Transcript Transitioning to the Common Core Common Core Academy - Summer 2011

Transitioning to the Common Core
Common Core Academy - Summer 2011
Purpose of Board adoption of
Common Core State Standards:
• To ensure ALL students
are college and career
ready when they leave
our K-12 system
• To propel change in
instructional practices
in order to improve
student performance
• We have Promises to
Keep!
CC State Standards ARE…
• State-led initiative
• Voluntary in adoption with
ability to add additional
standards
• Intended to ensure all
students are college and
career ready
• Provide a clear, consistent
statewide understanding of
what students should know
and be able to do
What is different about the Common
Core State Standards?
English Language Arts
Mathematics
English Language Arts Standards
– Organized in a K-12 structure
– Outlines three types of writing, beginning
in Kindergarten
– Addition of writing with argumentation
– K-12 emphasis on informational text
– Deep integration of reading and writing
– Greater emphasis on grammar
ELA (cont.)
– Greater emphasis on digital reading,
writing, multi-media production
– Greater attention to comprehension
– Pervasive demand for higher-order
thinking and production
– Specific standards for speaking and
listening
– Standards for literacy in science, social
studies, and instructional technology
Mathematics Standards
• Provides a framework for more robust mathematics
instruction deepening content in a progressive manner
• Includes current CORE mathematics content standards
• Provides clearly defined performance standards of what
students should know and be able to do
• Demands deeper knowledge of mathematics content and
instruction for elementary teachers
• Integrates concepts of algebra, geometry and statistics into
secondary coursework to provide relevant application
• Aligns with international approaches to mathematics enabling
our students to compete in a global economy
What does this mean for teachers?
• Analysis, evaluation, critical
thinking embedded in all
instruction
• Strategies on reading
informational text taught
interdisciplinary
• Increased knowledge of
mathematical properties
• Application of what
students learn to real world
• Emphasis on performance
instead of just knowing
content
What is the timeline for implementation?
• Fall 2009 – College and Career Ready Standards released
• June 2010 – Final Common Core State Standards for Grades
K-12 released
• August 2010 – Utah commits to the Common Core
• Summer 2011 – Common Core Academy for K-12 ELA and
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Grades 6 & 9 Mathematics
Summer 2012 – Common Core Academy for Mathematics
and Content Area Literacy
Fall of 2013 – Full implementation of ELA Common Core
2013-2014 school year – Full pilot of new assessment
system (formative, benchmark, summative)
2014-2015 school year – Full implementation of new
assessment system (will be used for high stakes calculations)
Professional Development
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Common Core Academy
Conferences
Lesson design & study
Studying student work
PLCs
LEA collaborative projects
Instructional based
faculty meetings
• Instructional coaching
Academy Expectations:
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Be fully present in sessions
Honor the work of the facilitators
Be flexible as issues arise
Recognize that you are capable of implementation
Understand that the Common Core is for ALL students
Be willing to implement in your own classroom next year
Be purposeful in having conversations with colleagues at your
school and willing to share what you have learned
• Participants will be given 2 semester credits recorded on
OnTrack for four day attendance.
Sustaining Systemic Change in Instruction
All of our activities, structures and resources must
focus on and result in
a school culture in which the norm is:
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Ongoing critical examination of student work by
teachers, and the associated
Ongoing critical examination and improvement of
instructional practice.