Transcript Orientation Powerpoint

BTSA Induction Orientation
Year One
September 2013
Quynh Wagoner
Michelle Geis
Jamie Shippee
SNOWBALL!!
• GUIDING QUESTION:
– What do you know about BTSA?
• Write down 3 things that you know about BTSA
• Crumple paper and throw it across the room
• Pick up someone else’s snowball, read it and add a
response
• Repeat process
• Share
Who is eligible for GGUSD BTSA?
• Hold preliminary credential (single
subject or multiple subject)
• Have not participated in BTSA before
• Full time employment in GGUSD
– In credentialed subject area
BTSA Registration
https://info.ctc.ca.gov/fmp/BTSA_PT_Consent_2013_14/home.php
• BTSA Teachers Consent Form
• 1st year participants
• Follow directions
• Print 2 copies of Completion Confirmation page
– Submit one copy with your first FACT Completion
Document.
– Be sure to place one copy in your BTSA portfolio!
Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU)
• Signed agreement that you will clear your
credential through Induction.
• Failure to comply may result in completion
of the program through the University at
your expense.
• Sign TWO copies– Turn WHITE copy in to BTSA
– Keep COLORED copy in your portfolio for your
records
MOU
• Participate in a learning-focused relationship
with my Support Provider, maintaining
confidentiality and discretion around our
conversations and work.
• Come to all scheduled meetings with Support
Provider fully prepared.
– I understand that meetings with SP may be rescheduled if I am unprepared.
• Complete FACT, adhering to completion
deadlines.
MOU
• Meet with my Support Provider a minimum
of three hours per month.
• Ensure that my schedule can accommodate
meetings with my BTSA Support Provider in
order to complete requirements for my clear
teaching credential. (SP work day ends at
3:30p.m.) I understand these meetings may
take place before and/or after school.
• This will require me to make scheduling
accommodations/alternative arrangements
for after school programs/activities/sports.
MOU
• Attend the BTSA Orientation, BTSA PT/SP
Collaboration Workshops, and staff
development to meet my individual needs.
• Check my GGUSD email daily for
correspondence from the BTSA Induction
office and/or my Support Provider.
• Complete all state and local surveys
• Meet credential renewal requirement as
stated on my preliminary credential
Early Completion Option (ECO)
• Information available on District Website
• The legislation authorizing the ECO requires
the candidate to be both experienced and
exceptional.
• Application due by October 1, 2013
Brandman University Credit
• Register with University by June 30, 2014
• Three units at $50 per unit, $150 total
• Submit Completion Verification Form and
Certificate of Completion
• Application on GGUSD BTSA website
• Submit directly to Brandman University
Professional Development
• District
• School
• Induction
• BTSA PT/SP Collaboration Meetings
• Meets an identified need
• Is applicable to your teaching assignment
• Is an application of the knowledge and skills
acquired in the Teacher Preparation Program
• Student centered
Standard 5 PEDOGOGY
• Subject matter instruction
• Use of data to drive instruction
• Plan and differentiate instruction
• Create and maintain a well-managed
classroom
• Plan and deliver instruction using
technology
• Enable students to use technology
Induction Standard 6
Universal Access
• English Language Learners
• Special Population
– Special Needs
– GATE
– At-Risk
English Learners
•Plan and deliver instruction for English Learners
•Implement one or more components of ELD
–grade-level academic language instruction
–ELD by proficiency level,
–or content-based ELD
•Instruct EL using standards-aligned materials
•Differentiate instruction based on language
proficiency level in English, culture, prior schooling
and level of acculturation
Teaching Special
Populations
• Adhere to legal and ethical obligations related to
special populations
• Communicate and collaborate with special
services personnel
• Provide accommodations and implement
modifications
• Use positive behavioral support strategies
• Instruct using adopted standards-aligned
materials
FACT System
Formative Assessment for California
Teachers (FACT) System
is a reflective assessment and support
process designed to help participants
continue their development as
teachers.
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR CALIFORNIA TEACHERS (FACT)
CONTEXT FOR
TEACHING
INITIAL ASSESSMENT
OF TEACHING PRACTICE
• Class, School,
District, and
Community
• Conversation Guides
• Teacher Preparation Information
• CA Standards for the Teaching
Profession and Induction
Standards-Based
• Informal Classroom Observation
Assessment Toolbox / Reflective Conversation
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INQUIRY
Inquiry Focus
Action Plan
Essential Component for
Instruction
Observation
Analysis of Student Work
Summative Assessment
Reflection
Assessment Toolbox / Reflective Conversation
SUMMARY OF TEACHING
PRACTICE
• Reflection on Teaching, Student
and Personal Growth
• Future Considerations for Study
Context
for
Teaching
Context for Teaching
• Overview the teaching environment and
the resources and challenges it offers to
the teacher and the students
• Collect information and discuss prompts
focused on their class, school, district, and
community
• Graduated depth and complexity of
information gathering
Initial
Assessment
of
Teaching
Practice
Initial Assessment of
Teaching Practice
• The outcomes and processes of the teacher
preparation program with introduction to
those of induction programs
• Use evidence gathered in a classroom
observation of the participating teacher by a
trained support provider
• Information guides participating teachers to
self assess their current practice
Inquiry
Inquiry
• Guides and informs participating teachers about their
own professional growth
• Measured by each standard of the California
Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP) and in
relation to the state-adopted academic content
standards and performance levels for students
• Collaboration between a (SP), participating teachers
(PT) to assess their practice against a set of specific
criteria within the research cycle
Inquiry
• Participating teachers gather information, collaborate
and/or observe a colleague, develop an action plan,
implement that action plan, reflect on collected
evidence and apply new learning to future practice
• Results are used to guide professional development
• On-going opportunities for participating teachers and
support providers to explore the impact of instruction
on student achievement
Summary of Teaching
Practice
• A holistic reflection on teaching year
• Review the processes that engaged in throughout the
year
– Assessment of Teaching Practice
– Context for Teaching
– Inquiry
• Captures the progress made related to the California
Standards for the Teaching Profession, the StateAdopted Academic Content Standards and the
Standards of Quality and Effectiveness for Professional
Teacher Induction Programs, explored during action
research.
Module A
• Purpose
– To understand the context you are teaching in
– Think about how the different dynamics of your
context affects your teaching decisions
– To identify and utilize the resources that are
available to you in your class, school, district,
and community
– To determine your current application and
identify areas for future application
Module A:
Context
for
Teaching
Module A Context for Teaching
• Class Profile
– Illuminate Training
• September 26 (A-Ma)
• October 3 (Mi-Z)
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Classroom Layout
School and District Information
Communication Log
Site Orientation Checklist
Community Map
Conversation Guides
Deadline Extension
Request
• Submitted at least 5 days prior to due
date
• State circumstances for request (extracurricular activities are not excused)
• Develop a plan for completion
Portfolio Setup
• Evidence of BTSA program completion
• Open to audit for 7 years
BTSA Portfolio Set Up
• 2 Inch Binder
• 6 Tabs
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General/BTSA Documents
Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
E- Assessment Tool Box/CTP
*Bring to next SP/PT Collaboration Workshop
GGUSD BTSA Webpage
http://ggusd.edlioschool.com/apps/pages/ind
ex.jsp?uREC_ID=216353&type=d
1. Go to GGUSD webpage
2. Click on “Departments”
(don’t use the drop-down menu)
3. Click on “BTSA”
Questions?
Michelle Geis
[email protected]
Jamie Shippee
[email protected]
Quynh Vu Wagoner
[email protected]
PT/SP Time