College-and Career-Ready Standards Implementation Plan
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The Alabama College-and Career-Ready Standards for Mathematics were implemented in 2012-2013.
The Alabama College-and Career-Ready Standards for English Language Arts were implemented in 2013-2014.
Resources for these standards can be found at http://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/.
Alabama Insight is a tool for in-depth investigation of the Alabama College-and Career-Ready Standards and provides valuable information
for teachers when planning and preparing units of study. It also provides exemplary lesson plans for each grade level for reading and
mathematics. This tool may be accessed at http://alex.state.al.us/showpage.php?lnk=cosdircommentselectsys. The username is guest2 and the
password is guest.
College-and Career-Ready Standards Professional Development/Transition Plan
(For district and school leaders, classroom teachers, and special area teachers)
District: Baldwin County Public Schools (Elementary)
Phase I - Awareness
Goal(s)
To provide an
awareness of the
CCRS, the content
and instructional
shifts
Objectives
MATH: K-6
teachers are aware
of the Math CCRS,
time for
implementation,
and grade level
shifts for content.
Action Steps
Partner with AMSTI for
awareness session and
PLT.
Timeline
Person(s) Responsible
Curriculum Supervisors
Resources
AMSTI
2012
Status
PLT in place for most
elementary schools
AMSTI Staff
Presentation to principals
School Administrators
School level selection of
PLT/facilitator
School Level PLTs
Planning with AMSTI
for PD
Target Audience:
Math PLT
All K-6 teachers
MATH: Develop
strong PLT with
focus on practice
standards and
student engagement
strategies.
Align & pace standards
with resources
Continue partnership
with AMSTI for PD
Intensive PD for PLT
facilitators
K-6 teachers and
administrators
2012-13
Curriculum Supervisors
Title II funds
AMSTI Staff
Videos
Functioning PLT for
teachers
Functioning PLT for
principals
School Administrators
Facilitators share with
school level PLT
Target Audience:
Completed
Emphasis on building
collaboration and best
practices in class/videos
of lessons for PLT
meetings
Administrators’ PLT
Build content knowledge
Math PLT
Attend SDE CCRS
Implementation
Meetings
Session offered for content
School Level PLTs
Retired math teacher
team for content
presentations
CCRS
Implementation
Meeting
Leadership Team
ELA: K-6 teachers
are aware of the
ELA CCRS,
timeline for
implementation,
and key shifts in
instructional focus.
Form implementation
team of reading coach
from each school and
representatives from
intermediate schools.
Curriculum Supervisors
ELA Implementation Team
Established
Curriculum Supervisors
ARI Staff
Implementation Team
Partner with ARI to
deliver orientation to the
ELA standards
Implementation team
returns training to
faculty
Target Audience:
Implementation
Team/K-6 teachers
Fall, 2012
Attend SDE CCRS
Implementation
Meetings
Title II funds
CCRS Website
Orientation Completed
November, 2012
Phase II - Implementation
Goal(s)
Objectives
Action Steps
Timeline
Person(s) Responsible
Resources
Status
To assist teachers in
gaining a deeper
understanding of
CCRS and to develop
lessons and units of
study that reflect
CCRS
MATH: Math PLTs
gain a deeper
understanding of
teaching Math
CCRS and model
for school.
Teachers use
student engagement
strategies to
encourage math
thought and
conceptual learning.
Target Audience:
Math PLTs
K-6 teachers
Continue partnership
with AMSTI for PD
2012-2013
Intensive PD for PLT
facilitators
Curriculum Supervisors
AMSTI Staff
AMSTI Staff
Book Study
materials
Ongoing
School Administrators
Facilitators share with
school level PLT
Go Math Program
School Level PLTs
Investigations
Emphasis on building
collaboration and best
practices in class/videos
of lessons for PLT
meetings
Administrators’ PLT
Build content knowledge
Attend SDE CCRS
Implementation
Meetings
ELA:
Implementation
team gains deeper
understanding of
the standards with a
focus on reading for
understanding
(close read, text
complexity,
scaffolding) and
writing. Team
returns information
to teachers.
