2011-12 CCSS Webinar Series – Part 4 Systems Webinar for District and School Leaders May 23, 2012.

2011-12 CCSS Webinar Series – Part 4

Systems Webinar for District and School

Leaders

May 23, 2012

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Welcome!Agenda for today’s webinar…

Refresher and resources on the shifts in ELA and Math Focus of state transition plans Bridge into 2012-13 What is on your mind??

Getting your district/building ready for CCSS implementation District Professional Learning Readiness Assessment

Update on Smarter Balanced Assessment Initiatives New resources and opportunities

Address questions and discuss next steps

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Before we begin…About You We’d like to know a little about who is out

there.

Time for a poll.


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2011-12 CCSS Timeline and Foci…

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Phase 1: CCSS Exploration

Phase 2: Build Awareness & Begin Building Statewide Capacity

Phase 3: Build State & District Capacity and Classroom Transitions

Phase 4: Statewide Application and Assessment

Ongoing: Statewide Coordination and Collaboration to Support Implementation

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August/Sept. 2011

January 2012

OSPI Quarterly Webinar Series

March and May 2012

http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/UpdatesEvents.aspx


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Implementing the Common Core State Standards in Washington State (HANDOUT)


Our Vision: Every student will have access to the CCSS standards through high quality instruction aligned with the standards every day; and that all English language arts and mathematics teachers are prepared and receive the support they need to implement the standards in their classrooms every day.

Our Purpose: To develop a statewide system with aligned resources that supports all school districts in their preparation of educators and students to implement the CCSS.

This includes building system-wide capacity for sustained professional learning that can support CCSS implementation

now and be applied to other initiatives in the future. Our Core Values: This vision can only occur through core values of clarity, consistency, collaboration, coordination, and commitment from classrooms, schools, and communities to the state level.


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1. What do all students need to know and be able to do as a result of the CCSS?

Handout


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The Shifts in ELA and Mathematics

What are they are why are they important?

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ELA/Literacy: 3 shiftsThe What

1. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction

2. Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational

3. Regular practice with complex text and its academic language

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The Why: Shift OneBuilding knowledge through content-rich nonfiction

Much of our knowledge base comes from informational text

Informational text makes up vast majority of required reading in college/workplace (80%)

Students are asked to read very little of it in elementary (7 - 15%) and middle school

CCSS moves percentages to

50:50 at elementary level

75:25 at secondary level (includes ELA, science, social studies)

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The Why: Shift Two Reading, writing & speaking grounded in evidence, both literary and informational

Most college and workplace writing is evidence-based and expository in nature (not narrative)

Ability to cite evidence differentiates student performance on NAEP

Standards in writing ask students to respond to evidence-based writing prompts (inform/argue)

Standards in speaking and listening require students to prepare for and refer to evidence on ideas under discussion

Standards in reading require students to respond to text-dependent questions with evidence-based claims

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The Why: Shift Three Regular Practice with Complex Text and its Academic Language

Gap between complexity of college and high school texts is huge

What students can read, in terms of complexity is greatest predictor of success in college (ACT study)

Too many students reading at too low a level (<50% of graduates can read sufficiently complex texts)

Standards include a staircase of increasing text complexity from elementary through high school

Standards also focus on building vocabulary that is shared across many types of complex texts and many content areas

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Mathematics: 3 shiftsThe What

1. Focus: Focus strongly where the standards focus.

2. Coherence: Think across grades, and link to major topics

3. Rigor: In major topics, pursue conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application

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The Why: Shift One Focus strongly where the Standards focus

Significantly narrow the scope of content and deepen how time and energy is spent in the math classroom

Focus deeply only on what is emphasized in the standards, so that students gain strong foundations

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K 12

Number and Operations

Measurement and Geometry

Algebra and Functions

Statistics and Probability

Traditional U.S. Approach

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Focusing attention within Number and Operations

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Expressions and Equations

Algebra

Number and Operations—Base Ten

The Number System

Number and Operations—Fractions

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 High SchoolMay 2012


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The Why: Shift Two Coherence Think across grades, and link to major topics within grades

Carefully connect the learning within and across grades so that students can build new understanding onto foundations built in previous years.

