CCSSO’s State Consortium on Educator Effectiveness
5th National Summit
Transforming Education Workforce Systems
April 14th-16th, 2015
Sheraton Atlanta Hotel
165 Courtland Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone 404.659.6500 – Fax: 404.524.1259
SCEE Summit Goals
Develop plans to work as a consortium to transform education workforce systems.
Build capacity to effectively implement initiatives to transform education workforce systems.
Make “State Connections” to create opportunities for collective impact.
Key Implementation Questions We Will Address
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What are we trying to do?
How are we planning to do it?
How can we work together to do it better?
At any given moment, how will we know whether or not we are on track? If not, what are
we going to do about it?
Summit Outcomes
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Provide feedback on the draft Framework for Transforming Education Workforce
Systems that will guide our consortium activities.
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Develop a deeper understanding of processes and tools to address various components
of implementation including:
o Assessing and using tools to make plans stronger
o Establishing routines to monitor progress and solve problems
o Ensuring quality feedback loops on implementation in the field
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Explore current national issues that impact educator workforce initiatives, including
equity and potential reauthorization of ESEA.
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Collaborate with state team members and across state teams to deepen understanding
of teacher and leader initiatives and increase opportunities for collective impact.
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Explore promising practices for teacher preparation policy, leader development,
assessing and improving instructional practice, and teacher leadership.
Monday, April 13th Pre-Summit Activities
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Equity Activities Registration
Grand Registration
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Buffet Breakfast
Salon A & B
Round 1
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Round 2
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
State Review Plans
Participating states will be notified of their meeting time and room
assignments.
Round 3
12:45 PM – 2:15 PM
Round 4
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Concurrent Breakout
Session
How Best to Leverage Existing Strategies and When to Create New
Ones
10:30 AM – 12:15 PM This session will focus on the process SEAs can use to determine
when they should incorporate existing strategies into their equity
repeated
plans and when they should consider creating new ones. During this
session, SEAs will learn how to determine if their current equity
1:15 PM – 3:00 PM
strategies can address the root causes they identified. We will also
examine the process for enhancing existing strategies, policies and
Athens
programs when they fall short of addressing root causes. Finally, we
will explore circumstances when developing new strategies, policies
and programs are necessary.
Rashidah Lopez Morgan, Equitable Access Support Network
Kevin Zimmer, TNTP
Judith Ennis, Center for Great Teachers and Leaders
Concurrent Breakout
Session
Partnering with SEAs to Review Root Cause Analysis and Strategies
This session will allow SEAs to work together to address areas of
10:30 AM – 12:15 PM development identified by their equity plan reviewers. During this
session, SEAs will select into either root cause analysis or strategy
repeated
development groups. The Equitable Access Support Network (EASN)
will facilitate cross-state conversations designed to improve each
1:15 PM – 3:00 PM
State’s plan and support discussions with root cause analysis or
strategy development tools created by the Reform Support Network
Augusta
and EASN.
Kate Sullivan-Frades, Equitable Access Support Network
Bill Horwath, Equitable Access Support Network
Concurrent Breakout
Session
Promising Practices in Stakeholder Engagement
This interactive session will allow SEA participants to share and
10:30 AM – 12:15 PM discuss the ways in which they are engaging key stakeholders in the
equity plan design process and explore strategies for ongoing
repeated
reporting after plan submission in June. Particular attention will be
directed at working with stakeholders in civil rights and community
1:15 PM – 3:00 PM
based organizations. State participants will also work with each other
to address the feedback they received on their draft equity plans.
Macon
Ellen Sherratt, Center for Great Teachers and Leaders
Concurrent Breakout Data Analysis Deep Dive
Session
In this hands-on session sponsored by the Data Use and Analysis CoP,
10:30 AM – 12:15 PM SEA participants will workshop the analyses they have conducted so
far in support of their plans. Participants will give each other
repeated
feedback, solve common challenges, and brainstorm areas for
additional exploration. Participants should bring a laptop--preferably
1:15 PM – 3:00 PM
with their equity data--and a few slides to show the group the results
of their analyses.
Valdosta
Andy Baxter, Vice President for Educator Effectiveness, Southern
Regional Education Board
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Buffet Lunch
Salon A & B
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
SCEE Summit Registration
Grand Registration
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
SCEE Leads Meeting invitation only
Dinner will be served.
Athens
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
SCEE Leads will prepare to facilitate their state teams during state
team time.
ISLLC Standards Review invitation only
Dinner will be served.
