Please respond in the chat: What components of the system need to be in place to support the effective use of high quality instructional materials?

Toni Moore - Atlanta, GA - early education major

Ongoing professional learning

administrative support and knowledge

Suzy Loper, The Lawrence Hall of Science. That’s a big question! So many components! Professional learning, collaboration structures, materials, leadership support…

Time. To make sure you utilize it appropriately and in a way that best supports student learning.

Professional learning in those materials need to be accessible to educators.

Rebecca Garelli, Science and STEM Specialist at the AZ Dept of Ed—system components: funding, time allocated for science in master schedules, professional learning for how to implement the materials, admin support and time provided for educators

Professional learning for all educators that is regular, consistent and job-embedded

There needs to be established communication between the teachers, support staff (TOSAa, Coaches, etc), administrators, and if possible, parents and students.

In Arizona, we need districts and schools using high quality instructional materials across the state with PD to support them.

Lynsie Schuler-Gilmer, TX, Special Education Major

Stakeholder voice

I think a lot about a multi-year district roll out plan as more HQIM are available across grade bands as well as a PL plan for new educators to the district.

Support and time

Time and ability to ask questions about the material for further clarification.

ongoing support after initial PL

Reliable availability of the materials

Kendra Norman, Gr 7 Science in CT. Science teachers should provide input to the higher ups, and need to know the standards. The admins should be science folks, not just math.

Teacher collaboration with instructional materials-time with one another. Opportunity to observe and provide non evaluaive feedback on lessons, esp lesson study.

Sustained professional learning.

Plans for attrition

Time for Professional Learning

Educators who desire to see the shifts called out by the Framework come to life, Support from admin, PL

Lee Ann Stephens-Lufkin Tx. Special Education Major

Yes, professional development about what high-quality instructional materials are and how to create.

Using professional development to learn new instructional materials, time to become familiar.

Professional learning is extremely important

Belinda Garcia, Houston, Tx currently a student at UHD

Financial support across the district, to purchase materials and for professional learning - teachers, principals, superintendents ….

Ability to discern what is HQIM vs those that claim to be

Space to try!!!!

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Elizabeth Collins- currently a student at University of Houston (TX)Support to learn how to implement high quality instructional materials.

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Individually read all seven cards for ideas that resonate with you. Identify two cards that are most relevant for your context. Type their name and two card title into the chat box.BRIEFLY introduce yourselvesAs a group, look at the two cards selected by each person. Which were most common? Discuss why these drivers are important in your context. How are the guiding questions helping you to consider the driver in your system? (no more 3-4 minutes per card)For the last few minutes consider how these drivers might help to establish coherence in a system. What would need to be in place for coherency to be enacted?Be prepared to share a take away back in the main room.

Grace for yourself as a teacher as you develop expertise with instructional shifts

Can you possibly share the resource link again? thank you!

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Please share a few ideas from your breakout room conversation in the chat.

Policy is really the foundation that leads to opportunities or hinders opportunities for progress in standards—>curriculum—> etc.

The three cards that stand out to me the most are resources, policies, and professional learning.

They are all important and some how they tie to one another in my opinion.

the limited number of trained OpenSciEd facilitators for PL

It is difficult to make changes or improvements with new materials if all stakeholders are not bought in to the idea

Everyone is in a very different place with standards and their application in the classroom.

Advocacy!!!

We prioritized the curriculum/instruction/assessment card and the professional learning cards. One first year teacher mentioned funding being important b/c she is at a Title 1 school.

That all of these system drivers build off of one another that there needs to be clear communication between all that are involved in the implementation and the fact that there needs to be trust

Providing resources to elementary teachers that may not consider themselves science teachers and how to have teachers understand the standards

That context and roles matter - I have a different focus if I am a teacher, pre-service teacher versus an administrator and PL provider.

Curriculum(aligned to NGSS), Instruction, & Assessment and Professional Learning.

