Update on Harney ESD Professional Development 2016-2017

Harney ESD PD thus far….2016-2017   

July 18-19--Math with Drones/Real Life Math @ Malheur ESD

July 20-21 Math with Drones/Real Life Math @ HESD

Aug 8-10 Oregon Community Foundation Art Grant Rendezvous

Aug 11--Rural Teacher Inservice

Aug 11--Harney County New Teacher/Staff Inservice 3:00-4:30pm

Aug 16--Russ Quaglia/Lisa Lande (School voice)--Burns High School

Aug 29--New Teacher Dinner--Support

5-8pm, Sept 14/15, Oct 19/26, Nov 16, Dec 7/14, Jan 18, Feb 15, Apr 12/19--Tentative Dates and Tentative in a Nutshell

Sept 16--Talent Ed Training District 3 Admin

Sept 16--SBAC Math training @ HESD

Sept 23--District & School Report Card support 8-11am @ HESD

Sept 23--Elementary Step UP TO WRITING--@ Slater

Sept 30--Writing with Alice Nine @HESD

Oct 7--Malheur PD Day

Oct 13-14 Idaho Humanities Council Conference

Oct 14--School Voice @ HESD

Oct 27--Cultural Awareness--Community Conversation @ Burns Paiute Tribal Gathering Center w/ L. Capps and S. Noor

Oct  28--CULTURAL Proficiency Training @ BHS (John Krownapple)

Nov 4--Explore Like a Pirate @ BHS

Nov 9--Art w/ Minidoka eye witnesses

Nov 18-Science PD through OSU--tentative

January 12-15 Puppet Master @ HMS

Feb 3--School Voice @ HESD

Feb 10--The Classroom Chef: Sharpen Your Lessons, Season Your Classes, and Make Math Meaningful--Feb 10 @ HESD/BHS

April 7--Technology Conference--Drone Presentations & a whole lot more with Abbey Futrell, Nancy Mangum, Joe Buglione, Heidi Paulus, Tim Welch & more @ BHS

May 12--School Voice @ HESD

Updated Calendar

Calendar of Events:

K Assessment Order window opens--May 23

SBAC Window Closes--June 10

iPad Camp--June 27-30 @ BHS

Art Camp--July 11-14 @ HMS

Malheur Summer Institute--Real Life Math Grant Training--July 18-19@MESD

Real Life Math Grant Training July 20-21 @ HESD

Rural Inservice--Aug 11 8:30am-3:00pm --Theme--DIVE IN!! @ HESD

New Teacher Inservice 3:30pm-4:30pm--Aug 11 @ HESD

Aug 16--TBA @ BHS

SBAC Math Training--Sept 16 @ HESD

Step Up to Writing--Sept 23, @ Slater Elementary K-5

Alice Nine--Sept 30 @ HESD

Malheur ESD PD--Oct 7

School Voice @ HESD--Oct 14

Oct 27--Cultural Awareness @ Burns Paiute Tribal Gathering Center w/ L. Capps and S. Noor

Oct  28--CULTURAL Proficiency Training @ BHS

Explore Like a Pirate--Nov 4 @ BHS

School Voice @ HESD--Feb 3

The Classroom Chef: Sharpen Your Lessons, Season Your Classes, and Make Math Meaningful--Feb 10 @ HESD/BHS

Harney Tech Conference--April 7, 2017 @ BHS

School Voice @ HESD--May 12, 2017

Calendar Updates

Calendar of Events:

Informal DTC Webinar--May 11

Freshman on-track webinar--May 11

ODE @ HCSD3 w/ HESD--May 11

ODE in Vale w/ HESD--May 12

Teacher Voice--May 13 @ HESD

K Assessment Order window opens--May 23

SBAC Window Closes--June 10

iPad Camp--June 27-30 @ BHS

Art Camp--July 11-14 @ HMS

Malheur Summer Institute--Real Life Math Grant Training--July 18-19@MESD

Real Life Math Grant Training July 20-21 @ HESD

Rural Inservice--Aug 11 8:30am-3:00pm @ HESD

New Teacher Inservice 3:30pm-4:30pm--Aug 11 @ HESD

Aug 16--TBA @ BHS

SBAC Math Training--Sept 16 @ HESD

Step Up to Writing--Sept 23, @ Slater Elementary K-5

Alice Nine--Sept 30 @ HESD

Malheur ESD PD--Oct 7

School Voice @ HESD--Oct 14

Tentative Cultural Proficiency Training Oct 27-28

Explore Like a Pirate--Nov 4 @ BHS

School Voice @ HESD--Feb 3

The Classroom Chef: Sharpen Your Lessons, Season Your Classes, and Make Math Meaningful--Feb 10 @ HESD/BHS

Harney Tech Conference--April 7, 2017 @ BHS

School Voice @ HESD--May 12, 2017

Thank a Teacher!

