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Common Core Steering TeamMarch 29, 2012

Common Core Steering TeamInitial MeetingMarch 29, 2012

CCSS Steering Team Purpose

•Advise district leaders on implementation of CCSS - time lines, systems planning, professional development, assessment, etc.

•Represent a range of grade levels, content areas, schools, and programs within Kent SD, but

•Work on behalf of all district education community members to develop the best plan possible

•Serve as a communications liaison with designated curriculum or personnel groups

Let’s line up…

Today’s ObjectivesDevelop a shared orientation to the work and each other.

•Recognize the structure of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in English Language Arts and Mathematics

•Understand the shifts represented in the CCSS and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

•Recognize assessment changes coming•Develop Team Norms•Explore implications and contribute to

implementation plans for KSD

Today’s Agenda

•Introductions & Purpose•CCSS Exploration – Standards & Shifts•NGSS Overview•Team Norms•The big picture•Implementation Planning & Feedback

Cause for Concern?

___% of high school graduates lack the literacy skills employers seek (National Governor’s Association).

Lack of basic skills costs universities and businesses as much as $ _____ annually. (Greene, 2000)

Only one out of ____ twelfth-grade students is a proficient writer. (Salahya-Din, Persky, & Miller, 2008)

CCSS: An Introduction

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHuntInstitute#p/a/u/1/jxefsLG2eps

Cause for Concern?

40% of high school graduates lack the literacy skills employers seek (National Governor’s Association).

Lack of basic skills costs universities and businesses as much as $ 16 billion annually. (Greene, 2000)

Only one out of 4 twelfth-grade students is a proficient writer. (Salahya-Din, Persky, & Miller, 2008)

Getting on the same page: CCSS Exploration

ELA all: Introduction, pp. 4 – 8• ELA K - 5• ELA 6 - 12• ELA History/SS, Science & Technical Subjects• ELA Appendices

Math all: Introduction, Standards for Math Practices• K - 5• 6-8• High School and Appendix A

Looking into the Standards

•How are the standards structured?•Why does it appear to be structured this

way?•What, if anything, do the standards

suggest will be different than our current focus?

•What, if any, might be the implications for instruction?

English Language Arts (ELA)K-5 ELA Strands

Reading

oFoundational

Skills

Writing

Speaking and

Listening

Language

6-12 ELA Strands

Reading

Writing

Speaking and

Listening

Language

Literacy in

History/Social

Studies, Science, and

Technical SubjectsAppendices A, B, C

Sub-headings For Each ELA Strand

Reading, K-5 and 6-12, andLiteracy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects 6-12

Key Ideas and Details Craft and Structure Integration of Knowledge and Ideas Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

Reading Foundational Skills (K-5 only) Understanding concepts of print Phonological awareness Phonics and word recognition Fluency

Sub-headings Continued

Writing K-5 and 6-12, and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects 6-12

Text types and Purposes Production and Distribution of Writing Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Speaking and Listening Comprehension and Collaboration Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

Language Conventions of Standard English Knowledge of Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Anchor Standards for ELAOverarching standards for each of four ELA strands that are further defined by grade-specific standards.

Reading – 10 standards

Writing – 10 standards

Speaking and Listening – 6 standards

Language – 6 standards

Three ELA AppendicesAppendix A: Research and evidence; glossary of key terms, overview of each strand; text complexity; conventions grade-level chart

Appendix B: Reading text exemplars with sample performance tasks

Appendix C: Annotated student writing samples, K-12

ELA: The 6 Major Shifts

Balance of Literary and Informational

Texts

Literacy in the Content Areas

Increased Complexity of Text

Text-dependent Questions and Answers

Writing Using Evidence

Academic Vocabulary

Balance of Reading Texts Types

Grade Level Literary Informational

4 50% 50%

8 45% 55%

12 30% 70%

Balance of Writing Text TypesGrade Level To Persuade

(Argumentative) To Explain

(Informative) To Convey Experience

(Narrative) 4 30% 35% 35% 8 35% 35% 30%

12 40% 40% 20%

ELA: The 6 Major Shifts

Balance of Literary and Informational

Texts

Literacy in the Content Areas

Increased Complexity of Text

Text-dependent Questions and Answers

Writing Using Evidence

Academic Vocabulary

Mathematics

Standards for Mathematical Practice Carry across all grade levels Describe habits of mind of a mathematically

expert students

Standards for Mathematical Content K-8 standards represented by grade level,

organized into domains that progress over several grades

2-4 Focal points at each grade level High school standards represented by conceptual

themes (Number & Quantity, Algebra, Functions, Modeling, Geometry, Statistics & Probability)

