Transcript 2007 WASL Results

Getting ALL Kids Off to the Right Start:
Washington’s New Early Learning and Development Guidelines:
How are they new? How do they connect with the Common Core
Standards?
Kelli Bohanan and Luisa Sanchez-Nilsen
Department of Early Learning and
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Our goal for today…
 Shared learning:
 State Early Learning Priorities
 Newly revised Early Learning and Development Guidelines
 Overview of the Common Core Standards for English Language
Arts and Mathematics
 Making Connections with the guidelines and standards
 Shared reflection:
 What does this mean for you, as a parent or caregiver?
 What ways can we support families to learn more about this
work?
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Early Learning Joint Resolution Partnership:
Our Vision for Early Learning
In Washington, we work together so that all children
start life with a solid foundation for success, based
on strong families and a world-class early learning
system for all children prenatal through third grade.
Accessible, accountable, and developmentally and
culturally appropriate, our system partners with
families to ensure that every child is healthy, capable
and confident in school and in life.
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Early Learning Plan: A 10-year roadmap
• Building an early learning system that:
 provides all children a solid foundation for
success in school and life
 coordinates the multiple systems that impact
children in their earliest years
 measures results over time for children and
families to ensure we invest in what works
 supports early care and education
professionals in offering quality learning
environments
www.del.wa.gov/plan
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School Readiness
Ready and successful…
…children
…parents, families and caregivers
…early learning professionals
…schools
…systems and communities
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Implementing the Plan
DEL, Thrive, OSPI’s 2012 priorities:
 Is it an essential “building block” to the early
learning system?
 Do we have resources (fiscal and human) to get it
done?
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What we tackled in 2011…and continuing for
2012
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The 2012 Washington State Early
Learning and Development Guidelines
Overview
The Guidelines are…
• A statewide, culturally relevant resource for
everyone who loves, cares for and educates young
children.
• A document that includes information to support
and enhance children’s development and learning
by area:
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About me and my family and culture
Building relationships
Touching, seeing, hearing and moving around
Growing up healthy
Communicating
Learning about my world
The Guidelines are NOT…
• An exhaustive guide to child development, which is
unique to each child.
• An assessment tool or for use to determine children’s
eligibility for programs or services.
• An instrument to collect statewide data on the overall
status of children in Washington.
• Permanent or unchanging: The Guidelines will be
reviewed and updated every five years.
Creating the Guidelines
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Department of Early Learning, Office of Superintendent of Public
Instruction and Thrive by Five Washington led a year-long process to
review and revise the 2005 Early Learning and Development
Benchmarks.
Input from parents, early learning providers, K-3 teachers, principals,
advocates and representatives from diverse communities.
Broad public outreach from more than 400 individuals and
organizations.
Key resources considered:
 2005 Benchmarks
 Other states’ early learning standards
 Head Start and ECEAP standards
 Washington’s academic learning standards (grade level
expectations) for grades K-3 in all subjects.
Why the 2012 Guidelines
(formerly the 2005 Benchmarks) were updated
• Reviewed and revised to:
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Reflect new brain/child development research.
Extend the guidelines through third grade and align with
the K-3 learning expectations, including Common Core
Standards.
Celebrate Washington's increasingly diverse population.
Be written in a simpler way that better supports parents as
their child’s first and most important teachers.
How the Guidelines can be a resource for you
• Parents: Find out more about growth and learning at different
ages, and get tips on ways to support development.
• Caregiver or child care professional: Use as a tool to work with
a child’s family, and to reach out to kindergarten and primary
grade teachers.
• Kindergarten through 3rd grade teacher or school-age
caregiver: Use as a tool to help you talk with child care and
preschool teachers, and with parents.
• Health care provider: Use as a tool to talk with parents and
caregivers about children’s learning and development.
The Amazing Science
Washington’s Vision for Education
Every Washington public school student will
graduate from high school globally
competitive for work and postsecondary
education and prepared for life in the 21st
century.
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Class of 2011: Bridgeport High School
Washington State Standards
• Common Core State Standards
• Highly Interrelated to the Guideline’s Areas of
Development
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Guidelines’ Areas of Development
About me, my
family and
Culture
Learning about
my world
Building
Relationships
Communication
Touching, seeing,
hearing, and
moving around
Growing up
healthy
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Guidelines and Washington State
Learning Standards
Guidelines Area of
Development
Early Learning
Domains
Head Start
Framework
Washington State
Learning Standards
1. About me and my
family and culture
Social –Emotional;
Approaches to Learning
Social & Emotional
Development;
Washington State K-12
Health and Fitness
Learning Standards
Social Studies Knowledge
& Skills;
Approaches to Learning
2. Building Relationships
Social-Emotional
Social & Emotional
Development
Washington State K-12
Health and Fitness
Learning Standards
3. Touching, seeing,
hearing and moving
around
Physical Well-Being,
Health and Motor
Development
Physical Development &
Health
Washington State K-12
Health and Fitness
Learning Standards
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Guidelines and Washington State
Learning Standards
Guidelines Area of
Development
Early Learning
Domains
Head Start
Framework
Washington State
Learning Standards
4. Growing up healthy
Physical Well-Being,
Health and Motor
Development
Physical Development &
Health
Washington State K-12
Health and Fitness
Learning Standards;
Washington State K-12
Educational Technology
Learning Standards
5. Communicating
Language,
Communication and
Literacy
Language Development;
English Language
Development
Literacy Knowledge &
Skills
Common Core State
Standards for English
Language Arts and
Mathematics
Washington State K-12
World Languages
Learning Standards
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Guidelines and Washington State
Learning Standards
Guidelines Area of
Development
Early Learning
Domains
Head Start
Framework
Washington State
Learning Standards
6. Learning about my
world
Cognition and General
Knowledge
Logic & Reasoning;
Mathematics
Knowledge & Skills;
Science Knowledge &
Skills;
Social Studies
Knowledge & Skills;
Creative Arts Expression
Common Core State
Standards for English
Language Arts and
Mathematics
Washington State K-12
Learning Standards in:
• Science
•Integrated
Environmental and
Sustainability
•Social Studies
•Arts
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Washington State Learning Standards
WWW.corestandards.org
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Common Core State Standards
State-led and developed standards for
K-12 in English/language arts and
mathematics
Initiative led by Council of Chief State
School Officers (CCSSO) and National
Governors Association (NGA)
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Why the Common Core State
Standards?
