Implementing and Sustaining a Standards-Based Learning System: Structures, Systems and Strategies (Post Pandemic)
WITH
Erma Anderson
EVerY SECOND MONDAY (WITH BREAKS FOR HOLIDAYS), 3:00-4:00pm (GMt+2)
OCTOBER 5, 2020 - FEBRUARY 22, 2021
WITH a culminating DISCIPLINARY LITERACY Summit MARCH 5-6, 2021
FOR SCHOOL TEAMS
REGISTRATION FOR THIS COURSE HAS CLOSED
Series Overview
COVID-19 has created numerous challenges for schools, but it has also demonstrated what we have always known: that international educators are creative and resourceful in continuation of their goal to provide equitable, rigorous learning opportunities—regardless of learning environment—for ALL students. As schools are reopening and adjusting to the new normal, sustaining a Standards-Based Learning System (SBLS) is critical, and will not happen by chance. It requires a plan.
This NESA Networked Learning Series on SBLS is an opportunity for school teams to learn, reflect, and share strategies. The emphasis will be on curriculum, instruction, assessment, and reporting. Since it will be delivered virtually, the program allows large school teams in their school locales to work together.
This offering is not a repeat of the January 2020 SBLS Summit in Muscat, Oman. It is an important extension of that conversation that will help teams dig deeper, reflect on the current context, and work together to sustain their SBLS.
Participants will earn a NESA Certificate of Completion.
Structure
The components of an SBLS will be addressed in 5 modules across 10 sessions.
Each module will contain:
- An overview of the component
- Continuum for team reflection
- Questions for guiding team reflection and discussion
- Readings and Research
Each module will span two sessions. The first session will be a 1-hour overview of the research underlying each component. Each team will then reflect and discuss using the guiding questions and continuum provided. The second 1-hour session will be for sharing and discussion across schools.
Disciplinary Literacy Summit
The Series will culminate with a Disciplinary Literacy Summit, MARCH 5-6, 2021.
Target Audience
School Teams (Applicable to: Directors, Principals, Directors of Teaching and Learning, Department Heads, Instructional Coaches)
Session Times
All sessions: 3:00-4:00pm GMT+2 (Athens, Greece time)
Session Dates
| October 5, 2020 |
| October 19, 2020 |
| November 2, 2020 |
| November 16, 2020 |
| November 30, 2020 |
| December 14, 2020 |
| January 11, 2021 |
| January 25, 2021 |
| February 8, 2021 |
| February 22, 2021 |
| March 5-6, 2021: Disciplinary Literacy Summit |
Modules
| SESSION |
MODULE |
TOPIC |
ESSENTIAL QUESTION |
| 1 |
Alignment |
Learning Progressions: Linking Curriculum Instruction & Assessment |
How are we using learning progressions to maximize the instructional value of our formative data? |
| 2 |
Assessing / Reporting |
Reporting: Making Data Informed Decisions |
What data is used to measure and report student progress? |
| 3 |
Professional Development |
Professional Development with the Student In Mind |
What data is used in the evaluation of the effectiveness of professional learning efforts? |
| 4 |
Monitoring & Program Evaluation / Leadership |
Monitoring & Measuring Program Impact on Student Learning |
What data is used to monitor and measure impact of programs on student learning?
|
| 5 |
Vision / Stakeholders |
Engaging Stakeholders with Your Vision |
How effective are we in engaging stakeholders in our vision of SBL? |
Erma Anderson
Science & Mathematics Consultant, including with the U.S. State Department's Office of Overseas Schools
@Shamber2ABOUT ERMA ANDERSON
Erma Anderson is a former high school physics and mathematics teacher and Albert Einstein Distinguished Fellow in the US Senate. She was a Senior Program Officer with the National Research Council assisting in the development of the National Science Education Standards and a Christa McAuliffe Fellow with the National Foundation for the Improvement of Education.
She has worked with the National Science Teachers Association on several projects including the Mentoring Initiative e-Mentoring for Student Success (eMSS), development of sciLINKS (www.sciLINKS.org), and Project Manager of Scope, Sequence and Coordination of Secondary School Science.
Registration Fees
All fees quoted are in US Dollars (USD), are per school, and include unlimited educator attendance.
- NESA Member School Team: $1000/school
- NESA Affiliate School Team: $1000/school
- Non-Member School Team: $1500/school