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The South Central Comprehensive Center is one of four Comprehensive Centers, including the North Central Comprehensive Center, Northwest Comprehensive Center, West Comprehensive Center, and Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation, which receive additional funding to support Indian education as a priority. The Midwest Comprehensive Center also participated in this collaborative as a non-funded NACIE Center. These Centers met in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on June 3-4, 2015, to support collaboration among each Center's Indian Education Regional Advisory Committees. The convening was hosted by the South Central Comprehensive Center at the Oklahoma History Center. This convening serves as a follow-up to a previous meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, where two areas of focus (teacher/leader effectiveness and turning around low-performing schools) were identified as high priorities for the collaborative work. This convening continued to build on the work in each region to promote changes in the educational system at all levels (state education agency (SEA), local education agency (LEA), and school) as centers work to scale-up and sustain innovative and research-based practices supporting American Indian student achievement. Approximately 50 participants from across the western U.S. gathered to share information, discuss potential collaboration, and common concerns for their American Indian students. The Centers worked together to plan and organize this convening and engaged Regional Advisory Committees, ED/SEA/Comprehensive Center/Indian and tribal education staff members, practitioners, researchers, SEA Indian Education Directors, elected tribal leaders, institutions of higher education professors, Indian Education consultants, and partners in rich discussions about what is working and how to make a difference in the lives of American Indian students to close the achievement gap.

The South Central Comprehensive Center (SC3), Anadarko Public Schools (APS), and University of Virginia Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education (UVA-PLE) hosted a webinar about "Turning Around Low Performing Schools with Significant American Indian Student Populations" on Monday, April 6, 2015. APS presented about its successful experience in turning around low performing schools with significant populations of American Indian students. Unique roles of Indian Education Coordinators in supporting turnaround of schools with significant populations of American Indian students was also discussed, along with similar and different approaches used in other schools in Indian Country. The goals of this webinar were to increase knowledge of key components in school turnaround work, understand the impact of the role of Indian Education Coordinators in supporting school turnaround, and understand how to apply the key components of turnaround in a school or district with a significant population of American Indian students, as well as all other groups of students. This webinar is a part of the Cross-center Indian Education Collaborative.

SC3 is collaborating with National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Research, Data, and Policy Director Dawn Mackety, Northern Michigan University's Martin Reinhardt, and Tribal Education Departments National Assembly (TEDNA) Executive Director Quinton RomanNose to address issues related to the role of tribal education departments in partnership with state education agencies (SEAs) in light of the State and Tribal Educational Partnership (STEP) Pilot Project currently being implemented in Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, and Oklahoma. This webinar is part of a series of Indian education webinars designed to increase awareness of issues related to the academic success of American Indian students in the SC3 region. "Tribal Education Departments and State Education Agencies: Partnerships Impacting Native Education" was presented on Wednesday, April 25, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. CT.

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, in collaboration with the Central Comprehensive Center (C3) at the University of Oklahoma, is pleased to offer a webinar series of professional learning experiences. This 90-minute interactive webinar entitled Culture and its Impact on Academic Achievement will focus on strengthening the knowledge and understanding of cultural awareness to improve academic achievement of all students. This webinar will take place on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. CT. 

This face-to-face presentation was made to the Community of Practice established between LDE leadership, Points of Contact, and SC3. The topic is instructional strategies for ELL students.

This face-to-face presentation was made to the Community of Practice established between LDE leadership, Points of Contact, and SC3. The topic is ELLs with exceptional needs.

This is the third webinar of the Community of Practice established between LDE leadership, Points of Contact, and SC3. The topic is Second Language Acquisition. This webinar is part of a series of 12 presentations to support LDE in its ELL Program.

This is the second webinar of the Community of Practice established between LDE leadership, Points of Contact, and SC3. The topic is Law and Policy Part 2. This webinar is part of a series of 12 presentations to support LDE in its ELL Program.

This is the first webinar of the Community of Practice established between LDE leadership, Points of Contact, and SC3. The topic is Law and Policy Part 1. This webinar is part of a series of 12 presentations to support LDE in its ELL Program.

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Thank you for participating in the "Moving Toward a Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: A Call for Action" webinar series on providing a framework for SEAs to support LEAs and schools to transform teaching ensuring academic achievement for ALL STUDENTS. We enjoyed sharing this webinar "Cultivating Equity-oriented Educators: What SEAs Can do to Promote Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Practices at the LEA Level" (recoded below) with you and your colleagues on December 5, 2017.