Updated Calendar

Calendar of Events:

ORRTI Spring Conference 4/28-4/29 in Eugene...supported by HESD

EdCamp Central Oregon--April 30

Dr. K. Feldman in Lakeview for HS learning walk--May 5

Katrina Ayres--Classroom Practices--May 6 @ HESD

Informal DTC Webinar--May 11

Freshman on-track webinar--May 11

Teacher Voice--May 13 @ HESD
K Assessment Order window opens--May 23
SBAC Window Closes--June 10

iPad Camp--June 27-30 @ BHS
Art Camp--July 11-14 @ HMS
Malheur Summer Institute--Real Life Math Grant Training--July 18-19@MESD
Real Life Math Grant Training July 20-21 @ HESD
Rural Inservice--Aug 11 8:30am-3:00pm @ HESD
New Teacher Inservice 3:30pm-4:30pm--Aug 11 @ HESD
Aug 16--TBA @ BHS
SBAC Math Training--Sept 16 @ HESD
Step Up to Writing--Sept 23, @ Slater Elementary K-5
Alice Nine--Sept 30 @ HESD
Malheur ESD PD--Oct 7
School Voice @ HESD--Oct 14
Tentative Cultural Proficiency Training Oct 27-28
Explore Like a Pirate--Nov 4 @ BHS
School Voice @ HESD--Feb 3
The Classroom Chef: Sharpen Your Lessons, Season Your Classes, and Make Math Meaningful--Feb 10 @ HESD/BHS
Harney Tech Conference--April 7, 2017 @ BHS
School Voice @ HESD--May 12, 2017

NUTS & BOLTS

Are you ready for this?

• PE instruction: House Bill 3141 passed in 2007, but does not take effect until the 2017-18 school year. It requires that all public school students in grades kindergarten through 8 participate in PE for the entire school year. Weekly participation is set at a minimum of 150 minutes in grades K-5 and 225 minutes in grades 6-8.

SBAC opt out info

Updated Calendar

Calendar of Events:

Immunization data validation deadline--April 15

Math Talks Workshop--April 15-16 @HESD
ELPA21 window closes--April 19

Synergy Training--April 21-22 @HESD, SLATER and BHS

Artist in Residence Crane/Fields--4/27-4/28

Class Roster collection webinar--4/27

Extended Assessment Window Closes--4/28

ORRTI Spring Conference 4/28-4/29 in Eugene...supported by HESD

EdCamp Central Oregon--April 30

Dr. K. Feldman in Lakeview for HS learning walk--May 5

Katrina Ayres--Classroom Practices--May 6 @ HESD

Informal DTC Webinar--May 11

Freshman on-track webinar--May 11

Teacher Voice--May 13 @ HESD
K Assessment Order window opens--May 23
SBAC Window Closes--June 10

iPad Camp--June 27-30 @ BHS
Art Camp--July 11-14 @ HMS
Malheur Summer Institute--Real Life Math Grant Training--July 18-20 @MESD
Rural Inservice--Aug 11 8:30am-3:00pm @ HESD
New Teacher Inservice 3:30pm-4:30pm--Aug 11 @ HESD
Aug 16--TBA @ BHS
Step Up to Writing--Sept 23, @ Slater Elementary K-5
Alice Nine--Sept 30 @ HESD
SBAC Math Training--Sept 16 @HESD
School Voice @ HESD--Oct 14
Explore Like a Pirate--Nov 4 @ BHS
School Voice @ HESD--Feb 3
The Classroom Chef: Sharpen Your Lessons, Season Your Classes, and Make Math Meaningful--Feb 10 @ HESD/BHS
Harney Tech Conference--April 7, 2017 @ BHS
School Voice @ HESD--May 12, 2017

Real Life Math Grant

What an exciting time this is in education! Our students have access to more information than ever with technology and with research on student engagement and teaching practices we know what works. The trick is, well, me must simply do it! Something that sure does work is student engagement and a connection to real life. It is with that mindset that a consortium of Baker, Malheur and Harney applied for a Real Life Math grant and received funds from ODE! We are excited to provide these funds and information later in April when solidified! Look for more information coming at you the tail end of April about Real Life Math!

