Transcript PowerPoint Presentation - Think-Pair

Mid-Continent Comprehensive
Center (MC3)
MC3’s Major Goal
Help increase state capacity to assist
districts and schools to meet their student
achievement goals by providing front line
assistance to states enabling them to
• assess improvement needs of districts &
schools
• develop solutions to address those needs
• build and sustain systemic support for district
and school improvement efforts
• improve tools & systems for school
improvement and accountability
MC3 Indicators of Success
Relevance
• technical assistance that meets State
Education Agencies’ (SEAs’) needs related
to NCLB
Utility
• technical assistance that provides SEAs the
tools, information, knowledge, and skills
necessary to support their work with NCLB
High Quality
• research-based content and effective
delivery of technical assistance
Relevance
MC3 and its State Coordinating Councils
(SCCs) collaborated in the development
of a Technical Assistance (TA) Plan to
“Build State Capacity”
Kansas Goal:
• “Develop a Pre-K through 18+
Kansas literacy plan”
Missouri Goal :
Missouri
Department
of Elementary
and Secondary Education
• “Develop guidelines for district
literacy plans”
Utility
•Need:
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KSDE and DESE needed current
information about services and resources
supporting adolescent literacy
•Outcome:
Kansas District and School surveys
developed with MC3 Adolescent Literacy
Work Group (ALWG)
• Missouri Middle and High School surveys
under development with MC3 ALWG
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Utility: Workgroup Process
MC3 Adolescent Literacy Workgroup:
• Built capacity within MC3 regarding
research-based best practices on
issues of adolescent literacy
• Collaborated with experts at:
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Content Center on Instruction
National High School Content Center
University of Kansas Center on Research
and Learning
National Association of State Boards of
Education
Utility: Survey Development
Surveys developed by MC3 ALWG:
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Beta tested with MC3 ALWG & SCC
Piloted with representative sample of districts
and schools, and focus group interviews
Rigorous revision process with MC3 ALWG,
Kansas SCC, and KSDE reading team
Distributed statewide to districts and schools
with high response rate (83 district/110 school)
Data compiled and shared with MC3 ALWG
and Kansas SCC to garner feedback and
recommendations on next steps
Quality
“Effective, collaborative
partnership between MC3 and
KSDE”
Missouri
Department
of Elementary
and Secondary Education
“We need the knowledge and
support of others in like
situations.”
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MC3 Reading Community of
Practice to begin Year 3 (July
2007)