Moving from Compliance to Coherence Conference – February 25, 2016

Collage of photos from the conference

Presentations, Handouts and Additional Materials

Session A

A1 A Model of Continuous Improvement: Self-Directed Collaborative Inquiry Teams - Coventry
  • 100 Day Coherence Plan Updated
  • Assessment Reduction Action Plan 2015
  • Lesson Plan Template
  • Guidelines for Looking at Student Work
  • Instructional Rounds History
  • Instructional Strategies
  • Pedagogical Approaches CPS
  • Student Work Protocol District-Wide 2015-2016
  • Student Work Protocol September 2015

A2 A Model of Continuous Improvement: Self-Directed Collaborative Inquiry Teams - West Hartford
  • Presentation
  • Handout

A3 Strengthening Student-Centered Learning Through "Visible Learning Visits" - Windsor Locks
  • Instructional Dialogue Compilation
  • VLV Blank Debrief Template
  • VLV findings
  • VLV HS
  • Windsor Locks MS VLV Protocol

A4 Building Secondary Instructional Coherence - Cromwell
  • Presentation

A5 Seeking Coherence through Program Evaluation- New Haven
  • Presentation
  • The impact of the E^3 program
  • Teacher Facilitator
  • Teacher Facilitator - Role Description
  • E^3 Proposal
  • PLAC Presentation Handout 2
  • PLAC Presentation Handout 3

A6 Complementary Observers - Region #5
  • Presentation

Session B

B1 School-Based Teacher-Led Instructional Rounds - EASTCONN
  • Presentation
  • Handout

B2 Professional Learning to Promote a Digital Pedagogy - Plainville
  • Presentation

B3 Aligning Student and Educator Goals and Practices - East Lyme
  • Presentation
  • Handout

B4 Implementing High Quality Early Literacy Instruction Through Collaborative Practice - Hartford
  • Presentation
  • Curriculum Roll-Out Plan
  • Note-Catcher

B5 Toward the New SAT and a Vitalized PLC - Trumbull
  • Presentation

B6 Using Learning Targets as a School and District Instructional Improvement Strategy - Watertown
  • Presentation

Session C

C2 Using Inquiry, Technology, and Challenge-Based Projects to Increase Student Engagement and Learning - Stafford
  • Presentation
  • Cycle of Inquiry Task - Handout
  • Sample Goals - Handout
  • PLC vs. COP - Handout
  • Review of Practice Exercise and Agreements - Handout

C3 Personalized Professional Learning: A Unified Approach - Willington
  • Presentation

C4 Using Data to Develop Professional Learning Focused on District-Wide Coherence - Montville

C5 Cultivating Teacher Leadership Through Peer Evaluation and Support - CREC
  • Presentation

C6 Using Inquiry, Technology, and Challenge-Based Projects to Increase Student Engagement and Learning - Region #6