Begin to count on solid conceptual understanding of core content and build on it. Each standard is not a new event, but an extension of

previous learning.

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The Why: Shift Three Rigor In major topics, pursue conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application

The CCSSM require a balance of: Solid conceptual understanding Procedural skill and fluency Application of skills in problem solving situations

This requires equal intensity in time, activities, and resources in pursuit of all three

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“Dramatic shift in teaching…”


“The dramatic shift in teaching prompted by the common core will require practical, intensive,

and ongoing professional learning – not one-off “spray and pray” training that exposes

everyone to the same material and hope it sticks”

--Stephanie Hirsch, Learning Forward


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2. What do the adults in the system need to know and be able to do to support all students?

Handout

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Implementing the Common Core State Standards in Washington State


Our Vision: Every student will have access to the CCSS standards through high quality instruction aligned with the standards every day; and that all English language arts and mathematics teachers are prepared and receive the support they need to implement the standards in their classrooms every day.

Our Purpose: To develop a statewide system with aligned resources that supports all school districts in their preparation of educators and students to implement the CCSS.

This includes building system-wide capacity for sustained professional learning that can support CCSS implementation

now and be applied to other initiatives in the future. Our Core Values: This vision can only occur through core values of clarity, consistency, collaboration, coordination, and commitment from classrooms, schools, and communities to the state level.

Washington’s 3-Year

Transition Plans for

Mathematics and English

Language Arts

HANDOUT


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Spring and Summer 2012 CCSS Opportunities to Build Statewide…

May 2012

Awareness:

Opportunities and Resources Web SiteOSPI CCSS 2011-12 Quarterly Webinar Series- District/Building Leaders, May 23, 10:30 – 11:30- Mathematics, May 29, 3:30 – 4:30 - English language arts, May 31, 3:30 – 4:30


Dates for 2012-13 to be posted soon!

College Board CCSS Leadership Webinar Series, Winter/Spring 2012

http://advocacy.collegeboard.org/preparation-access/teacher-advocacy/events/webinar-series-school-leadership-common-core-standards-an

WA Comparisons and 3-Year Content Transition Plans

http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/Transition.aspx

Resources for Regional/Local CCSS Awareness Activities- Hunt Institute CCSS Videos- Parent Guides to the CCSS, National PTA- Overview PowerPoint presentations

http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/Resources.aspx















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Spring and Summer 2012 CCSS Opportunities to Build Statewide…

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Capacity:Opportunities and Resources Web Site

Spring 2012 CCSS Professional Learning Opportunities- Digging deeper into the - Offered through all 9 ESDs- Will also be offered in 2012-13

http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/ProfDev.aspx

CCSS District Implementation Network Pilot Project Grantee Workshops- 50 district CCSS leadership teams receive mini-grants

for participation - Workshops will be replicated in ESD regions during

2012-13

http://www.k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/DistrictProject.aspx

Summer and Fall 2012 Statewide Conferences- AWSP/WASA Summer Conference- October WSASCD, OSPI, WASA Annual Conference- Fall WSSDA Conference







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http://www.k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/ProfDev.aspx




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Spring and Summer 2012 CCSS Opportunities to Continue Statewide…

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Coordination and Collaboration:

Opportunities and ResourcesState Content Membership Association Professional Learning Coordination- Leaders from 30+ statewide educator membership associations learn about and connect professional learning offerings with state CCSS transition plans

High Capacity School District Curriculum Leader Network- Starting in Fall 2012, invitations in June 2012

Higher Education Coordination- PESB Revision of ELA and Math Pre-service teacher endorsement

competencies- Alignment of CCSS content with pre-service teacher and arts and sciences

programs- Core to College Grant to Washington State- District partnership projects – Road Map Project (Puget Sound region); CCSS

Affinity Network (Spokane PS, with College Board)

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What question are out there??


