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Davidson County Schools
Common Core and Essential Standards Transition Welcome! Tell teachers this is the first step in preparing for full implementation of the Common Core/Essential Standards in fall of We will share the DCS PD plan, as well as the components of the first training.
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Transition Timeline: Fall 2011
September CC/ES Training: Rationale, Structure, and Vocabulary of Standards Math Practices (CC Team) Planning Periods (District Team) October CC/ES Training: Crosswalks for Grades 6-8 November CC/ES Training: Crosswalks for Grades 9-12 December/January CC/ES Unpacking Documents for Grades 9-12 Planning Periods, Before or After School (PLCs) Fall semester, all PD will be conducted during planning periods. This is due to the requirement of NC Falcon and other factors. Teachers will not miss class fall semester unless they require coverage due to not having common planning. December and January’s training (working with the unpacking documents) will be conducted in PLC’s with the CC/ES school leadership team. All other sessions will be led by the DCS leadership team.
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Transition Timeline: Spring 2012
February Essential Learning Outcomes (ELOs) as Learning Targets for all Content Areas One-day Workshop (District Team, Leadership Team) March DCS Pacing Guides Written April/May Share/Revise ELOs and Pacing Guides Half-Day (All Teachers) Subject to change! Math may miss due to Goldenleaf grant and trainng. Our goal is to minimize time away from your students. February will mirror the ELO writing process of June 17, 2011 with literacy standards. March will be drafting pacing guides for use the following year. April/May will provide time to revise content ELOs and pacing. Possible to use some of the “extra” days given to us. Not sure at this point….details and dates to follow.
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Transition Timeline Summer 2012-Spring 2013
Curriculum Mapping (District Team, Leadership Team) Fall 2012 Implementation of CC/ES Continued Support, Share Sessions Spring 2013 Revision, Refinement of Pacing Guides and Curriculum Maps Tentative schedule of PD. Pacing before curriculum mapping to be implemented in the fall of During first full semester of implementation, continued support from district team, share sessions, etc. Spring of 2013 revise pacing guides and curriculum maps.
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September 2011 CC/ES Training:
Rationale, Structure, and Vocabulary of Standards First phase of PD for Common Core: Rationale (Why? Behind new standards), the Structure (accustomed to goals and objectives), Vocabulary (Domain, Cluster, Strand, Anchor Standard, etc.) Knowledge necessary to write ELOs and fully grasp new curricula.
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Why new standards? New North Carolina Standard Course of Study:
Blue Ribbon Commission Framework for Change Response to Framework for Change Fordham Institute Ratings of North Carolina Curricula Move to complex thinking expected from 21st Century graduates New North Carolina Standard Course of Study: Common Core and Essential Standards NCDPI has always revised curricula. This is a major overhaul of every curricula and the reasons are plenty.
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Who wrote the standards?
Common Core initiative led by… National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA) Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Common Core Standards developed… Teachers School Administrators Experts Feedback for draft Common Core Standards provided by…. Postsecondary teachers (including community colleges) Civil rights groups English Language Learners (ELL) Groups Students with disabilities The federal government did NOT write these standards. As they are referred to as a “national” curriculum, this indicates a national assessment to benchmark state’s performance and that 44 states and the District of Columbia have adopted as their ELA and math curricula.
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Why common standards? Disparate standards across states
Student mobility Globally competition Today’s jobs require different skills North Carolina and several other states also received the Race to the Top grant by adopting these standards.
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Why common standards in only English and Math?
“…these two subjects are skills, upon which students build skill sets in other subject areas. They are also the subjects most frequently assessed for accountability purposes.”
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Common Core Structure Divided into two categories
College and Career Readiness Standards Address what students are expected to learn when they graduate high school ELA: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language Literacy: Reading, Writing (Speaking and Listening, Language) Math Practices K-12 Standards Address expectations for elementary through high school Posters were created from the overarching standards on June 17, More specific CCR standards for areas above.
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Math Practices The “How” of Teaching Mathematics…
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. Model with mathematics. Use appropriate tools strategically. Attend to precision. Look for and make use of structure. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning. Christy: Begin working with these in September. Other info….
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Math Structure Conceptual Themes Algebra Number and Quantity Functions
Modeling Geometry Statistics and Probability
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Design and Organization
Content Standards define what students should be able to do. Clusters are groups of related standards. Domains are larger groups that progress across grades.
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English Language Arts Structure
Four Strands Reading (Foundational K-5, Literature and Informational Text K-12) Writing Speaking and Listening Language (Grammar and Vocabulary)
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College and Career Readiness Standards for Writing
W.CCR.3
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Format for ELA Standards
CCR Anchor Standard for Reading R.CCR.10 Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Strand Standard
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North Carolina Essential Standards
Who wrote these standards? Written under the guidance of Lorin Anderson, author of the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (RBT) Prepare students to be globally competitive with 21st Century thinking Based upon modern cognitive research Categorizes “Knowledge” into four groups: Factual, Conceptual, Procedural and Meta-Cognitive Essential standards were written by North Carolina under Lori Anderson’s guidance.
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NC Essential Standards: Science
Based upon national standards Inquiry-based instruction is critical in developing conceptual understanding of science Conceptual understanding vital for success in twenty-first century Integration of science content, science inquiry, experimentation and technological design “hands on” and “minds on” instruction “What” is tied to “how” things are known inextricably tied
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NC Essential Standards: World Languages
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) established national proficiency scale (Novice Low-Superior) What students should be able to do when they hear, speak, read, or write at each level 4 Essential Standards Three Modes of Communication (Strands): Connections to Language and Literacy, Connections to Other Disciplines, Communities’ Goal: Comprehensive set of language skills developed and used for effective communication
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NC Essential Standards: Arts Education
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NC Essential Standards: Social Studies
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NC Essential Standards: Healthful Living/Physical Education
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