Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) - PowerPoint Presentation

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Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Adoption and Implementation Workbook

Alissa

Peltzman

, Achieve, Vice President of State Policy & Implementation Support

February 18, 2014Slide2

The shifts that the standards will require in the classroom

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scale and complexity at which the shifts must take placeEquipping and motivating thousands of educators to change their day-to-day practicesEnsuring coherence with existing efforts to implement the Common Core State Standards or other College and Career Ready standards in ELA and Math

Challenges of implementation

Before they support adoption, policy-makers, educators, stakeholders, and the public will want a clear sense that your system will be able to meet these challengesIn particular, they will need to understand your plans and timeline for adoption and implementation, before implementation even begins

Implications for adoptionSlide3

Overview of the WorkbookSlide4

Critical steps for Adoption and Implementation of the NGSS

Designate a strategic leadership team,

Review capacity, and

Create a preliminary timeline

Define

your aspiration

Evaluate past and present performance

Determine the state’s role and approach to implementation

Set targets and trajectories

Develop a stakeholder engagement strategy

Establish routines and solve problemsSlide5

The workbook contains guidance, exercises, and templates for teams to use as they work through each stepSlide6

The diagnostic tool helps assess readiness

The diagnostic questions are available in the workbook on pages 13-16Slide7

Example: Defining an Aspiration Slide8

EXAMPLE: What is an aspiration and why does it matter?

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aspiration is a statement that clearly articulates your big-picture goal for NGSS implementation

Defining

an aspiration will help you:Build the necessary support and coalition for adoption and implementation

Ensure common focus and priorities across different stakeholder groupsDevelop your own deeper understanding

of the NGSS – one that will anchor decisions about strategy and implementation down the roadSlide9

A good aspiration will answer five questions

What are we trying to accomplish for our students and why?

How will we know that we have done it?What is holding us back from getting there?

Why and how are the NGSS essential to our success?How do the NGSS fit into our overall STEM agenda and more broadly the economic development and growth agenda for our state?

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What are we trying to accomplish for our students and why?

There are four common reasons to consider:

The economic imperative

The competition imperative

The equity imperative

The informed citizen imperative

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How will we know that we have done it?

In this step, establish

specific goals

for science education in the context of your overall goals for education in your state

A goal translates the vision defined previously into a series of specific measures

Some examples:

Increasing course-taking and passage rates for rigorous science courses at the high school level

Improving NAEP science proficiency or proficiency on internationally benchmarked science assessments (e.g. TIMSS)

Increasing proficiency over time on science assessments aligned to the NGSS

Closing equity gaps between disadvantaged students and their peers on any of the above measures

**See workbook p. 26 for more examples

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Once you have established your goals, reflect:

What are the

greatest areas of weakness

in current practice and instruction?

How will these things

stand in the way of achieving the broad vision you articulated?

What is holding us back from getting there?

Why and how are the NGSS essential to our success?

The first three questions set up the problem that NGSS can help solve – this question makes the solution explicit

This is an opportunity explain, in language that resonates in your state,

why the conceptual shifts in the NGSS are essential to improving student achievement

The answers to both questions should be informed by the

conceptual shifts

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K-12 science education reflects the real-world interconnections in scienceAll practices and crosscutting concepts are used to teach core ideas all yearScience concepts build coherently across K-12

The NGSS focus on a deeper understanding and application of contentScience and engineering are integrated in science education from K through 12Science standards coordinate with the CCSS in English language arts/literacy and mathematics

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How do the NGSS fit into our overall STEM agenda and more broadly the economic development and growth agenda for our state?

Consider how the NGSS fit into

your state’s broader STEM goals

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:K-12 goalsPostsecondary goalsEconomic goalsBusiness-related goals

This step is designed to improve the coherence of the STEM agenda across the state

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EXAMPLE Exercise: Articulating your NGSS vision

What

How

Materials

Consider the answers to the five questions for your state and record your responses on flipchart paper

What are we trying to accomplish for our students and why?

How will we know that we have done it?

What is holding us back from getting there?

Why and how are the NGSS essential to our success?

How do the NGSS fit into our overall STEM agenda and more broadly the economic development and growth agenda for our state?

In state teams

Template on workbook p. 29 or digital

copy

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TimeSlide15

Group Discussion & QuestionsSlide16

You can download the workbook at:

http://

www.achieve.org/publications/ngss-adoption-and-implementation-workbookQuestions about using the workbook or ideas for improving it?Alissa Peltzman, apeltzman@achieve.org

or 202-419-1573

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