Frequently Asked Questions – What are the most pressing issues and

questions for you and your teams (teachers, community, stakeholders, students) in the following areas?

CCSS Background CCSS Professional Learning Instructional Materials Assessment


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2. What do the adults in the system need to know and be able to do to support all students?

3. How do we design a

professional learning system

to support them?

Handout

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A frame for supporting CCSS implementation…


Prerequisites for Professional Learning (www.learningforward.org)

1. Educators commit to ensuring all students succeed.

2. Educators are ready to learn.

3. Professional learning fosters collaborative inquiry and learning.

4. Educators learn in different ways and at different rates. Three Types of Professional Development

Individual

Program Implementation

School/Team

http://www.learningforward.org/

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A Resource for Looking at YOUR System and Building Transition Plans...


School District Professional Learning System Readiness Assessment: Implementation of the CCSS

May 2012 (updated from March!)– Draft for Piloting

Let’s take a look!1. How might you use this document with teams

and leaders in your district / building?

2. How can it inform your district and building CCSS transition plans?

What more information would you need to gather?

Who else would need to be involved?


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Statewide Assessment Landscape and Update

New Assessment System for CCSS:What we know so far

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A Balanced Assessment System:ELA and Math --Grades 3-8 and High School

Common Core State Standards specify

K-12 expectatio

ns for college and

career readiness

All students

leave high

school college

and career ready

Teachers and schools have information and tools

they need to improve

teaching and learning

Interim assessments Flexible, open,

used for actionable feedback

Summative assessments

Benchmarked to college and career

readiness

Teacher resources for

formative assessment

practicesto improve instruction


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Washington’s Testing System Transition

Current Testing System Reading and Math: Grades 3–8 and 10 Writing: Grades 4, 7, 10 Science: Grades 5, 8, 10

SBAC/CCSS Testing System (fully operational in 2014-15) English/Language Arts and Math: Grade 3–8 and 11* Science exams are required under ESEA but are not

included in SBAC*11th grade to measure college and career readiness. We are working with higher ed to explore the possible use of these measures as an alternative for college placement (or entrance).

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Will 11th grade exam be used for graduation (exit exam) in Washington?

If these exams are our exit exams what will the CAA options be?

Will the Summative SBAC test replace our End of Course exams or will SBAC have End of Course exams too?

How will Washington’s science tests mesh with these tests?


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Still to be worked out: Washington’s Policy Discussion…


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Find Out More: www.SmarterBalanced.org

State Contact: [email protected]

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/


mailto:[email protected]


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Zip files with ELA and Math Item Specifications and Sample Student Tasks


smarter-balanced-assessments/

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/


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Assessment Claims for English Language Arts/Literacy Total English language arts/literacy (Grades 3–8) —

“Students can demonstrate progress toward college and career readiness in English language arts and literacy.”

Total English language arts/literacy (High School) — “Students can demonstrate college and career readiness in English language arts and literacy.”

Reading — “Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary and informational texts.”

Writing — “Students can produce effective and well-grounded writing for a range of purposes and audiences.”

Speaking and Listening — “Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences.”

Research/Inquiry — “Students can engage in research and inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.”

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Let’s Take a

Look!


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Join 5/29 CCSS

Mathematics

Webinar to take a

look!

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And now…Onto 2012-13!


Ways to stay connected: CCSS OSPI Web Site: http://

www.k12.wa.us/Corestandards/default.aspx

OSPI Teaching and Learning Monthly Newsletter TEACH: http://

www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/news.aspx ***Dates for 2012-13 CCSS Webinar Series will be in the June Newsletter!**

http://www.k12.wa.us/Corestandards/default.aspx

http://www.k12.wa.us/Corestandards/default.aspx

http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/news.aspx

http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/news.aspx


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Have a great summer!Common Core Questions:

Email: [email protected] OR Greta Bornemann, OSPI CCSS Project Lead, E-mail: [email protected]



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