Thank you for your interest in the webinar seminars "Moving Toward a Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: A Call for Action" on providing a framework for SEAs to support districts and schools to transform teaching ensuring academic achievement for ALL STUDENTS. We look forward to sharing this webinar "Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: An Effective Tool in Systemic School Transformation under ESSA" with you and your colleagues on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at 2:00-3:30 p.m. CT.

C3 and SC3 planned and delivered a day and a half seminar to invited state leadership focused on valuing equity and diversity in public education.  The purpose of the seminar was to develop a better understanding of the compeling national interest in equity and diversity and its importance in public education at state and local levels. The seminar featured keynote speaker, Dr. Paul Gorski, a leading national expert in equity and diversity issues in education from the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason University. Content experts from the Midwest Equity Assistance Center, and the South Central Collaborative for Equity presented current trends and issues, facilitated follow-up discussions, and participated in a panel discussion with follow-up intra- and inter-states discussions.

Donna Richardson, Paul Gorski, and Belinda Biscoe Boni

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's (DESE's) Office of Educator Quality continues efforts to address the challenges of educator equity effectively.  One of the state's goals is to provide an effective educator to every student in the state.

The Central Comprehensive Center (C3), in partnership with DESE, the Midwest Equity Assistance Center (MEAC) and the Penn Valley Metropolitan Community College, is hosting an Equity Leadership Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, that will provide an opportunity for dialogue between and among stakeholders in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area to identify equity issues and seeking solutions to the educator equity gap in Kansas City schools.

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's (DESE's) Office of Educator Quality continues efforts to address the challenges of educator equity effectively.  One of the state's goals is to provide an effective educator to every student in the state.

DESE, in partnership with the Central Comprehensive Center (C3) and the Midwest Equity Assistance Center (MEAC), is hosting an Equity Leadership Meeting in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, that will provide an opportunity for dialog between and among stakeholders in Southern Missouri. Key concepts for this meeting include the following:

• Equitable access to excellent educators
• Recruitment and retention of highly qualified educators
• Strengths and needs of rural educators, students, parents, and community
• Best practices to address issues and trends

Participants will leave this meeting with a better understanding of the following:

• Perspectives in educational equity in Southern Missouri
• Strategies to improve equitable access to excellent educators for all Missouri students
• Causes and strategies impacting education to include environmental factors, institutional issues, and workforce issues
• Relevant and effective preparation of teachers and leaders
• Strategies for recruitment and retention of highly qualified teachers and leaders
• Options for ongoing professional development and support to current educators in the field

C3, SC3, and GTL Center hosted a webinar on Thursday, December 18, 2014, "State Plans to Ensure Equitable Access to Excellent Educators." States learned about resources for the 2015 Educator Equity Plan. Webinar content included a presentation by the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders with an overview of the guidance from the U. S. Department of Education. For more resources go to www.gtlcenter.org.

Sponsored by the South Central Comprehensive Center and the Oklahoma State Department of Education, this full-day workshop will provide participants with the knowledge and skills to implement Dr. Robert Marzano's Six-Step Process for Building Academic Vocabulary.  This workshop is scheduled from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM on Friday, September 27, 2019, at Gordon Cooper Technology Center, 1 John C. Bruton Boulevard, Shawnee, OK 74804.

Learner Outcomes for this workshop include:

·         Learning a process for creating a list of essential academic and content-specific terms and phrases to use in direct instruction of English language arts,

          mathematics, science, and other content areas;

·         Creating systems to assess and track students’ vocabulary knowledge over time;

·         Acquiring a six-step process for effective vocabulary instruction;

·         Practicing teaching each of the six steps; Integrating engaging and motivational techniques such as games, technology, and graphic organizers; and

·         Gaining practical suggestions for improving vocabulary instruction at all levels.

This workshop is open to the first 50 registrants.

The South Central Comprehensive Center (SC3) at the University of Oklahoma will host the Arkansas Community of Practice (CoP) Discussion for the Office of Innovation in Education (OIE) at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville and the Arkansas Department of Education-Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (ADE-DESE) Office of Educator Effectiveness.

