K12 Teachers, CCSS & What it Means For You

Elizabeth Calhoon Manager, Instructional Technology & Online Learning

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• Background

• Agenda

• CCSS Vision

• Fundamental Shifts

• Shifting Roles

• Classrooms

• Teacher

• K-12 Teacher & Student Expectations & Methods

http://www.definingthecore.com/training/introCommonCore/html/1_3.html

Optimal Learning ModelThe Gradual Release of Responsibility

Task Completion responsibility shifts gradually from teacher to learner

I DOYOU WATCH

DEMONSTRATION SHARED DEMONSTRATION GUIDED PRACTICE INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

I DOYOU HELP

YOU DOI HELP

YOU DOI WATCH

I DO WE DO YOU DO

Level of TEACHERSupport

HighSupport

Little/NoControl

ModerateSupport

LowSupport

Low/NoSupport

LowControl

Moderate Contol

High Control

Level of LEARNERControl

http://www.definingthecore.com/training/introCommonCore/html/1_5.html

Fundamental Shifts - ELAShift 1! Balancing Informational !

& Literary Text!Students read a true balance of informational and literary texts. !

Shift 2! Knowledge in the Disciplines! Students build knowledge about the world (domains/ content areas) through TEXT rather than the teacher or activities!

Shift 3! Staircase of Complexity! Students read the central, grade appropriate text around which instruction is centered. Teachers are patient, create more time and space and support in the curriculum for close reading.!

Shift 4! Text-based Answers! Students engage in rich and rigorous evidence based conversations about text. !

Shift 5! Writing from Sources! Writing emphasizes use of evidence from sources to inform or make an argument. !

Shift 6! Academic Vocabulary! Students constantly build the transferable vocabulary they need to access grade level complex texts. This can be done effectively by spiraling like content in increasingly complex texts.!

Practical Shifts - ELA

• Textbook Publishers Adjusting

• OERs on the Rise

• Collaboration Across Disciplines and Grade Levels…

• Mandatory

Fundamental Shifts - MathShift 1! Focus! Teachers significantly narrow and deepen the scope of how time and energy is

spent in the math classroom. They do so in order to focus deeply on only the concepts that are prioritized in the standards.!

Shift 2 ! Coherence! Principals and teachers carefully connect the learning within and across grades so that students can build new understanding onto foundations built in previous years. !

Shift 3! Fluency! Students are expected to have speed and accuracy with simple calculations; teachers structure class time and/or homework time for students to memorize, through repetition, core functions.!

Shift 4! Deep !Understanding!

Students deeply understand and can operate easily within a math concept before moving on. They learn more than the trick to get the answer right. They learn the math. !

Shift 5! Application! Students are expected to use math and choose the appropriate concept for application even when they are not prompted to do so. !

Shift 6! Dual Intensity! Students are practicing and understanding. There is more than a balance between these two things in the classroom – both are occurring with intensity. !

Practical Shifts - Math

• Textbook Publishers Adjusting

• OERs on the Rise

• Focus on Problem-Solving for Real-World Applications (DOK)

Learning

Assessment

• CAASPP (California Assessment of Student Performance & Proficiency)

• Computer Adaptive

• Skills and Content

• Readiness Directly Linked to Technology

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• What does this mean for you in your work?

• What will students expect when leaving the K12 system and coming to you?

• What will teachers expect when preparing students for you?

Digital Literacy

Digital Literacy

The Classroom is the World

• Connected Classrooms

• Biggest predictor of student success is teacher effectiveness

• What is an “effective” teacher? Pair-Share for 2 minutes

What is a Teacher?

What Are Teachers Doing?

• Using video to teach content

• Leveraging facilitation, communication & experience expertise

• Experts in human behavior, motivation & learning

Expectations

• Web-based and free

• Flexible in time and space

• Collaborative

• BYOT

Expectations

Methods• Beyond Wikis

• Google Apps for Education

• Curation Tools (Diigo, Edcanvas, Symbaloo)

• LEC Digital Educator

• Personal & Professional Learning Networks

• Structured Organizations Must be Multimedia & Flexible to Remain Relevant

• Immediate Resource Sharing via Twitter, Google+

So What?• Relevancy is King

• Flexibility is Imperative

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• What are K12 teachers going to expect? What are their students, coming into all of your programs, going to hope for?

Links & Resources• Common Core State Standards

• Achieve the Core

• Defining the Core

• Infusing Technology into CC Curriculum - Livebinder

• Digital Literacy Handbook

• The REAL Gems - EdTech

• Just For You - HigherEd & EdTech

Contact

• Elizabeth Calhoon

• ecalhoon@sccoe.org

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