Augusta
Tuesday, April 14th Summit Day 1
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration
Grand Registration
7:00 AM - 7:55 AM
Buffet Breakfast
Salon D & E
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Welcome and Introduction to the Summit: Changing Our
Conversation
Salon A & B
Mary-Dean Barringer, CCSSO, Strategic Initiative Director
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM
Salon A & B
A Framework for Transforming Education Workforce Systems
Participants will become familiar with an assessment framework the
CCSSO Education Workforce Team is developing to support states in
achieving collective impact in improving components of education
workforce systems. Participants will also become familiar with plans
for using the tool to achieve success.
Holly Boffy, CCSSO, Program Director of Teacher & Leader
Development
8:45 AM - 9: 45 AM
Are We on Track?
Salon A & B
States will complete a self-assessment of one component of the
Framework for Transforming Education Workforce Systems to
become familiar with the tool in preparation for providing feedback
and planning future work.
Terry Janicki, CCSSO, Educator in Residence
Nick Rodriguez, U.S. Education Delivery Institute, K-12 Director
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Networking Break
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
"Deliverology": A Strategy for System Transformation
Salon A & B
This session will provide an introduction to "Deliverology" and how
its approach can be used by the consortium and individual states.
Nick Rodriguez, U.S. Education Delivery Institute, K-12 Director
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
State Connections for Collective Impact
Salon A & B
SCEE States were surveyed in the fall on teacher and leader initiatives
and combined that information with public information to identify
opportunities for collaboration. Through a partnership with
BloomBoard, the results are provided to states in an interactive tool
that highlights opportunities for states to work together on these
initiatives.
Karen Butterfield, CCSSO, Educator in Residence
Jason Lange, BloomBoard, CEO & Co-Founder
Molly Latinova, BloomBoard, Account Manager
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
ESEA Reauthorization: CCSSO’s Priorities
Salon A & B
This session will detail CCSSO’s Priorities for ESEA Reauthorization,
provide insight into the reauthorization process reauthorization, and
the potential impact on current state work.
Katrina Miller, CCSSO, Senior Program Associate
Chris Minnich, CCSSO, Executive Director
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Salon D & E
Buffet Lunch
State team members are encouraged to have lunch with their “State
Connections.”
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Concurrent Breakout
Session
Educator Preparation
Piedmont
Roadmap for Linking Student Growth to Educator Preparation
Programs to Inform Improvement
Participants will learn how various states have embarked upon
linking student growth data and other variables to educator
preparation programs. Using examples from North Carolina, Texas,
and Tennessee, the participants will discover different approaches in
creating data systems, lessons learned in the process, and how to use
the data for program improvement.
Rebecca Garland, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Nadja Young, SAS Institute, Education Specialist
Jill Leandro, SAS Institute, Project Manager
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Concurrent Breakout
Session
Educator Preparation
Augusta
Lessons from the Network for Transforming Educator Preparation
(NTEP): Successes, Challenges & Next Steps
Join members engaged in the NTEP as we spotlight success in
Connecticut and Massachusetts, collectively address challenges and
share what is planned for the next phase of NTEP and how more
states can join the work.
Mary-Dean Barringer, CCSSO, Strategic Initiative Director
Nancy Pugliese, Connecticut State Department of Education, Bureau
Chief
Heather Peske, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Associate Commissioner
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Concurrent Breakout
Session
Leadership &
Assessing &
Improving Practice
Salon A & B
Quality Feedback: Maximizing Leader Impact in Post-Observation
Conversations
Performance feedback during post-observation conferences is key to
promoting teacher growth. Done well, feedback motivates practice
improvement among teachers. In this interactive session, you will
review characteristics of quality feedback, and use the Instructional
Feedback Observation tool, a research-based tool developed by and
for principals that is being used for coaching and feedback to
principals and other school-level administrators in five states.
Tammie Knights, American Institutes for Research, Principal Technical
Assistance Consultant
Lisa Colon, Idaho State Department of Education, Educator
Effectiveness Coordinator
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Concurrent Breakout
Session
Assessing &
Improving Practice
Assessing & Improving Practice: Resetting the Conversation to
Continuous Improvement of Practice
States will discuss ways in which they are resetting their teacher
evaluation conversation from measurement of practice to continuous
improvement of practice.
Athens
Terry Janicki, CCSSO, Educator in Residence
Katie Rainey, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Director of
Educator Effectiveness
Stephanie Hirsch, Learning Forward, Executive Director
Barbara Murchison, California Department of Education,
Administrator of Title II Leadership Office
Linda Alder, Utah State Office of Education, Coordinator of Educator
Effectiveness
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Concurrent Breakout
Session
Answering the Challenges of Quality Clinical Preparation
Educator Preparation
Macon
The proposed Higher Education Act (HEA) Regulations have an
increased focus on quality clinical preparation being a core of preservice experiences. Based on this, what is the state’s role in shaping
clinical preparation standards and the faculty who provide those
services? This session will help states clarify next steps in shaping
educator preparation programs to improve the quality of clinical
preparation experiences.
