matching your site to teacher needs
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Matching Your Site to Teacher Needs
The Current and Revised Ohio Academic Content Standards
Megan Wood
Current Standards
Blue book adopted 2002 Ohio Graduate Test- 10th grade Suspension of Ohio Achievement
Test (Assessment)- 5th and 8th grades
Revision required as part of House Bill 1 (the buget) passed in July 2009
Process
Writers at the Ohio Dept of Education
Expert Advisory Committee Working Group Public Comment (twice!) Revisions Ohio State Board of Education
Adoption June 2010
Model Curriculum
Working Group Teacher Groups Public Comment Ohio State Board of Education
adoption March 2011
Testing
Field test new assessments 2012-2013
New assessments in place Fall of 2014
Year-end course assessments Nationally Standardized Test (high
school)
Changes
New Vocabulary
Changes
New Vocabulary Theme- for each grade level Topics Strands- History, Government,
Geography, Economics Content Statements- No verbs! This is
where we align.
Changes
Shift in Scope and Sequence
Changes
Shift in Scope and Sequence Inclusion of Pre-K 4th Grade is Ohio history in an American
context 5th Grade is people and regions of
Western Hemisphere (geography focus) 6th Grade is people and regions of the
Eastern Hemisphere (geography focus) Shift in dates for 7th grade More time to cover in 8th grade
Changes
Strands collapsed No more:
Social Studies Skills and Methods People in Societies Civic Skills and Responsibilities
Changes
High School Standards in course syllabi Includes several options for electives Organized chronologically through
history content Online only
No longer printing and distributing books
Model Curriculum
Content Elaborations (align here) Expectations for Learning (verbs,
also align here) Instructional Strategies Differentiated Classroom Ideas Instructional Resources Connections
What does it all mean?
Transition period- using both sets of standards
New projects- new standards Re-aligning all material Incorporating 21st Century Skills
21st Century Skills
Communication Creativity Critical Thinking Collaboration
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Suggested Next Steps
Slowly re-align all programs and leave current alignment up
Any new programs should use the new standards
Assess current programming to meet the needs of changing standards, 21st Century Skills
Opportunities
Provide professional development Act as a resource provider Re-package or re-market programs
to meet new standards Timeline allows us time to adapt
Primary Source Activities
Engage students in skills and primary source material/artifacts
Can be adapted to fit almost any content
Insert Adams Family Activities
Other Primary Source Activities
You are the Curator! Fact or Fiction Political Cartoons Great State Debate
Questions?
Contact me at anytime: [email protected] 614 297 2343