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DoDEA eduNews | August 2017
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inside this issue:
Welcome Back 1
LOCI Results 1
LOCI Key Findings 1
DoDEA–CAS Implementation for
SY 2017–18 2
CILs Launch Year 2 Phase 2–3
Important Resources for
Educators 3
Word Search 3
Welcome Back. . .
W elcome back to a new school year! We hope you had an enjoyable summer
vacation and are ready for a new school year. This year we will continue
our third year of implementing College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS),
which are raising the rigor and relevance of our instruction, aligning DoDEA with
most states, and continuing to unify DoDEA as one school system.
To take another step in this journey, this year we will begin to implement
summative and formative assessments aligned to our CCRS for Mathematics and
Literacy and expand our standards implementation to Science (PK–5), Career and
Technical Education (grades 9–12), Fine Arts (PK–12) and World Language (K–
12). There is much to do and we are confident that we have the finest educators
around to prepare our students for success in their future!
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teachers and administrators reporting
shared agreements about what effec-
tive literacy instruction looks like.
Many more teachers report that the
mathematics implementation is going
well, and they are prepared.
Strong majorities of teachers believe
the CCR changes are positive for
students.
Real-world and cross-curricular appli-
cations are a priority for additional
professional development.
T hank you to everyone who took the
time to complete the Literacy Organi-
zational Capacity Inventory (LOCI). The
LOCI measured DoDEA’s capacity build-
ing efforts in effective literacy teaching
and learning (including some information
on mathematics) and reported very posi-
tive trends for our CCR implementation.
At our yearly superintendents’ conference
in June, using the LOCI results, district
leaders identified the big picture trends in
how literacy implementation is going
across the system. They then identified the
most important action steps for their
LOCI Results district’s literacy implementation next
school year.
LOCI Key Findings
The following highlights are what we
gleaned from the results.
A solid majority of teachers and
leaders said collaborative planning
time is being used well.
Teachers report that building leaders
provide clear direction in literacy
and engage in learning alongside
their teachers, but leaders could do
more to build teacher ownership of
literacy change.
Ratings of school-level collaborative
culture are already strong and con-
tinue to improve.
There was a notable jump in both For questions or comments about the newsletter , please contact David Butler
at david.butler@hq.dodea.edu
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for mathematics, Algebra I, Geometry
and Algebra II, as well as literacy in
grades 6–8 and 10.
Make sure you join the DoDEA Compre-
hensive Assessment System Orientation
Schoology group (see Important Re-
sources for Educators on page 3) for more
details on the implementation plan and
assessment resources.
student performance on the summa-
tive assessments and will be field
tested in SY 2017–18 for potential
use in SY 2018-19.
Summative Assessments: These
computer-based,
College and
Career Ready
Standards-aligned
assessments will be
implemented dur-
ing the fourth
quarter of SY 2017
–18 in grades 3–8
A s the new school year opens, the
three Centers for Instructional Lead-
ership (CILs) are launching Year 2 by
expanding the positive and powerful
collaborative partnerships established with
our district leadership teams around the
world. The 2017–2018 CIL priorities were
identified during a world-wide senior
leadership meeting in June.
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CILs Launch Year 2 As part of our ONE DODEA systemic
efforts, all three CILs are:
prioritizing resources to enhance
leadership coaching for district and
school leaders;
clarifying regional and district ex-
pectations to expand our focused
collaboration efforts;
supporting leaders with the ongoing
implementation of CCRS and Year 1
of the DoDEA-CAS;
guiding leaders as we implement the
Learning Walkthrough Tool and the
DoDEA Instructional Components;
and
targeting our continuous improvement
(continued on page 3)
(2) Jason Ter Host (Community
Superintendent Europe East, r.) presents recommendations to
DoDEA leadership.
I n May of 2017, the Assessment Advisory
Group convened to develop recommen-
dations for the implementation of the three
new assessment components of the DoDEA
Comprehensive Assessment System
(DoDEA–CAS) — diag-
nostic, interim and
summative assessments,
which form the foun-
dation of what we are
planning for SY 2017–
18. The Advisory
Group consisted of a
group of educators and
administrators from
across DoDEA. The
recommendations from
the group formed the
basis for our plans for the three new assess-
ment components:
Diagnostic Assessments: These class-
room-based assessments can be used to
pinpoint students’ learning strengths
and needs and will be available for
teachers to explore and use as they
deem appropriate.
Interim Assessments: These assess-
ments are primarily used to predict
DoDEA–CAS Implementation for SY 2017–18
(1) Patricia Riley (DVHS Program Manager
and Interim Assessment Lead, r.) addresses
the Advisory Group.
(3) Patrick Martin (Education Technology ISS, l.) talks
about the role of educational technology in the DoDEA-
CAS.
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efforts to align with the new Ad-
vancED Systems (District) Accredita-
tion Model.
Thus, the daily work of each CIL team is
focused on collaborating with district
leaders to:
triangulate existing data sources to
determine coaching focal points;
analyze and refine district plans,
expectations and goals to implement
regional focused collaboration non-
negotiables, the Learning Walkthrough
Protocol and Year 1 DoDEA-CAS
expectations;
deliver professional learning on the
Learning Walkthrough Tool to both
district and school leaders to include
unpacking the instructional compo-
nents, and building a common under-
standing of DoDEA’s definition of
excellent instruction;
fine-tune the alignment of our contin-
uous improvement efforts with the
new AdvancED model; and
design, develop and deliver further
professional learning to facilitate the
successful implementation of the
Learning Walkthrough Process to
include providing effective feedback
for improving teaching and learning
and introducing the DoDEA blending
coaching model to enhance the cul-
tures of trust within our buildings.
Guided by the mission to ensure high
academic achievement for all DoDEA
students, the three CILs will continue to
celebrate our short-term wins and build
capacity for leaders to ensure excellence
in leading, teaching and learning.
CILs (continued from page 2)
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Important Resources for Educators There are some important updated resources all educators should
become familiar with in Schoology. Please make sure you join
and review what is available in the following groups:
DoDEA Comprehensive Assessment System Orientation
(code to join: 6X5TC-9HQQN)
Training modules (Virtual Teacher Module), webinars
(diagnostic assessments, released items to support instruction and K-2 resources)
and Schoology Tip Sheet
DoDEA College and Career Ready Educator Resources
(code to join: RWH85-2TK6Q)
Mathematics (grades PK-12): access information for each grade-level
Community of Practice, updated scope and sequence documents, and unit
frameworks
Literacy (grades 6-12): resources for new teachers, how to access each grade-
level Virtual Support Network including literacy in the content areas, and model
units
Science (PK-5): standards, scope and sequence, three dimensional lessons,
science newsletters, grade-level overviews, accessing the Communities of
Practice, and FOSS Next Generation instructional resources
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