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Common Core Standards Initiative (CCSI) Oakland

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Welcome

Today’s purpose

Provide background information

On the Common Core Standards (CCS)

On the Common Core Standards Initiative (CCSI)

Provide an opportunity for you to discuss, consider implications of and reflect on CCSI Oakland

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Let’s Start with a Connector

Turn to a couple of people sitting near you and share what you already know about the Common Core Standards

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Common Core Standards

Governors and state superintendents led the development of common core standards for grades K-12 in ELA and mathematics

Standards focus on learning expectations for students, not on how students get there

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Common Care Standards

Why Now?

Disparate standards across states

Student mobility

Global competition

Today’s jobs require different skills

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Common Core Standards

Why is this important?

Prepares students with knowledge and skills needed for success in college and work

Ensures consistent expectations regardless of student’s zip code

Provides educators, parents and students with clear, focused guideposts

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Common Core Standards

What momentum is there for the initiative?

47 states

All but Alaska, Minnesota, Texas, the District of Columbia and two territories, have signed on to the process

35 states, including Michigan, have or are expected to adopt the Common Core Standards between June and August , 2010

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Common Core Standards

Development Process

Career and college readiness standards developed in the summer of 2009 by national experts

K-12 learning progressions were then developed to reach these standards, again by national experts

Multiple rounds of feedback from states, associations, teachers and the public received before the June, 2010 completion

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Common Core Standards

Criteria for the K-12 standards

Fewer, clearer and higher

Aligned with college and work expectations

Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills

Build upon strengths and lessons learned from current state standards

Internationally benchmarked

Based on evidence and research

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Common Core Standards

Include standards for Reading Literature, Reading Informational Text, Writing, Speaking and Listening for ELA classes

Include separate Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies and Science classes for grades 6-12

Strong emphasis on deep comprehension of rich literature and content area expository text

English Language Arts Standards

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Common Core Standards

Mathematics Standards

Students in K-5 develop a solid foundation in basic conceptual understandings and procedures

In the middle grades, students build on this foundation through hands on learning in geometry, algebra, probability and statistics

High school students apply mathematical ways of thinking to real world challenges emphasizing mathematical modeling

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Common Core Standards

Next steps

The first draft of College and Career Ready Standards for Science have been developed

State assessments will be changed to reflect the CCS

Two assessment consortiums are developing multi-state assessments based on the CCS

Fall, 2014 is the current target date for use of the new assessments

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Common Core Standards

What do the experts say?

Linda Darling-Hammond, Ph.D. Stanford University Professor and nationally known researcher

http://www.edutopia.org/international-teaching-learning-assessment-video

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Common Core Standards

Standards are essential but inadequate by themselves

To be successful, educators also need

Curriculum, including units of study, based on the standards

Instructional materials that align with the standards

A variety of assessments to measure student progress

Resources, tools and time to adjust classroom practices

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Common Core Standards Initiative Oakland

The Common Core Standards Initiative (CCSI) Oakland will help educators get the rest of what they need to succeed

Curriculum and units of study

Instructional materials

Assessments

Resources

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CCSI Oakland

Purpose of the Initiative

Put the Common Core Standards into an easy to use, unit based curriculum and teaching framework

Enable teachers to assess students’ understanding of the standards

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CCSI Oakland

Benefits of the initiative include

Increasing teacher collaboration through co-construction and electronic sharing of lesson plans and instructional strategies

Saving districts the time and money associated with designing their own curriculum and assessments

Promoting a focus on high quality classroom instruction aligned to a coherent curriculum

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CCSI Oakland

Turn to a couple of people near you and talk about what you think might be benefits of this new initiative

Share a thought from your group

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CCSI Oakland

To get a better idea of what this initiative entails, let’s look at a copy of the 3 year Gantt chart

Across the top, you will see a three year time line from May, 2010 through June, 2013

Down the side you will see a list of tasks to be accomplished during this time

The gray boxes indicate the work period for each task involved

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CCSI Oakland

What products will the initiative produce?

Early deliverables

A cross walk between the current and new standards

A consistent framework for unit design

A model for student assessment

Mid-point deliverables

First ELA and mathematics units available

Unit related professional development begins

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CCSI Oakland

Long-term deliverables

All grade level ELA and mathematics units complete and available on Atlas Rubicon

Beginning work on science units

Units include framework, suggested lessons, instructional resources and assessments

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CCSI Oakland

What CCSI won’t do

Promote any one set of resources

Be prescriptive to the level of the lesson plan

Mandate county-wide classroom assessments

Mandate county-wide common/quarterly assessments

Attend to elective ELA and math classes

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CCSI Oakland

Structure of the initiative

Steering Committee composed of district curriculum directors, superintendents and Oakland Schools instructional directors

Grade level curriculum writing teams including teacher leaders from a variety of districts and Oakland Schools consultants

Regular, transparent reporting to all stakeholders

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CCSI Oakland

Tools to support implementation

Atlas Rubicon Curriculum Management Software

Facilitates teacher’s management of unit based curriculum

Facilitates teachers’ collaboration and sharing across grades, schools and districts

Aligns curriculum with standards, even when they are updated

Creates information rich, curriculum focused reports

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CCSI Oakland

Tools to support implementation

INFORM

Student and school performance data analysis tool currently used by many Oakland districts

Will house data related to performance on the units of study included in Atlas Rubicon

MDE School Improvement Template

Data from Atlas Rubicon and INFORM will make school improvement planning and reporting more efficient and effective

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CCSI Oakland

Impact on practice

Teachers will have immediate, easy access to lessons and resources that improve instruction for diverse learners

Administrators will be more targeted and productive in their instructional leadership

Students will be exposed to high quality curriculum, instruction and assessments

Boards of Education will see districts utilizing cost effective, coherent curriculum

….All intended to increase student learning and achievement

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Here’s What! So What? Now What?

Turn to a few of your colleagues and discuss -

What we learned today

The implications to your district, students and staff

Next steps

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Evaluation

We said today’s purpose was to

Provide background information

On the Common Core Standards (CCS)

On the Common Core Standards Initiative (CCSI)

Provide an opportunity for you to discuss, consider implications of and reflect on CCSI Oakland

How did we do?

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