“Do Now” Assignment

O Explain what you have done in your current position to implement CCSS and prepare for PARCC.

O Can you identify what others in your organization have done to implement CCSS and prepare for PARCC?

Infusing the Common Core: A Shared Instructional

Responsibility

Infusing the Common Core: A Shared Instructional Responsibility

The CCSS and PARCC are not the sole responsibility of the ELA and Mathematics teachers. In fact, the role of every educator has changed, and CCSS and PARCC demand that all faculty and staff assume the leadership role in this changing instructional paradigm. This session will guide the instructional partners (superintendents to paraprofessionals) by defining responsibilities and providing strategies as they begin the journey to infuse the CCSS in every classroom with PARCC in mind.

Learning has changed

Demystifying the Constants

O Time

O PARCC

O CCSS

Demystify Time Scheduling Learning

O Clocks

O Block agendas

O Focused lesson plans

O Pacing guides

Demystify Time Assessment

O Schedule major assessments

O Vary assessment lengths

O Provide PLC time to plan, review, and

discuss learning outcomes

Demystify PARCC

O Scheduling

O Technology

O Teaching and learning through

assessments, not for

assessment

Demystify the Assessment

O Provide teachers with experience

O Mimic high stakes assessments

O Scaffold questioning

O Use common rubrics

O Share results

Scaffolding: The Ramp

High-level questions: Mastery

Mid-level: Knowledge

Low-level: Understanding

Demystify Common Core

O Common goals

O Common language

O Common rubrics

O Common assessments

High Frequency Words

ODeconstruction of the CCSS

to better prepare for PARCC

OGeneral vs. Content specific

vocabulary

“Do Now” Initiative

O Attacking the CCSS together

O Scheduled semester long, twice

a week

Writing Initiative

O Sharing the most important skill-

literacy

O WAC- writing across the

curriculum grows to WTS- Writing

throughout the school

Reflection

O Referring to your “Do Now”

responses and considering what

we discussed during this session,

create a list of suggestions of

how you can help your

organization prepare for PARCC.