For a day-and-a-half, participants will engage in vigorous inquiry into how social learning theory and the principles of communities of practice could enhance opportunities for educators to learn from one another, particularly in Schools of Innovation and districts implementing Opportunity Culture.

The idea for this professional learning opportunity was birthed out of ongoing, parallel discussions about how SC3 could best support ADE-DESE’s Office of Educator Effectiveness, the OIE, and OIE’s partners at ADE-DESE.  Both of these offices have discussed with SC3 their desires to expand support for educators who are currently serving in either a district implementing Opportunity Culture or a School of Innovation.  SC3 believes the principles of communities of practice could serve as a foundation to enhance the support provided by ADE-DESE and OIE, and professional learning based on social learning theory could provide the structure for facilitating cross-pollination of innovative practices and improved student outcomes!

The preliminary schedule is:

Wednesday, September 25

8:15 – Check-in

8:30 – Session 1 with a break

12:30 – Lunch on your own

1:30 – Session 2 with a break

5:00 – Adjourn

Thursday, September 26

8:30 – Session 3 with a break

12:30 – Adjourn

As a follow-up to the Next Generation Professional Learning for Impact© (NGPLI) Cross-state Convening in May, SC3 will reconvene the Oklahoma participants to share your experiences with implementing an NGPLI practice and the results from that experience. 

NGPLI practices provide educators with the types of learning experiences that are likely to result in effective instruction and positive impact on student outcomes.  We all want to learn from one another about how the practices we are implementing are changing instruction and student outcomes. 

In this convening, SC3 and Oklahoma participants will use a social learning construct to engage in vigorous inquiry into the next generation of professional learning.  We will use a collaborative, problem-solving format to dig deeply into the topics introduced previously.  Topic groups will commit to further implementation of our prior hypotheses or generate new hypotheses to offer more effective professional learning practices based on our collective expertise.

Teacher Advancement and Teacher Leadership as Equity Strategies

September 19, 3:30-5:00 p.m. CT / 2:30-4:00 p.m. MT

C3 and SC3 will facilitate discussion of SEA staff members responsible for ESSA Implementation & Equity as part of the 2019 Series of ESSA & Equity CoP Conversations.  This session will focus on "Teacher Advancement and Teacher Leadership as Equity Strategies."  The State Education Agencies in Arkansas, Colorado, and Oklahoma will serve as discussion starters by sharing strategies they have implemented, including those supported by C3/SC3, and by asking questions of other States.

C3 and SC3 will facilitate discussion of SEA staff members responsible for ESSA Implementation & Equity as part of the 2019 Series of ESSA & Equity CoP Conversations. This session will focus on "Improving Student Success by Reducing Chronic Absenteeism." A team from the Oklahoma State Department of Education will serve as discussion starters by sharing strategies they have implemented and by asking questions of other States.

SC3 is hosting professional learning on Visible Learning applied research and practice for mathematics to build human capacity of OSDE Office of School Support and Improvement, affiliated department staff members and designated school teams. 

September 10, 2019

8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Embassy Suites by Hilton Oklahoma City Downtown Medical Center, 741 Phillips Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Professional learning for OSDE staff members on use of Visible Learning applied research and practices to develop systems and supports for literacy instruction in comprehensive school improvement sites. The session will be facilitated by Dr. Connie Hamilton, who provides workshops through Corwin Press on Visible Learning for Literacy and Mathematics, Text Dependent Questioning, Gradual Release of Responsibility, Feedback, Formative Assessment, Guided Reading, Collaborative Conversations, and more.

September 9, 2019

8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Embassy Suites by Hilton Oklahoma City Downtown Medical Center, 741 Phillips Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

SC3 provided customized coaching of coaches support to 25 OSDE Office of School Support & Improvement, Special Education, Curriculum, Assessment and Accreditation staff members using the GROWTH coaching system framework.

Supporting Personalized Learning and School Redesign as Equity Strategies

August 22, 2019 at 2:30-4:00 p.m. CT / 1:30-3:00 p.m. MT

The Central and South Central Comprehensive Centers (C3/SC3) at the University of Oklahoma Outreach will facilitate discussion of SEA staff members responsible for ESSA Implementation & Equity as part of the 2019 Series of ESSA & Equity Community of Practice Conversations. This session will focus on supporting districts and schools with personalized learning and school redesign. The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) will serve as a discussion starter by sharing strategies KSDE has implemented, including those supported by C3, and by asking questions of other States.

