New Mexico’s Common Core State
Standards RFP Process
NGSS Annual Meeting
February 18, 2014
Karina Vanderbilt
Policy Program Manager
CCSS Implementation Timeline
2011-12
Formation of
CCSS
Implementation
Team
&
Planning
2012-13
CCSS
Implementation
K-3
October RFP
released
January 2013
Provider selected
Year I (Jan-June)
2013-14
2014-2015
CCSS Implementation K-12
Year II
Year III
New Mexico Common Core
Professional Development Program
• Solution Tree and Knowledge Delivery Systems
• Virtual and in-person
• Optional to schools and districts
Year I
• January 2013- June 2013
• $775,000 contract
• 2,554 educators trained
Year II
• June 2013- June 2014
• $1.5 million contract
• 1,195 educators being trained
www.newmexicocommoncore.org
Year I Structure: “Pick and Choose”
Designing Coalition
Common Core Mentors
* 180-person, representative of all grade levels and geographic regions of
the state
* 4-day intensive workshop with Lisa Carter on March 4-7- Total
Instructional Alignment
*Strategically located throughout NM
* Five mentors on-site two days /month in schools, districts or regional
cooperatives /centers as determined by PED and Guiding Coalition (total of
56 days per contract)
* Continuing work with five Common Core Mentors; 2 days/month
GOAL: to create state-wide processes and materials for implementation of
the CCSS and assessments with rigor and relevance for ALL students
(including SWD, ELL and GT)
*Provide approximately 40 hours of virtual coaching between on-site visits
GOAL: to work with Designing Coalition in the development of lessons, units,
and formative assessments for all K-12 students aligned to UBD and the CCSS
Guiding Coalition
50 representatives of taskforces &
working groups
In-Person PD
Meetings in February, March, June
Virtual PD
Provides guidance on
implementation of the PD program
& alignment to other NM initiatives
* Online course in CCSS in Math (45+ hours)
* 2-day CCSS in ELA workshop (150 participants) - March 14 & 15, 2013
* Online course in CCSS in ELA (45+ hours)
* 2-day CCSS in Math workshop (150 participants) -March 14 & 15, 2013
* 5-part webinar series for Leaders
* 2-day Drilling Deeper with CCSS Institute (750 participants) - June 24 & 25,
2013
* 2-part webinar on CCSS with ELLs
* 4-day Intensive workshop for Designing Coalition & Mentors (180
participants) - March 4-7, 2013
* On-site coaching by five Regional CCSS mentors (56 in-person days)
* 2-part webinar on CCSS with SWD
* 2-part webinar on CCSS in Secondary Math
* Webinar on Differentiating for GT
* Webinar on Integrating Rigor & Relevance into Instruction
*Virtual Coaching by Regional CCSS Mentors
Year II Structure: Team Approach
• Common Core PD Teams participate in all
aspects of the program
• Districts each have their own PD Team, micro
districts are joined together to form a PD
Team (620 educators total)
• 72 districts participating (81% of all districts)
• 38 charters participating (40% of all charters)
Year II Structure
• PD consists of:
– Leadership Summit for Common Core Leads at each
district
– Secondary Summit for secondary teachers
– 4 two day mentoring sessions in their region by CCSS
experts
– EL Support Program for selected districts with regional
trainings, a summit workshop, and online course
– Webinars
– Online courses for all CCSS PD Team Members
– Online courses for whole schools to participate in
RFP Considerations
• Limited funding
• Accessibility of
professional
development for rural
districts
• Support for special
student populations
RFP Considerations
• Continuous support model
• Leadership training
• Program evaluation
Recommendations
• Project Management
• Deeper, more focused
• Emphasis on regional mentoring with classroom
observations
• Leadership training for administrators
• Develop pilot showcase schools
• Use online courses for schools who want to do a
whole faculty approach
• Connecting across initiatives
Questions?
• Karina Vanderbilt
Karina.vanderbilt@state.nm.us
Thank You