1. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction California Department of Education (CDE) Math and Science Leadership Office (MSLO) Update Bilingual Coordinators Network Meeting Citizen Hotel Thursday, May 19, 2011 http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/ma/camspintrod.asp

2. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 222 Overview New CDE Administration Legislation Science Mathematics California Mathematics and Science Partnership Grant Program Teacher Opportunities Environmental Education Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Funding Opportunities Additional Resources

3. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 3 New CDE Administration Superintendent of California Public Instruction Tom Torlakson –November 2, 2011 – 4 year term –Prior experience as a science teacher, high school coach, and state policymaker Contra Costa County’s Mount Diablo Unified School District Antioch City Council Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors California State Senate and State Assembly Chief Deputy Superintendent Rich Zeiger –Represents the SSPI with a variety of organizations –Prior experience working for the state Legislature –Chief of staff during Torlakson’s tenure as a member of the state Senate and state Assembly –Principal consultant and chief of staff to both Assembly and Senate leaders 3

4. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 44 Legislation Framework Update: Senate Bill 402 - Correa, February 16, 2011 Instructional Materials: Assembly Bill 250 - Brownley, February 2, 2011 Senate Bill 140 – Lowenthal, February 18, 2011 State Board of Education: Senate Bill 204 – Lin, February 8, 2011 Content Standards: Assembly Bill 1033 – Feuer, January 31, 2011

5. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 5 Legislation (continued) Academic Performance Index (API): SB 547 – School Performance Accountability Steinberg, February 17, 2011 Public Postsecondary Education - The University of California: SB 611- Steinberg, February 17, 2011 Postsecondary education - Instructional Strategies: SB 612 - Steinberg, February 17, 2011 Partnership academies - Clean Technology and Renewable Energy Job Training, Career Technical Education, and Dropout Prevention Program: SBX 1-1: SB 1, Steinberg

6. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 66 Science Science Framework –Conceptual Framework for the Next Generation of K-12 Science Standards is being developed and a draft is scheduled for release in spring 2011 –Achieve is facilitating the process for the Board of Science Educators –For more information: http://www.achieve.org/next- generation-science-standards CCSSO link to the 50-state report on State Assessments http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2010/Statewide_Student_ Assessment_2009-10.pdf Science Safety Handbook –Final stages of processing and will be posted to the CDE webpage upon completion

7. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 7 Mathematics Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative –CDE has posted a Common Core State Standards Web page at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/cc/ –Work on any content area framework is suspended until the 2013-14 school year Mathematics Assessments – Comprehensive Systems funded by Race to the Top –Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) –Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) 7

8. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 8 Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) PARCC received $170 million to develop common assessment systems for English and Math Based on college- and career-ready, internationally- benchmarked CCSS 26 states are involved with this consortium; including California The memorandum of understanding between PARCC and the participating states stipulate that when there is a change in elected governor and superintendent that a letter of continued participation must be made within five months of the new officers taking office. California has until May 2011 to submit such a letter The PARCC web page is located at: http://www.parcconline.org/ 8

9. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 9 Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) SBAC received $176 million Race to the Top assessment grant More than 30 participating states SBAC will create state-of-the-art adaptive online exams, using “open source” technology SBAC web page is located at: http://www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER/default.aspx 9

10. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 10 California Mathematics and Science Partnership (CaMSP) CaMSP funding to date (Cohorts 1-8) –Cohort funding to date $146,259,693 –Funded partnerships Science: 55 Math: 146 –Funding for FY 2011 is in place Cohort 9 Request for Application (RFA) –Based on Federal information, CDE plans on issuing a Cohort 9 RFA. –Release date June/July 2011 –Due date September 15, 2011 10

11. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 11 Teacher Opportunities Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) http://www.paemst.org/controllers/home.cfc?method=view National Board Certification Application http://www.nbpts.org/

12. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 12 Environmental Education Environmental Education/Education and the Environment - http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/oeeintrod.asp California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) Network No Child Left Inside (NCLI) Act is not being reintroduced. Environmental Education is part of President Obama’s proposed reauthorization of ESEA Cal/EPA has submitted a full proposal for 1.5 million dollars to the NOAA Environmental Literacy Program to support the implementation of Education in the Environment Initiative (EEI) Disney Planet Challenge – First year this was a national contest and the first year that middle schools were eligible. http://dpcproject.com/winners2010/

13. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 13 Math & Science (STEM) Web page –The STEM webpage is: http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/stemintrod.asp. National Lab Day Continues http://www.nationallabnetwork.org/ TIMSS Video Studies now available http://timssvideo.com/ Lessons Learned from Large-scale Reform in K-12 STEM Education "False Start: A Missed Opportunity for Women and Girls in STEM in the Race to the Top Awards” Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

14. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 14 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) (continued) The National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) Network http://hub.mspnet.org/index.cfm National Mathematics and Science Initiative Sponsored by Exxon Mobil Strategic Science Teaching Web page Los Angeles County Office of Education will be the lead LEA for the project which will go live July 1, 2011

15. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 15 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) continued Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12635 Additional information on the National Academy of Engineering is available at http://www.nae.edu/ California Stem Learning Network (CSLNet) http://californiastem.org/about6.php EdSource STEM Web page http://www.edsource.org/iss-stem.html

16. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 16 Funding Opportunities American Honda Foundation http://corporate.honda.com/america/philanthropy.aspx?id=ahf Vernier Technology Grant http://www.vernier.com/30years/ CPEC Improving Teacher Quality Project, K-12 Teacher Professional Development Initiative http://www.cpec.ca.gov/FederalPrograms/Projects_2010.asp CPEC’s California Common Core Standards Grant Initiative http://www.cpec.ca.gov/FederalPrograms/2011RFP.asp

17. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 17 Additional Resources CDE on iTunes U http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/mm/it/index.asp Grade Level Curriculum http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/grlevelcurriculum.asp. California Subject Matter Projects –California Math Project http://csmp.ucop.edu/cmp/ –California Science Project http://csmp.ucop.edu/csp/ 17

18. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 18 Education Administrator Jim Greco 916-323-6189 or jgreco@cde.ca.gov Education Programs Consultant - Mathematics Stacey Christopher 916-323-5252 or stchristopher@cde.ca.gov Education Programs Consultant - Science Lisa Fassett 916-323-4963 or lfassett@cde.ca.gov MSLO Contacts 18