Content Progressions and Major Shifts

Focus• Fewer big ideas

--- learn more • Learning of

concepts is emphasized

Major Shifts

Coherence• Articulated progressions

of topics and performances that are developmental and connected to other progressions

Application• Being able to

apply concepts and skills to new situations

Standards for Mathematical Practice

GradePRIORITIES in Support of Rich Instruction and Expectations of Fluency and Conceptual Understanding

K–2 Addition and subtraction, measurement using whole number quantities

3–5 Multiplication and division of whole numbers and fractions

6 Ratios and proportional reasoning; early expressions and equations

7 Ratios and proportional reasoning; arithmetic of rational numbers

8 Linear algebra

Critical Areas in Mathematics

New Assessment System

Personal Reflection

•What themes/big ideas are emerging across the CCSS & NGSS standards?

•What are the implications for adult practices so that students master the CCSS and NGSS?

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)March 29, 2012

Personal Reflection

•What themes/big ideas are emerging across the CCSS & NGSS standards?

•What are the implications for adult practices so that students master the CCSS and NGSS?

Enjoy your lunch…Watch for a new table group after lunch. Thanks.

Steering Team Norms: What do you need from this group to do your best work?

• Advise district leaders on implementation of CCSS - time lines, systems planning, professional development, assessment, etc.

• Represent a range of grade levels, content areas, schools, and programs within Kent SD, but

• Work on behalf of all district education community members to develop the best plan possible

• Serve as a communications liaison with designated curriculum or personnel groups

World CafeProcessing New National StandardsGetting to the big ideas

World Cafe

•Two rounds of conversation•20 minutes per round•Different question each round•Each table member contributes to a

representation of the conversation.. Draw, write, doodle, imagine, synthesize…

Question 1 What themes/big ideas are emerging across the CCSS & NGSS standards?

Question 2

What are the

implications for

adult practices

so that

students

master the

CCSS and

NGSS?

Debrief- Whole Group

•What themes/big ideas are emerging across the CCSS & NGSS standards?

•What are the implications for adult practices so that students master the CCSS and NGSS?

Considering Implementation Mathematics Reading

District Implementation – Initial Steps

• Adopted and implemented secondary math resources that are CCSS-aligned

• Delivered November & December Principal Orientations

• Beginning in January, integrated CCSS work into Curriculum Leader and Cadre work

• Using Mathematical Practices in PD• Considering in K-6 Literacy Review• Selected for OSPI Implementation Network• Initiated CCSS Steering Team• Math support team attending Training

KSD Planning for Math, ELA•Curriculum Guides – Year-at-a-glance; Unit

Guides; Pacing Guides; Pathways; Tiered Intervention

•Assessment Planning – Benchmark Assessments; Unit Assessments; Formative Assessment Support

•PD: Integration with Instructional Practice•Elem Report Card •Define district/school/team/teacher

responsibilities

KSD MathematicsConsidering an implementation schedule proposal…

KSD ReadingConsidering implementation schedule proposal options…

Next Steps

•March & April: Math support team participating in ESD Training

•April: Release of NGSS 1st public draft•May 15 & 16: ELA support team

participating in ESD Training•May 29 & 30: Central team attends OSPI

Network Training•April & May: CCSS Steering Team Info Share• June 5: CCSS Steering Team Meeting•Summer: KSD Staff Training begins!

Meeting Debrief

•How are we doing? What’s your one word?

•Plus/delta Analysis•Notes for next time