Marblehead Public Schools

2004-2006

Curriculum, Assessment, & Instructional Technology Blueprint Report

Ann Koufman-Frederick, April 2006

 

“Technology is the combination of human imagination and inventiveness, and the translation of ideas into reality using electronic tools”

--Dr. Edward Wenk, former Science Advisor to the White House, 1985

 

 

 

The use and integration of technology in the Marblehead Public Schools is multifaceted. It drives the learning and administrative functions of the school district and therefore is transparently incorporated into the daily work of students and faculty. The district aims to make the potential of information and communications technologies a reality. Our students and teachers are learning to integrate technology into their subject-specific classrooms and their use of the library. They are learning to use a variety of technologies to find information, evaluate bias and credibility, analyze data, synthesize and communicate ideas, solve problems, and collaborate with others. We are beginning to use online environments to organize and analyze student information and assessment results.

 

Curriculum renovations and initiatives K-12 are the result of the Assessment, Professional Development, and Instructional Technology programs. This report, Curriculum. Assessment, & Technology Blueprint, highlights specific projects as they relate to the district’s principal values. It updates the current work in curriculum, assessment, professional development, and instructional technology, as well as identifying next steps for the near future.

 

The Blueprint Goals each rely on the use of technology. They are also directly related to the district’s Principal Values in the following way:

 

·        Assessment Goal: Improve instructional practice and learning results with data-driven decisions.

                   Principal Values: Accountability, Academic Standards, Technology

 

·        Curriculum Application Goal: Improve student achievement by engaging teachers as instructional leaders; and, deepen student understanding with new tools for teaching and learning

Principal Values: Accountability, Academic Standards, Professional Development, Curriculum, and Technology

 

·        Collaboration Goal: Improve sharing of ideas and practices by nurturing a professional learning community.

Principal Values: Professional Development, Academic Standards, and Technology

 

·        Communication Goal: Facilitate easy access to school district information for faculty, students, parents and the community.

Principal Values: Accountability, Professional Development, and Technology

 

These Blueprint Goals were derived from the District’s Principal Values and are organized as an Educational Technology Hierarchy of Needs and Goals that target the ultimate goal of improving Learning Results. The Educational Technology Hierarchy of Needs and Goals begins with the foundational needs of Network Infrastructure & Hardware and Technical Services & Data. These functions support Communication, Collaboration, Curriculum Application and Assessment.

 

 


 

 

These Blueprint Goals and Principal Values and their strategies to achieve goal, criteria for success, primary participants, timeline, and status, provide a ‘blueprint” for success in the Marblehead Public Schools.

 

Please note, in the pages that follow:

 

  • Maroon text represents work since the last CAT update in October, 2005.

 

  • Blue text identifies “Principal Values” from the District Strategic Plan

 

 

 

 

 

Accountability and Academic Standards —

Assessment: Improve instructional practice and learning results with data-driven decisions.

Strategies to Achieve Goal

Criteria for Success

Primary Participants

Timeline

Status

Value-added Assessment Program

 

Northwest Evaluation Association: Measures of Academic Progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative Analysis of MAP

And MCAS

 

 

A.     Research and select appropriate assessment program

B.     Plan pilot program (including PD)

C.     Testing one grade (7th); work with MVMS teachers

D.     Plan 2005-2006 Implementation timeline (see Status)

E.      Ramp up pilot; test another grade (6th)

F.      Implement first full year

G.     Assessment of first full year and planning next school year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.     Collect data and prepare Excel analysis report format

B.     Include spring MAP data in Excel worksheet.

CAT,

Superintendent, Veterans/Village Principals, teachers, and specialists, Math/ELA CDs, MVMS ITS, Tech Director, Technicians

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAT, Curriculum

Directors

A.     Fall 2004

B.     Winter 2004

C.     March 2005

D.     Spring 2005

E.      June 2005 and summer

F.      Sept. 2005-June 2006

G.     Summer 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.  December 2005

B.  June 2006

C.  July 2006
A.     November 2004 - January 2005 - Investigated appropriate instructional tools (MassInsight)

§         March 2005 - Veterans teachers began MAP training

§         March 2005 - 7th (rising 8th) graders took MAP baseline  (Reading Comp., Lang. Usage, Math)

§         April 2005 - 7th grade teachers assess results & begin to implement appropriate planning & learning

§         May 2005 - Some 8th graders take Reading Comp. and Lang. Usage, for HS placement

§         May 2005 - Veterans teachers begin to interpret and use results

§         June 2005 - 6th (rising 7th ) graders take math survey goals

§         May-June 2005 - Plan implementation for Village (grades 6, 5, 4)

§         June & Sept/Oct - Village teachers begin MAP training

§         Summer – CAT and ITS took NWEA online courses, attended Stepping Stones to Data training.