Equity Labs as an Equitable Access Strategy

July 31, 2019 at 2:30-4:00 p.m. CT / 1:30-3:00 p.m. MT

The Central and South Central Comprehensive Centers (C3/SC3) at the University of Oklahoma Outreach will facilitate discussion of SEA staff members responsible for ESSA Implementation & Equity as part of the 2019 Series of ESSA & Equity Community of Practice Conversations. This session will focus on supporting districts and schools with equitable access to excellent educators via Equity Labs. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) will serve as a discussion starter by sharing strategies DESE has implemented, including those supported by C3, and by asking questions of other States.

Supporting Districts and Schools with Serving English Learners

June 13, 2019 at 2:30-4:00 CT / 1:30-3:00 MT

The Central and South Central Comprehensive Centers (C3/SC3) at the University of Oklahoma Outreach will facilitate discussion of SEA staff members responsible for ESSA Implementation & Equity as part of the 2019 Series of ESSA & Equity Community of Practice Conversations. This session will focus on supporting districts and schools with serving English Learners. The Louisiana Department of Education will serve as a discussion starter by sharing strategies LDOE has implemented, including those supported by SC3, and by asking questions of other States.

Sponsored by the South Central Comprehensive Center and the Oklahoma State Department of Education, this full-day workshop will provide participants with the knowledge and skills to implement Dr. Robert Marzano's Six-Step Process for Building Academic Vocabulary.  This workshop is scheduled from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at Moore Norman Technology Center South Penn Campus, 13301 South Pennsylvania, Oklahoma City, OK 73170.

Learner Outcomes for this workshop include:

• Learning a process for creating a list of essential academic and content-specific terms and phrases to use in direct instruction of English language arts, mathematics, science, and other content areas;
• Creating systems to assess and track students’ vocabulary knowledge over time;
• Acquiring a six-step process for effective vocabulary instruction;
• Practicing teaching each of the six steps; Integrating engaging and motivational techniques such as games, technology, and graphic organizers; and
• Gaining practical suggestions for improving vocabulary instruction at all levels.

This workshop is open to the first 100 registrants.

Sponsored by the South Central Comprehensive Center at the University of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Department of Education, this full-day workshop will provide training in introducing and implementing Dr. Robert Marzano's Six-Step Process for Building Academic Vocabulary.  This event is scheduled from 8:30 AM until 3:30 PM on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at Indian Capital Technology Center, 2142 Mahaney Avenue, Tahlequah, OK, 74464.

Learner Outcomes for the workshop include:

• Learning a process for creating a list of essential academic and content-specific terms and phrases to use in direct instruction of English language arts, mathematics, science, and other content areas;
• Creating systems to assess and track students’ vocabulary knowledge over time;
• Acquiring a six-step process for effective vocabulary instruction;
• Practicing teaching each of the six steps;
• Integrating engaging and motivational techniques such as games, technology, and graphic organizers; and
• Gaining practical suggestions for improving vocabulary instruction at all levels.

This workshop is open to the first 100 registrants.

Next Generation Professional Learning for Impact© (NGPLI) practices provide educators with the types of learning experiences that are likely to result in effective instruction and positive impact on student outcomes.

On May 8-9, 2019, SC3 and state teams will use a social learning construct to engage in vigorous inquiry into the next generation of professional learning.  Cross-state groups will use a collaborative, problem-solving format to introduce and explore topics of interest.  Topic groups generated hypotheses to offer more effective professional learning practices based on their collective expertise.

Supporting 1003 Schools (Comprehensive & Targeted Support and Improvement [CSI/TSI]) with an emphasis on Serving Students with Disabilities
February 27, 2019, 1:00-2:30 p.m. CT / Noon-1:30 p.m. MT
The Central and South Central Comprehensive Centers (C3/SC3) at the University of Oklahoma welcome you to the first conversation in the 2019 Series of ESSA & Equity Community of Practice discussions.  The Arkansas Department of Education will serve as Discussion Starter to engage participants from all seven states in the C3/SC3 regions in a discussion about meeting the needs of these schools and the districts within which they reside.

