College and Career Ready Standards
(a.k.a. Common Core Standards)
and
Educator Effectiveness Systems
Kutztown University
College of Education Faculty Retreat
May 10, 2012
Why Common Core?
Student Achievement
Student Achievement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lGD9oLofks@sns=em
States Adopting Common Core
• Effort led by NGA and CCSSO
• Now have standards in English Language
Arts and Mathematics
• Science and Social Studies are currently
being developed
• 46 states and the District of Columbia
• 4 states have not adopted (Alaska,
Nebraska, Texas and Virginia)
Next Generation Assessments
• Two assessments currently being
developed
o PARRC
o Smarter Balanced
• Assessment will be administered
for the first time in the 2014-15
school-year
College and Career Ready (CCR)
and Educator Effectiveness
• Disconnect between state implementation toward CCR
and state educator effectiveness work
• Waiver applications are evidence of the divide
• Let’s explore the bridge between the two
• Aligning visions (standards) across the system
• Transforming K-12 instruction to get to CCR
• Evaluation and professional growth
• Leveraging state teams, higher education, and a variety of
stakeholders via multiple national efforts
• ICCS, SCEE, TPL, CRP, etc.
College and Career Ready
Students who are college- and career-ready is the larger
goal.
Common Core State Standards are a tool for getting us there
 They define performance standards for today’s students – the WHAT
HOW we get to readiness is through effective instruction
 Teaching standards define what effective instruction looks like
 Leadership standards define what school leaders do to support
instruction
 The goal of professional development is to improve instruction
A New Vision of Teaching
• Developmental Continuum
• A Focus on 21st Century Knowledge and Skills
• Personalized Learning for Diverse Learners
• Increased Emphasis on Assessment Literacy
• A Collaborative Professional Culture
• New Leadership Roles for Teachers and
Administrators
Groupings of Standards
The Learner and Learning
Standard #1: Learner Development
Standard #2: Learning Differences
Standard #3: Learning Environments
Content
Standard #4: Content Knowledge
Standard #5: Application of Content
Groupings of Standards
Instructional Practice
Standard #6: Assessment
Standard #7: Planning for Instruction
Standard #8: Instructional Strategies
Professional Responsibility
Standard #9: Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
Standard #10: Leadership and Collaboration
InTASC Teaching Standards Linked to Common
Core Student Standards
CCSS Mathematics
InTASC Teaching Standards
Standard 5:
Evaluation and Professional Growth
• Balancing accountability and support
• Translating educator standards into action
• Learning progressions for educators
• Evaluation frameworks
• Data systems and feedback loops
• Incorporating “effectiveness” into the system (e.g.
measures of student growth)
Leveraging State Teams
• Making connections across a variety of projects
• ICCS – Implementing the Common Core
Standards
• SCEE – State Consortium on Educator
Effectiveness
• CRP – College Readiness Partnership
• TPL – Transforming Professional Learning
Areas of Focus
College Readiness Partnership:
NATIONAL PARTNERS
• AASCU
• American Association of State Colleges and Universities
• Connect to local (institutional) postsecondary partners
• CCSSO
• Council of Chief State School Officers
• Connect to state and local K-12 partners
• SHEEO
• State Higher Education Executive Officers
• Connect to state-level postsecondary partners
College Readiness Partnership:
GOALS
• Collaborative leadership and communication
• Connect state and local leaders in K-12 and
postsecondary
• Communicate regularly; collaborate for success
• Shared understanding of college readiness
• Work from CCSS in English and mathematics
• Align HS exit expectations with postsecondary entrance
• Redesign of teacher preparation and PD
• Connection to other CCSS initiatives in states
• Common Assessment Consortia – PARCC, SBAC
• Race to the Top, state strategic plans, etc.
College Readiness Partnership:
PLAN OF WORK
• 7 “State Leadership Teams”
• KY, MA, ME, MO, OR, TN, WI
• States in different stages of CCSS implementation
• Distributed regionally, assessment consortia participation
• Work with states to develop plans
• Phase I: SHEEOs, CSSOs, AASCU presidents
• Phase II: Principals, Faculty (K-12 and HE), Deans
• Redesign teacher preparation programs
• Common Core State Standards and assessments
• Clinical Practice Integration: NCATE Blue Ribbon Report
• Teacher Performance Standards: InTASC Framework
• Develop plans for in-service teacher PD
For More Information
www.ccsso.org/intasc
www.ccsso.org/scee
www.ccsso.org/iccs
www.learningforward.org/advancing/
transformingprofessionallearning.cfm