Teaching & Learning Committee Discusses Task Forces and Dives Deep into CST Data

August 30, 2010

In Board Watch Blog

At this evening's Teaching and Learning Committee meeting, Maria Santos shared an overview of the district's focus areas as related to instruction, highlighting the task forces that will use the principles of high quality effective instruction to positively impact student academic achievement. While details of the committees were not yet released, she stressed the need for there to be thoughtful conversation around achieving the goals and vision set forth by the district.

The effective teacher task force will focus on developing a common definition of high quality effective instruction, and will be looking at what needs to be put in place to achieve this definition in OUSD. While originally, common core standards and balanced literacy were within the purview of this group, they have been broken off into their own task forces. The goals of the district's task forces will be enumerated at upcoming committee meetings, and will include action plans and timelines for implementation. Directors Yee, Hinton-Hodge, and London stressed the importance of community input into the development of task forces.

Ingrid Robeson, Director of Research, Assessment and Data, then shared highlights from the district's CST scores, introducing board members to new motion charts that capture longitudinal data and allow users to view progress over time in a wide variety of ways. The charts will be updated over the coming days and weeks.

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