Transcript Science Leadership Network January 2014

Welcome
 Introductions
 Restrooms/Snacks
 Parking Lot
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Nine Mile Falls
Deer Park
Central Valley
Columbia
Pullman
Wellpinit
Creston
Spokane
East Valley
Davenport
Chewelah
Ritzville
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Colville
Reardan
Summit Valley
West Valley
Great Northern
Newport
Cheney
Medical Lake
Odessa
LaCrosse
MESA (WSU)
WSU
Our Charge:
Build capacity for high quality science instruction
in Washington State.
Objectives for the SLN
 How do we help teachers
and administrators
adopt, implement, and
manage NGSS?
 Where are we going and
how do we get there?
 What is the best
instructional practice?
 Networking
Objectives for today
 Reflect and review priorities
 Experience and reflect on an instructional model
 Discuss state developments in science education
 Network
 Messaging
Networking
 What would you like to discuss with your colleagues
this afternoon?
 What question do you have?
KEY SHIFTS IN NGSS
Focus: The NGSS are Focused on
deeper understanding and
application of science content
reflecting real-world
interconnectedness
Coherence: Science and engineering
Build Coherently across K–12.
Integration: Science and
Engineering are Integrated across
K–12 in the NGSS.
THREE DIMENSIONS INTERTWINED….
 The NGSS are written as
Performance Expectations
 NGSS will require contextual
application of the three
dimensions by students.
 Focus is on how and why as
well as what
INSTRUCTIONAL SHIFTS IN THE NGSS
1. Focus on big picture, not lessons
2. Learning Progressions
3. Science and Engineering Practices
4. Evidence of learning
IMPLEMENTATION AND TRANSITIONS
Advice from Stephen Pruitt, Achieve
 Develop a thoughtful and deliberate implementation plan that
supports the overall education plan
 Focus
 Be patient
Practical Suggestions for Early
THINGS TO TRY
THINGS TO RESIST
Implementation
Focus teachers on making smaller, highleverage changes to how they teach and
expand on these changes over time.
Engage in continuous improvement over
years.
Don’t try to implement the whole vision
at once! For example, people who work
through all of the standards in their
grade band tend to stay at the surface.
Focus teachers on understanding how to The standards are complex & detailed.
fully integrate 2 or 3 practices into their Don’t start off by engaging novice
teaching
teachers in “dissecting” a standard.
Framework provides detailed vision—in
a way that NGSS was not designed to.
(But, NGSS Appendices are useful too!)
Spend time interpreting the vision as
they relate to local goals.
Don’t forget to leverage the NRC
Framework for guidance—about
practices, disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, etc.
Integrate a focus on inclusive science
Don’t separate out equity & diversity as
instruction throughout the work—how a “stand alone” issue
can all students be engaged / supported
Practical Suggestions for Early
THINGS TO TRY
THINGS TO RESIST
Implementation
Engage teachers in curriculum
adaptation of existing materials to
integrate a focus on the practices
Don’t assume that any curricula are
currently “aligned” with NGSS
Work with teachers to understand the
practices and how practices overlap to
constitute meaningful student
investigations
Don’t assume that teachers “already do
the practices” if they say they currently
“do inquiry” or “do hand’s on”
Promote the approach that all learning
and application of “content” (DCIs)
happens by engaging in the practices
Don’t treat practices, disciplinary core
ideas, and cross-cutting concepts*
separately
Promote the idea that there are many
different instructional models that
could fit with the vision in the
Framework / NGSS
Don’t suggest that there is only one way
to “teach the practices”
Performance expectations help give a
detailed sense of competencies to be
developed
Performance expectations are not
intended to dictate curricula
Sphere of Influence
Choose 1 suggestion that resonates best with you.
 Why did you choose this statement?
 How can you spread this message in your “sphere”?
Find a colleague that you haven’t met before.
Share your colleague’s thinking.
(CCSS Speaking and Listening)
Instructional Model
Claim: We can build science literacy in our students by
engaging them in science and engineering practices
linked to content and cross-cutting concepts.
Eric Magi: Science Coordinator (and Science Educator
Extraordinaire), Spokane Public Schools
Jim Slavicek: Science Educator Extraordinaire
State of Science
 Choose a networking group for this afternoon…
NGSS STATE ADOPTION UPDATE
Rhode Island
Kentucky
Kansas
Maryland
Vermont
California
Delaware
Washington State
Washington DC
NATIONAL CURRENT AND UPCOMING NGSS
PROJECTS THAT WILL BENEFIT WA STATE
 SciMath Assessment Items – January 2014 Sample Available
 Evidence Statements – January 2014
 Additional Model Course Maps – Winter 2014
 Science EQuIP – Winter 2014 Available Soon
 State of Science Education Research – Winter 2014
 Publishers Criteria – Spring 2014 In Progress
 STEM Works – Late Spring/Early Summer 2014
 Alignment Institutes – Early Summer 2014
We keep giving them…
• If you hear “2014 is the last year of the MSP,” add
“except for science.”
