Common Core: Implementation Equity and Excellence

1. Common Core: Implementation Equity and Excellence October 29-30, 2012

2. Who is in the Room? Selection of Teachers & Administrators Involved In: • Instructional Council • TMP/TMP Steering • TAP/TAP Oversight • Common Core Facilitators • Staff Development • ETA Board/Reps • Transformation Task Force • Special Ed Council • RtI/PBiS • Courageous Conversations Summit Attendees

3. Where We’ve Been Illinois adopts Common Core State Standards – June 2011 U-46 Leadership Day – Pearson presentation on CCSS – April 2011 U-46 Leadership Day workshop – Oct. 2011 Elementary tachers – all day session on math (Instutute Day, Feb. 2012) ELA teachers in Middle & High unpack CCSS. Work to align grades 6-12 writing rubrics – June 2012 Model Schools Conference – June 2012 CCSS Workshops (4 days) by Susan Gendron – June 2012 Institute Day – Sharing of “Six Shifts” in elementary, unpacking of standards in secondary – Aug. 2012 Common Core Implementation Committee established – Sept. 2012 Summer PD for Common Core facilitators – July 2012

4. Where We’ve Been Illinois adopts Common Core State Standards – June 2011 U-46 Leadership Day – Pearson presentation on CCSS – April 2011 U-46 Leadership Day workshop – Oct. 2011 Elementary tachers – all day session on math (Instutute Day, Feb. 2012) Where is the Plan? ELA teachers in Middle & High unpack CCSS. Work to align grades 6-12 writing rubrics – June 2012 Model Schools Conference – June 2012 CCSS Workshops (4 days) by Susan Gendron – June 2012 Institute Day – Sharing of “Six Shifts” in elementary, unpacking of standards in secondary – Aug. 2012 Common Core Implementation Committee established – Sept. 2012 Summer PD for Common Core facilitators – July 2012

5. Where We’ve Been Illinois adopts Common Core State Standards – June 2011 U-46 Leadership Day – Pearson presentation on CCSS – April 2011 U-46 Leadership Day workshop – Oct. 2011 Elementary tachers – all day session on math (Instutute Day, Feb. 2012) That’s Why You’re Here ELA teachers in Middle & High unpack CCSS. Work to align grades 6-12 writing rubrics – June 2012 Model Schools Conference – June 2012 CCSS Workshops (4 days) by Susan Gendron – June 2012 Institute Day – Sharing of “Six Shifts” in elementary, unpacking of standards in secondary – Aug. 2012 Common Core Implementation Committee established – Sept. 2012 Summer PD for Common Core facilitators – July 2012

6. PARCC Assessments Source: Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). www.parcconline.org

7. Current Discussions Regarding Assessments Combination Used for State Accountability and for State Report Cards

15. Non-Negotiables • Achieve the Core (Excellence) • 3 Shifts in English/Language Arts • 3 Shifts in Math • MTSS (Muti-Tiered Systems of Support / RtI) • Disrupting the Predictability of Race, Zip Code, Ethnicity, Language Background on Student Outcomes (Equity) • Focus

16. 3 Shifts for ELA/Literacy • Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction • Reading, writing and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational • Regular practice with complex text and its academic language Source: www.achievethecore.org

17. 3 Shifts for Math • Focus strongly where the Standards focus • Coherence: Think across grades, and link to major topics within grades • Rigor: In major topics, pursue conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application Source: www.achievethecore.org

18. Focus: Allocating Scarce Resources: Time & Money (Reeves) • Implementation Audit (p. 13): • What is our initiative inventory? • What is the range of implementation? • What is the relationship between instructional initiatives and student achievement? • Plot instructional initiatives into one of four quadrants based on impact & implementation • High Impact: Invest or Lead • Low Impact: Weed or Evaluate

19. Common Core Video Council of Great City Schools