Information Sessions Fall 2006

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Information SessionsFall 2006

• The Review of the Maine
• Learning Results

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Coordinated State Efforts

• MLR Review
• High School Reform
• Graduation Requirements
• Chancellors Committee on College Readiness
• Core Course of Study
• State Assessment/Accountability
• Literacy, Numeracy, and Technology

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Great Standards are Not Sufficient . . .

• . . . But they are ESSENTIAL!

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Essential but Not Sufficient

• Inside the Classroom
• Content Knowledge
• Understanding of Pedagogy and Learning
• Commitment to Engage Students in Learning
• Data to Guide and Support Learning
• Use of literacy, numeracy, and technology for
  learning
• Systemic Supports for the Classroom
• Coherent Curriculum
• Professional Learning Communities
• Use of data

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Making Standards for Success
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MLR Review Advisory Committee

• Guiding Values
• Rigor and relevance
• Preparation for 21st Century
• Integration/connections
• Clarity, coherence and essentialness
• Grounding in research
• Two way accessibility in the review
• Engaged instruction
• Advancement of the current MLR

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National Consultants

• National Consultants in each Content Area
• Edward Colozzi
• Sheila Byrd
• Marlene Tappe / Bonnie Mohnsen
• Ann Shannon
• Christine Brown
• James Rutherford
• Mary McFarland
• Wendy Cohen

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Task of National Consultants

• Maines standards, story and goals
• Exemplar standards nationally and internationally
• Lean initial draft
• Work with content panels
• (All material made available on MLR review
  website.)

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Work of the Panels

• Review initial drafts
• Work with national consultant
• Ground decisions in national standards and the
  body of knowledge on learning
• Incorporate online survey results and varied
  focus Groups special education, ELL, business,
  external reviewers
• Identify integration points

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How Have the MLRs Changed

• Structure
• Content
• Clearer, more coherent and manageable
• More focused and essential

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Feedback from the Online Survey

• Greater coherence and clarity
• PK Diploma continuum of knowledge and skills

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Are the Proposed Revised MLRs more Focused?
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Are the Proposed Revised MLRs more Focused?
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Do the Proposed Revised MLRs Represent More
Essential Content?

• External reviewers
• National Standards
• Chancellors Task Force on College Readiness
• International Center for Leadership in Education
• Business Community

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Other Differences in the proposed 2007 MLR

• Mathematics and Reading
• Career and Education Development
• Social Studies
• Science and Technology
• Visual and Performing Arts
• HE and PE
• World Languages

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1. Elements of Writing

• PK- 2 Students use a writing process to
  communicate their ideas.
• 3-5 Students use a writing process with an
  emphasis on the development of a central idea,
  for a variety of audiences and purposes.

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1. Elements of Writing

• 6-8 Students use a writing process to
  communicate effectively for a variety of
  audiences and purposes.
• 9- Diploma Students use a writing process to
  develop an appropriate writing genre, exhibiting
  an explicit organizational structure, perspective
  and style to communicate with target audiences
  for specific purposes.

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PK- 2 Students use a writing process to
communicate their ideas.

• Select a focus for writing and develop an idea,
  including a beginning, middle and end.
• Respond to clarifying questions and suggested
  revisions.
• Edit for correct grammar, usage, and mechanics
  with assistance.
• Create legible final drafts.

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9 Diploma Students use a writing process
to develop an appropriate writing genre,
exhibiting an explicit organizational structure,
perspective and style to communicate with target
audiences for specific purposes.

• Locate, summarize and synthesize information from
  primary and secondary sources, as necessary.
• Apply aspects of various genres for rhetorical
  effect, strong diction and distinctive voice.
• Edit for correct grammar, usage and mechanics.
• Create legible final drafts.

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Elements of Writing
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Essential Must Mean Career, College and
Citizenship Ready for the 21st Century.

• NO COLLEGE, NO FUTURE?
• Between 1973 and 1998, in skilled blue-collar,
  clerical, and related professions, the
  percentage of workers who were high school
  dropouts fell by two-thirds, while the percentage
  of workers with some college or a college degree
  more than doubled in less-skilled blue-collar,
  service, and related professions, the percentage
  of workers who were high school drop-outs fell by
  nearly half, while the percentage of workers with
  some college or a college degree tripled
  (Carnevale, 2001)

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Essential Must Mean Career, College and
Citizenship Ready for the 21st Century

• Job growth is concentrated in industries paying
  above-average wages, in industries requiring new
  skills and a more educated workforce, and in
  industries that disproportionately employ
  knowledge workers. Two particular areas of
  growth are managerial and professional specialty
  jobs. From 1983 to 1996, employment in
  occupations requiring an associates degree or
  post-secondary vocational training grew at a 3.1
  annual rate compared to a 2.0 growth rate for
  all employment. (National Institute for Literacy
  (National Center for Family Literacy Page 11
  Updated January 2003)

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Essential Must Mean Career, College and
Citizenship Ready for the 21st Century, WHY?

• Three out of four companies report a shortage of
  qualified applicants for existing positions. In a
  recent survey, 95 of employers rated basic
  skills as important in hiring decisions.
• (National Institute for Literacy. (2000).
  Literacy skills for 21st century America A
  blueprint for creating a more literate nation.
  Washington, DC Author.)

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Next Steps for the MLR Work Lessons Learned

• Curriculum Coordinators Group
• (capacity building and professional development
  needs)
• Engaging Instruction Model and Case Studies
• (instructional considerations)
• Development of a Web-based MLR site (resource hub)

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Timeline 2007 - 2009

• 2007 - Adoption of MLR by Legislature
• 2007 Publication of 2007 MLR
• 2007- 2008 - Opportunity for schools to compare
  and adjust curriculum to 2007 MLR
• 2008- 2009 - First POSSIBLE and first PROPOSED
  year for alignment to state-wide large scale
  assessment

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What Can You Do Now?

• Public Hearing October 23, 2006
• Become familiar with the proposed MLR
• Use the crosswalks to identify curriculum
  overlaps between the 1997 and 2007 MLR and focus
  curriculum development/revision
• View Literacy, Numeracy, and Technology as Tools
  for Student/MLR Success

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Thank you.

• Anita Bernhardt
• Maine Department of Education
• anita.bernhardt_at_maine.gov
• http//www.maine.gov/education/lres/review/