the common core state standards an overview

The Common CoreState Standards

an overview

Mike DoughtyAssistant Superintendent

The context for our work…

Common CoreState Standards

AnnualProfessionalPerformanceReview(APPR)

DataDriven

Instruction

School ChangeStudent Learning

State Adoptions of the CCSS

A big deal…

No one likes change but babies in diapers.Barbara JohnsonWriter

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Unpacking the Standards• Review the format of the

Common Core Standards document

• Note major shifts with the Common Core Standards

• Discuss implications and next steps

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which,

when you looked at it in theright way, did not become

still more complicated.

Poul Anderson““

Background

Myth or Fact?

We have not and will not prescribe a national

curriculum. I want to repeat that.

Arne DuncanSecretary of Education

NCEE, May 24, 2011

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Overview of ELA

Major Shifts – ELA1. 50% of texts in K-5 are informational2. Literacy in history, science, and other

disciplines3. Text complexity matters4. Text-dependent questions5. Constructing an argument with

evidence in writing6. Building academic vocabulary

Layout of the Standards

Anchor Standards

New York State additions highlighted in yellow

Common Core State Standards:ELA and Literacy Overview

anchor standards

grade-specific

standards

Clear vertical progression

Grade specific expectations

Grade band expectations for high school

CCSS Strands • Reading • Writing

• Speaking and Listening• Language

Topics

Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES 24

More specific bullets

Making it the NYS Common Core 15%

• Pre-K standards• Responding to Literature • Inquiry, culture, and diversity

Appendices • Appendix A -Research Supporting Key

Elements of the Standards; Glossary of Key Terms

• Appendix B -Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks

• Appendix C -Examples of Student Writing

A segue?

Overview of math

Major Shifts – Math

1. Fluency2. Understanding3. Application

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Making it the NYS Common Core

15%• Pre-K standards• Addition of two grade level

standards

CCSS Math: Design and Organization

• Mathematical Practice• Mathematical Content

CCSS Math:Design and Organization• Content Standards• Clusters• Domains

Design and OrganizationGrade Level Overviews

CCSS Math: Characteristics

• “inter-connected” concepts• Teaching for DEPTH, not WIDTH• “Mind-shift”

CCSS Math: Characteristics

“The Standards should be read as allowing for the widest possible range of students to participate fully from the outset, along with appropriate accommodations to ensure maximum participation of students with special education needs.” (CCSS mathematics document, p. 4)

CCSS Math: Characteristics

“The Standards should be read as allowing for the widest possible range of students to participate fully from the outset, along with appropriate accommodations to ensure maximum participation of students with special education needs.” (CCSS mathematics document, p. 4)

Structural Organizations

• Performance indicators at each grade level written like a “list of skills.”

• 5 Conceptual process strands

• Content strands with individual standards

• Performance indicators at each grade level written in a way that concepts are “inter-connected” within a grade level.

• 8 Conceptual process strands

• 11 domains within the K-8 curriculum

2005 NYS 2011 CCS

Considerations for Math and ELA

• Interpreting the language• Conceptually related

curriculum vs. “check-list” of topics

• Embedding the CCS in PD

CCSS: The future

• Exploring curriculum models • Role of Network teams• Implementation of CCS –

September 2012• PARCC Assessments aligned to

the CCS – June 2015

• Sequenced• Content-Specific• Spiraled• Include sample tasks• Developed in the spring of 2011 and

available in the spring of 2012

The Curriculum Model will be…

Implementation Timeline

Regional Cooperation

• Ongoing and staggered APPR training• Unit writing• Using data to inform and guide instruction• The changing face of instructional leadership

– Leadership for instructional change• Navigating the change process

The change…

For more information…

http://engageny.org/common-core/

I'm tired of trying to get other people to see into my brain. I'm done.

Todd McFarlane

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Questions?