Transition to Instruction with the Common Core State Standards: What do Educators

need to know?

Online Professional Development SeriesMarch – April, 2012

SEC Special Education State Consortium Project (Kansas, North Carolina, Ohio)

Project: Closing the Opportunity Gap for Students with Disabilities

Three-State Consortium project under a Grant from U.S. Dept. of Education

2010-2012

Project Objectives with States, Districts, Schools

Research & Data: Develop and test methods for analyzing alignment of instruction to standards and assessments-- students with disabilities and all students

Professional Development: Provide models for use of data in schools to improve instruction

Report Results to consortium states and broader education community

Develop and Disseminate tools and resources for use in closing the Opportunity Gap

Online PD Series • March 21: Comparing current instruction with the Common

Core—Use of SEC Data & Transition to CCSS Elementary Math

• March 29: Common Core Standards: Shifts and Implications for Mathematics Instruction

• April 10: Language Arts instructional strategies transition for Special Education teachers and All Teachers

• April 12: Key content shifts across grades 4-8 in English language arts with Common Core Standards

• April 16: Teachers of students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities—Aligning Instruction to Standards

Participation Suggestions

• You are muted upon entry

• Type your question and send it

• We are Recording the session– the link will be sent out by email

• We encourage you to use the Webinar recording with others in your school/district.

• Let others know about the next sessios.

Comparing Current Instruction with the Common Core

a) Use of SEC Data & b)Transition to CCSS Elementary Math

Nicole Paulson

Carolyn Eastman

Facilitator: Rolf Blank, CCSSO