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Common
Concerns
April 17-18, 2013
Bob CornacchioliDERO Technical [email protected]@gmail.com www.derotechnical.com
CEO - DERO Technical Services
Evangelist/Process Lead- Level Data
Marketing/ - ParkBench SoftwareTrainer
Director of Technology and Media Services – Shrewsbury Public Schools (16 yrs)PowerSchool Administrator ( 6 yrs)
Bob Cornacchioli
CURRICULUM/ADMIN & TECHNICAL
Collaborate and learn the constraints/desires
DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND
When did this movement start?
When: 2009 Where: ChicagoWho: Governor's and State Superintendents
For more information:[email protected]
In theory – excellent Making it happen???
When did your state adopted Common Core?
Common Core: http://www.corestandards.org/in-the-states Preparing America’s Students for College and Career.
1.Communications to Stakeholders2.Proactive to the CC Craziness3.Curriculum Review/Changes4.New and Old Assessments5.Instructional Practices6.Grading Practices
The focus recently has shifted from curriculum-assessments to and the number of on standard Report Cards
Illinois Standards Task Force - 5 Steps to SuccessKathy Dinger, Former Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Libertyville D70, Libertyville, Illinois
Ohio | Department of Education
Full implementation of the refined curriculum
MA DESE is a “LOCAL CONTROL” state, NO MANDATE.SHOULD WE DROP HIGH STAKES TESTING?
TEACHING TO THE TEST LESS CURRICULUM – LESS CREATIVITY - MORE SAMPLE ASSESSMENTS
What is your state
saying/doing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0rRk9sER0
At every crossroad that leads to the future
each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past - Maeterlinck
Change requires continual checking of your stakeholders temperature!
Parents Teachers Tech Team
GOOGLE THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT
Assessments were the catalyst for the resistance movement!
About rich literature we must guessWe learn less with the common Core mess.
Fractions, decimals; for these we pressWe learn less with the Common Core mess.
Endless testing causes stressWe learn less with the Common Core mess.
Data mining we must addressWe learn less with the Common Core mess.
Fewer concepts – so much commonness We learn less with the Common Core mess.
Privatization in excess
We learn less with the Common Core mess.
Political process ignored/transgressedWe learn less with the Common Core mess.
As students we will regressBecause we definitely learn less with the Common Core mess.
We learn LESS with the Common Core Mess!
Ranking Stop Common Core LIKES on FB
California – 7800 (multiple pages)Michigan - 6625Arizona - 1800New Mexico - 856Nevada - 406
Awareness Up38% - 81%
Non-SupportRises to 60%
Reasons for Non-Support77% - Lack of Teacher Prep
68% - Disapprove of National Curriculum and Tests
May 3,2013 – Standards Finalized-uploaded to Google DocsMay 8,2013 – Onsite development of preK-5 SBRCMay 30, 2013 Onsite training of Vanguard TeachersSept 14, 2013 – Modifications to SBRC and WIDA
Have you addressed the proper techniques in determining a standards based grade? Ken’s Repair Kit for Grading would be excellent PD or Faculty Meeting discussions. PowerTeacher Gradebook has been designed with these principles.
Standardized CurriculumStandardized Grading Practices
• include student behavior in grades• reduce marks for "work" submitted late• give points for extra credit or use bonus points• consider attendance in grade determination• assign grades by comparing students to each other• rely on evidence from poor-quality assessments• rely simply on averages• use the zero for missing evidence or punishment• summarize evidence accumulated over time• leave students out of the grading process
If any of your teachers:They’d benefit from
discussing this book!
If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving may not be for you!
The most recent score for all
is a 4!
Has your DOE told you what…•standards to use?•scale to use on assessments?•to report to parents?•grades to report?
NOPE
NOPE
NOPE
MAYBE
Common
Concerns
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Should Common Core Standards Impact Scheduling?
How many courses are you planning to use for English Language Arts?
Reading – Writing – Speaking & Listening - Language
PowerSource Common Core StandardsID 7337 Identifiers- Your Courses, Your Conversion Scales
Consider a user friendly schema for standard identifiers
New – Curriculum Materials are showing up with CC identifiers
Removing a,b,c will save time- import template and report cards
Other “Standards” Sites/CDE
Are we using those that you created last year?What about Specials?
How did it go?What plans are in place for the results?
Secondary Policy Landscape
Focus on teaching, not on testing•Train teachers on analyzing the results of their assessments.
•Continue to modify instruction based on student progress.
•Prep for the “TEST” by generating your own online assessments especially in non-ELA and Math Classes – frequent tasks reduces nerviness! •Change your focus from planning to take an online test to preparing students and staff.
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