• NCLB and state law require that we give a state
science exam once each in elementary, middle,
and high school
• We will continue to give our state exam (based on
2009 standards) until an exam based on the NGSS is
developed
Science Assessment—WERA December 2013
Next Generation Science Standards
Adopted:
June 2009
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First assessed:
2011 (MSP)
2012 (EOC)
Adopted:
October 2013
Possible first
assessment:
2017 or 2018 (?)
What are the steps to
building a new assessment?
Develop item specifications from the standards
Determine the test map
Develop test items (including a pilot test)
Develop Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs) from
the standards
• Administer an operational test
• Set performance level standards (Standard Setting)
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• For the 2009 standards, this process took 25 months
Science Assessment—WERA December 2013
WA’s NGSS Involvement & Process
Summer 2011 to Present
DEVELOPMENT
K-12 Framework for
Science Education
NGSS Drafting Process
Confidential Drafts
Summer 2011
WA INVOLVEMENT:
- WA Selected as NGSS
Lead State – Fall 2011
- Drafting Process – Fall
2011 – Spring 2012
- Statewide educator,
stakeholder input
REVIEW/INPUT
Public Review
Revision Process
ADOPTION
States have discretion to
voluntarily adopt NGSS
Final April 2013
WA INVOLVEMENT:
- Statewide educator,
stakeholder input
- Student input
- National input
- Comments on Final
Drafts
Science Assessment—WERA December 2013
WA STATUS:
- Comparisons
- Bias and Sensitivity
- SBE Presentations
- Adoption
October 2013
BUILD AWARENESS
& CAPACITY
State Collaboration and
Sharing
Focus on understanding
Science and Engineering
Practices
Crosscutting Concepts
Appendices
Examine Equity Case
Studies
Build PD modules
We are
here
TRANSITION &
APPLICATION
- Intentional transition
plans
- Best use and
placement of
instructional materials
and resources
-Identify community
resources
- Assessment system
adjustments
Still to be determined:
• Will the science tests be developed by
Washington or with a consortium of states?
• When and how will pilot and/or field testing
occur?
• What year will be the first year of operational
testing?
• If the high school test is comprehensive, will it
be administered at grade 10 or grade 11?
• Will the elementary test cover just grade 5
standards or a broader grade band of
standards?
Science Assessment—WERA December 2013
Engrossed House Bill 1450
• From 2013 legislature
• Legislature intends that
we transition to a new
high school science
assessment as is being
done with ELA and
Mathematics
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http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/b
illdocs/201314/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legisl
ature/1450.PL.pdf
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http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/Sta
teTesting/default.aspx
Science Assessment—WERA December 2013
7/21/2015
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How do we prepare for
state exams in 2014-2016?
Will my state test scores go down if I shift my
instruction to the NGSS now?
Science Assessment—WERA December 2013
What are the key shifts
in the NGSS?
• Focus: The NGSS are focused on deeper
understanding and application of science content
reflecting real-world interconnectedness
• Coherence: Science and engineering build
coherently across K-12
• Integration: Science and engineering are
integrated across K-12
Science Assessment—WERA December 2013
Grade 8 example
• Practice 2: Develop
and use models
• Crosscutting 2: Cause
and effect
• Crosscutting 3: Scale,
proportion and
quantity
• More?
• Core Idea 2: Life
science
• More?
• From 2014 Updates
Science Assessment—WERA December 2013
Grade 5 (et al) example
• Practice 6: Design
solutions
• More?
• Crosscutting 2: Cause
and effect
• More?
• Core Idea 1: Physical
sciences
• From 2012 Updates
Science Assessment—WERA December 2013
Biology EOC example
• Practice 6: Construct
explanations
• More?
• Crosscutting 2: Cause
and effect
• More?
• Core Idea 2: Life
science
• More?
• From 2013 Updates
Science Assessment—WERA December 2013
Biology (et al) example
• Practice 3: Plan and
carry out investigations
• Crosscutting 2: Cause
and effect
• More?
• Core Idea 2: Life
science
• More?
• From 2014 Updates (and
many others)
Science Assessment—WERA December 2013
Publishers
 Elementary Publishers say they are working
diligently…
 Highlight the
things on this plan
that fall within your
sphere of influence.
Priorities
 Where do our priorities as a Science Leadership
Network fit on this implementation plan?
 What is something you can start to lead in your
district?
Networking
 Norms of collaboration
 Identify a recorder!!
 Name
 Question
 Resources/ideas/solutions
7 Norms of Collaboration
 Pausing
 Paraphrasing
 Probing
 Putting Ideas on (and off) the Table
 Paying Attention to Self and Others Monitor your air time!
 Presuming Positive Intentions
 Pursuing a Balance between Advocacy and Inquiry
Networking
 Norms of collaboration
 Identify a recorder!!
 Name
 Question
 Resources/ideas/solutions
Messaging and Action Planning
 What messages will you take
back to your district?
 What is your plan to build
capacity in your own district?
 What is your first step?
Announcements
 Imagine Tomorrow
 STEMposium- http://www.spokanestemposium.org/
 Mobius and Science/STEM night
 GPS Units
 Business weeks
Homework
 Buy Translating the NGSS for Classroom Instruction
by Roger Bybee
 Share your messaging and action plan with at least 1
administrator and at least 1 teacher.
Evaluation
 Please fill out the evaluation.
 Thank you and see you on April 15th!