Common Core and Essential Standards
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
ACRE
• Accountability• Curriculum• Reform• Effort• Testing and curriculum
are changing
• ACRE: Accountability and Curriculum Reform Effort
• K-12 Common Core and NC Essential Standards
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
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
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
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
Integrated PD
• Reading strategies• Differentiation• Academic Vocabulary
Marzano’s 6 steps for teaching vocabulary