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Why is the Core important?
• To set high expectations
– for all students
– for educators
• To attend to the learning
needs of students
• To break through the
achievement plateau
• To address global and local
challenges
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Essential Concepts and Skill Sets
defines the most critical learning for
all students.
Content Areas
– Literacy
– Mathematics
– Science
– Social Studies
– 21st Century Skills
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Objectives
• Identify and describe outcomes, targets and actions
that frame the work of the Implementation Plan.
• Identify initial starting points to each outcome
• Prepare the leadership team to communicate with
other staff and stakeholders on ways to communicate
the purpose and key features of the Implementation
Plan.
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Core Curriculum Implementation
• Each district and accredited
non-public school is
required to have a written
plan describing the actions
that will be taken to address
the six outcomes and
related targets and actions.
• Full implementation is
accomplished when
the school is able to
provide evidence that
an ongoing process is
in place to ensure that
each and every student
is learning the
Essential Concepts
and Skill Sets of the
Iowa Core Curriculum.
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Outcomes
Leadership:
System
Capacity
Schools:
Continuous
Improvement
Professional
Development
Community:
Support
Implementation
Leadership - Community - Schools
1. Leadership: System Capacity
2. Community: Support Implementation
3. Schools: Continuous Improvement
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Outcomes
Professional
Development
Community
Alignment
Instruction
Content - Instruction – Assessment
4. Alignment of Content, Instruction and Assessment
5. Professional Development to improve Content, Instruction, and
Assessment
6. Instruction: Effective Practices in Instruction/Assessment
Student Engagement
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Outcome
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Leadership: System Capacity
IF leadership actions are focused and committed
to providing the expertise, guidance, and
resources needed to build capacity and support
teaching and learning,
THEN the implementation of the Iowa Core
Curriculum will result in increased student
learning and performance.
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Leaders
• Teachers
• Administrators
• School Board
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Leadership: System Capacity
Target
 Implementation of
leadership
behaviors to
sustain the Iowa
Core Curriculum.
Actions
• Establish a leadership team
• Clearly communicate a vision of ICC
• Manage the change process
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of the
Core
• Establish a collaborative process
• Deploy needed resources
• Establish ways to sustain the
implementation
• Model best practice of adult learning
• Develop the Implementation Plan
• Engage in discussion with local school
board
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Outcome
2
Community: Support
Implementation
Partners:
IF multiple partners are interdependent,
THEN schools will function as an
integrated system to provide a
coordinated approach, consistent
communication, additional
opportunities for learning, and the
ongoing supports needed for student
to be successful.
Parents
School Boards
Business
Industry
Supporting
agencies
Community
Organizations
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Community: Support
Implementation
Target
 Coordination of
community and
other systems to
support the Iowa
Core Curriculum
implementation
Actions
• Develop community understanding of
Iowa Core Curriculum
• Involve community members in the
development and implementation of the
Core Curriculum Plan
• Coordinate learning supports within
the school and the community to
support the implementation of the Core
Curriculum Plan
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Outcome
3
Schools: Continuous
Improvement
IF the Iowa Core Curriculum and related school
improvement processes function as an
ongoing continuous improvement processes
based on data,
THEN the school will constantly adjust and
improve to yield positive outcomes for all
students.
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Schools: Continuous
Improvement
Targets:
 Use data to develop and
monitor the Implementation
Plan
 Engage stakeholders in goal
setting, developing school
improvement plans and
integrating various school
plans
Actions:
• Complete the Core Curriculum
self assessment
• Continuously document
progress
• Develop a review schedule
• Develop a way to integrate
existing planning processes
with the Core Implementation
Plan
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Outcome
4
Alignment to the Iowa
Core Curriculum
IF district leaders monitor and increase the
degree of alignment among the intended,
enacted, and assessed curriculum.
THEN the quality of instruction will improve and
student learning will increase.
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Alignment
Targets
 Acquire expertise
in alignment
 Prepare and
implement
alignment
processes
 Conduct alignment
beyond curriculum
Actions
• Learn the alignment processes
• Select those that will be used locally
• Conduct the alignment process
• Address each and every students
enacted curriculum
• Address the alignment of instruction
to assessment
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Outcome
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Professional Development
IF professional development is based on the
Iowa Professional Development Model and
focused on improved content, instruction,
and assessment practices,
THEN student learning and performance will
increase.
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Professional Development
Target
 Use data to guide
professional
development
 Provide effective
professional
development
Actions
• Use instructional review and student
achievement data to guide
professional development
• Engage in professional development
that contains all elements of the Iowa
Professional Development Model
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Outcome
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Effective Instruction
IF content is challenging and relevant and teachers
routinely deliver instruction that demonstrates the
Characteristics of Effective Instruction,
THEN student learning and performance will
increase.
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Characteristics of Effective
Instruction and Assessment
Student Engagement & Learning
Assessment
Teaching
for
Understanding
for
Learning
Rigor
&
Relevance
StudentCentered
Centered
Classroom
Student
Teaching
for Learner
Differences
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Effective Instruction
Targets
 Implement the
Characteristics of
Effective
Instruction in
classrooms
 Engaged Students
Actions:
• Select Characteristics of Effective
instruction as the initial focus of
instructional improvement
• Select the tools and routinely
conduct instructional reviews
• Incorporate a broad range of
strategies and activities that provide
each student access and success
with the Core Curriculum
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Implementation: Top 10
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4.
Teachers make the difference
It is about the success of all students
The expectation is that all students learn at high levels
It is about the alignment of teaching, assessment, content
AND the desired depth of understanding at the classroom
level
5. Evidence of success comes from assessments
6. Implementation of the Core is a continuous process
7. Teacher leadership and involvement is critical
8. Implementation should honor and extend prior work in
curriculum and instruction
9. The community should be a part with the school focused
on 21st Century skills
10. The AEA Network is there to help
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Timeframe
2008-2009
2009-2013
2014-2015 &
Beyond
Leadership
Capacity
Building
Planning
&
Implementation
Full
Implementation
&
Continuous
Improvement
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What Can You Do?
www.iowamodelcore.org
• Essential Skills and Concepts
• Technical Assistance
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/674/714/
• FAQs
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/1446/916/
• AEA Leaders
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/1365/1157/
• Judy Jeffrey’s Podcast
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/854/1006/
• School Leader Updates
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