UNDERSTANDING THE STANDARDS IN CTE
WITH FOCUS ON LITERACY
HELEN ARNETT
CTE INSTRUCTIONAL
SPECIALIST
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
QUESTION
What is the difference between
Common Core and Essential
Standards?
ACRE
North Carolina's Accountability and
Curriculum Reform Effort - is the state's
comprehensive initiative to redefine the
Standard Course of Study for K-12
students, the student assessment
program and the school accountability
model.
COMMON CORE AND ESSENTIAL
STANDARDS
NEXT YEAR (2012-2013) ALL PUBLIC
SCHOOLS IN NORTH CAROLINA WILL
TRANSITION FROM THE STANDARD
COURSE OF STUDY TO THE COMMON
CORE STATE STANDARDS (CCSS) AND
THE NORTH CAROLINA ESSENTIAL
STANDARDS (NCES).
DESIRED OUTCOMES
Review NHCS professional development
timeline for 2011-2012
Review Sessions
Review Terminology
Identify Literacy and Writing Essential
Standards with specific curriculum
Resources
COMMON CORE AND ESSENTIAL
STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
OVERVIEW
Session 1 provided the
background information for the
transition to Common Core and
Essential Standards. It also
contained the professional
development timeline for Year 1.
COMMON CORE AND ESSENTIAL
STANDARDS
Session 2 was comprised of contentspecific reviews of the Common Core
and Essential Standards led by the
Instructional Services Team.
Call for Change
Session 3, Call for Change, helped
everyone understand the evolution of the
new standards and assessments. It also
provided guidance into accessing
instructional resources developed by
DPI.
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Completion
RBT
Session 4 included the module,
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy. NCDPI
developed the Essential Standards
using these levels of thinking.
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Completion
LITERACY IN THE CONTENT AREAS
Session 5, Literacy in the Content Areas,
examined the impact of the Common
Core Content Literacy standards on all
curricular areas.
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS
Session 6, NC Professional Teaching
Standards, took an in-depth look at how
the standards relate to the new
evaluation tool.
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LEARNING TARGETS AND CRITERIA FOR
SUCCESS
Session 7, Learning Targets, contained a
module from NC FALCON that helped
teachers identify what students should
learn.
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Completion
COLLECTING AND DOCUMENTING EVIDENCES
Session 8, Collecting and Documenting
Evidences, contained a NC FALCON
module that helped teachers know what
to look for when determining success.
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Completion
UNDERSTANDING THE STANDARDS
Session 9, The Standards, will be specific
to each content area and led by the
Instructional Services Team.
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TERMINOLOGY
ACRE - North Carolina's Accountability and Curriculum
Reform Effort - comprehensive initiative to redefine
the Standard Course of Study for K-12 students, the
student assessment program and the school
accountability model.
Common Core - provides a consistent, clear
understanding of what students are expected to
learn, so teachers and parents know what they need
to do to help them. The standards are designed to
be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting
the knowledge and skills that our young people
need for success in college and careers.
TERMINOLOGY CONTINUED
Essential Standards - The critical skills,
knowledge, and dispositions each student
must acquire as a result of each course, grade
level, and unit of instruction.
Crosswalk - simply: "A crosswalk links two or more
different classification systems."
Strand - A strand is a consistent thread running
through a course irrespective of its subject
content
Anchor Statement - further defines what students
should understand ... standard to support the
broad college and career ready standards
statement.
INTEGRATION NOT ISOLATION
Keep in mind that English Language
Development, Guidance, and Information
and Technology Essential Standards must be
delivered through ALL content areas. It is
also the responsibility of ALL teachers to
ensure that they are working with AIG, EC,
and ESL teachers to deliver the appropriate
services and standards for students.
Common Core Standards for English Language Arts
& Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and
Technical Subjects
K-12 College and Career Readiness (CCR) Anchor Standards
 Over-arching (broad) anchor standards for each
strand that are further defined by grade-specific
standards
Grade-Level Standards in English Language Arts
 K-8, grade-by-grade
 9-10 and 11-12 grade bands for high school
 Four strands: Reading, Writing, Speaking and
Listening, and Language
Todays Activity
Part 1 – Distribute: Standards for
Literacy Document
How to read the document and label
reading and writing
STANDARDS FOR LITERACY DOCUMENT
How to identify grade-specific Reading
Strategies
Example: RL. 9 – 10.1
Strand: Key Ideas and Details
Grade Span: ( 9-10 )
Standard Number: 1
• Cite specific textural evidence to support
analysis of science and technical texts,
attending to the precise details of
explanations or descriptions
LOOKING DEEPER: CCR ANCHOR
STANDARD FOR READING
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas Text RI. 7
1. Mark/highlight the changes to the
standard at each grade level, looking for
what is different.
2. Focus on how expectations change
STANDARDS FOR LITERACY DOCUMENT
How to identify grade-specific Writing Strategies
Example: W. 9 – 10.1
Strand: Writing
Grade Span: ( 9-10 )
Standard Number: 1.e
• Provide a concluding statement or section
that follows from or supports the argument
presented.
How to identify grade-specific Writing Strategies
Example: W. 10 - 12
Strand: Writing
Grade Span: ( 10 - 12 )
Standard Number: 2.c
• Used varied transitions and sentence structures to
link the major sections of the text, create cohesion
and clarify the relationships among complex ideas
and concepts.
PERSONAL FINANCE
TODAY’S ACTIVITIES
Part 2: Break into groups by Blueprints and
Curriculum
Should have with you :
Blueprint
Curriculum Guide
Highlighter
Pen/pencil
Distribute blueprints for specific areas and generic
ones
Identify ways that you intergrade Reading and
Writing
RESOURCES
Interpretation of Columns on the NCDPI Adapted CTE
Course Blueprint
Common Core Standards
COMMON CORE STATE AND NC ESSENTIAL
STANDARDS