Articles you may enjoy:

Why we do what we do

Total Inequality

Beverly Cleary: Kids Today...

Videos to Check out:

Dolphins...Choose to Care (1 min)

What students are getting the least out of school (16 min)

Calendar of Events:

Teacher Voice--April 8

Informal DTC webinar--April 13

Math Talks Workshop--April 15-16

STEM/NGSS Training--April 22
Synergy Training--April 22

Katrina Ayres--Classroom Practices--May 6

Informal DTC Webinar--May 11

Teacher Voice--May 13

iPad Camp--June 27-30
Art Camp--July TBA
Sept 30--Alice Nine
August 11--Rural Inservice
August 11-New Teacher Inservice 3:30pm-4:30pm
Aug 16--TBA
Nov 4--Explore Like a Pirate

Guest Post by Joe Drolette

Speaking Out: Where Has All The Fun Gone?

By Joe Drolette

Adapted from "Where Has All the Fun Gone?" originally published in theNovember/December 2015 issue of Principal magazine.

Years ago when my son was in second grade, I asked his teacher why she had eliminated snack time in the morning. He was a typical second-grade boy who needed a morning snack and a chance to run around. With a tone that betrayed her anxiety, she asked, “Do you want him to have a snack or learn to read?” I didn’t ask many questions that year and I was pretty sure the fun had gone out of her classroom. I have recounted that story numerous times in my work with teachers and administrators. It’s a good laugh line discussing humor in the classroom, but that particular teacher took her job seriously and was overwhelmed with district and state accountability expectations.

Unlike my son’s second-grade teacher, humor was my go-to teaching strategy. Early in my career, my teaching partner and I always seemed to be assigned the kids who were labeled “difficult.” What started for us as a survival mode tactic became our hallmark. Students labeled difficult did better in our class because we remembered to have some fun.

The most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows growing national trends of early elementary students contending with significant stress in the areas of social, emotional, and mental health issues. Humor reduces stress in the classroom and establishes a social-emotional experience that helps build a classroom community.

I’m not advocating that classrooms become sketch rooms for Saturday Night Live. When I used humor, I always had a plan and used myself as the subject. A simple infusion of levity can change the day for a student whose family is in transitional housing or in the process of separating. The students we taught appreciated the laughter at our expense, and the humor created a safe space for many of the students. In employing self-deprecating humor, the students were in a student-centered environment generally free from bullying behaviors.

Find the Punch Line
Teachers are my people. I am most comfortable mentoring and coaching emerging professionals. I have tremendous respect for the frontline work that classroom folks do every day, and the job gets tougher every year. I remind my team frequently to remember to find the punch line. This is not the easiest strategy for every teacher and we all have different comfort levels using humor. Teachers who find this challenging can start by simply using funny examples with students. The math teacher develops a different type of word problem highlighting cats, elephants, or giraffes. The science teacher can look for ways to point out oddities of certain species. By finding humor in small examples, we focus on student achievement in a different manner.

The Rutgers University Social- Emotional Laboratory has examined ways that classrooms can be more infused with humor. There are subtle changes that can be made to daily routines such as humor boards for jokes and drawings. More transformative changes that overhaul programs include building humor into writing assignments and adding humor to formative and summative assessments. This can be as simple as making a word problem funny or assigning a reading book that has a lighter topic. The No. 1 humor strategy highlighted by the Rutgers Lab is encouraging adults in schools to laugh at themselves— when you do something silly or wrong, mention it and laugh at it. That may lead to one less student afraid to speak up in class.

A little bit of fun in the classroom doesn’t have to overtake the priorities of Common Core or district standards. Overall, the focus is to improve the school day for students and teachers. I’d like to think that if Mr. Gardner, Mrs. Howes, and Mrs. Horsch were working in schools today, they would be influential to another generation. Not just as school employees or volunteers, but also as approachable model adults who might share a laugh and join the assessment prep team.

Joe Drolette, a former school and district leader, is head of school and director of teacher development at Devereux Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Articles you may enjoy:

The race to nowhere

Feeling Overwhelmed?

