Northeast TURN
Examining Best Practices in Planning & Implementing the CCSS
September 27-28, 2013
Microsoft Technology Center
One Cambridge Center, 4th Floor
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
Tentative Agenda
Friday, September 27, 2013
8:00-9:00Registration
Zach Wiseman, NE TURN Virtual Community Organizer
Maureen Logan & Kathleen Casasa, NE TURN Coordinators
8:00-9:00Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:45Welcome and Introductions
Kathleen Casasa, Maureen Logan, NE TURN Coordinators
9:45-10:05Framing Our Work Together
What We Are Learning and Doing to Improve Teaching Effectiveness & Student Learning
Dr. W. Patrick Dolan, Regional TURN Program Consultant, CEC
10:05-10:10Team Debrief
Key Takeaways
10:10-10:45BUILDING A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION FOCUSED ON TEACHING AND LEARNING
A. Requirements for Successful Partnerships
Dr. Patrick Dolan
B. Strategies when Partnerships Don’t Exist
Dr. Adam Urbanski, President, Rochester Federation of Teachers
10:45-11:00BREAK
11:00-12:00PANEL DISCUSSION: EMERGING CASE STUDIES
Moderator: Dr. Patrick Dolan
A. Partnerships for Change: Burlington and Winooski, Vermont
Jeanne Collins, Superintendent, Burlington School District
Hal Colston, Director of the Partnership for Change
James Pape, Co-President, Winooski Educator's Association
Adam Urbanski, President, Rochester Federation of Teachers
B. Marlboro, NY: CCSS Implementation
Ray Castellani, Superintendent
Mike Bakatsias, Assistant Supt. for Personnel & Technology
Robin Hecht, Director of C & I, AFT Site Coordinator
C. Massachusetts: MTA
Kathi Skinner, Policy Director, MTA
12:00 – 1:30LUNCH (On Your Own)
1:30-2:30BREAKOUT SESSION I
A. Technology Implementation – Teachers and Management Collection for Special Education and ELL
Mike Bakatsias, Dir. Of Technology, Marlboro, N
B. Designing and Delving into Common Core Lessons with Intervention Robin Hecht and Kelly Messina, Marlboro, NY
C. CC Vocabulary Strategies for SWD and ELL
Kimberly Gibney and Marion Casey, Marlboro, NY
D. The Work of Joint Committees in Developing Teacher Evaluation Systems
Mary McDonald & Ann Delehant, Illinois Teacher Evaluation & Development (ITED)
E. NYSUT Pilot Site: Improving Teacher Effectiveness through Teacher Evaluations and Student Growth
North Syracuse, NY
2:30-2:45BREAK
2:45-3:45BREAKOUT SESSION II
F. Communicating with All Parents Around the Common Core
Robin Hecht and Sarah Santora, Marlboro, NY
G. Math Modules & Strategies K-12 and Special Education
Christy Porter and John Marallo, Marlboro, NY
H. Prezi and the CC High School for All Students
Steve Masson, Marlboro, NY
I. NYSUT Pilot Site: Teacher Evaluation with Student Growth
Sara McGraw and Laura Franz, Albany, NY
3:45-4:15TEAM DEBRIEF
4:15-4:30REPORT OUT, DAY 1 WRAP-UP
Northeast TURN
Examining Best Practices in Planning & Implementing the CCSS
September 27-28, 2013
Microsoft Technology Center
One Cambridge Center, 4th Floor
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
Saturday, September 28, 2013
8:00-8:30Registration
8:30-9:00Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:15Welcome Back
Kathleen Casasa and Maureen Logan
9:15-10:15State of the States: LESSONS LEARNED FROM TEACHER EVALUATION IMPLEMENTATION
Representatives from NE TURN State Leaders
Moderated by Patrick Dolan
10:15-10:20TEAM DEBRIEF
10:20-10:30-BREAK
10:30-10:45Common Core Implementation Plan Rubric
Implementing the CCSS in Schools and Classrooms
Mary McDonald and Ann Delehant
10:45-11:45TEAM PAIRING, SHARING AND CRITICAL FRIEND FEEDBACK
11:45- 12:30LUNCH
Team Debrief
12:30-1:45ACTION PLANNING
Critical Friends and Action Plan Template
1:45-2:15resources, supports & next steps
2:15-2:30evaluation & wrap-up
Kathleen Casasa and Maureen Logan