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Perspectives from the NH SEA

Paul LeatherDeputy CommissionerNH Department of EducationNCSA 2016

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What Is Our Goal?Slide3

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1995 1998-04 2005 2006 2007-10 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Interest in Competency based transcripts --NHBIA

NH launches competency education pilot in 27 high schools

NH Rules require credit based on mastery of competencies by 2008

NGA Planning Grant awarded to NH to integrate ELOs with CBE

4 pilot NH HS given substantial financial support and TA by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation (NMEF) to develop comprehensive ELO/CBE programs

NH raises the compulsory age of education from 16 to 18, reducing the dropout rate to 1.26%, creating moral imperative to advance CBE

NH, VT, and RI pass joint resolutions to form the NESSC

NHDOE Task force to design a clear vision for a “fair and equitable” teacher evaluation system

NH is founding member of CCSSO Innovative Lab Network

ECS selects NH for Newman Innovation Award

The NHCBE is formed, supported by NMEF

The NHDOE Taskforce on Effective Teaching releases 2

nd

Report

NH Rules amended requiring CBE K-12, With Assistance from GSP

NMEF, Hewlett fund PACE Pilot development

USED approves PACE Pilot

ESSA passes with Innovative Demonstration modeled after PACE

Key Events Shaping NH Education:

Reaching Higher NH and NH Learning Initiative Formed

NH awarded NGA Grant to advance SCL

Barr

Foundation

supports Vision 2.0 via NHLI

NH Legislature includes CBE in statute, 193:HSlide4

Learning Opportunities

Student-centeredself-directed self-designedcollaborativeInternships

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one on one relationships with adult

mentors – giving back to the community

Treks

- Field experiences

Classes—co-designPersonalized Learning

and Choice – Knowledge, Skills, and Habits

Kim Carter, Principal, 2002 -- 2010

MONADNOCK COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, MC2Slide5

Elements impacting Policy and Practice

Minimum Standards of School Approval Revision, 2005 – Nick Donohue, Commissioner and Fred Bramante, Board Chairman:

Mastery of High School Competencies required to attain credit towards graduation

Extended Learning Opportunities for Credit tied to CBE – Local Policies Required

ELO/CBE Proof Point Project, 2008:

4 Core High Schools leading to 20 High Schools

Skunk Works Team – Kim Carter, Rose Colby, Joe DiMartino, Mariane Gfroerer

The ELO Coordinator

Dropouts Zero Out!Districts decide to go CBE, K-12 – Rochester, Sanborn, Epping

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Putting the Pieces Together

Investing in Deeper Educator Preparation, 2012:Center for Collaborative Education and National Center for Assessment

Quality Performance Assessment Cohorts

Re-up of Minimum Standards:

ELOs required

CBE K-12

Hewlett – Deeper Learning Meetings and Public Policy

51st

State Planning Group – Linda Darling-Hammond & Gene WilhoitCollaboratory – ILN and NGLC—Andy Calkins – New MetricsAssessment for Learning, ALPNH (and rest of the country) plans for the

Waiver4 districts ask – what about a new kind of assessment and accountability?

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What is PACE? – Water Tower Proposal!

The Problem: Your town’s population is predicted to increase over the next 3 years. As one of the town planners, you are asked to address this issue in terms of the town’s water supply. In order to meet the future needs of the town, you need to make a proposal to add a water tower somewhere on town property that will be capable of holding 45,000 ± 2,000 cubic feet of water. The town is looking for a water tower to contain the most amount of water while using the least amount of construction material.

Student Task

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Your

job is to prepare a proposal that can be submitted to the town planning committee

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Using your calculations of surface area and volume for the two designs, describe and analyze the characteristics that lead you to a final recommendation.

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Geometry PACE Common TaskSlide8

Solar Cooker MS Science

Task:

Essential Question:

How is energy transferred between places and converted between

types?

You

are working for a company that wants to find affordable and environmentally-friendly ways to reduce the need for wood and charcoal when cooking.

You

have been tasked to create a device that uses renewable energy. You and a group will research, design, build, and test a solar cooker, applying everything you have learned about energy this past quarter. Your

final goal is to change the temperature of a cup of water.

Standards:

NGSS 4-PS3-2: Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents and NGSS 4-PS3-4: Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

NGSS 4-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment. Standard calls for examples of renewable energy sources such as sunlight.NGSS 4-PS3-4:

passive solar heater that converts light into heat example.

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Accountability For Meaningful Learning In A 51st

State – State And Local Partnership:

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Locally selected assessments of student progress

(Performance Assessments and others)

CCR

Assessment Quality Assurance

(reviews local assessment

plans and delivery)

Disaggregated Data Slide10

Engaging The US Department Of Education – The Process

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PD

Design

Theory of Action

Implementation

NH ProcessSlide11

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What Was

NH’s

Message

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Aligned With the State’s

Vision

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Includes a

pre-K-20 visionSlide13

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Partners in the

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irst

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ear of the NH PACE Pilot

PACE Policy Committee

Sanborn

Rochester

Epping

Souhegan

Pittsfield

Monroe

Concord

Seacoast CharterSlide14

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In-state Partners:

Center for Assessment

New Hampshire Learning Initiative

Reaching Higher NH

National Partners:

Foundations

Center for Collaborative Education

Center for Innovation in Education/Stanford

Institutional Supports:

State Board

Governor’s Office

NH Legislature

Organization to PACE Scaling – Second Year

Implementing districts: PD in Calibration/scoring practices

Preparing for implementation: PD in Performance Assessment development and implementation

Planning Districts: developing CBE: Competencies, instruction, assessment, gradingSlide15

The Future – Vision 2.0 -- Designing an Integrative Solution

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(

Vertical

integration)

IHE

SEA

Region-

Network-Org

LEA

School

Classroom

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Horizontal

integration)

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– A Competency Based state, preK-20Slide16

Learnings From New Hampshire --

It takes time and it ain’t easy!It takes a Village – Everyone needs to be at the table, not on the menu!

Need to be mindful of where one is in the process and to take deliberate steps, always keeping in mind the system we are looking to create.

Champions, Champions, Champions!

Governors, Legislators, Chiefs can be Champions too!

It is all about improving the quality of learning!

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