Transcript Common Core Standards Initiative (CCSI) Oakland

Common Core Standards
Initiative (CCSI) Oakland
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Welcome
Today’s purpose
Provide background information
On the Common Core Standards (CCS)
On the Common Core Standards Initiative (CCSI)
Provide an opportunity for you to discuss, consider
implications of and reflect on CCSI Oakland
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Let’s Start with a Connector
Turn to a couple of people
sitting near you and share
what you already know
about the Common Core
Standards
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Common Core Standards
Governors and state superintendents led the
development of common core standards for grades
K-12 in ELA and mathematics
Standards focus on learning expectations for students,
not on how students get there
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Common Care Standards
Why Now?
Disparate standards
across states
Student mobility
Global competition
Today’s jobs require
different skills
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Common Core Standards
Why is this important?
Prepares students with knowledge and skills needed for
success in college and work
Ensures consistent expectations regardless of student’s zip
code
Provides educators, parents and students with clear,
focused guideposts
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Common Core Standards
What momentum is there for the
initiative?
47 states
All but Alaska, Minnesota, Texas, the
District of Columbia and two territories,
have signed on to the process
35 states, including Michigan, have or
are expected to adopt the Common
Core Standards between June and
August , 2010
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Common Core Standards
Development Process
Career and college readiness standards developed in the
summer of 2009 by national experts
K-12 learning progressions were then developed to reach
these standards, again by national experts
Multiple rounds of feedback from states, associations,
teachers and the public received before the June, 2010
completion
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Common Core Standards
Criteria for the K-12 standards
Fewer, clearer and higher
Aligned with college and work expectations
Include rigorous content and application of knowledge
through high-order skills
Build upon strengths and lessons learned from current state
standards
Internationally benchmarked
Based on evidence and research
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Common Core Standards
English Language Arts Standards
Include standards for Reading
Literature, Reading
Informational Text, Writing,
Speaking and Listening for
ELA classes
Include separate Standards for Literacy in History/Social
Studies and Science classes for grades 6-12
Strong emphasis on deep comprehension of rich literature
and content area expository text
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Common Core Standards
Mathematics Standards
Students in K-5 develop a solid foundation in basic
conceptual understandings and procedures
In the middle grades, students build on this foundation
through hands on learning in geometry, algebra,
probability and statistics
High school students apply mathematical ways of thinking
to real world challenges emphasizing mathematical
modeling
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Next steps
The first draft of College and Career Ready Standards for
Science have been developed
State assessments will be changed to reflect the CCS
Two assessment consortiums are developing multi-state
assessments based on the CCS
Fall, 2014 is the current target date for use of the new
assessments
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Common Core Standards
What do the experts say?
Linda Darling-Hammond, Ph.D. Stanford University
Professor and nationally known researcher
http://www.edutopia.org/international-teaching-learningassessment-video
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Common Core Standards
Standards are essential but inadequate by themselves
To be successful, educators also need
Curriculum, including units of study, based on the standards
Instructional materials that align with the standards
A variety of assessments to measure student progress
Resources, tools and time to adjust classroom practices
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Common Core Standards
Initiative Oakland
The Common Core Standards
Initiative (CCSI) Oakland will help
educators get the rest of what they
need to succeed
Curriculum and units of study
Instructional materials
Assessments
Resources
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Purpose of the Initiative
Put the Common Core Standards into an easy to use, unit
based curriculum and teaching framework
Enable teachers to assess students’ understanding of the
standards
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Benefits of the initiative include
Increasing teacher collaboration through co-construction and
electronic sharing of lesson plans and instructional
strategies
Saving districts the time and money associated with
designing their own curriculum and assessments
Promoting a focus on high quality classroom instruction
aligned to a coherent curriculum
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Turn to a couple of people near you and talk about what
you think might be benefits of this new initiative
Share a thought from your group
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To get a better idea of what this initiative entails, let’s
look at a copy of the 3 year Gantt chart
Across the top, you will see a three year time line
from May, 2010 through June, 2013
Down the side you will see a list of tasks to be
accomplished during this time
The gray boxes indicate the work period for each
task involved
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What products will the initiative produce?
Early deliverables
A cross walk between the current and new standards
A consistent framework for unit design
A model for student assessment
Mid-point deliverables
First ELA and mathematics units available
Unit related professional development begins
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Long-term deliverables
All grade level ELA and mathematics units complete and
available on Atlas Rubicon
Beginning work on science units
Units include framework, suggested lessons, instructional
resources and assessments
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What CCSI won’t do
Promote any one set of
resources
Be prescriptive to the level of
the lesson plan
Mandate county-wide classroom
assessments
Mandate county-wide
common/quarterly assessments
Attend to elective ELA and math
classes
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Structure of the initiative
Steering Committee composed of district curriculum
directors, superintendents and Oakland Schools
instructional directors
Grade level curriculum writing teams including teacher
leaders from a variety of districts and Oakland Schools
consultants
Regular, transparent reporting to all stakeholders
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Tools to support implementation
Atlas Rubicon Curriculum Management Software
Facilitates teacher’s
management of unit based
curriculum
Facilitates teachers’ collaboration
and sharing across grades,
schools and districts
Aligns curriculum with standards,
even when they are updated
Creates information rich,
curriculum focused reports
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Tools to support implementation
INFORM
Student and school performance data analysis tool currently
used by many Oakland districts
Will house data related to performance on the units of study
included in Atlas Rubicon
MDE School Improvement Template
Data from Atlas Rubicon and INFORM will make school
improvement planning and reporting more efficient and
effective
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Impact on practice
Teachers will have immediate, easy access to lessons and
resources that improve instruction for diverse learners
Administrators will be more targeted and productive in their
instructional leadership
Students will be exposed to high quality curriculum,
instruction and assessments
Boards of Education will see districts utilizing cost effective,
coherent curriculum
….All intended to increase student learning and achievement
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Here’s What! So What? Now What?
Turn to a few of your colleagues and discuss What we learned
today
The implications to
your district,
students and staff
Next steps
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Evaluation
We said today’s purpose was to
Provide background information
On the Common Core Standards (CCS)
On the Common Core Standards Initiative (CCSI)
Provide an opportunity for you to discuss, consider
implications of and reflect on CCSI Oakland
How did we do?
Please rate us from 1 to 5 (with 5 being high) by placing
a dot on the chart as you leave
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