Agenda
Cambridge, MA (Sept 27-28, 2013) ~ Teams representing union & teacher leaders, school and district administration, school board members and state leaders - a total of 80 participants - met at the Microsoft Corporation Cambridge Center, in Cambridge MA, to continue the work of building a culture of collaboration focused on teaching and learning.
Dr. Patrick Dolan and Dr. Adam Urbanski framed the joint work of participating teams to learn from the early implementation efforts of teacher evaluation and student growth measures in districts and states in the Northeastern region. The following sessions were featured throughout the two-day conference:
- Partnerships for Change by Burlington and Winooski School Districts, Vermont
- Leading Teacher Quality Efforts, Massachusetts Teacher Association, MA
- The Work of Joint Committees in Developing Teacher Evaluation Systems featuring resources provided by the Illinois Teacher Evaluation and Development (ITED) online guidebook
- Improving Teacher Effectiveness through Teacher Evaluations and Student Growth, Albany, a NYSUT Pilot Site
Marlboro Central School District, NY, led out the following sessions:
- Technology Implementation – Teachers and Management Collection for Special Education and ELL
- Designing and Delving into Common Core Lessons with Intervention by Marlboro, NY CC Vocabulary Strategies for SWD and ELL
- Communicating with All Parents Around the Common Core
- Math Modules & Strategies K-12 and Special Education
- Prezi and the CC High School for All Students
NE TURN teams concluded the 2-day forum to assess their needs and determine how best to implement the CCSS in their schools and classrooms. NE TURN Virtual Community Organizer, Zach Wiseman, has begun capturing the action planning efforts of our NE TURN teams as well as presentations during the conference.
~ Sessions ~ |
FRAMING OUR WORK TOGETHER: What We Are Learning and Doing to Improve Teaching Effectiveness & Student Learning ~ Dr. W. Patrick Dolan, Regional TURN Program Consultant, CEC |
BUILDING A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION FOCUSED ON TEACHING & LEARNING A. Requirements for Successful Partnerships ~ Dr. Patrick Dolan B. Strategies when Partnerships Don’t Exist ~ Dr. Adam Urbanski, President, Rochester Teachers Association |
PANEL DISCUSSION: EMERGING CASE STUDIES ~ Dr. Patrick Dolan, Moderator A. Partnerships for Change: Burlington and Winooski, Vermont - Jeanne Collins, Superintendent, Burlington School District - Hal Colston, Director of the Partnership for Change - James Pape, Co-President, Winooski Educator's Association - Adam Urbanski, President, Rochester Teachers Association B. Marlboro, NY: CCSS Implementation - Ray Castellani, Superintendent - Mike Bakatsias, Assistant Supt. for Personnel & Technology - Robin Hecht, Director of C & I, AFT Site Coordinator C. Massachusetts: MTA - Kathi Skinner, Policy Director, MTA |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: A. Technology Implementation – Teachers and Management Collection for Special Education and ELL ~ Mike Bakatsias, Dir. Of Technology, Marlboro, N B. Designing and Delving into Common Core Lessons with Intervention ~ Robin Hecht and Kelly Messina, Marlboro, NY C. CC Vocabulary Strategies for SWD and ELL ~ Kimberly Gibney and Marion Casey, Marlboro, NY D. The Work of Joint Committees in Developing Teacher Evaluation Systems ~ Mary McDonald & Ann Delehant, Illinois Teacher Evaluation & Development (ITED) E. NYSUT Pilot Site: Improving Teacher Effectiveness through Teacher Evaluations and Student Growth ~ North Syracuse, NY F. Communicating with All Parents Around the Common Core ~ Robin Hecht and Sarah Santora, Marlboro, NY G. Math Modules & Strategies K-12 and Special Education ~ Christy Porter and John Marallo, Marlboro, NY H. Prezi and the CC High School for All Students ~ Steve Masson, Marlboro, NY Connecting the Google 80/20 Principle to the Common Core, by Steve Masson, Highland Central High School/Hudson Valley Writing Project Kevin Brookhouser's 80/20 Ted Talk from Monterey California. An entertaining and informative overview of the 80/20 principle. Kevin Brookhauser's website devoted to the 80/20 principle. Workshop Outline I. Introduction/ContextII. Writing Prompt /ShareIII. Google 80/20 Overview: ÂProposal, Process, Progress, Project, PresentationIV. Examination of Student Work/Looking at the Common CoreV. Questions and Answer/Possibilities for Implementation Paper. Genius Hour Live Binder - A wealth of resources and student projects from elementary school teacher Joy Kirr. I. NYSUT Pilot Site: Teacher Evaluation with Student Growth ~ Sara McGraw and Laura Franz, Albany, NY |
State of the States: Lessons Learned from Evaluation Implementation ~ Representatives from NE TURN State Leaders, Moderated by Patrick Dolan |
Common Core Implementation Plan Rubric: Implementing the CCSS in Schools and Classrooms ~ Mary McDonald and Ann Delehant |
Action Planning ~ Critical Friends & Action Plan Template |
List of Presenters:
- Mike Bakatsias
- Marion Casey
- Ray Castellani
- Jeanne Collins
- Hal Colston
- Ann Delehant
- W. Patrick Dolan
- Laura Franz
- Kim Gibney
- Robin Hecht
- John Marallo
- Steve Masson
- Sara McGraw
- Christy Porter
- Sarah Santora
- Kathleen Skinner
- Adam Urbanski