Standards Implementation Steering Committee Presentation to: Power of Democracy February 14, 2017 Standards Implementation Steering Committee A Coordinated and Inclusive Approach to Supporting California Standards Implementation

Implementing State Academic Standards Standards Implementation Steering Committee Working together… SBE, CCSESA, and CDE working together to create practice and policy levers for high quality standards implementation Using the California Frameworks as key drivers Involving key stakeholders to drive policy and practice

Implementing State Academic Standards Standards Implementation Steering Committee Understanding the challenges… 6.2 million students 1.4 million English learners 93% of teachers serve English learners Region 6 – 57 districts Region 7 – 124 districts 1/2 of LEAs are smaller than 2500 students

A Statewide System of Support Content Specific Collaboration Committees COE Specialists, teachers, administrators, and partner organizations working together to create and promote a multi-year plan for standards and assessment implementation that will support a common understanding, language, and approach for each content area Help align our work with partners Strengthen communication

A Statewide System of Support Communities of Practice Convening of content experts that are leading professional learning for educators across California Focusing on building capacity, sharing best practices, developing useful resources and organizing the work in each county/region Working to build systems that make positive change in every California classroom

The Standards Implementation Ecosystem Information Flow Information Flow

History-Social Science Recent Collaboration Committee meetings were Aug. 26th at LACOE and virtually on Oct. 13th Collaboration Committee members have been identified Committee members designed core Framework sessions “Content Development and Run Through” occurred on Dec. 14th First Framework rollout event occurred on January 31st, 2017 at UC Davis (sponsored by the CA History Project)

History-Social Science Framework Events Offered in partnership with the California Department of Education, the California History–Social Science Project (CHSSP) and the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA), these one-day conferences provide a full-day examination of the: instructional shifts in the new CA History-Social Science Framework updated and expanded content of the grade level and supporting chapters alignment of history–social science instruction with the CA English Language Arts and English Language Development standards. Website for More Information: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/cf/hssrolloutevents2017.asp

History-Social Science K-8 Instructional Materials Major milestones: Submission deadline: March 2017 Reviewer training: April 25–28, 2017 Deliberations: July 25–28, 2017 State Board adopts materials: November 2017 More information is posted at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/im/ Offered in partnership with the California Department of Education, the California History–Social Science Project (CHSSP) and the

History-Social Science Assessment California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Superintendent Tom Torlakson’s Recommendation #1 – Utilize History/social science standards as articulated in the 2016 History-Social Science Framework Develop a computer based assessment Provide assessment in grade spans Elementary Middle school High school

History-Social Science Assessment Next Steps To implement the Superintendent’s of recommendations for California’s Comprehensive Assessment System: Seek legislation and funding for the development of a History/Social Science assessment to add to the CAASPP System of Assessments

Where are we now? Where are we headed? Summer 2015 –Creation of the Standards Steering Committee Spring 2016 – Initial Formation of Collaboration Committees for Math and Science Fall/Winter 2016 – COP begins work on key goals/focus areas 2017 and beyond –Work of the Standards Implementation ecosystem builds educator capacity statewide

Standards Implementation Steering Committee Presentation to: Power of Democracy February 14, 2017 Standards Implementation Steering Committee A Coordinated and Inclusive Approach to Supporting California Standards Implementation Questions: Tom Adams – CDE tadams@cde.ca.gov Efrain Mercado – CCSESA emercado@ccsesa.org