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Evaluation and Refinement: Charting the Uncharted Waters

Evaluation and Refinement: Charting the Uncharted Waters. “True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.” Winston Churchill. Today’s Goals. Determine data points, evidence of success, and timeline for data collection

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Evaluation and Refinement: Charting the Uncharted Waters

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  1. Evaluation and Refinement:Charting the Uncharted Waters “True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.” Winston Churchill

  2. Today’s Goals • Determine data points, evidence of success, and timeline for data collection • Look ahead at continued implementation and on-going professional development activities

  3. 3 Levels of Evaluation • Organizational change in program & policy • Change in teacher practice • Change in student achievement

  4. Organizational ChangeProgram & Policy • Document change in program and policy as a result of participating in the ELL PDA • What evidence do you have that the ELL PDA has impacted the way you do things? • ESL pull-out to inclusion • Self contained sheltered courses • Hiring of ESL and/or mainstream teachers • Quality, quantity and type of PD Others?

  5. Organizational ChangeInterviews & Surveys • Conduct interviews and/or surveys • What do you want to know about your organizational change? • Who? Leadership team, district and school administrators, teachers, students, parents? • Few questions & small sampling to provide a snapshot What do you want to know?

  6. Organizational ChangePlan & Timeline

  7. Data Collection continued… • Level II-Teacher Practice (Jan.-April ‘10) • Teacher self assessments with reflection questions • Walkthroughs • Focus group interviews • Level III-Student Achievement (May-June ‘10) • Reading, math, and Eng. Prof. scores for group of ELLs 3 yrs. • ELL promotion/retention rates 3 yrs. • ELL program exit rates 3 yrs. • Focus group interview with kids • Data on Sheltered v. non-sheltered courses

  8. Questions, comments, concerns?

  9. Refinement-Continuing to GrowProfessional Development Continuum • Resource Management • Content Presentations • Classroom Visits • Co-Planning • Professional Learning Communities • Demonstration Lessons • Peer Coaching • Co-Teaching

  10. ResourcesTECHNOLOGY • Create a webpage/website • Post information, dates, times, articles, other resources • Post power points and other presentations • Log mtg. dates, times, attendance, topic/task • Create sub-components like Wikis and Blogs Timeline: Now On-Going

  11. Learning Communities and Collaboration • Case Studies • Teams rally around a particular student • Create student profile • Co-plan lessons • Meet, discuss and plan on a regular basis Timeline: September On-Going

  12. Co-Teaching and Debriefing • Co-teach and debrief 2 lessons • Co-plan • Co-teach • Video tape • Watch tape and reflect • May choose to focus on a particular aspect of SIOP rather than an entire lesson for either/both the teaching and reflection Timeline: After testing April/May

  13. Michele Cheney michelecheney@gmail.com 518.494.3887

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