Effective Professional Development and Staffing Strategies in Education

Vaughn MS & IB MYP October 27, 2020 SPP Update #2

Professional Development PROGRESS PROGRESS BARRIERS BARRIERS NEXT STEPS NEXT STEPS *Language Objectives *Language Objectives 11/3/2020 11/3/2020 *20 new teachers *20 new teachers *PLC re *PLC re- -norming....new norming....new team...new norms team...new norms *COVID social distancing *COVID social distancing & absences & absences *IB Global Contexts *IB Global Contexts 9/30/2020 9/30/2020 *14 teachers to attend IB *14 teachers to attend IB subject specific subject specific workshops in 20 workshops in 20- -21 school year school year 21 *IB Approaches to *IB Approaches to Learning 9/16/2020 Learning 9/16/2020 *Co *Co- -teacher training for teacher training for special and general ed special and general ed teachers teachers *PLC creating norms *PLC creating norms 10/28/2020 10/28/2020

COVID updates PROGRESS PROGRESS BARRIERS BARRIERS NEXT STEPS NEXT STEPS *automated *automated attendance procedure attendance procedure for distance learners for distance learners *problematic attendance *problematic attendance among distance, in among distance, in- -person and and hybrid learners hybrid learners *PD for teachers to *PD for teachers to support transition to support transition to tech tech- -distance and distance and "streaming" instruction "streaming" instruction person *teachers are starting *teachers are starting to "stream" live to "stream" live instruction from their instruction from their in in- -person classes to person classes to their distance learners their distance learners *some teachers not yet *some teachers not yet "streaming" instruction "streaming" instruction causing a heavy causing a heavy workload/burnout workload/burnout *maintain social *maintain social distancing to allow for distancing to allow for maximized in maximized in- -person instruction instruction person *reduced instructional *reduced instructional time due to COVID, time due to COVID, technical difficulties, and technical difficulties, and smoke days smoke days

Staffing PROGRESS PROGRESS BARRIERS BARRIERS teachers new to the building (15 new to WCSD) building (15 new to WCSD) ...no qualified applicants ...no qualified applicants for last math vacancy as of for last math vacancy as of 10/29/2020 10/29/2020 NEXT STEPS NEXT STEPS *20 *20 teachers new to the *15 teachers hired *15 teachers hired between late July and between late July and August August following a following a COVID related hiring COVID related hiring freeze freeze *hire a HQ teacher for *hire a HQ teacher for the last remaining the last remaining licensed position licensed position - - math math *reduce teacher *reduce teacher turnover rate turnover rate **Professional **Professional development ...starts development ...starts over....can't progress to over....can't progress to more advanced levels more advanced levels *only 1 vacant licensed *only 1 vacant licensed teaching position teaching position remains remains *support teachers and *support teachers and provide high quality provide high quality professional professional development development **Must start at Category 1 **Must start at Category 1 IB trainings rather than IB trainings rather than have some teachers have some teachers progress to Category 2 progress to Category 2 trainings trainings

Family Engagement PROGRESS PROGRESS BARRIERS BARRIERS NEXT STEPS NEXT STEPS *SPP meeting via Zoom with parents attending * COVID * COVID * *5 parent 5 parent engagement engagement activities planned for planned for November thru May thru May activities November *Attendance low due to *Attendance low due to ZOOM and distance ZOOM and distance engagement engagement *Facebook and Twitter sites *ongoing tech support for families

Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment PROGRESS PROGRESS BARRIERS BARRIERS NEXT STEPS NEXT STEPS *Teachers are starting *Teachers are starting to "stream" live to "stream" live instruction during instruction during class class time to distance time to distance learners learners *high Chronic *high Chronic Absenteeism Absenteeism *14 staff members to IB *14 staff members to IB professional professional development development workshops workshops *high failure rate due to *high failure rate due to absenteeism and distance absenteeism and distance learning difficulties learning difficulties *2 *2- -hour PD session on hour PD session on Language Objectives Language Objectives *change to 7 period *change to 7 period day rather than block day rather than block while on hybrid while on hybrid schedule to ensure schedule to ensure students have Math, students have Math, ELA every day they are ELA every day they are in building in building *long term substitute in *long term substitute in Math 8 due to a lack of Math 8 due to a lack of qualified candidates qualified candidates *2 *2- -hour PD session on hour PD session on ELLevation ELLevation data/strategies software data/strategies software *focus on rigor, IB, SWRL *focus on rigor, IB, SWRL

Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment #2 PROGRESS PROGRESS BARRIERS BARRIERS NEXT STEPS NEXT STEPS *teachers starting to *teachers starting to live stream live stream instruction which instruction which benefits distance benefits distance learners learners * **COVID and related chronic *COVID and related chronic attendance problems attendance problems *Training needed on co *Training needed on co- - teaching strategies teaching strategies *Co *Co- -teaching strategies teaching strategies training is needed training is needed *Training for all teachers *Training for all teachers needed using language needed using language objectives objectives * * *Language Objective training *Language Objective training is needed is needed *Focus on improving *Focus on improving opportunities for opportunities for multiple students to multiple students to SWRL Speak, Write, SWRL Speak, Write, Read & Listen Read & Listen *Staffing *Staffing *Smoke days, COVID, *Smoke days, COVID, distance learning distance learning

Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment #3 PROGRESS PROGRESS BARRIERS BARRIERS NEXT STEPS NEXT STEPS *5 Shadowing events *5 Shadowing events planned to shadow EL planned to shadow EL students to monitor students to monitor opportunities for opportunities for participation in SWRL participation in SWRL *lack of subs although *lack of subs although funding is available funding is available *Conduct planned *Conduct planned Shadowing events Shadowing events *Conduct planned *Conduct planned Snapshot/Walkthrough Snapshot/Walkthrough classroom visits classroom visits *6 planned Instructional *6 planned Instructional Rounds to include Rounds to include teachers, administration, teachers, administration, and EL district staff and EL district staff *Conduct *Conduct PD/reflection/PLC to PD/reflection/PLC to analyze Shadowing & analyze Shadowing & Walkthrough data Walkthrough data