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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