-to-Five to come to consensus about the

district• Include evidence of implementation (processes,

structures, functions)• Fill out the document in the Google doc folder

10:25-11:35IOWA Department of Education

Connections to Work Teams:

• What insights did you gain from this work regarding the self-assessment tools?

• What implications does that have for our work teams? • What questions should district members take to work

teams during the afternoon session?

11:35-11:55IOWA Department of Education

Homework for April: RISC Organizational Self-Assessment Tool• Construct a plan to work on the following:

• Dig deeper into the CBE District Self-Assessment district analysis

• Determine the location on the continuum your district’s “In Process” and “In Place” elements by using the RISC tool together as a district between now and the April meeting

• Synthesize what you learned with the connections to work teams and to your next steps as a district

• Prioritize next steps for the district (action-planning)11:55-12:15 IOWA Department of Education

LUNCHAfter lunch, sit with your Work Teams

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Interconnectedness of the Work Teams

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Work TeamsFacilitators:Tim Felderman, Howard-WinnAndrea Stewart, Muscatine

Design Team Planning Team:● Jason Ellingson ● Andrea Stewart● Tim Felderman

Purpose of this time:

• Understand why systems analysis is necessary in order to build CBE pathways

• Begin analysis of current district reality in relation to desired state

• Identify connections with work team charges• Prioritize next steps for our district

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Relationships with Other Work Teams:• Identify the other work teams you want to visit:

Complete Work Team Organizational Protocol #2• List a couple questions you have for them then copy and

paste in the consolidated document: http://tinyurl.com/Wk-Tm-Q-for-other-Wk-Tms

• Decide who will stay to represent your group and who will go to each of the teams you chose

• If you are finished with this, then work on other parts of your work (the protocol, the questions for H-W to take to NH, other . . . )

1:05-1:25IOWA Department of Education

Connections to Work Teams:

Connect and Discuss: • If your group does not need to go to another group, you

may all stay to work, but you need to be accessible for other groups to come to your group.

• Conversation notes http://tiny.cc/CollaborativeGoogleFolder

1:25-2:15IOWA Department of Education

Back in Your Work Team:• Discuss what you learned and prioritize next steps• Continue with your team’s protocol or the work you are

doing toward your goals• Make assignments to do before March• List (or assign that someone does by March 1) possible

questions your team has for H-W to ask in NH copy and paste them in the consolidated document: http://tinyurl.com/Wk-Tm-Q-for-Site-Visits

• Fill out the Work Team Feedback sheet http://tinyurl.com/WorkTeamReflecitionFeedback

2:15-3:00

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DISTRICT Team Reflection and Feedback30 minutes

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How does what we did today inform your work? After the work today, what do you now realize you

can offer the collaborative? Discuss your ideas for messaging today

3:15-3:45

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Facilitators: Trace Pickering, Cedar Rapids Al Rowe, Kirkland

In the business world, the term burning platform has long been used to indicate a crisis of such magnitude that it forces change. Delivering on the Promise, page 28

Design Team Planning Team: ● Trace Pickering ● Al Rowe

Commitment to the Work

Exit Ticket

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Nametag and anything you want to keep in the envelope

Leave it on the table

Evaluation: leave them on the table

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