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Supporting the Shifts through Aligned Curriculum

November 2012 6-12 Common Core

Ambassadors

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Collaborating for Change

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Expeditionary Learning

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• Expeditionary Learning (EL) is a non-profit organization that partners with schools, districts, and states to continuously improve education for all students.

• In conjunction with Student Achievement Partners, EL designed and is delivering the 3-5 ELA modules.

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Odell Education• Odell Education is an advisory firm around

English language arts and literacy in US public education.

• OE partners with schools, states and organizations to meet the current need for specialized expertise in K-12 college-and-career-ready education.

• OE has currently focused its efforts on the successful nationwide implementation of the CCSS.

• OE is developing four series of 6-12 model units (shorter than modules) for New York to help teachers interpret the CCSS at the instructional level. Making Evidence-Based Claims is one of these series.

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Next Steps

Expeditionary Learning is

collaborating with Odell Education

to bring you the 6-8 ELA Modules.

PCG will be bringing you the 9-12

modules moving ahead.

Working together to create a

consistent path 3-12.

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Introducing the 6-8 Institute Team

• Suzanne Plaut, co-director of this project, and Mark Conrad, Director of the NE Region.

• Several EL curriculum writers and school coaches will be leading breakout sessions and facilitating conversations with you.

• In addition, staff from Odell Education and PCG are here to answer questions and hear your needs and concerns.

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Introducing the 9-12 Institute Team• Cheryl Dobbertin, co-director of

Expeditionary Learning’s Curriculum and PD project for NYS.

• Several EL curriculum writers and school coaches will be leading breakout sessions and facilitating conversations with you.

• In addition, staff from Odell Education and PCG are here to answer questions and hear your needs and concerns.

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Greeting

"We have work to do. You can't just sit in a seat and

grow smart ... I promise, you are going to do, and you

are going to produce. And I am not going to let you

fail.“ – Marva Collins, leader and activist.

At your tables:

• Introduce yourselves.

• Share a time when your effort – your production – led to an

accomplishment you are especially proud of.

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Our Work Together these Two Days

• A deep focus on the close reading of complex texts and using evidence from text to support claims.• Why complex text? Close reading? Evidence-based

claims?• How does this look in the classroom?• What are the instructional moves I need to be making, or

helping my colleagues make, in order to ensure college and career readiness for all students?

• We will learn together about the importance of complex text, close reading, and evidence-based claims.

• We will examine how students learn to do these things using lessons that you will eventually see embedded in the modules.

• We will discuss the importance of a “growth mindset.”

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Constructing Meaning Together

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Norms of Collaboration

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Learning TargetsGuiding Question: How can close reading of complex text and developing students’

capacity to make evidence-based claims close the achievement gap and support all students to meet the demands of the Common Core Standards?

 Learning Targets:• I can describe the relationship between complex text, close

reading practices, and students’ preparation for college and careers.

• I can analyze lessons focused on close reading and evidence based claims in preparation for application in my classroom (or to support others in applying in their classrooms).

• I can continuously analyze and enhance my own growth mindset, as well as those of my students and colleagues.

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It’s Already Happening in Grades 3-5!

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Welcome to New Folks!• Some of you have been here all

week.• Some of you have just arrived but

have been here before (last summer, other NTIs).

• Some of you are new Common Core Ambassadors or Network Team members…welcome!

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Specifics About Today• Research Teams – reading, writing,

thinking, talking. We have deliberately built cross-state-role teams. (Table tents)

• Lunch• Experiencing Instructional Practices

(6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 groups)• Debriefing and Connecting• Reconnecting with colleagues