Regional+Meetings

Representatives From: IU's 1, 3, 7, & 27**
 * Western PA Regional Meeting of Curriculum Coordinators:

toc =March 12,2010= Location TBD

=February 11, 2010= TO DO: by this meeting - Paula, Christine, Jarol and Pat - must have their online session for participants completed - use Session 3 as the model - must be done on the "LEFC Course wiki" - linked is from this wiki - at the meeting, we will all review the course together, and make ammendments as needed - discusss deployment of the course and how to use the wiki between IU's =January 5, 2010= Cranberry Panera

=November 6, 2009= TO DO: By this meeting: - LEC wiki - each "Session" page should be detailed for participants - with, readings, tasks, documents, and discussion questions (Mara will create posting guidelines once the session areas are complete) - LEC wiki - edit your portion of the "Syllabus" page to reflect your sessions - LEC - each session creator should take their portion of the syllabus and an enhanced guide that a facilitator can follow. On the 6th, we'll pull those together into 1 document that will be uploaded on the wiki. - Coaching - each person should begin to work on their course. For the next meeting, each person should bring a course outline if possible. =October 1, 2009= Review of Instructional Coaching Program I.  What Coaching Is – broad overview; main resource: JoEllen Killion __Taking the Lead (Jarol and Cheryl)__ (1 credit) II.  Coaches as Leaders of Change (1 credit) You are the Leader (Pat) ---Theories of Leadership; Coach as Educational Leader
 * Group**

(1 credit) Change in Educational Organizations (Paula) ---Knight and Fullan; multiple resources

III.  Professional Development Practice (Cristine and Pat) ---Adult Learning Theory (1 credit)

IV.  Assessment and Data Analysis (Cristine) (3, 1 credit courses) ---What is data? (1 credit course)

V.  Curriculum Framework (Paula) (3 credits) Course 1. Rethinking Desired Results: Learn What? ((1 credit) Getting to understanding: transfer of learning; twin sins of curriculum design; backward design

Course 2. Assessment Evidence (1 credit) Types of Evidence: Performance tasks, rubrics; academic prompts; self-assessment Assessment Validity

Course 3. Learning Plan (1 credit) W.H.E.R.E.T.O. Pacing guides Effective and engaging Sharing, Cranberry Panera, Meeting begins at 9:00-4:00 - Discussion about the ITQ which was approved for the "Leading for Effective Change" course - most of the course running online - discussion about Blackboard, Moodle or the Wiki - thought that the wiki may be the best idea because it allows for cross IU collaboration - Day 1 will need to have wiki training so that participants know how to take the course "online" in that space - thoughts to run the course in the spring versus now (in the fall) because it will fit with principal's schedules, etc. - =August 18, 2009=
 * LEC Course**
 * Instructional Coaching**
 * Finish PIL & Change Course**, Cranberry Panera, Meeting begins at 9:00-4:00

=July 7, 2009=
 * Finish PIL & Change Course**, Wexford Panera, Meeting begins at 9:00-4:00

=June 22, 2009=
 * Finish PIL & Change Course**, Cranberry Panera, Meeting begins at 11:00-4:00

=May 21, 2009= media type="custom" key="3522206"
 * General Group**, Wexford Panera, Meeting begins at 9:15

=April 27th, 2009= media type="custom" key="3523090" =March 23, 2009=
 * ITQ Writing**, Wexford Panera, Meeting begins at 9:00

