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Colorado Standards. Transforming teaching and learning in the 21 st Century. Outcomes. Gain familiarity with the terminology and structure of the new standards Know the relationship between the Colorado Academic Standards and the Common Core State Standards
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Colorado Standards Transforming teaching and learning in the 21st Century
Outcomes • Gain familiarity with the terminology and structure of the new standards • Know the relationship between the Colorado Academic Standards and the Common Core State Standards • Learn how the timelines for standards implementation and assessment transition are integrated
Transitioning to the Colorado Academic and English Language Proficiency Standards
What Is Required of Local Education Providers? • Review and revise local standards • Adopt standards • Adopt curricula • Adopt assessments
“In revising its preschool through elementary and secondary education standards, each local education provider shall ensure that it adopts standards, at a minimum, in those subject matter areas that are included in the state preschool through elementary and secondary standards,including but not limited to English language competency and visual arts and performing arts education.” SB212
Colorado’s Standards:Keys to Transformation • Expectations with Greater Depth • Designed with the End in Mind • Require Application of Knowledge • Focus on “All students, All standards”
Colorado’s Standards:Keys to Transformation • Expectations with Greater Depth • Designed with the End in Mind • Require Application of Knowledge • Focus on “All students, All standards”
Concepts & Skills • Content is the vehicle for teaching concepts and skills
Ending the Culture of Coverage CAS are not a checklist
Approaches to Standards Implementation Then Now • Identify “power” standards • Mastery standards • Standards are unpacked by grades and evidence outcomes • Concept connections within and across content areas • “Unpack” standards • Content isolation and checklist of skills/content
Colorado’s Standards:Keys to Transformation • Expectations with Greater Depth • Designed with the End in Mind • Require Application of Knowledge • Focus on “All students, All standards”
Postsecondary Workforce Readiness The concepts and skills that are a part of Colorado’s Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness (PWR) are woven throughout the standards.
What Are Prepared Graduate Competencies? The preschool through twelfth-grade concepts and skills that all students who complete the Colorado education system must master to ensure their success in a postsecondary and workforce setting.
Key Elements PGCs +21st Century Skills PWR (college, career, citizens) The End in Mind A clear vision for Colorado’s educational system
Colorado’s Standards:Keys to Transformation • Expectations with Greater Depth • Designed with the End in Mind • Require Application of Knowledge • Focus on “All students, All standards”
Got Mastery? Students demonstrate mastery when they can apply and transfer their learning.
Collaboration “Working Together, Learning Together” Information Literacy “Untangling the Web” Critical Thinking “Think Deep, Think Different” Self Direction “Own Your Learning” Invention “Creating Solutions” 21st Century Skills Critical Thinking Invention Self Direction Information Literacy Collaboration
Colorado’s Standards:Keys to Transformation • Expectations with Greater Depth • Designed with the End in Mind • Require Application of Knowledge • Focus on “All students, All standards”
All Students All Standards
All Students, All Standards Emotional and Social Wellness . . .Emotional and Social Wellness Social Studies Science Personal Financial Literacy Music Mathematics 21st Century Skills Extended Evidence Outcomes Academic Language English Language Proficiency Dance World Languages Emotional and Social Wellness Emotional and Social Wellness Visual Arts Comprehensive Health and P.E. Reading, Writing & Communicating Drama & Theatre Arts
CELP Standards AcademicLanguage
Colorado’s Standards:Keys to Transformation • Expectations with Greater Depth • Concepts and Skills • Ending the “culture of coverage” • Designed with the End in Mind • Backward design • P-13 vertical progression • Require Application of Knowledge • 21st century skills • Application and transfer (Mastery) • Focus on “All students, All standards” • 10 content areas + CELP
Colorado Academic Standard Template Key terminology and nomenclature
Name of Content Area Topical Organization P-12 Concept and Skill thread students must master Concepts & skills indicating progress to PGC mastery Promote critical thinking Indicators of student mastery Relevant societal context Characteristics of Discipline
Common Core State Standards Colorado’s Approach
Colorado’s Approach to the Common Core in ELA and Math • Use the Colorado Academic Standards (CAS) template • Align essential components of CAS • 21st century skills (SB 212) • Postsecondary and workforce readiness (SB 212) • Integrate personal financial literacy (HB 1168)