All of the drivers are intimately linked and share equal weighting for the system to function.

cross-curricular seems to be something that others are also struggling with at the elementary level and an idea on doing a card sort to help teachers look at skill versus knowledge

Important to communicate what is high quality to leaders not well-versed in NGSS. I like to share this resource: https://www.nextgenscience.org/badgeunits

Agreed Christina...so many connections.

@Rebecca Totally agree! Also how key stakeholders leveraging funding can lead to implementation of curriculum based PL for curriculum designed for standards.

@William, YES!

How there needs to be more funding for schools to help teachers have the teaching materials they need.

Agree William

@William we can add that Design Badge Materials link to the collection - thank you for sharing it

@William I LOVE that we have a list of vetted resources!

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Where can I find the graphic that was on the previous slide?

I was ready this time :)

All read the introduction to District USA-X at the top of page 1A: Year One: Getting Started Summer and Fall p1- p3 (bottom)B: Year One: Getting Started Winter and Spring p3 (bottom) - p5 (top)C: Year 2: Scaling Up: p 5-6

@Baylea you will have access to these slides (as PDF) after tonight's web seminar

Guiding Question: What happened in this stage of the work and why was it important?

I'm curious how the peer reviewed process that NextGenScience and EdReports is doing intersects with this process in NextGen Time.

What critical drivers were discussed in the video that you also identified as critical to your own implementation efforts?What system drivers were discussed in the video that you did not think about initially but that might be important to consider during implementation?

There was great professional development in the summer.

JCPS - Lacey and Michelle developed a plan, then looked at funding from the stakeholders.

+1 Dane!

I appreciated the tiered approach to PL, I.e. some educators got a more in-depth PL experience while others got a condensed version…buy-in at various levels.

@Shari I know we're moving into breakouts, but did teachers get to choose their own level of PL?

Phasing in 2 units at a time. PLCs shared student work and videos of themselves & class, for feedback.

Takeaway: Huge focus on the budget and being open to trying something new with by creating champion leads then champion educators to help lead the work and move it forward. I appreciated hearing the powerful piece on students engagement and the impact that truly has on changing the system.

equity - all students have the right to high quality instructional materials

+1 Holly. That was a highlight in BOTH videos.

Equity!!!! Yes, holly!

I received a better understanding of the funding and what priorities might that go to

Taking time to implement the plan and not just going all in that first year.

They implemented the changes slowly, it was obvious that since it was so new and different that the students, and teachers, really didn’t know how to get over roadblocks- like not being use to being asked what they thought. So they eased into it 2 units at a time.

I think the video with Nicole DiRanna really helped explain how all the drivers were connected through her personal experience of implementing these high instructional materials.

My favorite part of video 1——we wanted to transition to 3-D but teachers kept asking HOW (need materials to enact)

Nicole DiRanna surveyed the interests of teachers for what their priorities were for a new curriculum. They didn't want a textbook

Implementing meaningfully

Slow implementation of units with 3D.

YES! Vision does not equal the HOW!!!

@ Shari @Kate. In JCPS, teachers had choice whether they were pare of the intensive work or the quick and dirty version of PL. Teacher leaders had less choice.

@Jody - thank you

Takeaway from San Marcos: Educators felt SUPPORTED with instructional materials, $ for physical materials, and HQPL with slow rollout. There was a commitment to being in it for the long run and a focus on equity at the core.

Thank you everyone!

Jody and Susan, Thank you. :-)

Thank you! This has been so fantastic!

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I am in a small district of 1500 students K-12 -- we have 1 Biology teacher, 1 Chemistry, etc. -- it is very easy for teachers to choose materials that are similar to what they have always done rather than what is actually HQIM

Thank you, Jody and Susan

Thank you Jody and Susan, this was fantastic, I really appreciated this learning!

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Thanks Jody and Susan! This was wonderful and insightful.

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Thank you all...in this kind of session, it takes a village and you are a wonderful village!

Thank You Jody and Susan! Lot's to think about!

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