Becoming Familiar with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Dawn A. Moore, Director of Curriculum and Instruction AGENDA —  To become familiar with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and its history —  To examine the differences between a traditional and a standards-­‐based curriculum —  To identify the standards to follow by content areas —  To revisit the NJDOE implementation of revised curricula dates —  To examine the many uses of the ATLAS curriculum mapping tool and the Common Core State Standards Tradi,onal vs. Standards Based Curriculum Traditional —  1. Select a topic from the curriculum/textbook —  2. Provide instruction —  3. Assess —  4. Grade —  5. Move on to new topic Standards Aligned —  1. Assess on standards —  2. Select topic from assessment —  3. Provide multiple learning opportunities —  4. Assess on standards —  5. Re-­‐teach, give feedback, or move to the next standard WHY STANDARDS? —  To ensure what all students will know and be able to do … in 2 years, in 5 years —  Standards are the identified milestones students need to know to get there—proficiency —  To ensure high quality education by teaching to the standards —  “What pieces have to happen for students to get there?” Implementa,on Time Line of Revised Curriculum Revised Curricula —  http://www.nj.gov/education/cccs/timeline.htm Common Core State Standards NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards —  English Language Arts —  Health & Physical Education —  Science —  Mathematics NOTE: ALL content areas need to add Common Core standards [and 21st century skills] into their curriculum maps. —  Social Studies —  Technology —  Visual & Performing Art —  World Language —  21st Century Life and Careers Common Core State Standards —  State led effort (supported by CCSSO—Council of Chief State School Offices & the NGA—National Governors’ Association) —  Developed & adopted by 40 states to date —  Research based, internationally benchmarked —  Addresses knowledge and skills necessary for college and careers —  Rigorous, clear, and focused —  Adopted in New Jersey June 2010 VIDEO CLIP ON THE COMMON CORE —  The Teaching Channel —
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standards-­‐for-­‐ela-­‐and-­‐literacy Learn about the key features and differences of the new standards Length 14 min Questions to Consider What is the purpose of the college and career readiness anchor standards? What do you think about the shift to non-­‐fiction and informational text in reading? Shift to non-­‐narrative texts in writing? How can ELA teachers work with history and science teachers to integrate literacy skills? Common Core State Standards —  Mathematics —  English Language Arts (ELA) & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects -­‐-­‐ 4 ELA standards (Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening, and Language) -­‐-­‐ Reading and writing expectations for History/ Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects (NOT content knowledge) History of ATLAS —  2007-­‐2008: Initial training on curriculum mapping for 45 staff, both MS and HS, across departments and the formation of the ATLAS Core Team —  2008-­‐2009; 2009-­‐2010: the creation of unit maps and and advanced maps; ATLAS Core Team meetings and discussion on various features of ATLAS —  2010-­‐2011: ATLAS Core Team and WHRSD’s Content Specialists facilitate departmental training on the basic features of ATLAS 10/27/10; staff completes a checklist on learning the basic features; some staff develop collaborative maps, others work on their individual maps, both during district initiative sessions ATLAS Tasks for the 2011-­‐2012 School Year —  Curriculum maps for all courses are in ATLAS [if still in SharePoint, the map needs to be copy/pasted into ATLAS using the Develop tab]. —  The courses are to be aligned with the latest standards [refer to latter PowerPoint slide]. If you have a collaborative map, it is suggested you work with your colleagues and do this together. —  All the assessments for your units are to be identified by assessment type, method, and, if need be, a description of the assessment. —  In the resources section of your maps, the textbook needs to have the following information: title, author/editor, edition, publisher, place of publication, and copyright date. ATLAS: WHRSD’S Curriculum Tool —  For aligning individual courses to the standards —  For defining assessment method and type —  For connecting the standards to assessments —  For identifying standards assessed and not assessed —  For identifying gaps and redundancies in curriculum maps —  For housing the curriculum: collaborative and individual maps —  For accountability and compliance “But the Common Core Standards don’t have anything to do with my subject.” LET’S LOOK AT SOME SAMPLE ANCHOR STANDARDS. —  Note: rigorous verbs in the standards: analyze, evaluate, assess, interpret, integrate, research, translate, etc. —  Note: 21st century technology skills —  Note: emphasis on informational text and citing evidence to support analysis “And here they are—the CCRs!” —  College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading —  College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing “How do I add the standards into my ATLAS map?” DEMO: Pretend the CP English I course needed standards added to one of the unit map’s topics. —  http://
warrenhills.rubiconatlas.com —  Log in —  Click on the DEVELOP tab —  Click on unit title —  Click on ADD NEW in the standards area —  Add the LATEST STANDARDS REMEMBER: You can work together on your collaborative map to expedite the process, if others are teaching the same course as you. Contact Dawn A. Moore, Director of Curriculum and Instruc,on moored@warrenhills.org