Register now for all five days of the Intensive Coaching Institute, five days of professional learning, and capacity building support for the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) Office of School Support and other OSDE staff members provided by the South Central Comprehensive Center (SC3) at the University of Oklahoma in collaboration with the Instructional Coaching Group (ICG) to build deep knowledge and skills in six essential domains: (1) adult learning (2) an instructional coaching cycle, (3) using video recordings to gather data, (4) instructional practices described in an instructional playbook, (5) communication skills, and (6) leadership skills. This institute lays the foundation for additional work with ICG to (1) learn how to apply all of the coaching coaches' tools that have been developed by the Instructional Coaching Group, (2) develop specific plans for supporting coaches and educating others in school districts, and (3) learn and share with others who are developing or supporting coaches.

All events will be in Conference Room A of the Thurman J. White Forum Building, 1704 Asp Avenue, on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman.

Day 1 November 13
Day 2 November 14
Day 3 November 26
Day 4 November 27
Day 5 November 28

Two-day professional learning opportunity for the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) Office of School Support and Improvement staff members and other select agency staff with FOCUSED SCHOOLS. This meeting will increase knowledge and skills and provide tools to identify data-based improvement priorities and establish a schoolwide instructional focus to drive comprehensive school improvement planning and implementation.

The Central and South Central Comprehensive Centers' (C3/SC3) Formative Assessment Bi-Regional Advisory Board, in partnership with the Center on Standards and Assessment Implementation (CSAI), presented a fourth and final Setting the Stage for Formative Assessment informational webinar, entitled Setting the Stage for Formative Assessment: The Classroom Teacher's Role. This webinar is targeted to classroom teachers and instructional coaches, as well as administrators and district leaders in C3/SC3 states. Learning goals of the webinar include understanding what formative assessment is and the elements of formative assessment; learning how teachers can establish the culture, climate, and structures of effective implementation of formative assessment; and building teachers’ capacity of formative assessment implementation, including knowing where to find resources to begin formative assessment implementation.
 
The last webinar of this series aims to help participants:

• Understand what formative assessment is and
• Learn how teachers can begin to implement formative assessment practices.

The Central and South Central Comprehensive Centers' (C3/SC3) Formative Assessment Bi-Regional Advisory Board, in partnership with the Center on Standards and Assessment Implementation (CSAI), presented a third Setting the Stage for Formative Assessment informational webinar, entitled Setting the Stage for Formative Assessment: School Leadership's Role. This webinar is targeted to school level leaders,, including administrators and teacher leaders.  Learning goals of the webinar include knowing what formative assessment is and why it is important, considering school leadership roles in implementing formative assessment, knowing what formative assessment programs are available, learning about ways to support teachers in formative practices, and considering vision and planning practices that support school implementation of formative assessment.
 
The third webinar of this series aims to help participants:

• Understand what formative assessment is and
• Learn how school leaders can support formative assessment.

On August 8, 2018, C3 and SC3 will host the sixth annual Regional Advisory Board Meeting in an online format! 

The theme, Equitable Choices + Empowered Voices = Student Success, will allow RAB members to focus on what states, districts, and schools are and should be doing to promote student success for the unique and diverse students of each state.

Purposes:

• Build regional stakeholders’ awareness of how State Education Agencies (SEAs) are advancing student success by leveraging state initiatives and the provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to meet the unique and diverse needs of students at the state and local levels.
• Engage regional stakeholders in essential conversations regarding:

o   the meaning of “student success,”

o   how to measure student success,

o   the potential of state-specific student success initiatives, and

o   each stakeholder’s contributions and impact on student success.

• Cultivate a community of regional stakeholders engaged in continued discussions to explore policies, practices, and actions to support all learners.
• Gather input from RAB members that informs the centers’ work to promote progress of today’s learners.

C3 and SC3 will facilitate a conversation between states to discuss implementation of the ESSA State Plans, focused on Teacher Recruitment Strategies.

Purposes:

• Communicate state education agency (SEA) successes with Teacher Recruitment Strategies;
• Discuss how SEAs are supporting district teacher recruitment and/or enhancing interest in the profession of education;
• Share how ESSA Plans, Title II funds, and state initiatives are supporting work to improve instruction and equitable access to excellent educators; and
• Determine opportunities for C3 and SC3 to provide technical assistance (TA) to build greater capacity for SEAs to develop and implement ESSA State Plans.

