Parent Common Core
Workshop
Presented By:
Robin Hecht
Marlboro Central School District
Marlboro, NY
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Objectives:
– Participants will understand
how to organize and run
successful parent workshops.
– Participants will interact with
tools
to help parents to
understand college readiness
and the Common Core
standards.
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Why Plan Parent Trainings?
1. To help parents understand college
readiness and “Why Does It Matter?”
2. Introduce parents to the
CC Standards vs. Traditional Standards
3. Help parents to understand “how to
help” their children at home.
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Common Core State Standards
What they mean for you and your children?
Tonight’s Objectives:
Help parents understand what college readiness is
and why it matters
Introduce parents to the new standards
Help understand what to look for and how to help
their children at home
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Parent CC Workshop
How to ……..Toolkit
Tell me …………………..
http://www.engageny.org/parent-and-family-resources
Show me……….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IGD9oLofks
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College and Career Readiness
The new standards will get students ready for
success in college and the workforce.
…but what does that mean?
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College Readiness
• College readiness means that
graduates have the skills they need
to do well in college.
• “College” doesn’t just mean a four-year
degree. It can mean any program that leads
to a degree or certificate.
• Being “ready” means that students graduate
from high schools with key skills in English and
mathematics.
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Career Readiness
• Career readiness means that high
school graduates are qualified for
and able to do well in long-term
careers.
• “Career” doesn’t just mean a job. It means a
profession that lets graduates succeed at a job
they enjoy and earn a competitive wage.
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Why does this matter? Because it’s
what our students need
For every 100 ninth graders…
65 graduate from high school
37 enter college
24 are still enrolled in sophomore year
12 graduate with a degree in six years
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… and only 6 get a good job after
graduation
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The new standards will…
• Prepare students to succeed in college
and the workforce
• Ensure that every child—regardless of
race, ethnicity or zip code—is held to the
same high standards and learns the same
material
• Provide educators with a clear, focused
roadmap for what to teach and when
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What are the Common Core Standards?
• A single set of clear standards for
English language arts and mathematics
• A tool to help students and parents set
clear and realistic goals for success
• A first step in providing young people
with the high-quality education that
will prepare them for success in
college and careers
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Common Core State Standards approach
Operations and Algebraic
Thinking
Expressions
→ and
Equations
Number and Operations—
Base Ten
→
K
1
2
3
4
Algebra
The Number
System
Number and
Operations—
Fractions
→
→
→
5
6
7
8
High School
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Traditional U.S. Approach
K
12
Number and
Operations
Measurement
and Geometry
Algebra and
Functions
Statistics and
Probability
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What’s different in the new standards?
English Language Arts/Literacy:
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Focus on non-fiction, careful reading
Discuss reading and write using evidence
Increase academic vocabulary
Mathematics
• Learn more about fewer concepts
• Focus on skill building, speed and accuracy
• Use of real world examples to better understand
concepts
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ELA Test Question – Pre Common Core
In both the Demosthenes biography and the Icarus and
Daedalus myth the main characters are given advice
from other people. Do you respond to advice from other
people more like Demosthenes or more like Icarus?
Write an essay in which you explain who you are more
like when it comes to taking advice and why. Use
details from both articles to support your answer.
In your response, be sure to do the following:
•tell whether you are more like Demosthenes or Icarus
•explain why you are respond to advice similar to
Demosthenes or Icarus
•use details from both passages in your response
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ELA Test Question – Post Common Core
In both the Demosthenes biography and the Icarus and Daedalus
myth the main characters exhibit determination in pursuit of their
goals. Did determination help both main characters reach their
goals, or did it lead them to tragedy? Write an argument for
whether you believe determination helped or hurt the two main
characters. In your response, be sure to do the following:
•describe how determination affected the outcome in Demosthenes
•describe how determination affected the outcome in Icarus and
Daedalus
•explain the similarities or differences that exist in the ways
determination played into the outcome of both texts
•use details from both passages in your response
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Math Test Question: Pre-Common Core
7.G04
Determine the surface area of
prisms and cylinders, using a
calculator and a variety of
methods.
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Math Test Question: Post Common Core
6.G.1
Find the area of right triangles,
other triangles, special
quadrilaterals, and polygons by
composing into rectangles or
decomposing into triangles and
other shapes; apply these
techniques in the context of solving
real-world and mathematical
problems.
