Transcript What if… •You could use data to guide professional development? •You could have consistency across grade levels? •You could know how well aligned your.

What if…
•You could use data to guide professional
development?
•You could have consistency across grade levels?
•You could know how well aligned your state
standards were to the state assessment?
•You could compare how you teach content
compared to how others across the nation teach?
•You could use anonymous teacher data to start a
powerful school discussion about what the teacher
needs are?
Introducing…
for
English Language Arts Reading,
Mathematics, and Science
Collaborating Organizations
SEC Collaborative Members
State Education Agencies representing:
•Idaho
•Indiana
•Iowa
•Kansas
•Maine
•Michigan
•Mississippi
•New Hampshire
•North Carolina
•Ohio
•Oklahoma
•Oregon
•Wisconsin
The teacher survey tool…
• Collects data on what content is taught and how it
is taught.
• Produces reports indicating the degree of
alignment between the taught (enacted)
curriculum and state assessments or standards.
• Collects data on teacher beliefs, readiness to teach
the content and readiness to instruct special groups
of students.
• Provides a rich source of information to support
teachers analysis of student learning challenges.
The SEC can help your schools…
• Align curriculum, instruction, and assessment
including vertical alignment
• Improve instruction within and across grade
levels,
• Determine professional development needs
• Focus teacher planning and development on
instructional practice and its effects on student
performance
• Focus coaching and mentoring activity around
content and practice
The SEC can …
• Help teachers monitor changes in practice as a
result of implementing new curricula.
• Help teachers and leaders determine areas of need
when planning for professional development.
• Help teachers see areas for deepening content
expertise and knowledge of how students learn
that content.
• Help teachers identify gaps/redundancies in
curriculum –weak materials to support instruction
Survey Sections
• School & Class Description
• Instructional Activities
• General
• Problem Solving Activities
• Pairs & Small Group Work
• Use of Hands-on Materials
• Use of Calculators/Computers &
other Ed. Tech.
• Assessment Use
• Instructional Influences
• Instructional Readiness
• Teacher Opinions
• Professional Development
• Types
• Content Focus
• Active Learning
• Collegial Participation
• Coherence
• Time Span
• Teacher Characteristics
• Instructional Content
SEC Survey Administration
Procedures for completing on-line surveys
Procedures for completing paper surveys
Online Survey Administration
• Approximately 60-90 minutes to compete
• May be completed in multiple sittings
• Data is saved as each section is completed
SEC Online Registration
www.seconline.org
From the
Home Page
click on the
Registrar
button.
SEC Online Registration
Registrar Area
If not registered,
select your group
from the dropdown menu, then
click on Register
button.
If registered,
enter your
username and
Group ID#, then
click on Login
button.
Just Visiting? Click on Guest button!
SEC Online Registration
Registration Page
Complete all
required fields (*).
Be sure to select
the subject and
grade level you will
be reporting on.
*
NOTE: Your personal information will remain strictly confidential!
SEC Online Registration
Final Step
After submitting your
personal information
you will be prompted
to enter a username
and will be assigned
a Group ID#.
9999
You will also be prompted to enter an email address. This will be
important if you forget your username or Group ID#.
NOTE: Both username and Group ID# are required to log-in.
SEC Online
Survey Menu
Sections assigned
for your group will
be pre-checked.
Sections you
have completed
will appear with
green text.
Sections you
have not
completed will
appear in white
text.
Note Instructions for Selecting the Target Class!
SEC Online
Instructions for Selecting the Target Class
•For all questions, please respond only for the
selected subject.
•If you teach more than one class in this subject,
respond only for the first class that you teach each
week for this subject.
•If that is a split class (i.e., the class contains more
than one group for instruction, and each group is
taught separately), respond for only one group.
Your data is saved each time you click on a Submit button.
You may log-off at any time by simply closing your browser.
Your progress will be noted on survey menu when you return.
Reporting Instructional Content
• Encourage use of lesson plans, grade books, text, etc. to recall
• Topic Coverage organized and reported by Content Area
Number Sense, Properties & Relationships
Measurement
Data Analysis, Statistics, Probability
Algebraic Concepts
Geometric Concepts
Instructional Technology
• Cognitive Demand reported for each topic covered (e.g. math)
Memorize
Perform Procedures
Demonstrate Understanding of Mathematical Ideas
Conjecture, Generalize, Prove
Solve non-routine problems, make connections
Reporting Instructional Content
Step 1: Report time spent on topics taught
Review the list of topics
presented for the
current Content Area.
