Becoming a 21st Century Learning Center

Hoke County Schools

Total Instructional Alignment
Presented by
Debbie Stanley, Instructional Alignment Specialist
9 12 English & Social Studies
Shannon R. Register, Instructional Alignment Specialist
9 12 Math & Science
Acknowledgment to: Lisa Carter, Total Instructional Alignment
From Standards to Student Success
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Objective
Moving Toward Total Instructional Alignment

Have Common Language Throughout the
District
Implement TIA Strategies

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Becoming a 21st Century Learning Center

Instructional
Practices
Assessment NCSCOS
System

Myth #1 (Alignment)
Instructional Alignment is Teaching the Test.

Instruction
Curriculum
Evaluation
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Evaluation
Curriculum
Instruction
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(Teaching the Test vs. Teaching the Tested Concepts)

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Strategies

Common Planning Time
(Discuss how you teach objectives and have honest
conversations)
Study Teachers Data Summary Report
Teachers Strengths
Rotation
Utilize DPIs website as a resource
Make data-driven instructional decisions (Benchmarks, tests,
quizzes, etc)
Write objective-based tests (Indicators)


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Myth #2 (Curriculum)
My textbook is my curriculum.


Mr. Status Quo, a third grade teacher at Like It Like It Is Elementary
School stated, Range, median, and mode are in chapter #3.

Surface Teaching
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Strategies

Use the NC Standard Course of Study
Follow the pacing guide
Have a minimum of three resources and/or supplementary materials
per grade level/subject
Research the NC Learn and NCDPI websites www.nclearn.org and
www.ncpublicschools.org

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Time = Constant Learning = Variable

Myth #3 (Instruction)
We can use the same old delivery methods to help
student meet or exceed rigorous standards.
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Time = Variable Learning = Constant
(Time to learn must vary with the needs of each student.)


Strategies

Rigorous Level of Questioning (Marzano)
Ask questions in more than one way
Differentiated Instruction & Cooperative Learning
Mnemonic Strategies
Self-reflection on teaching methods (give student surveys because
they are the customers)
Redo Policy

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Myth #4 (Assessment)
Standards and assessment stifle
teacher creativity.
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Textbooks stifle creativity!


While what we teach is important, how we
teach is just as crucial an element of
instructional alignment.

Creativity motivates students to learn.


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Strategies

Warm-up/Bellringers/Morning Work Reflect Data
Common Grading Scale/Rubric/Policies
Common Assessment on Chapter/Unit Tests
Collaborate on Quality of Assessments (Thinking Skills &
Objective Oriented)
Share sample student work
30% - 40% of ALL Assessments should Spiral Back
Conference with Students
Have students to predict their grade at the end of tests and give
reasons why
Give frequent informal assessments such as Ticket Out the Door,
Whiteboards, Inside/Outside Circle, Think-Pair-Share, etc

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Becoming a 21st Century Learning Center