6.RP.1
Understand the concept of a ratio
and use ratio language to describe a
ratio relationship between two
quantities. For example, “The ratio
of wings to beaks in the bird house
at the zoo was 2:1, because for
every 2 wings there was 1 beak.”
“For every vote candidate A
received, candidate C received
nearly three votes.”
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What Works Best for Engaging Parents?
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Toolkit
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Engageny.org
Checklist for planning the night
One or Two Night sample agenda
Explanation of the “shifts” in instruction,
a change in homework, strategies being
taught, text complexity, sprints.
• Backpack Guide handout questions parents
should ask
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Toolkit for Parent Engagement
Planning Tools
• Event Checklist for Planning a Parent
Night
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Toolkit for Parent Engagement
Planning Tools
• Annotated Agendas for Parent Nights:
Two-Night
Parent
Sessions
OR
Consolidated
One-Night
Parent Session
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Toolkit for Parent Engagement
Planning Tools
– Sample slides from parent night presentations
• Full presentations are available for download on
EngageNY.org
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Backpacks: What you should see
Books that are
both fiction
and nonfiction
Real-world examples
that makes what
students learn in
English and math make
more sense
Writing assignments
that require students
to use evidence
instead of opinion
Math homework
that asks students
to write out how
they got their
answer
Math homework
that asks students
to use different
methods to solve
the same problem
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Some questions to ask your child
Did you talk about
anything you read
in class today? Did
you use evidence
when you talk
about what you
read?
Tell me something you
learned in your
reading. How did you
learn it?
Did you learn any
new words in class
today? What do
they mean? How do
you spell them?
How did you
use math
today? Can
you show me
an example?
What math problems did you do
today? How did you get your
answer?
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Toolkit for Parent Engagement
Parent Handouts
•What Parents Can Do to Help their
Children Learn
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A Closer Look: ELA/Literacy Shifts
Read as much non-fiction as
fiction
• Learn about the world by
reading
• Read more challenging material
closely
• Discuss reading using evidence
• Write non-fiction using evidence
• Increase academic vocabulary
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ELA Shift #2: Learn about the world by reading
Parents SHOULD
Students MUST
• Supply texts on
topics that interest
your child
• Learn more about
Science and Social
Studies through
reading
• Find books that
explain how things
work and why
• Use “primary source”
documents
• Get smarter through
the use of texts
• Discuss non-fiction
texts and their ideas
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ELA Shift #4: Discuss reading using evidence
Students MUST
Parents SHOULD
• Find evidence to
support their
arguments
• Form judgments and
opinions
• Become scholars
• Discuss what the
author is thinking
• Make predictions
• Talk about texts
• Demand evidence in
everyday
discussions, debates
and disagreements
• Read aloud or read
the same book as
your child and
discuss with
evidence
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ELA Shift #5: Write from sources
Students MUST
Parents SHOULD
• Encourage writing at
home
• Make arguments in
writing using
evidence
• Write “books” together
using evidence and
details
• Compare multiple
texts in writing
• Review samples of
student writing:
• Learn to write well
http://www.corestandards.o
rg/assets/Appendix_C.pdf
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A Closer Look: Mathematics Shifts
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Focus: learn more about
less
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Build skills across grades
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Develop speed and
accuracy
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Really know it, Really do it
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Use it in the real world
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Think fast AND solve
problems
HOW?
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Math Shift #2: Learn skills across grades
Students MUST
• Spend more time on
fewer concepts
Parents SHOULD
• Know what the priority
work is for your child at
their grade level
• Go more in-depth on
each one
• Spend time with your
child on that work
• Ask your child’s teacher
about his or her
progress on the priority
work
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Math Shift #3: Develop speed and accuracy
Students MUST
Parents SHOULD
• Push children to know,
understand and
memorize basic math
facts
• Spend time practicing
by doing lots of
problems on the
same idea
• Know all of the fluencies
your child should have;
prioritize learning of the
ones they still find
difficult
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Math Shift #5: Use it in the real world
Parents SHOULD
Students MUST
• Ask your child to do
that math that
comes up in your
daily life
• Apply math in real
world situations
• Know which math
skills to use for which
situation
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Toolkit for Parent Engagement
Parent Handouts
•Parent’s Backpack Guide to the Common Core
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Parent Support helps students succeed
• By staying involved, informed and engaged,
parents can help students be successful
– Read with your children
– Review and discuss their homework
– Communicate with their teachers
– Attend public meetings to learn more
– Learn about the standards and how they affect
your child’s education and school
– Look through your child’s backpack each
afternoon
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What works best?
