Professional Development District Effectiveness Report Northwest Independent School

Professional Development District Effectiveness Report Northwest Independent School District March 16, 2015

Our Vision The best and most sought-after school district where every student is future ready: • Ready for college • Ready for the global workplace • Ready for personal success

Professional Development Focus • Pedagogical Development • Curriculum Development • Leadership Development

Professional Development • Beginning of the year • During the year – Campus level – District level • Staff Development Days • Summer 2015 – A look ahead

New Hires Induction Week includes: • Campus day with administrator and mentor (all new hires) • Curriculum Coordinators provide overview of curriculum resources and instructional expectations • Ambassador training • Thinking Maps

Yearly PD Focus English Language Arts • Early Literacy, Guided Reading, Book Clubs • Conferring • Writing Calibration • Safety Nets • AP Holistic Training • Author Studies • Journals • Close Reading • Thinking Maps • Curriculum Updates

English Language Arts • • • Curriculum Previews Data Reviews Writing & Journal Calibrations DRA & QRI Training 5 ELA Academies throughout the year – – – Guided Reading Small Group Literacy Instruction Running Records Progress Monitoring Reading & Writing Think Alouds Book Clubs

In Action

Peer Conferences • Rubrics • Exemplars • Models

Yearly PD Focus Math • Understanding of the new math TEKS • Process standards • Math adoptions • Student Discourse • Workshop Model • Student Justification

Math • NEMS – Northwest Elementary Math Study • POST – Pedagogy and Observable Student Thinking – Build capacity with teacher leaders – Model classrooms and campus liaisons • Curriculum Design

Math in Action

Yearly PD Focus Science • PBA – New Assessment Format - CCR • Calibrating PBAs • Focus on Investigations • Journaling • Curriculum Updates • Science adoption • Literacy Skills

Writing in Science

Yearly PD Focus Social Studies • Document Based Questioning training for Grades 2 -12 • Secondary DBQ Rubric training • DBQ calibration training • AP Historical Thinking Skills • AP US History training with exam designer

Journaling in Social Studies

Student Self-Reflection

Yearly PD Focus Advanced Academics • AP Institutes & 1 Day Seminars • Free Response Booklet analysis for AP exams • Instructional planning with focus on AP success strategies • Safety Nets • Scoring versus grading training (ELA) • Historical thinking skills training (SS) • Common assessments

January 5 th Professional Development • Led by NISD teachers • Teachers had 1 content sessions & 1 choice session – Conference Style • Choice sessions – – – Small Group Instruction Purposeful Feedback, Conferencing, Self-Assessment Checking for Understanding Planning Using Data and Standards Effective Use of Journals

Teacher Leaders January 5 th Sessions • 53 Core Content Sessions • 22 Special Content Sessions • 56 Choice Sessions Over 250 NISD Presenters

Conference Style • App for teachers find sessions and set schedules • Conference brochure to highlight sessions and recognize presenters

February 16 th Professional Development • • Math Adoption & Content Training Backwards Planning Data review Advanced Academics

Math Adoption Training Origo Training • All Math teachers • Training on content & process standards • Training provided by Origo writers, trainers, and users

Leadership • Curriculum Management Website – PLC Calendars – Accessing to presentations • Classroom & Look-fors • Principal Cohorts Content

Leadership • • • Teacher Leader Academy (60) LEAP (35) Origo training for Principals National Institute for School Leadership (30) 2 Principals part of the Principals’ Visioning Institute

Teacher Leader • Presenting Outside the district – TMSA (CTMS Math teachers) – TCEA (Naomi Bates) – TWU & Society of Leadership and Success Induction (Kila Bach) – TCEA (Sue Fitzerald) – TWU (Ebony Love) • NISD Chat • NISDNOV 8

A Look Ahead

Engage • Keynote Speakers – Jeff Anderson - Author – James Burnett – Founder Origo Mathematics • Conference Style • Outside presenters – Sandy Snow – Formative Assessment – Origo Math trainers – Lead 4 ward – Data & Strategies Focus • Teacher Leaders • Door prizes

The Beautiful Thing About Learning Is That No One Can Take It Away From You. B. B. King