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Higher Education’s Role in Common Core Implementation

Explore the impact of Common Core on college readiness, alignment strategies, transition implications, and resources for effective curriculum mapping. Learn how higher education adapts to the new educational landscape.

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Higher Education’s Role in Common Core Implementation

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  1. Higher Education’s Role in Common Core Implementation College Changes Everything October 5, 2012 Brian Durham, Illinois Community College Board Realizing Illinois

  2. The “Old” Pipeline

  3. The “Old” Pipeline College / Career Readiness Career

  4. College and Career Readiness • Math and ELA are benchmarked to College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards.

  5. The Common Core Pipeline College / Career Readiness College / Career Readiness Career

  6. The Common Core Pipeline College / Career Readiness College / Career Readiness Career College / Career Readiness

  7. Managing the Transition Transition Point

  8. Implications for Higher Education • Aligning key school-to-college policies. • Alignment of placement policies. • Curriculum Alignment. • Preparing new and existing teachers. • Re-examining adult education --(American Council on Education, 2010).

  9. Implications for Higher Education • School-to-College Policies • Course Requirements and IAI implications • Standards / Assessments • Teacher Certification / Licensure • Assessments • Determining Performance Standards • Aligning Placement Policies • --(American Council on Education, 2010).

  10. Implications for Higher Education • Curriculum Alignment • Managing the Transition to College and Career • Aligning K-12 and higher education curricula • Remedial education • first-year courses • Preparing new and existing teachers. • Professional Development • Changes to Teacher Education programs • --(American Council on Education, 2010).

  11. Implications for Higher Education • Adult Education • GED Preparation • Alignment to the Common Core Standards

  12. Ongoing Alignment Efforts

  13. Alignment & Transition Horizontal Alignment : Curricular alignment within a common grade level to ensure students are adequately prepared for the next level as well as grade level assessments. Provides teachers/faculty with a guide and goals for instruction. Important to ensure effective vertical alignment.

  14. Alignment & Transition Cross-institutional Vertical Alignment: Alignment across different institutions within the entire education system to ensure students transition successfully to the next level.

  15. Alignment Strategies • Development of detailed course syllabi. • Curriculum mapping • College & Career Readiness Assignments • Senior Seminars • Paired Courses

  16. Alignment Resources • Connecticut College and Career Readiness Toolkit (Educational Policy Improvement Center) www.ctregents.org/files/pdfs/p20/p20-CT-Toolkit.pdf • Significant Discussion: A Guide for Secondary and Postsecondary Curriculum Alignment (League for Innovation in the Community College) www.league.org/significantdiscussions/ • South Carolina on course alignment: https://epiconline.org/south_carolina/?q=south_carolina

  17. Alignment Resources https://epiconline.org/pub/IL_Toolkit_FINAL_.pdf

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