Common Core and Essential Standards

1. Common Core and Essential Standards

3. Common Core and Essential Standards • Common Core – ELA and Math • Essential Standards – everything else • NC SCOS – said to be “a mile wide, but an inch deep” • Common Core and Essential Standards – fewer concepts with depth

4. ACRE • Accountability • Curriculum • Reform • Effort • Testing and curriculum are changing • ACRE: Accountability and Curriculum Reform Effort • K-12 Common Core and NC Essential Standards

5. Our timeline… 2011-2012    Common Core and NC Essential Standards - Taught and Assessed Grades K-2; Grades 6-8 Social Studies, Grades 6-7 Science, Grades 9-12 - All subject areas except Biology, English I, Algebra I, U. S. History, CTE areas        2012-2013    Common Core and NC Essential Standards - Taught and Assessed Grades K-12 *CTE - Essential Standards will be embedded into the curriculum

6. Professional Development 2011-2012 • 5 Days of Common Core Training Day 1 - Aug. 19, 2011 Call for Change Module Common Core Unpacking/Crosswalks • Day 2 – Oct. 31, 2011 NC Falcon to be completed by Oct. 31 • Professional Teaching Standards Module completed by Dec. 16 • Day 3 – Jan. 23, 2012 Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Module

7. PD 2011-2012 Continued… • Day 4 – Feb. 20, 2012 • Begin Understanding the Standards Module • Complete this Module by May 2, 2012 • Day 5 – June 12, 2012 Develop unit plans/curriculum unit High Yield Instructional Strategies (1st semester) • Homework and Practice complete by Sept. 30 • Identifying Similarities and Differences complete by December 16

8. PD 2011-2012 Continued… High Yield Instructional Strategies (2nd semester) • Summarizing and Note Taking complete by end of February • Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition complete by end of April

9. Integrated PD • Reading strategies • Differentiation • Academic Vocabulary Marzano’s 6 steps for teaching vocabulary