Transcript Common Core PD

Professional Development for
Teachers in Connection with CCSS
Mathematics
Nadine Bezuk
San Diego State University
[email protected]
Importance of Professional
Development
 “My big worry is that we’re not going
support (teachers) and then we’re going
to say, ‘See, the Common Core doesn’t
work’” (Megan Franke, UCLA)
 “For teachers long urged to prepare
students to answer questions quickly on
tests, moving to an exploratory, indepth instruction model will be a
challenge” (Kevin Fox, Shasta College
math instructor)
Funding to Support PD
 The state provided $1.25B this
year to help districts implement
CaCCSS but the funds can be spent
on anything related to CaCCSS—
including textbooks, computers,
and teacher training.
Effective Professional Development in an
Era of High Stakes Accountability (CPE)
 “The largest struggle for teachers is
not learning new approaches to
teaching but implementing them”
(Center for Public Education)
Effective Professional Development in an
Era of High Stakes Accountability (CPE)
Effective PD should be:
 Ongoing
 Content-specific
 Include coaching or mentors
 Link with professional learning
communities (PLCs)
Supporting Implementation of
the CCSS-M (NC State/NSF)
 Focus on both Content Standards and
Practice Standards
 Pay attention to topics that are treated
differently in CCSS-M, such as
transformational geometry, earlier
attention to fractions, etc.
 Provide teachers with opportunities to
experience specific math practices as
learners before they are expected to
enact them as teachers.
Gearing Up for the CCSS-M
5 recommended domains for initial
professional development for K-8:
K-2: Counting and Cardinality; Number
and Operations in Base Ten
K-5: Operations and Algebraic Thinking
3-5: Number and Operations—Fractions
6-7: Ratios and Proportional Reasoning
8: Geometry
SBAC Practice Test Item—Gr. 4
Another 4th grade Item
Online Resources for CCSS-M
Professional Development
 Illustrative Mathematics—Professional
Developmenthttp://www.illustrativemathematics.org/PD_Overview
 Supporting Implementation of CCSS-M: Recommendations for
Professional Development
http://www.nctm.org/uploadedFiles/Math_Standards/Summary_PD_CCSSMath.p
df
 Inside Mathematics
http://www.insidemathematics.org/index.php/home
 Smarter Balanced Practice Test
http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/
 Teaching the Teachers (Center for Public
Education)http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/teachingtheteachers
 Gearing Up for the
CCSShttp://commoncoretools.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/2011_05_07_gearin
g_up1.pdf
 Effective Teacher Training Critical to Success of CCSS-M
http://edsource.org/today/2014/effective-teacher-training-critical-to-success-ofcommon-core-math/58058#.Uxd0lNy4Qnq
Professional Development for
Teachers in Connection with CCSS
Mathematics
Thank You
Nadine Bezuk
San Diego State University
[email protected]