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Common Core & Essential Standards Parent and Community Overview

Common Core & Essential Standards Parent and Community Overview. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. Background Information. For the past 25 years, our curriculum has been The North Carolina Standard Course of Study

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Common Core & Essential Standards Parent and Community Overview

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  1. Common Core & Essential StandardsParent and Community Overview Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

  2. Background Information • For the past 25 years, our curriculum has been The North Carolina Standard Course of Study • Beginning 2012 – 2013, our curriculum will be Common Core in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics and Essential Standards for all other subject areas

  3. Why Common Core? • To provide a more rigorous curriculum • Fewer goals and objectives in English/Language Arts • To provide a deeper understanding of content • Students will be expected to apply and use knowledge acquired • To standardize curriculum across the country

  4. What Brought About This Change? • A desire to improve public education nationwide • A commitment to prepare students for life and work in the 21st Century

  5. What Makes Common Core Different? • More emphasis on use of knowledge • Less worksheets and more doing • All courses are impacted

  6. What Makes Common Core Different? • Greater emphasis on real-world application • More open-ended questions • Problem solving that requires students to evaluate and determine best answers/solutions

  7. How Are Teachers Being Prepared? • Ongoing training in their subject area(s) • Summer training for all new teachers • New Curriculum Guides containing strategies on delivery of new curriculum

  8. Will Student Testing Change? • Students will continue to be tested annually • All courses will have an end-of-grade or end-of-course • This includes courses that have not been tested in the past such as the arts, health, second grade • More electronic tests

  9. Will Student Testing Change? • Test format will include multiple-choice, short answer, and performance task Demo of New Assessments http://go.ncsu.edu/nctdemo

  10. Where May Parents Find Help? • Attend PTA meetings • Attend parent-teacher conferences • Contact your school principal • Use online resources when possible

  11. Available Online Resources • National PTA website: http://www.pta.org/4446.htm • North Carolina Department of Public Instruction – “READY” http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/ready • US Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/blog/2011/07/secretary-duncan-on-common-core-standards-and-the-next-generation-of-assessments

  12. Available Online Resources • Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium http://www.smarterbalanced.org/k-12-education/common-core-state-standards-tools-resources/ • PARCC -- Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for Colleges and Careers http://parcconline.org/common-core-pre-requisite-postsecondary-education-training

  13. Thank you!

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