Title I Directors Conference Sept 2007 Carol Diedrichsen [email protected] Gwen Pollock [email protected] Surveys of the Enacted Curriculum for English.

Title I Director’s Conference Sept 2007

Carol Diedrichsen [email protected] Gwen Pollock [email protected]

Surveys of the Enacted

Curriculum for

English Language Arts Reading, Mathematics, and Science

Collaborative inquiry--

School teams constructing meaning of student-learning problems and testing out solutions together through rigorous use of data, research, and reflective dialogue— unleashes the resourcefulness of educators to solve the biggest problems schools

face.”

Using Data Project--CCSSO

Wouldn’t you like to know…

• The concepts actually taught in your department?

• What standards students in different curricular paths at your school cover before graduation?

• The comparison of your district and department emphasis with the state’s standards and performance descriptors?

• The overall picture of what is taught including how and when the concepts are taught?

• How your work in your classroom could be used to shape important decisions for your school?

• How you’re doing as a school in spiraling conceptual learning and to what extent you’re consistent or redundant across grade levels and different courses and kinds of courses?

Wouldn’t you like to Wouldn’t you like to know…know…

•The concepts actually taught in your department?•What standards students in different curricular paths at your school cover before graduation? •The comparison of your district and department emphasis with the state’s standards and performance descriptors?•The overall picture of what is taught including how and when the concepts are taught? •How your work in your classroom could be used to shape important decisions for your school? •How you’re doing as a school in spiraling conceptual learning and to what extent you’re consistent or redundant across grade levels and different courses and kinds of courses?

What is the SEC? How could What is the SEC? How could you use it? Why would you you use it? Why would you

want to?want to?General Introduction to the SECSample report and how it can be used

A map and a success story– Success in Oregon High schools and a – High schools and student learning– Evaluation for CSR, support for high schools

What about you? How could you use it? Among other ways for:• KEEPING SCORE • Needs assessments • On-going formative and summative evaluation • Planning for required plans

SEC Overview

It is a tool to:• Foster professional conversations

about curriculum, methodology • teacher needs and perceptions in

powerful school discussions• Review and map practices with

school, district, and state.• compare instructional content to

state standards and assessments.

It is NOT a tool for teacher evaluations. And it doesn’t “fix” curriculum or instruction.

Does The SEC Work?

The original research project had over 600 teachers in 11 states who completed the SEC surveys, kept a daily instructional log, plus included classroom observations and interviews.

• A study found a high correlation between the SEC surveys and the other research measures

• This shows that survey participants are trying to make honest answers.

• The more honest your answers are the more useful the results will be.

Surveys of Enacted CurriculumSurveys of Enacted Curriculum

A neutral content grid

With cognitive demand

The intended curriculum: State content standards—what students should learn

The enacted curriculum: What teachers teach

The learned curriculum: Student outcomes based on school learning

The assessed curriculum: State (and other) assessments—tested learning

The teacher survey tool…

Collects data on:– what content concepts are taught

and how it is taught– teacher beliefs– readiness to teach the content– readiness to instruct special

groups of students.

The SEC reports can help you: identify gaps/redundancies in curriculum

Type I non-alignment—didn’t cover the topic Type II non-alignment—covered other topics Type III non-alignment with student expectations

see areas for deepening content expertise and knowledge of how students learn that content.

determine areas of need when planning for professional development.

monitor changes in practice as a result of implementing new curricula.

Applications of SEC

Survey Sections

School and Class Description

Process of Inquiry

Instructional Content Use of Assessment Strategies

Use of Homework Instructional Influences

Instructional Activities Instructional Preparation

Text based Activities Teacher Opinions and Beliefs

Small Group Work Professional Development

Hands-On and Technology Activities

Teacher Characteristics

Formal Course Preparation

Instructional Sources

Part 1 of Survey

Reporting Instructional ContentUse of lesson plans, grade books, text, etc. encouraged for recall

• Topic coverage is organized and reported by Content Area

(e.g., for Mathematics:) Number Sense, Properties & Relationships Measurement Data Analysis, Statistics, Probability Algebraic Concepts Geometric Concepts Instructional Technology

• Cognitive Demand reported for each topic covered

(e.g., for Mathematics:) Memorize Perform Procedures Demonstrate Understanding of Mathematical Ideas Conjecture, Generalize, Prove Solve non-routine problems, make connections

Review the list of topicspresented for thecurrent Content Area. For each topic in the listthat is taught to thetarget class, select aradio buttoncorresponding to 1,2, or3 based on thefollowing definitions:

0 = Not covered1 = Less than 1 lesson2 = 1-5 lessons3 = more than 5 lessons

Step 1: Report time spent on topics taught

Reporting Instructional Content

For each topic selectedfrom the previousscreen set the cognitiveexpectations forstudents for each of 5categories of cognitivedemand, using thefollowing definitions

0 = No emphasis1 = Slight emphasis2 = Moderate emphasis3 = Sustained emphasis

Step 2: Establish emphasis for students for each topic taught.

Reporting Instructional Content

What do you see?

Use the post it notes to jot down your observations or questions about what you see.

Sample Math Map

Survey Data State Learning Standards

SCHOOL State Descriptors

College Prep AP National Standards

Questions to consider• Why would we want to do this?• What do we want to study? What could we study?• Who needs to be involved? How deeply?• How should we organize the effort?• How can we sort the information?• How will this affect what we are already doing?

Or what we will need to do soon?• What will we do with the information?• What rules of engagement must we assure?• What kinds of commitments are necessary?

Time, support, follow-up, repercussions, and so on.

The SEC can help your schools…

• Align curriculum, instruction, and assessment

• Improve instruction within and across grade levels

• Focus teacher planning and development on instructional practice and its effects on student performance

• Determine professional development needs• Focus coaching and mentoring activity

around content and practice

Collaborative inquiry--

School teams constructing meaning of student-learning problems and testing out solutions together through rigorous use of data, research, and reflective dialogue— unleashes the resourcefulness of educators to solve the biggest problems schools

face.”

Using Data Project--CCSSO

For More InformationFor More Information

• Go to The Surveys of the enacted Curriculum Website

http://seconline.wceruw.org/secWebHome.htm

• See additional background materials and access this presentation ISBE Fall SEC PowerPoint under Resources athttp://www.isbe.net/high_school/default.htm

• Gwen Pollock [email protected]• Carol Diedrichsen [email protected]