Supporting++21st+Century+Learning+Communities

Supporting 21st Century Learning Communities Albemarle County Schools
 * Issues with children of color and low income achieving
 * Students do poorly when asked to apply knowledge
 * Trying to deal with asking students "why" rather than just recall
 * "New Standards Reference Exam" ?? Local?
 * Students who do well on this do well on SOL tests, but not the other way around
 * Assumptions
 * The 21st Century is different
 * Children are different
 * Students want to team
 * Teaching and Learning is different
 * Principal
 * Gap in black and white single digit in 6(?) tests
 * Monticello high school ??
 * Used Framework for Quality Learning
 * Developed Lifelong Learning Standards
 * Integrated approach to the curricular areas
 * Incorporate the lifelong learning standards into units
 * Use national standards also
 * Sounds like uBd also
 * Had data but hard time manage it
 * Assessment piece was a large piece. Not sure if he means local ones
 * New teacher Performance Appraisal model is about teacher growth
 * 6 domains
 * 18 total standards
 * Have walk throughs in classrooms…
 * Minimum of 5 per semester
 * Record in palm pilot and then download in office
 * Something like a 5 minute walk through
 * Not a real good tool if a teacher is having difficulties
 * One of the teachers goals has to be about data and student achievement
 * Had lots of data that needed to get to staff in a useable way
 * And voila…..SchoolNet
 * Talked about their implementation of it
 * Appeared to roll out more aggressively than we did
 * Division is pulling back on some site based things
 * Sounds like there were concerns with the division staff
 * Need to share a sense of mission
 * Build capacity
 * Engage
 * Work together
 * Support the line