Transitioning to the Common Core and Essential Standards

Pender County Schools

2012-2013

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In 2010 North Carolina was awarded a Race to the Top (RttT) Federal Grant – one of 12 states currently awarded, 7 more states are waiting for notice.

• States were required to advance reforms around four specific areas:

•Adopting new standards and assessment to prepare students for college and the workplace (the focus of this presentation)

• Build data systems measuring student growth so adults (teachers and

principals) can improve

• Recruit and retain effective principals and teachers

• Turn around the lowest achieving schools

•How did we get to the Common Core?

• Designed to prepare students for college and career readiness

• Internationally Benchmarked

• Curriculum is product driven (Know & Do)

• ELA & Math Developed (Other contents are in development)

Principles of Common Core

English Language Arts Mathematics

• The New Essential Standards are written using the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT)

under the guidance of one of the authors of the revision, Lorin Anderson. North

Carolina has chosen RBT to help move to the complex thinking expected from 21st

Century graduates. The RBT was chosen because it has well-defined verbs and is built

on modern cognitive research.

NC Essential Standards

Science Social Studies

Information and Technology World

Languages

Arts Education

Healthful Living

Guidance

Occupational Course of Study

A Second Grade Math Example •What’s Changed?

A Fifth Grade Math Example •What’s Changed?

An Eighth Grade Math Example

•What’s Changed?

A HS Math Example

•What’s Changed?

Transitioning to the Common Core A Timeline for Change

Teachers receive professional development on the Common Core (Language Arts and Math) and the Essential Standards (all other content areas)

Full implementation of the Common Core and Essential Standards with additional professional development for teachers

Continued full implementation of the Common Core and Essential Standards with additional professional development for teachers based on assessment data

Students will be assessed online using the Smarter Balanced Adaptive Assessment along with ?? states.

11-12

12-13

14-15

2013

13-14

Student with be assessed online Grades 3-12 on the new standards using a North Carolina Assessment

• Common Core in Elementary

• Common Core in Middle School

• Common Core in High School

What is the Common Core and what does it look like?

WHAT DID YOU NOTICE? DIFFERENT?

• Observation #1 - • Question #1 -

WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?

What did YOU notice? Hmmm…

• Top Right Button On

• Slide to Unlock

• Find the Common Core GREEN App

• Let’s start with Language Arts

• Select your child’s grade

• Swipe up and down to see content

• Tap to see detail of content

Let’s look at what will happen with your child Have you used an iPad?

Want to learn more about the Common Core ? Check out these Resources

Parents Guide to Student Success from the National PTA

Support Tools for our Teachers

Questions or Comments

High School – Angela Jeffrey, angela_jeffrey@pender.k12.nc.us

Kindergarten -8th Grade – Molly White, molly_white@pender.k12.nc.us

Pender County Central Office

910-259-2187