Providing a Smooth Transition to the Common Core State Standards

Adopting the Common Core State Standards will require instructional shifts. This course is designed to prepare administrators to support their staff through this transition and ensure high-quality implementation. Participants will explore the standards by identifying how they align to current state standards and where they differ. Implications for instruction and assessment will be identified. Research-based models will be provided to facilitate the change process throughout the transition to Common Core State Standards, as well as tools to monitor teachers’ use of best practices to effectively teach the new standards. Participants will create an action plan to support staff during the transition to Common Core State Standards. This course is available for a K–12, K–6, or 7–12 audience.

Length:
One day

Objectives

• Understand the content / organization of the Common Core State Standards
• Understand the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards and how they impact literacy instruction
• Understand the Standards of Mathematical Practice and how they impact math instruction
• Apply strategies to support teachers through professional development
• Understand how assessments will change to support the new standards
• Effectively monitors teachers’ application of the new standards in daily classroom instruction

College Credit Pending

Adopting the Common Core State Standards will require shifts in how we teach and assess. This session will walk participants through the standards document to review grade level content and vertical alignment. This overview will also introduce the College and Career Readiness Standards and areas where the standards may differ from previous state standards. Lessons will be explored to demonstrate lesson design and instructional strategies that best address a blend of Content Standards with College and Career Readiness Standards. Examples of effective assessments will also be provided as well as a self-assessment tool to support teachers’ effective implementation. This course is available for a K–12, K–6, or 7–12 audience.

Length:
One day

Objectives

• Be familiar with the content and organization of the National Common Core Standards
• Understand the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards and how they impact instruction
• Implement the Common Core State Standards effectively
• Understand how assessments will change to support the new standards
• Emphasize the use on nonfiction text and content area reading skills
• Provide effective instruction to implement the standards
• Self-assess effective implementation of the Common Core State Standards

College Credit Pending

Adopting the Common Core State Standards will require shifts in how we teach and assess. This session will walk participants through the standards document to review grade level content and vertical alignment. This overview will also introduce the Standards of Mathematical Practices and areas where the standards may differ from previous state standards. Lessons will be explored to demonstrate lesson design and instructional strategies that best address a blend of Content Standards with the Mathematical Practices. Examples of effective assessments will also be provided as well as a self-assessment tool to support teachers’ effective implementation. This course is available for a K–12, K–5, or 6–12 audience.

Length:
One day

Objectives

• Be familiar with the content and organization of the Common Core Standards
• Understand the Standards of Mathematical Practice and how they impact instruction
• Implement the Common Core Standards effectively
• Understand how assessments will change to support the new standards
• Understand the suggested mathematics pathways (6–12)
• Provide effective instruction to implement the standards
• Self-assess effective implementation of the Common Core Standards

College Credit Pending

What comes first the assessment or the instruction? This is the time-honored question that the Common Core State Standards will address. The Next Generation of Assessments will require educators to examine the complex relationship between teaching, learning and assessment. To demonstrate learning students will be engaged in multidisciplinary, real world tasks. This process will strengthen the relationship of teaching, learning and assessment. Ultimately this will improve student achievement and ensure college and career readiness. During this one day course teachers and administrators will focus on the why, what and how of the Next Generation Assessments. This course is available for a K–12, K–6, or 7–12 audience.

Length:
One day

Objectives

• Explore the complex relationship between teaching, learning and assessment
• Identify the principles of Performance Based Assessments
• Learn the process for implementing Performance Based Assessments
• Examine tools and processes that guide instruction and evaluate learning in a CCSS Classroom
• Create an action plan that will support the implementation of the Next Generation Assessments

College Credit Pending

The College and Career Readiness Standards in the Common Core State Standards address core proficiencies necessary to be prepared for workplace and academic demands beyond high school. To teach them effectively, educators must make shifts in how they instruct and assess. This session will analyze each College and Career Readiness Standard and provide teachers strategies to effectively incorporate these standards into daily teaching of the content standards. Lessons will be modeled and participants will plan their own lessons with collaborative support. Assessment will also be addressed. This course is available for a K–6, or 7–12 audience.

