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1 August 2011 School Board Meeting. LCSD Common Core State Standards Preparation/Implementation. What is CCSS?. Common Core Curriculum Standards adopted by Mississippi and 45 other states
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1 August 2011 School Board Meeting LCSDCommon Core State StandardsPreparation/Implementation
What is CCSS? • Common Core Curriculum Standards adopted by Mississippi and 45 other states • Rigorous standards taking content to a much greater depth of understanding and often introducing content much earlier than we currently do
What Must We Do to Prepare? • Help teachers to • Understand the standards and the depth of understanding that the standards call for • What do they really say? • Provide teachers with content professional development when needed • Pilot units to practice and revise
What Must We Do to Prepare? • Learn how to write appropriate assessments • Use NAEP as guide • Pilot assessment procedures as they are developed (PARCC)
What is LCSD doing? • Working on comparing present curriculum standards to CCSS with West Ed Research and Development Group • 37 Language Arts teachers K-10 • 36 Math teachers K-8, Algebra I
Here’s . . . What We’ve Done . . .And . . . What’s to Come . . . 2011 – 2012 • Identify Essential Standards – ELA and K-8 Math; English 9-10, Algebra I • Develop unit plans – ELA and K-8 Math; English 9-10, Algebra I • Develop teaching calendar • Implement K-2 (State mandated)
2011 – 2012 (continued) • Use October/January teacher days for teachers trained in the summer to train other teachers through district-wide collaboration • Train K-2 ELA/Math during August • Develop assessments for K-2 • Pilot some units from 3-8, High School
Summer 2012 • Develop Common Assessments • Identify Essential Standards and develop unit plans for other subjects • Rework teaching calendars to include assessments • Make K-2 adjustments
2012 - 2013 • Implement 3-8 ELA/Math, 9-10 English, Algebra I • Train all staff on other curriculum
Summer 2013 • Develop Common Assessments for other Curriculum • Make 3-8, 9-10 English, Algebra adjustments
2013 - 2014 FULL IMPLEMENTATION
2014 - 2015 NEW CCSS ASSESSMENTS LIVE