Common Core Standards June 26-27, 2012 Margaret Claymore Education Program Specialist ADD-East

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Common Core Standards June 26-27, 2012

Margaret ClaymoreEducation Program Specialist

ADD-East

Bureau of Indian Education

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Phase One

Learning to . . .

Introduction

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Phase One Steps

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Teachers Coming Together

• http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Common+Core+Learning+Standards+Video&view=detail&mid=8E37B5A5CA6BABE753B58E37B5A5CA6BABE753B5&first=41

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Let’s Get It Started!

The Mega SystemThree interrelated aspects of decision makingShared Leadership

Data

Research

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Decision Making

All parties charged with managing and improving a school’s “system” know . . .

• When to call on researchers for guidance

http://centerii.org/• When to listen to the various constituents

within the system (teachers, students, parents)http://thechangeplace.com/

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Listening

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Decision Making (Continued)

• How to understand each part of the system in relationship to the whole

• What data to examine to inform their decisions: http://www.nwea.org/common-core-standards

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Our Partners

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The Common Core State Standards

Why Now?

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One Word: Rigor College and Career Readiness

Requires RIGOR

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Common Core State Standards States

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What Momentum is There for the Initiative?

• 48 States • District of Columbia • Two Territories

Signed Common Core State Standards Initiative

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Why Now?

• Disparate standards across states

• Student mobility

• Global competition

• Today’s jobs require different skills

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Criteria

• 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 of current state standards

• Internationally benchmarked, so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society

• Based on evidence and research

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Standards Development Process

• College and career readiness standards developed in summer 2009

• Based on the college and career readiness standards, K-12 learning progressions developed

• Multiple rounds of feedback from states, teachers, and feedback group and validation committee

• Groups representing English language learners and students with disabilities: instrumental in developing the ELL and students with disabilities statements in the introduction to the standards

• Public comment period on K-12 standards ends April 2

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ELA Standards Advances

• The standards devote as much attention on what students read, in terms of complexity, quality, and range, as they do on how students read. As students progress through the grades, they must both develop their comprehension skills and apply them to increasingly complex texts.

• The progression of the standards is based on evidence and anchored in the college and career readiness (CCR) standards. The CCR standards define broad competencies and reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language while the K-12 standards lend further specificity by defining a developmentally appropriate progression of skills and understandings.

• In order to prepare students for the challenges of college and career texts, the standards require a rich reading of literature as well as extensive reading in science, history/social studies, and other disciplines.

• Students are required to learn certain critical content, including classic myths and stories from around the world, America’s Founding Documents, and foundational American literature.

• The standards also require that students systematically develop knowledge of literature as well as knowledge in other disciplines through reading, writing, speaking, and listening in history/social studies and science

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Math Standards Advances

• This draft focuses on core conceptual understandings and procedures starting in the early grades. This enables teachers to take the time needed to teach core concepts and procedures well and give students the opportunity to master them.

• In grades K-5 students gain a solid foundation in whole numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and decimals. For example, students in Kindergarten focus on the number core (learning how numbers correspond to quantities and learning how to put together and take apart numbers) in order to prepare them for addition and subtraction.

• In the middle grades, students build upon the strong foundation in grades K-5 through hands on learning in geometry, algebra, probability, and statistics.

• The high school standards call on students to practice applying mathematical ways of thinking to real world issues and challenges and emphasize mathematical modeling.

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Adoption• State adopts 100% of the common core K-12 standards in

ELA and mathematics (word for word), with option of adding up to an additional 15% of standards on top of the core.

• A state will have adopted when the standards authorizing body within the state has taken formal action to adopt and implement the common core.

• States are responsible for demonstrating that they have adhered to this definition of adoption.

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Common Standards: The First Step

Standards are essential, but inadequate. Need . . .

• Instructional materials needed that align to the standards. Phase 2

• Educators must be given resources, tools, and time to adjust classroom practice: Professional Development Phase 3

• Assessments must be developed to measure student progress. Phase 4

• Federal, state, and district policies will need to be reexamined to ensure they support alignment of the common core state standards with student achievement. Phase 5

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More Information

• Visit www.corestandards.org

• Sign up for Common Core State Standards updates:

www.ccsso.org/whats_new/newsletters/commoncoreupdates.html

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SO…WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?According to leading experts very rarely do we find schools with . . .

Vision of teaching for critical thinking and communicating. Very rarely is learning from

One year strongly connected to the previous and next years. Very rarely do we see students engaged in

Debates and discussion where their Opinion, based on evidence, is the focus. ANDVery rarely, if ever, do we see lessons designed to improve students’

Speaking and listening skills.