§         Sept - Oct 2005 – 7th and 8th graders survey goals assessment in Reading Comprehension, Language Usage, and Math.

§         October – November 2005 - Village 4th-6thgraders survey goals assessment in Reading Comprehension, Language Usage, and Math.

§         Fall 2005 – June 2006 Veterans teacher teams using results to inform instruction.

§         Late fall – June 2006 Village grade level teams learning to interpret and use results.

§         January and/or March (TBD) benchmark assessments 7th and 8th grades. No benchmark taken due to scheduling difficulties.

§         June benchmark assessments 4th – 8h grades.

§         April 2005 - June 2006 Ongoing assessment and continuous use of results, teacher team-based professional development.

§         July 2006 - Evaluation of this MAP Assessment

 

A.      Excel worksheets designed and include fall MAP data.

 

Accountability, Academic Standards, Professional Development, and Curriculum —

Curriculum Application: Improve student achievement by engaging teachers as instructional leaders; and, deepen student understanding with new tools for teaching and learning.

Strategies to Achieve Goal

Criteria for Success

Primary Participants

Timeline

Status

Curriculum Mapping

A.     Content collected in consistent and appropriate form

B.     Devise project plan based on progress

C.     Curriculum maps in all subject areas K-12

D.     Curriculum maps accessible on district web site

E.      Program of Studies articulated for Village and Veterans

F.      Project plan developed for Discipline-specific articulation of technology integration

CAT, CDs, Principals/Asst. Principals, Superintendent

 

A.     Winter 2004- Spring 2005

B.     Summer 2005

C.     Fall 2005

D.     December 2005

E.      Nov- Jan 2006

F.      Sept – June 2006

A.     Village teachers met to develop and/or respond to existing maps. They edited existing maps in ELA, began to format maps in Math, Science, Fine Arts, P.E., and Social Studies.

B.     July worked with CDs to update curriculum documents.

C.     Summer Curriculum Mapping Study Group prepared curriculum maps and posted them at: http://www.marblehead.com/staff/latin/mapshome.htm

D.     Academic web pages, including maps, posted at marblhead.k12.ma.us

E.      Program of Studies completed and available in main offices of Village and Veterans, and at Admin. Veteran’s program of studies available on school website.

F.      Veterans 7th and 8th grade Social Studies teachers articulating technology integration in their curriculum mapping.

Student Technology Standards

A.     Media Literacy Curriculum developed and mapped

B.     Library Media Curriculum mapped

C.     Curriculum mapping aligned to ISTE student standards.

D.     Information and Communication Technology projects integrated in content areas.

CAT, Instructional Technology Specialist, Library Media Literacy Specialists

A.     Fall 2004- Spring 2006

B.     TBD

C.     TBD

A.     The first iteration of the 7th-8th Media Literacy Curriculum is under development.

B.     Not yet formally started. To be completed by Instructional Technology/Library Media Team

C.     Discussion with 4-6, 7-8, and 9-12, to be initiated.

 

Teacher/Administrator Technology Standards

A.     Staff  Instructional Technology Skills Needs Assessment planned

B.     Various Technology Professional Development programs planned and implemented school-based and district-wide

C.     New programming planned based on needs assessment and feedback from 2005-2006 PD

D.     Research and design Tech competency/Computer use in the classroom survey.

E.      Staff  Instructional Technology Skills Needs Assessment implemented

CAT, Instructional Technology Specialist, Library Media Specialists

Tech Liaisons

Professional Development Committee

A.     Spring 2005

B.     Summer 2005

C.     Fall 2005 - Spring 2006

D.     March 2006

E.      Sept 2006

 

A.     Appropriate assessment tools collected. One sur