Consistency
• Previously, every state had its own set of academic
standards and different expectations of student
performance.
Equity
• Common standards can help create more equal access to
an excellent education.
Economic
Opportunity
• All students must be prepared to compete with not only
their American peers, but also with students from
around the world.
Clarity
Collaboration
• Clear and coherent standards will help students (and
parents and teachers) understand what is expected of
them.
• Common standards create a foundation for districts and
states to work collaboratively.
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E
C
R Readiness
Elements
of College
LEMENTS OF
OLLEGE
EADINESS
think:
Problem Formulation
Research
Interpretation
Communication
Precision & Accuracy
go:
know:
Key
Cognitive
Strategies
Key
Content
Knowledge
Key
Learning Skills
and
Techniques
Key Transition
Knowledge
and Skills
Postsecondary Awareness
Postsecondary Costs
Matriculation
Career Awareness
Role and Identity
Self-advocacy
Structure of Knowledge
Challenge Level
Value
Attribution
Effort
act:
Ownership of Learning
Learning Techniques
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Source: Dr. David Conley, Educational Policy Improvement Center
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English Language Arts
The 3 Shifts
What
Students Read
• Emphasis on non-fiction
• Attention to text complexity
Evidence
• Reading and writing are grounded
in evidence from the text
Academic
Vocabulary
• Regular practice with vocabulary
like “synthesize” and “correspond”
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Let’s take a look!
“During circle time, we shared a story about
a canoe. We talked about the water, how we
interact with water, how if you take care of it,
it will take care of you. The children had fun
sharing their own experiences: ‘I was on a
canoe.’ ‘I got a button blanket.’ ‘I went to my
first fish ceremony.’”
Rebecca Kreth, manager of the Native
American Early Learning Program, Puget
Sound Educational Service District
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Math Shifts
Focus
• 2-4 concepts focused on deeply in each
grade
Coherence
• Concepts logically connected from one grade
to the next and linked to other major topics
within the grade
Rigor
• Fluency with arithmetic, application of
knowledge to real world situations, and deep
understanding of mathematical concepts
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Focusing attention within Number
and Operations
Operations and Algebraic
Thinking
Expressions
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Equations
Number and Operations—
Base Ten
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K
1
2
3
4
Algebra
The Number
System
Number and
Operations—
Fractions
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High School
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Opportunity
“As a teacher, I’ve embraced a whole-child
approach to learning, with that learning
embedded in social studies, arts, and
sciences. These Guidelines will help me
share strategies with teachers, parents,
and providers. The work is done! I don’t
have to reinvent the wheel!”
Kristi Thurston, Director Student
Support Services, Cheney
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Let’s take a look!
• What stands out for you with this new
document?
– What opportunities do you see for using the
Guidelines?
• What suggestions do you have for
sharing/disseminating the Guidelines?
• What other supports would be useful to you
for utilizing the Guidelines?
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For more information and to get copies
To download:
www.del.wa.gov/development/guidelines
To request hard copies (five per organization):
[email protected]
Washington State Learning Standards
Opportunities and Resources
CCSS Professional Learning Opportunities – Digging Deeper
- Offered through all 9 ESDs
- Will also be offered in 2012-13
http://www.k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/UpdatesEvents.aspx
CCSS District Implementation Network Pilot Project Grantee Workshops
- Workshops will be replicated regionally during 2012-13
http://www.k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/DistrictProject.aspx
Summer and Fall 2012 Statewide Conferences
Support for Identifying Quality Instructional Material and Resources
- Achieve 20+ State Consortia
- Access to and application of existing and emerging rubrics as connect to CCSS
Access to Examples of Quality Demonstrations of Instruction
- Videos and resources from other states/organizations
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Thank you !
Contacts:
Luisa Sanchez-Nilsen, Elementary Reading Specialist, OSPI Teaching and
Learning [email protected]
Kelli Bohanon, Assistant Director for Partnerships and Collaboration,
Department of Early Learning [email protected]
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