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Our Balance is Shifting…. From genre to text types From historically fiction-heavy classrooms to balance of narrative and informational reading From t eacher-centered to student-centered e nvironments From NCLB to a much greater emphasis on writing and deep c omprehension.
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Our Balance is Shifting… • From genre to text types • From historically fiction-heavy classrooms to balance of narrative and informational reading • From teacher-centered to student-centered environments • From NCLB to a much greater emphasis on writing and deep comprehension
The CCSS bring us 6 Shifts (among many) • http://bit.ly/6shiftsforstudentsandparents
The Progressions of the CCSS • Organization supports RTI or Multi-Tiered Systems of Support! • Progressions support clear assessment to target next steps (Not that the student isn’t able to achieve a skill, rather the student is at a different level for that skill. The question becomes, “What do we need to do to increase proficiency?”)
The Work of Implementing CCSS • Standards are essential but inadequate by themselves • To be successful, educators also need: • Curriculum, including units of study, based on the standards • Instructional materials that align with the standards • A variety of assessments to measure student progress • Resources and tools • Time to adjust classroom practices • Professional development
Smarter Balanced Assessment PTs • One piece of the summative assessment that we will be employing in 2014-15 • As all items, constructed response, selected response, etc., will be based on claims • Provide a glimpse of the depth and flexibility of thinking students will be asked to negotiate • Lead us to envision the learning progressions needed across the grades to get to this cognitive rigor
MAISA PROJECT MAISA • MAISA - Michigan Association for Intermediate School Administrators working collaboratively across the 57 ISDs • Michigan teachers write units of study aligned to the Common Core State Standards • Teachers across the state pilot/review • Final drafts posted on MAISA Rubicon website or http://oaklandk12-public.rubiconatlas.org
Support for Implementation The CCSS Resources are… • Not self-enacting • Raw materials to support teachers as they reorganize their instruction and work to implement the CCSS