PCSD Implementation of the Utah Core

1. PCSD Implementation of the Utah Core November 6, 2012

2. Reminder of the Timeline • The Core Approved by the USOE Board of Education, August 2010 • State Professional Development Began, June 2011 • Aligned Assessments, Spring 2015

3. PCSD’s Journey, 2010-2011 • Convened a middle grades math committee • Administrative Review of Core • Secondary Language Arts Orientation • Middle grades teachers attended the Core Academy or summer workshops

4. Language Arts Range & Complexity Comparison

6. PCSD’s Pathway

7. 2011-2012 • Middle grades teachers begin intensive work with Dr. Damon Bahr from BYU • Elementary teams begin preparing for site-base math facilitation • Secondary Language Arts/English teachers spend four days with Dr. Jeff Wilhelm from Boise State

8. 2012-13 • Middle Grade Teachers continue professional learning • Elementary teachers begin math professional learning • PCHS Math teachers begin monthly professional learning • Secondary Language Arts continue work with Dr. Wilhelm • Secondary Science and Social Studies work 4 days with Dr. Wilhelm

9. There is a critical need for… • Genuine engagement of teachers in curriculum design and implementation • Maintaining the focus on Learning How to Learn

10. Instructional Shifts for the Common Core Six Shifts in ELA/Literacy • Balancing Informational and Literary Text • Building Knowledge in the Disciplines • Staircase of Complexity • Text-Based Answers • Writing From Sources • Academic Vocabulary Six Shifts in Math • Focus • Coherence • Fluency • Deep Understanding • Applications • Dual Intensity

11. Shifts in ELA/ Literacy

12. Shifts in Mathematics