Length:
One day

Objectives

• Understand each College and Career Readiness Standard and how it is addressed in developmentally appropriate ways at each grade level
• View model lessons that address each standard
• Practice planning lessons that maximize integration of the grade level content standards with the College and Career Readiness Standards
• Explore alternate assessment techniques necessary to assess the College and Career Readiness Standards

College Credit Pending

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) include the core content that students need for academic success. However, some content has shifted to different grade levels requiring teachers to deliver instruction that may be unfamiliar to them. This series of customized courses will support educators who must teach new content and need to develop new background knowledge to support instruction.

Length:
One day

Objectives

• Learn the in-depth content that the Common Core State Standards requires
• Participate in model lessons that address the content and apply best practices of instruction
• Create an action plan that includes lesson development around the new content of the Common Core State Standards

Adopting the Common Core State Standards will require instructional shifts. This course is designed to prepare administrators to support their staff through this transition and ensure high-quality implementation. Participants will explore the standards by identifying how they align to current state standards and where they differ. Implications for instruction and assessment will be identified. Participants will create an action plan to support the transition to Common Core State Standards. This course is available for a K–12, K–6, or 7–12 audience.

Length:
One day

Objectives

• Understand the content / organization of the Common Core State Standards
• Understand the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards and how they impact literacy instruction
• Understand the Standards of Mathematical Practice and how they impact math instruction
• Understand how assessments will change to support the new standards

21st Century Skills are infused throughout the Common Core State Standards to ensure students are prepared for the challenges of the future. This session will identify 21st Century Skills and model how to incorporate them into the teaching of the new standards.

Length:
One day

Objectives

• Define 21st century skills
• Identify where 21st century skills are integrated in the Common Core Standards
• Explore an instructional framework that builds student competencies
• View lessons that integrate 21st skills to facilitate learning of standards while developing core competencies
• Develop ways to measure 21st century skills

College Credit Pending

The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts include Literacy Standards in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects. This session will analyze the literacy standards for content area studies and provide teachers strategies to effectively incorporate these standards into daily teaching of the content standards. Lessons will be modeled and participants will plan their own lessons with collaborative support. Assessment will also be addressed.

Length:
One day

Objectives

• Review the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts include Literacy Standards in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects and how it impacts each content area
• Explore each standard and how its inclusion can facilitate learning of content
• View sample lessons that integrate the use of literacy strategies
• Discuss ways reading and writing in the content areas actually deepens student understanding and retention of content

College Credit Pending

College and Career Readiness will require students to be able to communicate in a variety of ways. The process of communication integrates the standards of Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking, and Language. In order to do this effectively students will need to spend a significant amount of time writing. Write Source 2012 supports the teaching and learning necessary to achieve the goals of the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts. Participants will focus on the implications for instruction particularly how to address CC.K–12.W.R.6, using technology to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others. This interactive one-day workshop will explore how Write Source 2012 will support the Common Core Standards for Literacy.

Length:
One day

Objectives

• Identify The Common Core Standards for Writing, Listening & Speaking, and Language and the alignment to Write Source 2012
• Examine the integrated technology for Write Source 2012 that supports producing and publishing writing as well as collaborating with others
• Establish an instructional plan for teaching the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts using Write Source 2012

College Credit Pending

The Standards for Mathematical Practice will require educators to develop a variety of student expertise to prepare them for life in the 21st Century. The integration of process standards developed by NCTM and the strands for Mathematical Proficiency determined by the National Research Council report Adding It Up are integrated in the Standards of Mathematical Practice in the Common Core. To teach and develop these standards teachers must make shifts in how they teach and assess. This session will analyze each Standard of Mathematical Practice and provide teachers strategies to effectively incorporate these standards into successful teaching, learning and assessment. Lessons will be modeled and participants will plan their own lessons with collaborative support.

Length:
One day

Objectives

• Understand each Standard for Mathematical Practice
• Explore the relationship between the Standards for Mathematical Practice and the Standards for Mathematical Content
• Apply key instructional strategies to maximize student achievement
• Create a lesson that effectively incorporates the Standards for Mathematical Practice with the Standards for Math Content

College Credit Pending