But this is precisely what is expected of our students in the Common Core Standards (Reeves, Wiggs, Lassiter, Piercy, Ventura & Bell, 2011).

So . . . What’s the DIFFERENCE?

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Beyond the bubble speech

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Today’s text gap

Source: Metametrics

Today’s Text Gap

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Change in text complexity in textbooks over the last century

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1919-1945 1946-1962 (60s) 1963-1991 (70s-90s) Present Day (2000-2010)

Grade 4 Grade 8Source: Metametrics

Change In Text Complexity in textbooks over the last Century!

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Tentative Strategic Framework

School Year2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Phase 1: Awareness and understanding, alignment and adoption

Phase 2: Build capacity, collaborate to develop and align resources and materials

Phase 3: Professional Development and classroom transition

Phase 4: BIE-wide implementation through the assessment system

Phase 5: Evaluation

Bureau of Indian EducationCommon Core Standards and College- and Career-Ready

Standards (CCS) Implementation4-Year Timeline

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Date Action

June 2012 Bureau of Indian Education Annual National Summer Institute: Four-day summer institute. Keynote presentation will provide an overview of the CCS. Also, CCS overview sessions including BIE’s timeline will focus on implications for specific groups, i.e., educators, administrators, school board members, postsecondary educators and administrators, etc. Audience: 2,500 BIE educators, school administrators, Education Line Officers, Associate Deputy Directors, school board members and postsecondary educators and administrators.

July 2012-August 2012 Associate Deputy Director and Education Line Officer Webinar: Presentation will review frequently asked questions and introduce Phase Two.

West Region Webinar – 1 Associate Deputy Director, 7 Education Line OfficesEast Region Webinar – 1 Associate Deputy Director, 9 Education Line OfficesNavajo Region Webinar – 1 Associate Deputy Director, 6 Education Line Offices

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Deciding ? Professional Learning

Shared Leadership Data Research• Associate Deputy Director• Education Line Offices• Schools

Goal: Build capacity to implement the Common Core Standards

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Major Areas That Must Be Addressed

• Adoption of the CCS– PARCC and/or Smarter Balanced

• Transition to CCS– Timeline (Present to SY 2014-15)– Implementation Process – 5 Phases– Professional Development Activities• Teachers• Administrators• Addressing all students’ needs (LEP, SpEd, Low

Achieving, GT, etc.)

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Major Areas That Must Be Addressed

• Teacher and Principal Evaluations• Teacher Licensure• Outreach and Partnerships– Dual Enrollment– Higher Education– Professional Organizations

• Local Standards – 15% Flexibility

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Suggested Process for Developing Plan

Strategic Framework suggested for Common

Core Work Group• Overall purpose and

scope• Awareness• Objectives• Consultation

requirements• Planning and

reporting requirements

Plan Components• Executive Summary • Mission• Vision• Challenges and

Opportunities• Objectives and

strategies• Performance goals• Action items and

milestones• Funding

Input from ADD’sBIE leadership,

ADD’s, Review and finalize SOW

Synchronize with current BIE plans and

budget

Create Common Core data base and align with plan objectives

Define roles

Align BIE Plan timing and content with Common Core

Goals

Develop appropriate, action items and

milestones

Technical review for quality, validity and

consistency with current commitments

Steps in plan development

Support in plan development

Initial mandate Completed PlanProcess

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Tentative Strategic Framework

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Mission

Vision

Goals

Objectives

Measures

Actions

Expand educational opportunities and improve college and career readiness for all American Indian and Alaska Native students by implementing Common Core Standards

Every American Indian and Alaska Native student in BIE-operated schools, tribal

schools, and BIE post secondary institutions will be provided with equitable

opportunities to optimize college and career readiness

Implement Common Core Standards-SY13/14

Increase student preparedness for college and careers

Develop and implement a plan with stakeholder

input

Develop & implement training plan

Meet unique cultural, educational, and language

needs through the 15% flexibility

Increase access to college and career readiness

opportunities

Proposed performance measures to support achievement of objectives

Proposed action items and milestones to support achievement of objectives

Build capacity at school and regional levels

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Resources to Research• http://www.corestandards.org/resourceshttp• //www.corestandards.org/frequently-asked-question

s• http://centeroninstruction.org/resources_searchresu

lts.cfm?searchterms=Common%20Core%20State%20Standards&explicit=1

• http://www.isbe.state.il.us/common_core/htmls/nclb_presentations.htm

• http://www.commoncore.org/ourreports.php• http://www.scoop.it/t/common• corehttp://www.cep-dc.org/