1. Common Core El Segundo High School

2. CCSS Goal: College & Career Ready Why??

3. California State Stanards Since 1997 we have been following the California State Standards STAR testing data has helped us drive our curriculum Testing: Skills Based, Recall, Multiple Choice Questioning We have been successful in this system.

4. Common Core (CCSS) Student Active Research Alternative Sources Writing and Explanation of Work Making Connections to the Material

5. Common Core (CCSS) Take risks without fear of penalty Mistakes lead to understanding of material Self-Assessment

6. CCSS Shifts ELA BUILDING KNOWLEDGE through content rich nonfiction READING, WRITING, AND SPEAKING grounded in evidence of text REGULAR PRACTICE with complex text and academic language Math FOCUS strongly where standards focus COHERENCE: thinks across grade levels and link major topics RIGOR: Conceptual Understanding, Fluency of Skills, Application of Material

7. Tests Align to CCSS SAT (2015) –“Being able to explain and see the applications of the math” –“The heart of the revised SAT will be analyzing evidence” –Assess grades 8 to 11 ACT (2015) –Available on a computer –Include free response questions and creative, hands-on questions –Assess grades 3 to 8 (end of year) as well GED (Jan 2014) –Sections: reasoning through language arts, mathematical reasoning, science and social studies –Test students' college and career readiness –Require computer

8. Where We Are 10/28 Home groups met to look at shifts 11/1 Focus groups met to talk about thinking in the classroom 11/18 Focus groups are meeting to get student and community input

9. Today: “What If...” “The Structure of School” What if we starting from the ground floor and building the school of the future? What would it look like? Use your imagination. Dream big. There is no BOX!

11. Room Assignments Bonnie Maye – Hall of Fame Dana Lund – Library Ray Gen – (Cho A100) David Reed – (Miller A100) Mike Mooko – (Doering A205)