Transition To The Common Core Transforming Teaching & Learning Santa Clara County Office of Education August 27, 2012

2 Strategic Plan Pillar One: College and Career Ready Students

3 Common Core Standards (CCS) Focus The focus of the CCS is to guarantee that all students are college and career ready as they exit from high school.

Common Core Standards Framework Common Core Content Standards Instructional Shifts Practices (Math)/ Descriptors (ELA) Curriculum Equity Assessment Teaching & Learning

Cautions: Implementing the CCSS is...  Not about “gap analysis”  Not about buying a text series  Not a march through the standards  Not about breaking apart each standard 5

Implementation Design Framework for Action

Consensus Building Stakeholder Committee Leadership Development Teacher Collaboration – Cohort A – Cohort B 7

Leaders (Principals & Asst. Principals) Create Instructional Identity Work Team (Cohort A) Build the Curriculum Design Data Inquiry Teams Embed CCS Tasks into the Inquiry Process as Solutions to the LCPs Phase I – ELA Focus

Phase II – ELA Focus Cohort A – Work Team * Develop & Implement Common Interim Assessments * Examine Student Work * Revise Cohort B – Implement. Sites * Develop & Implement Classroom Assignments/Tasks * Examine Student Work * Revise Leadership Development Data Inquiry

Professional Learning Standards Interpretation Expected Evidence of Student Learning Text-based Discussion (Research) Model Construction (Trying on the Work) Task & Instructional Plan Student Work Examination Revision of Task & Instructional Plan

Infrastructure of Support Leadership Development Professional Learning Alignment of Current Resources & Practices Supplemental Resources & Strategies Electronic Library Community Awareness & Knowledge Building

Changing the district’s instructional culture is hard work, messy, and takes time School and district leadership matter Infrastructure of support is vital Learning is the doing and the doing is the learning Lessons Learned

Cohort B ELA Leadership Cadre Math Focus Schools Monthly Leadership Meetings Electronic Library Community Engagement Phase III – ELA & Math