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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org A Leader’s Role in Curriculum Planning Founding the Learner’s Bill of Rights South Area Instructional Leadership Conference February 15, 2017 Deborah McLendon District Effectiveness Specialist School and District Effectiveness dmclendo@doe.k12.ga.us 229-724-3207

Learning Targets for Today’s Network As instructional leaders, we will know the process and sequence of curriculum development to help determine the priority of curriculum planning for the content areas in our schools.

Learning Targets for Today’s Network We will focus on the parts of curriculum development that establish teacher clarity: 1. what students are expected to learn 2. why they are learning it 3. how success will be determined

What Matters Most in Raising Student Achievement Visible Learning – John Hattie

At the request of John Hattie, he Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org asked us to take, “ It works” out of our vocabulary. Do not be satisfied with teaching and learning that doesn’t have a high impact!

Working on What Matters Most in Raising Student Achievement The Barometer of Influence The Hinge Point .40 Average Effect Size Visible Learning – John Hattie

On the same page with Curriculum… Richard Woods, A rigorous curriculum is an inclusive set of Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org intentionally aligned components- clear learning outcomes with matching assessments, engaging learning experiences and instructional strategies - organized into sequenced units of study that serve as both the detailed road map and the high quality delivery system for ensuring that all students achieve the desired end: the attainment of their designated grade- or course-specific standards within a particular content area. - Larry Anisworth (2010). Rigorous Curriculum Design, p.8.

# 1 School Level Factor for Impact on Student Achievement Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum Guaranteed – All students have the opportunity to learn the specified content for a grade or course Viable – Teachers have adequate time to teach the specified content Robert Marzano

21 Leadership Responsibilities Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent Affirmation Involvement with CIA “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org Knowledge of CIA Change Agent # 1 for 2 nd Order Change Communication Monitor/Evaluate Contingent Reward Optimize Culture Order Discipline Outreach Flexibility Relationships Focus Resources Ideals/Beliefs Situational Awareness Input Visibility Intellectual Stimulation

Implementing a Process to Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Build a Curriculum Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org for Impact!

Effective Planning Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org Starts with Breaks them into Phrases lesson – sized Standards Unit Learning Goals/Big Targets Ideas

Wh Which ich of of th thes ese e can an be be pl planned anned Richard Woods, wi without thout pr predetermined edetermined lea earning rning Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org targets for the day’s lesson? Formative assessments Tasks Feedback Interdisciplinary connections Appropriate resources Technology Support Appropriate strategies Weekly Plans End-of-unit assessments Students taking responsibility Mid-unit progress checks Students setting goals

Matching Strategies to the Phases of Learning Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org • Surface Learning • Deep Learning • Transfer Learning

Phases of Learning Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Surface Learning Build initial understanding of concepts, skill, and vocabulary on a new topic

Phases of Learning Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Deep Learning Deepen understanding by making conceptual connections between and among concepts and applying and practicing procedural skills

Phases of Learning Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Transfer Learning Apply conceptual understanding and skills – with little teacher assistance - to new and parallel contexts and scenarios and future units of study

Planning for Teacher Clarity • Learning Intentions/Learning Targets • Success Criteria

Learner’s Bill of Rights Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org 1.What am I learning today? EFFECT SIZE 2.Why am I learning this? FOR TEACHER CLARITY = 0.75 3.How will I know that I learned it?

What am I learning today? Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org The learning target or goal for the • daily lesson What students are expected to learn • Requires deep understanding of the • learning target/ learning intention

Why am I learning this? Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org The Relevance

How will I know that I learned it? Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org • How success will be determined • Success criteria

Learning Target Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org A daily statement of what a student is expected to learn in a particular lesson

Success Criteria are… Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Specific statements of what students will be asked to do to demonstrate their understanding of the learning target

Questions… Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org 1.Do our students consistently know  What they are learning today?  Why they are learning this?  How they will know they have learned it? 2. What are the barriers that are hindering these Learner’s Bill of Rights? 3. What are the first steps that I need to take to ensure a guaranteed and viable curriculum and the Learner’s Bill of Rights?

Next Steps for Participants Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Share the Building the Curriculum hand-out with appropriate personnel and assess which components of curriculum are in place for specific content areas. Examine the documents with an external content specialist. External content specialists may be beneficial in helping to determine the priorities in building/revising the curriculum. Review lessons plans and observe classes to assess the current expressions of: what students are to learn, why students are to learn it, and how students will know what success will look like when the learning intention/target is reached. Consider having a book study jig-saw using Visible Learning for Literacy, or Visible Learning for Math, by Hattie, Fisher, and Frey. Do not begin with monitoring. Begin with study to clarify.

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org A Leader’s Role in Curriculum Planning Founding the Learner’s Bill of Rights South Area Instructional Leadership Conference February 15, 2017 Deborah McLendon District Effectiveness Specialist School and District Effectiveness dmclendo@doe.k12.ga.us 229-724-3207