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Sample Parent Workshop
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MCSD Parent CC Workshop
• Teachers created 20 minute workshops in
Math or ELA for parents to attend
• Area college student-teachers created
workshops for students of parents attending
• PTA sold refreshments
• Parents signed in and were assigned to a
workshop and given a rotating schedule
• 10-15 minute session to explain the night’s
routine
• Exit Survey was completed by parents
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Parent CC Workshop Materials
• Invite Board Members
• Invite Administration
• Post Invite and Materials on School websites
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INCLUDE:
FAQ session or worksheet
Common Core Resources for Parents
Back Pack Guide to the Common Core
Students Should – Parents Should
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Time
2 Hours (120 minutes)
Parent Workshop Sample Plan
Objectives
1. Parents will understand how the Common Core Learning Standards differ from
traditional NY educational standards and what this will mean for their children.
2. Parents will understand how they can support their children at home and be
more involved in the transition to Common Core.
Set Up
Round tables in a central meeting space (auditorium, cafeteria or gymnasium)
Tables along the back of the room to hold refreshments
Doors should open 30 minutes prior to the start of the session to allow for informal
mingling and refreshments
Materials
Power point projector and screen
Access to the internet
AV hook up with speakers
Wireless mics
Flip charts, markers
Handouts
Services
Babysitting
Translation services
If necessary, sign language interpreter
Transportation
Colleges/Community Clubs/PTA: sell refreshments and school spirit
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Elementary School Parent Night
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Middle School Power Up Night
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Parents Schedule of Events
Student Schedule of Events
Dinner (pizza and salad): 5:30—6:15 pm,
Cafeteria
Keynote Speaker: 6:30—7:30 pm, Gym
“Changes in Education”
~Dr. Ken Wagner
Session 1: 7:35—8:00 pm
Session 2: 8:05—8:30 pm
Dinner (pizza and salad):
5:30—6:15 pm,
Cafeteria
Student Activities: 6:30—7:30
pm, First floor
Zingo: 7:30—8:30 pm,
Cafeteria
*If there is more than one
winner for the HV Renegades
tickets and Kindle Fire,
A “Play-off” will take place.
Parent Workshops
You are attending the following
highlighted workshops
S1. ELA CCSS– Room 213, Mrs. Carbone
S2. Math CCSS– Room 221, Mrs. Howlett & Mrs.
Montemorra
S3. Parent Portal– Room 214, Mr. Marallo & Mrs.
DeStefano
S4. Dignity for All Students Act/Olweus Bullying
Prevention Program - Rm 212, Mr. Stanmyer &
Ms. Filocco
S5. Internet Safety, Rm– Computer Lab, Mr.
Magistro
*All workshops are located on the second floor
Sibling Schedule of Events
Dinner (pizza and salad): 5:30—
6:15 pm, Cafeteria
Activities in Media Center: 6:30—
8:30 pm, Second floor.
Children will be able to color,
play board games, make a craft,
and watch a movie.
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Planning Power-Up Night
• Collaboration time with teachers
• Delegation of tasks
• Communication with stakeholders via email,
newsletters, school website, and Blackboard
Connect
• Acquire supplies and materials for workshops
• Create a workshop schedule
• Refreshments – coordinate with PTA
• Entertainment – coordinate with music dept.
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Follow Up Feedback
Please reflect and record your feedback:
•What questions did you feel prepared to answer?
When did you feel unprepared?
•What did you find to be the most important points
for communicating with parents?
•What information should be shared in advance of a
parent night? What should be shared to conduct
strong follow-up?
•What other materials (training tools, activity guides)
will help you communicate more effectively with
parents?
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Toolkit for Parent Engagement
Parent Handouts
•Common Core Resources for Parents to
Learn More
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Additional resources
• www.achievethecore.org
• www.pta.org/4446.htm
• http://www.cgcs.org/Domain/36
• http://parcconline.org/parcc-content-frameworks
• http://EngageNY.org
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