Implementing the Common
Core State Standards
The Role of the School Counselor
In the past, workers with average
skills, doing an average job, could
earn an average lifestyle. But
today, average is officially over.
Thomas Friedman
College eligible does not mean
college ready.
ELA/Literacy: 3 Shifts
1. Building knowledge through contentrich 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
Mathematics: 3 Shifts
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
Teaching and Learning for the Shifts
• Conduct short, focused projects and longer term indepth research;
• Produce clear and coherent writing, whatever the
selected format;
• Communicate research findings (speaking and listening
skills) and mathematical thinking;
• Model quantitative problems with mathematics;
• Persevere in solving problems; and
• Reason deeply about mathematics and mathematical
situations by applying concepts to real world situations
while demonstrating higher-level thinking.
The Rigor/Relevance Framework
K
N
O
W
L
E
D
G
E
T
A
X
O
N
O
M
Y
Evaluation
6
Synthesis
C
5 Assimilation
Analysis
4
D
Adaptation
Application 3
Understanding 2
Awareness
A
Acquisition
B
Application
1
1
2
Knowledge
3
Apply in
discipline
4
Apply
across
disciplines
5
Apply to
real world
predictable
situations
Apply to realworld
unpredictable
situations
APPLICATION MODEL
International Center for Leadership in Education
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http://www.achieve.org/publications/imp
lementing-common-core-state-standardsrole-school-counselor-action-brief
Three Step Approach
• Step 1 – Understand It
• Step 2 – Support It
• Step 3 – Act On It