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