Agenda:
 * 1) **Instructional Coaching**
 * Jarol shared info about being on the committee for coaching at PDE
 * IUs being able to continue to offer CPE coursework for the new coaching endorsement, if IU's offer same value and same courses as universities
 * Current coaching areas: reading, math & technology - will coaching endorsement be general, and then break out to subject areas?
 * original idea was that you were a master teacher first, learned the elements of coaching second
 * districts are not currently being encouraged to hire people with coaches - the endorsement could actually discourage people to hire folks with those endorsements - not every teacher will be able to afford to get the endorsement (if from universities only)
 * Questions of IU3 about how they are participating in round 1 of the coaching initiative - their goal was to be involved and to help drive what happens with the project from their level - Jarol talked about how folks in the program have different views, and how the first round participants would help to cement the project and its further directions - that the IU's should create their own coaching courses to be considered as part of the endorsements
 * Funding is coming through Amy Martin at IU15 (they do not offer CPE courses)
 * Discussion about how when IU's hire and sustain coaching positions collaboratively with districts, there are not union issues, the cost for putting in a sub is less, and the IU's can help to maintain the positions beyond funding streams
 * Jarol talked about models - shared w/ 2 districts, small district w/ 1/2 coach 1/2 teacher, retired teachers hired part time, etc. -
 * Paula is asking about Annenberg's research behind the coaching iniatives - what is the basis?
 * discussion about coaching roles, how they are defined, what the work is, how people see the role
 * statewide, there is a definition of what an academic coach is and does
 * Paula - talking about how IU7 needs to have a way to support instructional coaches who already exist in districts, and to get training for ourselves to help do that - IU7 is considering getting in on round 2 of the project
 * IU3 has a coaching institute ($6000) which they won't drop with the new project
 * Jarol is talking about PLN, and how coaches and teachers took courses, and then did projects in the classroom which allowed the practice piece to be supported by the coaches
 * IU5 has also been added to round 1 of the coaching project
 * Do what we do best - talk about doing something like the ESL where courses were built and shared through the consortium
 * mentioning of someone called Michael Thoth - PLN courses from PDE?
 * Su is sharing about the power of online learning - how discussions broaden understanding and encourage higher levels on Blooms Taxonomy
 * Paula is sharing what IU7 is considering - using the Instructional Coaching Kansas Coaching Project - www.instructionalcoach.org
 * Discussion about online courses - what makes a good online instructor, the need to have learned online - possibly having a protocol for a group to learn how to be an online learner, how to build an online course, and then how to move into becoming an online instructor
 * offering a choice of courses which are more closely aligned to people's interest
 * Christine - creation of online courses that can also then be taught face to face
 * sequencing of texts to build mentoring skills - then building courses from those online, building in technology skills/integrating them into the activities/discussions/readings/assignment... then face to face instructors can use the same formats for teaching
 * Christine asked a question about how to search for public wikispaces by topic - so we sent out the question to online personal learning networks... here are some of the responses: perhaps technorati (blog search tool), search on wikispaces (or other tools) for your topic words, use delicious or diigo (search for wiki and your topic) to see what is bookmarked, wikia, http://www.qwika.com/, wiki.com (this one is the best so far)
 * http://pdeccbcommitteewiki.wikispaces.com
 * 1) **Invitations to Qualify (ITQ**)
 * discussion about IU1's data tools course - and the corresponding wiki which is located at: iu1.wikispaces.net
 * talking about PDE data tools and actually using data with a plan, not just looking at and anaylizing data
 * Discussion about re-submission of approved ITQ's by other IU's and them being rejected
 * Can IU's submit 1 ITQ, and then everyone use it ?
 * IU27 - submitted Reading Apprenticeship, and RTI as PIL
 * 1 ITQ on effective systemic change - where each school looks at a variety of research based iniatives, determining which ones are best suited to the districts needs, aligning to your Strategic Plan with data to support needs, and creates an implementation plan for putting those practices into play


 * 1) **Educational Stimulus Bill**
 * could use monies to co-hire an instructional coach through the IU


 * 1) Other Items**
 * IU27 has Clarion curriculum coursework running at the IU, not a certificate, but a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction (24 - 10, 3credit courses)
 * Next IU27 is working with Drexel University for an online principles certification program @ the IU.
 * IU27 partners with Universities to bring in certificate programs that can run at their IU, and will give them a cut of it
 * IU1 had a relationship with Pitt (Otto and Joe), which did not get PIL approval for their certification program, which is not continuing
 * IU1 is exploring a relationship with Duquesne for principles certification