A State Copes With The Common Core: A View From the Top

A State Copes With The Common Core: A View From the Top

Background Ô 2007 – Florida adopts Next Generation Sunshine State Standards Ô 2009 – Florida is granted RTTT grant Ô 2010 - Florida is one of 45 states adopting CCSS Ô 2010 – Florida applies for and becomes the fiscal agent for the CCSS assessment – PARCC Ô 2010 - Florida begins work to implement CCSS

What are Common Core State Standards? Ô Rigorous, research-based standards for mathematics, and English- language arts and literacy in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects for grades K-12 Ô Designed to prepare the nation’s students with the knowledge and skills needed for success in college and the workforce Ô Internationally benchmarked to ensure that students will be globally competitive Ô A clear and consistent educational framework Ô A collaborative effort that builds on the best of current state standards 3

What are Common Core State Standards? Ô Are aligned with college and work expectations; Ô Are clear, understandable and consistent; Ô Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills; Ô Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards; Ô Are informed by other top performing countries, so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society; and Ô Are evidence-based.

What’s Changing Ô Beyond content Ô Instructional strategies Ô Lifelong learners Ô Examples

Fundamental Math Skills Ô

MACC.K.CC.3.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.

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MACC.3.NF.1.3 Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.

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MACC.6.NS.3.6 Understand a rational number as a point on the number line. Extend number line diagrams and coordinate axes familiar from previous grades to represent points on the line and in the plane with negative number coordinates.

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MACC.8.EE.1.1 Know and apply the properties of integer exponents to generate equivalent numerical expressions. For example, 32 × 3–5 = 3–3 = 1/33 = 1/27.

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MACC.912.N-CN.1.1 Know there is a complex number i such that i2 = –1, and every complex number has the form a + bi with a and b real.

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MACC.912.A-SSE.2.3 Choose and produce an equivalent form of an expression to reveal and explain properties of the quantity represented by the expression.

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MACC.912.F-TF.1.3 Use special triangles to determine geometrically the values of sine, cosine, tangent for π/3, π/4 and π/6, and use the unit circle to express the values of sine, cosine, and tangent for π–x, π+x, and 62π–x in terms of their values for x, where x is any real number.

Florida’s Timeline

Why Now? Ô State Comparisons Ô Career and College Readiness Ô “Life” Readiness

Ô New Teacher Evaluation

Educator Supports Needed Ô Ongoing and substantive site-based professional development Ô Access to instructional materials and resources Ô Teacher evaluation system aligned to research and model teaching standards Ô Develop principal instructional leadership capacity Ô Provide support for the development of rigorous summative and formative assessments to inform instruction

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How Can Educators Begin to Align Their Instruction to the Common Core Standards? Ô Educators should: Ô Focus on content depth, “chunking” the content standards, and clustering of learning goals under these big idea. Ô Integrate the concepts and skills from reading, writing, speaking and listening, language, and mathematics into instructional units. Ô Avoid teaching skills in isolation. Ô Use research based instructional strategies and formative assessments K-12. Ô Promote performance-based assessment. Ô Plan and implement appropriate professional development for both teachers and administrators, building both content and pedagogical knowledge for students as well10as educators.

“Look For”.. What Should You See? Ô Instruction that looks and feels different Ô Evidence of teacher collaboration and alignment Ô Evidence of the use of data to inform instruction and intervention/acceleration for students as they make improvement on the learning progression scales. Ô Differentiation to support student progression and maintenance Ô Absence of mini-benchmarking and/or assessments. Ô Integration of Common Core State Standards for English language arts and mathematics across ALL content areas 11

Florida’s Outreach Ô Race to The Top Grant Projects Ô Lesson Study Toolkit Ô Online Student Tutorial Ô Common Core State Standards Summer Institutes Ô

Conducted four

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Throughout the state

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8700 Eduators Trained

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Four Day training

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Left with Implementation Plan

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Video available on web

PYP Learner Profile Ô

Inquirers: Students develop their natural curiosity.

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Knowledgeable: Students explore concepts, ideas and issues that have both a local and global significance.

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Thinkers: Students think critically to engage themselves in figuring out complex problems.

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Communicators: Students express themselves and information through a variety of modes of communication.

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Principled: Students act honestly and with a strong sense of fairness, justice, and respect for the dignity of the individual, groups, and communities.

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Open-minded: Students appreciate their own cultures and personal histories and are open to the perspectives, values and traditions of other individuals and communities.

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Caring:Students show respect and compassion towards the needs of others.

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Risk-takers: Students approach unfamiliar situations with courage, as well as defend their beliefs.

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Balanced: Students understand the importance of intellectual, physical and emotional balance to achieve personal well-being.

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Reflective: Students give consideration to their own learning and experience.

MYP Learner Profile Ô

Caring

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Balanced

Ô Open-minded Ô Knowledgeable Ô Communicative Ô Risk-taking Ô

Principled

Ô Reflective Ô Inquiring

Websites Ô www.corestandards.org/ Ô www.floridastandards.org/homepage/index.aspx Ô www.fldoe.org/schools/ccc.asp