The Central and South Central Comprehensive Centers' (C3/SC3) Formative Assessment Bi-Regional Advisory Board, in partnership with the Center on Standards and Assessment Implementation (CSAI), presented a second Setting the Stage for Formative Assessment informational webinar entitled Setting the Stage for Formative Assessment: District Leadership's Role. This webinar is targeted for school district central office staff members who have responsibilities for standards-aligned curriculum and instruction, assessment, special populations, professional learning, school improvement, ESSA implementation, and state education agency staff members whose work with districts has direct impact on teaching, learning, student achievement, and student growth.
 
The second webinar of this series aims to help participants:

• Understand what formative assessment is, its role in a comprehensive assessment system, and its relationship to student outcomes, 
• Learn how to develop a vision and long-term plan for formative assessment implementation in your district, and
• Learn how district leaders can establish the culture, structures, and supports for effective professional learning about formative assessment.

Join SC3 and ADE team members as we dig into Strategic Performance Management (SPM) processes and leveraging the strategic plan to accomplish ADE's Vision for Excellence in Education!

Purposes: 

• Offer an in-depth opportunity to learn or review SPM processes and ADE’s Vision for Excellence in Education (a.k.a. strategic plan)
• Deepen understanding of the critical components of SPM processes, ADE’s history in developing the strategic plan, and how to leverage SPM processes and the strategic plan to accomplish the Vision
• Establish procedures for enhancing agencywide implementation and modification of SPM processes to meet ADE needs
• Provide leadership opportunities for ADE team members to share how they have used SPM as a tool to implement the Vision and focus their daily work in support of districts, schools, and families  

C3 and SC3 will facilitate a conversation among states to discuss development, refinement, and implementation of the ESSA State Plans.

Purposes:

• Communicate state education agency (SEA) successes with initial implementation of ESSA State Plans.

• Review recent analyses and reports of ESSA State Plans: Education Week, National Center for Teacher Quality, Fordham Institute, Alliance for Excellent Education, and others.

• Determine opportunities for C3 and SC3 to provide technical assistance (TA) to build greater capacity for SEAs to develop and implement ESSA State Plans.

The Central and South Central Comprehensive Centers' (C3/SC3) Formative Assessment Bi-Regional Advisory Board, in partnership with the Center on Standards and Assessment Implementation (CSAI), planned, provided content, and delivered the first of four Setting the Stage for Formative Assessment informational webinars, entitled Setting the Stage for Formative Assessment: The State Agency's Role. This webinar focuses on how the state educational agency can support statewide implementation of high-quality formative assessment by fulfilling their role in setting the stage for formative assessment at the local level.
 
The first webinar in this series aims to help participants:

• Understand how formative assessment fits into a comprehensive assessment system,
• Define formative assessment as an instructional practice,
• Illustrate the formative assessment process as it is implemented during the school year, and
• Explain how formative assessment is represented in ESSA.

C3 and SC3 are hosting an opportunity for state teams developing Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Consolidated State Plans to share their successes, challenges, and possible solutions with one another as a peer learning community.

SC3 is hosting an opportunity for state teams implementing Equitable Access to Excellent Educators Plans to share their successes, challenges, and possible solutions with one another as a peer learning community.  States from both the C3 and SC3 regions are invited to participate, along with guests from Content Centers, Equity Assistance Centers, and other providers from the National Technical Assistance Network.

This 30-minute webinar will provide an overview of the Kansas Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS) Integrated Framework.  The Kansas MTSS Integrated Framework combines academic, social, and behavioral supports. As part of this integrated approach, screening and assessment systems are utilized to support early detection efforts across the early childhood through college and career ready continuum, as well as providing accurate assessment of student performance over time. 

This webinar is especially for SEA staff members who work directly with PK-12 Educators – teachers, administrators, counselors, etc. - with responsibilities or an interest in ways to support children and youth using an integrated academic, social, and behavioral framework.  Also welcomed and encouraged to join the webinar are those who support educators at institutes of higher education responsible for educator preparation.

Back by popular demand, the Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, with its co-sponsors, the Central and South Central Comprehensive Centers at the University of Oklahoma, invite all Content and Regional Comprehensive Center staff members to register and participate in a collaborative professional learning and planning opportunity to maximize and integrate services for Year 5. The meeting is scheduled for July 20-22, 2016, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Do you have questions about transitioning to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)?