Angie Andersen, CCSSO, Program Associate
Catherine Cullen, U.S. Education Delivery Institute, Engagement
Manager
Tim Dove, CCSSO, Educator in Residence
Dr. Laurie Henry, Department Chair, Curriculum & Instruction, The
University of Kentucky
Elizabeth Neal, Professional Development: Higher Education,
Maryland Department of Education
Angie Gant, Director of Educator Preparation Certification, Georgia
Professional Standards Commission
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Implementation: Elements of Delivery Planning
Concurrent Breakout
Session
Participants will consider how to create strong delivery plans. Key
questions include: What makes a good plan? What tools and
approaches can we use to strengthen planning?
Delivery
Nick Rodriguez, U.S. Education Delivery Institute, K-12 Director
Valdosta
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Break – Make your “State Connections!”
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
State team time
Room assignments
are on the app.
State teams will debrief how the breakout sessions relate to their
work, review the interactive tool to identify “State Connections,”
begin completing the self-assessment using the Framework for
Transforming Education Workforce Systems, and enter ratings and
rationale in the collection form.
The documents to guide this work can be found on the meeting app
in the corresponding state team time section.
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Association & Business Partners Meeting: Reflections, Reinvention?
How Can We Make SCEE Stronger?
Salon A & B
Participants from associations, business partners and other non-state
groups are invited to join a lively discussion to offer ideas, insights
and strategies as CCSSO revisits the structure of the SCEE network.
Mary-Dean Barringer, CCSSO, Strategic Initiative Director
Susan Taylor, CCSSO, Director of Grants Management and
Philanthropic Relationships
All CCSSO staff in attendance are invited.
Wednesday, April 15th Summit Day 2
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration
Grand Registration
7:00 AM - 7:50 AM
Buffet Breakfast
Salon D & E
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Planning for Equitable Access to Excellent Educators
Salon A & B
This panel of experts will share their experiences and advice for
developing plans for equitable access to excellent educators and
engage with the audience to determine where states expect to land
on key decisions.
Holly Boffy, CCSSO, Director of Teacher & Leader Development
Anita Bernhardt, Maine Department of Education, Director of
Standards & Instructional Support
Karli Saracini, Arkansas Department of Education, Director of the
Office of Educator Licensure
Ellen Sherratt, American Institutes for Research, Co-Deputy Director
of the Center for Great Teachers & Leaders
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
State Plans to Ensure Equitable Access to Excellent Educators
Salon A & B
Patrick Rooney, Deputy Director of the Office of State Support, United
States Department of Education
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Break – Make your “State Connections!”
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Promises Kept: State Action to Transform Educator Preparation
Salon A & B
In December 2012, a task force of chiefs within CCSSO released Our
Responsibility, Our Promise: Transforming Educator Preparation and
Entry into the Profession two years later, 45 states have taken action
on at least one of the recommendations. We’ll take stock of our
progress, talk about our state and organization priorities and learn
how three states created their roadmap to transformation.
Mary-Dean Barringer, CCSSO, Strategic Initiative Director
Penney McRoy, Georgia Professional Standards Commission,
Assistant Division Director for Educator Preparation
Leah Breen, Michigan Department of Education, Director of the Office
of Professional Preparation Services
Monica Beane, West Virginia Department of Education, Executive
Director of the Office of Professional Preparation
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Buffet Lunch
Salon D & E
State team members are encouraged to have lunch with their “State
Connections.”
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Concurrent Breakout
Session
Toward Trustworthy and Transformative Classroom Observations:
Progress, Challenges and Lessons in SREB States
Assessing &
Improving Practice
Savannah 1-2
As we move into the third year or so of states implementing their
evaluation systems we are seeing more states interested in moving
from teaching measurement systems to measure and support
systems. Participants will discuss ways in which states are resetting
teacher evaluation conversation from measurement of practice to
continuous improvement of practice.
Terry Janicki, CCSSO, Educator in Residence
Tysza Gandha, Southern Regional Education Board, Senior Research
Associate
Andy Baxter, Southern Regional Education Board, Vice President of
Educator Effectiveness
Todd Davis, Kentucky Department of Education, Assistant Director,
Division of Next Generation Professionals
Lynne Johnson, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction,
Director
Joseph Freed, Maryland State Department of Education, Professional
Development TPE
Frank Stetson, Maryland State Department of Education, Professional
Development TPE
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Concurrent Breakout
Session
Equity & Assessing &
Improving Practice
Teacher Development Across the Career
Strategic professional learning opportunities based on relevant data
points are the key to improving instructional practice. Explore how
State Teachers of the Year are supporting teacher development
throughout the career continuum so all kids have access to high
quality teachers.