Words inside you

Videos to Check out:

Proud of his Autism (13 min)

Bad Day Good (3 min)

Calendar of Events:

Informal DTC webinar-Feb. 10

Alice Nine-Feb 26

Informal DTC webinar--Mar 9

Harney Tech Conference--April 1

Teacher Voice--April 8

Informal DTC webinar--April 13

Math Talk Workshop--April 15-16

STEM/NGSS Training--April 22

Katrina Ayres--Classroom Practices--May 6

Informal DTC Webinar--May 11

Teacher Voice--May 13

Keeping it in perspective

Cause I ain’t got a pencil
By Joshua T. Dickerson

I woke myself up
Because we ain’t got an alarm clock
Dug in the dirty clothes basket,
Cause ain’t nobody washed my uniform
Brushed my hair and teeth in the dark,
Cause the lights ain’t on
Even got my baby sister ready
Cause my mama wasn’t home.
Got us both to school on time,
To eat us a good breakfast.
Then when I got to class the teacher fussed
Cause I ain’t got a pencil.

Articles you may enjoy:

Myth/Truth about DI

Arts Integration!

C'mon Man! Noise complaint?

Dear High School athlete

Videos to Check out:

Remarkable act of Kindness (4 min)

Calendar of Events:

Informal DTC webinar-Feb. 10

Alice Nine-Feb 26

Informal DTC webinar--Mar 9

Harney Tech Conference--April 1

Teacher Voice--April 8

Informal DTC webinar--April 13

Math Talk Workshop--April 15-16

STEM/NGSS Training--April 22

Katrina Ayres--Classroom Practices--May 6

Informal DTC Webinar--May 11

Teacher Voice--May 13

News from the Oregon Dept. of Education on ESSA

To: Superintendents, Principals, and District Staff

Re: Every Student Succeeds Act Update and Resources

 

Good afternoon,

 

We know that many of you have questions about the new Every Student Succeeds Act and what it means for schools, educators, and students here in Oregon.

 

Over the coming months, we will be engaging with educators and communities across the state around the development of our ESSA State Plan.  Educator, student, and community voice is critical to this effort to ensure our final plan reflects Oregon’s values and aspirations for education. We look forward to working with all of you in the coming months around the development and review of our State Plan.

 

The following highlights and resources are provided to share an update on the new law, the current work underway, and the implementation plan and timeline. 

 

Highlights of the Law

• Maintains annual assessments

• States will still have to test students in reading and math in grades 3-8 and once in high school
• States will still test in science once in elementary school, once in middle school, and once in high school
• With state permission, districts may use a nationally-recognized assessment at the high school level in place of the state assessment. These assessments must meet a number of criteria including being aligned to state content standards
• Upholds requirement for 95% participation by all students and subgroups
• Allows up to 7 states to apply to pilot local tests for a limited time with permission from the U.S. Department of Education

• Affords greater flexibility to design accountability system

• States will set their own targets and decide on their own path to improvement
• Replaces adequate yearly progress (AYP) with a state-defined index system with certain federally-required components (academic indicators and school quality or student success indicators)
• At least once every 3 years states must identify and intervene in schools, including: the lowest-performing 5% of Title I schools; high schools where the graduation rate is 67% or less; and schools with underperforming student groups

• Ends federal mandate for educator evaluations and Highly Qualified Teachers

• It’s important to note that state law (Senate Bill 290) is still in effect
• Ends “Highly Qualified Teachers” requirement, but maintains state licensure and certification requirements

 

Oregon ESSA Timeline

• 2015-2016 School Year

• January 2016

• ODE leadership group and workgroups established
• ODE staff complete analysis of the law

• February-May 2016

• Convene stakeholder workgroups
• Conduct statewide outreach for diverse stakeholder input

• May-July 2016

• Draft the consolidated state plan and solicit public input

• August 2016

• Complete a preliminary draft of consolidated state plan

 

• 2016-2017 School Year (Transition Year)

• Develop policy, guidance, OARs based on final regulations from USED
• Revise state plan, as needed
• Draft legislative proposals for the 2017 legislative session (if needed)

 

• 2017-2018 School Year (Implementation Year)

• Implement new accountability system and all components of state plan
• Provide professional development, technical assistance, and monitoring to ensure effective implementation across programs

 

Where to Learn More

• For a PowerPoint overview of changes to the law and the implementation timeline, click here.
• For a PowerPoint comparing NCLB and ESSA, click here.
• For a handout on the State Plan Development timeline, click here.
• For a two pager on the key elements of ESSA, click here.
• For additional resources, go to: http://www.ed.gov/essa.