Implementation team
attends training and
returns to teachers.
Spring/Summer
2013
Curriculum Supervisors
ARI Staff
Focus on reading and
writing.
Pathway to the
Common Core
Ongoing
Implementation Team
Sessions offered during
the summer.
Grade Level Sessions
CCRS Website
Vertical Alignment
Documents
DRLA Planning Team
Title II funds for
Implementation team
used as textbook
committee to guide
selection of materials
Target Audience:
Reading Coaches
representative from
intermediate schools
-
Teachers will
February 2013-
Ongoing
implement
standards in a more
student-centered,
technology rich
classroom with
project/problembased learning and
authentic
integration of
content.
Target Audience:
Digital Renaissance
Leadership
Academy
Participants
December 2013
Plan for Digital
Renaissance Leadership
Academy
Partners (Istation, icurio,
Discover Education,
Apple)
Grade level
representative from each
school will become
return training and
become model
classrooms
Dec. 2013 –
February 2014
Target Audience:
Classroom teachers
Principals/Assistant
Principal
Awareness and
application of close read
January, 2014
Target Audience:
Apple computers for
all participants
Literacy training for
hardware &
programs
Evaluator (Dr. Strange)
Reading coaches will
attend training on
reading closely, using
the math talk moves to
encourage conversation
and create plans to
model and train at their
schools. The close read
strategy will be district
focus for the month of
January and February.
Instructional focus
on close reads, text
complexity and
discourse to
promote student
conversation around
text.
substitutes
DLRA (teacher &
administrators)
Elementary Curriculum
Staff
icurio
Training: 02/07/14
Reading Coaches
Discovery
Education
Participants will take
training back to schools
Implementation Team
Sleuth
ARI Regional Coaches
Science & Social
Studies texts
AMSTI Representative
Curriculum Staff
Book Study
Phase III – Follow Up/Support
Goal(s)
To support schools
and teachers in
implementation of the
CCRS by focusing on
curriculum,
resources, and
assessment strategies
to ensure success for
all students
Objectives
Provide support
where needed
Target Audience:
All teachers
Continue Math
PLTs
Audience: Math
PLT/new
members/administr
ators
Target Audience:
Action Steps
Work with individual
school staff and teachers
as needed to focus on the
change in learning
expectations
Timeline
2013-14
Align and pace
standards to instructional
resources
Extend the original Math
PLT to include new
teachers/continue
Administrators’ PLT
Focus on productive
conversations about
mathematics
2013-14
Person(s) Responsible
Resources
Elementary Curriculum
Staff
Scott Foresman CC
Transition Kits
Reading Coaches
CCRS Website
Implementation Team
Scott Foresman
Reading Street &
Transition Kits
Elementary Supervisors
AMSTI Team
School Administrators
5 Practice for
Orchestrating
Productive
Mathematics
Discussions
Go Math!
Investigations
Status
Ongoing
Completed
Ongoing
Phase IV – Evaluation & Accountability
Goal(s)
To ensure quality
implementation by
evaluating progress
and making necessary
revisions to the
strategic plan to
ensure success for all
students
Objectives
Examine data to
measure
growth/strengths
and areas of need
Action Steps
Create data reports to
analyze growth, trends.
& patterns over six years
Timeline
Person(s) Responsible
Resources
Status
October 2013January 2014
Central Office Staff
ARMT data
Istation data
STAR data
Non-academic data
Completed
October 2013 –
May 2014
Elementary
Implementation Team
and ALSDE partners
Rubric
Workshops
Ongoing
Data meetings at each
elementary schools
Target Audience:
Elementary Schools
Review and update
implementation
plan
Target Audience:
Target Audience:
Review and make
necessary revisions to
the plan systematically at
the quarterly
Implementation
Meetings with the
elementary
implementation team and
ALSDE partners
Target Audience:
www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy
www.achievethecore.org