Augusta
Karen Butterfield, CCSSO, Educator in Residence
Tim Dove, CCSSO, Educator in Residence
Jonathan Crossley, 2014 Arkansas State Teacher of the Year
Jennifer Dorman, 2015 Maine State Teacher of the Year
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Concurrent Breakout
Session
Educator Preparation
Piedmont
Ensuring Equitable Access to Highly Effective Teachers for Students
with Disabilities
The Collaboration for Effective Educator Development,
Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR) Center works with twenty
states partnering with state education agencies and higher education
institutions to transform educator preparation with a focus on
serving students with disabilities. Participants in this session will learn
about the work of CEEDAR, progress made, and best practices from
across the country in ensuring that students with disabilities have
access to highly effective teachers in every classroom, in every
school.
Katrina Miller, CCSSO, Senior Program Associate
Mary Brownell, University of Florida, Director of the CEEDAR Center
Lynn Holdheide, American Institutes of Research, Deputy
Director/Senior Technical Assistance Provider
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Concurrent Breakout
Session
Teacher Leadership
Macon
Leading from the Front of the Classroom: A Roadmap for Teacher
Leadership that Works
This session presents the research of Leading Educators and the
Aspen Institute on promising teacher leadership models at the state
and local level. These emerging models hold tremendous promise in
leveraging teacher leadership to increase instructional expertise,
build a culture of high expectations, and ultimately improve student
outcomes. Participants will assess the potential of state level
strategies to advance teacher leadership in their context.
Angie Andersen, CCSSO, Program Associate
Chong-Hao Fu, Leading Educators, Chief Program Officer
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Concurrent Breakout
Session
Delivery
Valdosta
Managing the Implementation of Initiatives
Participants will consider how to create strong performance
management routines to address important implementation
questions. At any given moment, how do you know if you’re on
track? What routines keep you focused on how your reform effort is
going?
Nick Rodriguez, U.S. Education Delivery Institute, K-12 Director
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Six Steps to Effective Feedback
Concurrent Breakout
Session
Leadership &
Assessing &
Improving Practice
Salon A & B
Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) is creating a leadership pipeline of
exceptional school leaders. Learn how the district has created tools,
designed and implemented professional learning for 160
administrators and coached and inspected observation and feedback
throughout the leadership pipeline. Participants will learn how TPS is
working to make observation and feedback a foundational piece in
supporting teacher and administrator growth and student
achievement and practice an observation and feedback cycle using
the “Six Steps to Effective Feedback.”
Jennifer Gripado, Tulsa Public Schools, Director of Leadership
Development
Jessica Haight, Tulsa Public Schools, Instructional Leadership Director
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Break – Make your “State Connections!”
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
State team time
Room assignments
are on the app.
State teams will debrief how the breakout sessions relate to their
work, complete the self-assessment using the Framework for
Transforming Education Workforce Systems and enter ratings and
rationale in the collection form.
The documents to guide this work can be found on the meeting app
in the corresponding state team time section.
Thursday, April 16th Summit Day 3
7:00 AM – 7:55 AM
Buffet Breakfast
Salon D & E
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Developing Leaders in Maryland
Salon A & B
This panel discussion will examine SEA strategies surrounding
leadership development, sustainability and the importance of a
growth model at all levels.
Tim Dove, CCSSO, Educator in Residence
Dave Volrath, Maryland State Department of Education
Elizabeth Neal, Maryland State Department of Education, Higher
Education
Tom DeHart, Maryland State Department of Education, Professional
Development: Promising Principals
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Salon A & B
Ilene Swirnow, Maryland State Department of Education, Director of
Leadership Development
Progress Tracking: A Methodology for Team Implementation
Participants will examine the development of the state team progress
tracker used by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education and how this structure facilitates
implementation of projects.
Tim Dove, CCSSO, Educator in Residence
Matt Deninger, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Planning & Implementation Coordinator
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Break – Make your “State Connections!”
9:45 AM - 10:50 AM
State team time
Room assignments
are on the app.
State teams will create action plans.
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Salon A & B
The documents to guide this work can be found on the meeting app
in the corresponding state team time section.
Consortium Status and Ideas for Next Steps
Participants will identify patterns in the state self-assessment data
and identify common areas of interest.
Nick Rodriguez, U.S. Education Delivery Institute, K-12 Director
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
A Teacher of the Year’s Perspective on the Importance of Education
Workforce Systems
Salon A & B
Amanda Miliner, 2015 Georgia State Teacher of the Year
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Salon A & B
Mary-Dean Barringer, CCSSO, Strategic Initiative Director
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Salon D & E
Box Lunch