SEA teams are invited to participate in the following webinar

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA):  The Old, the New, and the Decision Points for State Education Agencies (SEAs)

Monday, June 27, 2016

2:00 – 3:30 p.m. CT / 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. MT

Presentation by Julia Martin of Brustein & Manasevit, PLLC

sponsored by the Central and South Central Comprehensive Centers (C3 and SC3) at the University of Oklahoma (OU)

serving Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri (C3), and Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma (SC3)

Presenter Experience

• Brustein & Manasevit is a nationally known law firm with expertise in federal education law.
• Attorney Julia Martin has been the Legislative Director for Brustein & Manasevit since 2011, has presented to thousands of educators on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), and has maintained relationships with members of Congress and the U.S. Department of Education throughout reauthorization.

Webinar Outline

• Presentation of some of the finer points of ESSA
• Questions and answers
• Opportunity to discuss decision points with other SEA leaders and staff members

Intended Audience

• SEA leadership
• SEA staff members working in any area impacted by ESSA

The Central Comprehensive Center (C3) and South Central Comprehensive Center (SC3) at the University of Oklahoma along with Center on Standards and Assessment Implementation (CSAI) at WestEd hosted a meeting entitled Supporting Instruction and Formative Assessment for College and Career Ready Standards, in Norman, Oklahoma on Jan. 13-14, 2016.  State education agency leadership/staff members responsible for assisting school districts’ efforts regarding standards, curriculum, instruction, and assessment, including specialists in content areas, English language learning, special education, and Indian education were invited to participate.  During the professional learning opportunity, participants increased their knowledge of formative assessment best practices, developed their awareness of resources that can help SEAs support systemic implementation of college and career ready instruction and formative assessment in districts, and built their readiness to sustain professional learning for college and career ready standards instruction and formative assessment.

The Central and South Central Comprehensive Centers will be co-hosting the Joint Center Planning Meeting (Year 4) on August 4-5, 2015, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Building State Capacity and Productivity Center at Edvance Research, Inc., the Center on Innovations in Learning, and the Center on School Turnaround will use this meeting is to assist with the preparation of Year 4 plans, identify content initiatives to engage in jointly, and determine ways that Content and Regional Centers can enhance working together most effectively and productively. 

Also, regional comprehensive centers (RCCs) will have the opportunity to take full advantage of the ideas, materials, and tools used to create and build state capacity.  This collaboration will make for an interesting and convenient meeting.  All Content and Comprehensive Center Directors/Co-Directors, as well as key staff and center liaisons are welcome to attend, as we all continue to plan for Year 4.

Register for the meeting now here: https://registration.occe.ou.edu/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=10&ct=PART&eventid=7332

The Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, Central Comprehensive Center, Great Lakes Comprehensive Center, Midwest Comprehensive Center, Northwest Comprehensive Center, South Central Comprehensive Center, and Southeast Comprehensive Center are hosting a convening on Strategic Communications on July 1-2, 2015, in Denver Colorado.  The purposes of the convening are the following:

• Frame the communication process as a critical strategy to accomplish agency priorities and major initiatives.
• Share best practices regarding alignment of agency-wide communications processes to state education agency (SEA) strategic goals.
• Connect SEA teams with national education, government, and private sector experts who can provide clear steps and facilitate discussions on how to create, implement, and institutionalize a strategic communications approach.
• Provide tools for SEA leadership teams to use when developing and implementing strategic communications plans.
• Identify technical assistance needs of SEA leadership teams in developing and implementing strategic communications plans, and in incorporating best practices into them. 

Session Recordings

Oklahoma Pre-K Standards Revision Leadership Team plans to review and make decisions on revisions to Oklahoma Pre-K English Language Arts (ELA) and Math Standards, and discussed a communication plan for public comment period.

Oklahoma Pre-K Standards Revision Leadership Team plans to review and make decisions for revising the Oklahoma Pre-K Math Academic Standards.

Oklahoma Pre-K Standards Revision Leadership Team plans to review and make decisions for revising the Oklahoma Pre-K Academic Standards.

The Oklahoma Pre-K Standards  Leadership Team plans to discuss progress on the standards review and draft a plan for the November kick-off meeting including date, location, and agenda. 

This training was presented by Dr. Stanley Rabinowitz of the Center on Standards and Assessment Implementation to 12-15 Kansas State Department of Education staff members at the State Board of Education facility in Topeka, Kansas.