AISI 5March 2012

~Discussion~

Nuts and Bolts: The Details from

the ProvinceAISI 5

Priorities for Cycle 51. Research

Capacity/LeadershipO Site-based research

taken to the next level

O Examine current theories of teaching and learning

O Read and evaluate published findings

Priorities for Cycle 51. Research capacity/leadership…continued

O Analyze findingsO Incorporate findings

into practiceO 10% minimum

expenditure {district}

O Annual Progress report vs APAR

Priorities for Cycle 52. Collaborative Cross-School Authority Projects

O Additional funding available for 2 or more school authorities to submit one collaborative project

O Expectation of cross-school learning/collaboration

Priorities for Cycle 53. Community Engagement

O All projects will be required to demonstrate active and meaningful engagement of key stakeholders:

O AdministratorsO TeachersO StudentsO ParentsO Elected officialsO Businesses,

organizations and institutions

Community Engagement Rubric – coming soon

Budget RequirementsO Minimum 15% for professional

learningO Minimum 10% for research and

related leadership support O Maximum 5% for project

administration and/or coordinationO Maximum 10% for equipment

What is important for CESD?

AISI 5O AISI 5 Projects will

focus on all or some of the following:O Student

engagementO Student learning O Student

performance

Clarity - Special EducationMoving from Moving to• Student Services takes on

responsibility of Special Education

• Student Services aligns with other CO services to support EVERY student – focus on Mission/Vision/QLE

• Special Education Liaisons – coordinate specialized services, support work of IPPs, work with individual students, Level B assessments

• Learning Support teacher– assist teachers with IEPTs, paperwork, coordination of services and when needed, Level B assessments

• Learning Support Team – provide and facilitate instructional coaching, co-teaching and/or co- planning• Coordinate/facilitate professional

development as part of a team

• Focus on students identified with a special education code – common practice to pull out and provide separate specialized programs

• Support for ALL students in classrooms – main focus on supporting/working in the classroom environment with targeted and/or specialized support when needed

Clarity around AISIMoving From Moving To• AISI as a separate

Learning Services initiative

• QLE drives district and school focus

• AISI leaders coordinate/facilitate professional development

Learning Support Teams:• Provide and facilitate

instructional coaching, co-teaching and/or co-planning

• Coordinate/facilitate professional development as part of a team

• AISI leaders engage in research around areas of focus

• Teams engage and apply research in classrooms

• Focus on students • Deliberate focus on ALL students

• AISI individual school improvement

• CESD community improvement

Learning Support Team:

Next StepsO How do we tie our work together so

we don’t do “the next thing”?

O What will be the scope of our work?

To what extent and in what ways will our CESD Quality Learning

Environment framework improve student learning?

Vision

AISI as the Driver

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Job Embedded Team Focus

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Central Office Services

Cohort Groups

The QLE

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Discussion: (handout)

Next StepsO School discussionsO ID Cross-school themesO Cross-school planning

O StrategiesO ResearchO Measures

Telling

Selling

Testing

Consulting

Co-Creating

AISI 5 Wiki

http://cesd-aisi-5.wikispaces.com/

Your Strategies?