For each topic in the list
that is taught to the
target class, select a
radio button
corresponding to 1,2, or
3 based on the
following definitions:
0 = Not covered
1 = Less than 1 lesson
2 = 1-5 lessons
3 = more than 5 lessons
Reporting Instructional Content
Step 2: Set expectations for students for each topic taught.
For each topic selected
from the previous
screen set the cognitive
expectations for
students for each of 5
categories of cognitive
demand, using the
following definitions
0 = No emphasis
1 = Slight emphasis
2 = Moderate emphasis
3 = Sustained emphasis
Reporting Instructional Content
Step 3: Repeat steps 1 & 2 for each content area presented.
Step 1: Report time spent on topics.
Step 2: Report expectations for students.
Survey Completion
Editing Results
Completed survey sections may be reviewed/edited until:
1) The survey completion window has closed
2) You review results for a given survey section
To review/edit responses:
Check the box on the Survey Menu Screen next to the
section you want to review/edit. (Completed sections will
be identified by green text.)
Reviewing Results
Online Report Generator
Results are available for review immediately upon completion of required survey sections.
While results are available immediately, you may want to wait until all teachers from
your group have completed the survey before reviewing results.
Instructional content can be reported using a
variety of graphic displays
SEC Online
reports instructional
content using tile
charts.
Drop-down menus
allow you to select
grade-specific and
course-specific
results for your
school, district and
state, in addition to
reports of your own
results.
Paper Survey Administration
• Approximately 60-90 minutes to complete
• Complete the back cover information first
• Teacher confidentiality is maintained by
using individually sealed envelopes
SEC Paper Survey
Back Cover Information
Please provide the following information:
(Note: Your personal information will be kept confidential.)
Name:
District:
School:
Email address:
(required for on-line access to individual results)
Providing your name and email address will allow you to access to your individual results
and the results for your school and/or district at www.seconline.org. You will be notified,
and a password will be emailed to you when all data from your group has been processed
and posted.
SEC Paper Survey
Instructions for Selecting the Target Class
•For all questions, please respond only for the
selected subject.
•If you teach more than one class in this subject,
respond only for the first class that you teach each
week for this subject.
•If that is a split class (i.e., the class contains more
than one group for instruction, and each group is
taught separately), respond for only one group.
Sample Survey Section
Reporting Instructional Content
• Encourage use of lesson plans, grade books, text, etc. to recall
• Topic Coverage organized and reported by Content Area
Number Sense, Properties & Relationships
Measurement
Data Analysis, Statistics, Probability
Algebraic Concepts
Geometric Concepts
Instructional Technology
• Cognitive Demand reported for each topic covered (e.g. math)
Memorize
Perform Procedures
Demonstrate Understanding of Mathematical Ideas
Conjecture, Generalize, Prove
Solve non-routine problems, make connections
Reporting Instructional Content
Instructions for paper version
Step 1: Indicate topics not covered in this class.
Circle ‘none’ in topics column for entire content areas not taught.
Bubble in ‘0' for individual topics not covered in content areas for
which some topics are taught.
Step 2: Indicate amount of time spent on each topic covered
in this class.
0 = None, not covered
2 = Moderate coverage
1 = Slight coverage (less than 1 class/lesson)
3 = Sustained coverage (5+ classes/lessons)
Step 3: Indicate relative emphases of each expectation for
every topic taught
0
1
2
3
=
=
=
=
No emphasis
Slight emphasis (less than 25% of time spent on this topic)
Moderate emphasis (25%-33% of time spent on this topic)
Sustained emphasis (more than 33% of time spent on this topic)
Content Maps
State J Grade 8
Mathematics Instruction
Number Sense
Operations
Measurement
Algebraic Concepts
Geometric Concepts
Data Analysis
0.1
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0
Instructional Technology
Memorize Communicate Connect
Perform
Conjecture
Memorize
Communicate
Connect
Perform
Conjecture
Provide comparisons of standards, assessments,
instruction and learning
Intended—What Enacted—What
standards require teachers teach
Assessed—What
state tests
GRADE 8 STATE MATH TEST
SCHOOL averages compared to
STATE averages
-10
-5
0
5
10 15
20
1
2
3
4
5
For additional information and resources, visit:
SEC Collaborative
(Council of Chief State School Officers)
SEC Support
(Learning Point Associates)
SEC Online
(Wisconsin Center for Education Research)