Are your customers ready to implement the Common Core State Standards? We can help.

How important are the CCSS to your schools?

Where are they on implementing them? NOT STARTED… AWARE Leaders know, but no action taken yet PRELIMINARY ACTION Preliminary steps taken, leadership trained ACTION Training for Leaders and Teachers READY Implementation plans. Training for teachers and leaders. Partnerships with solutions providers.

Is state led – coordinated by National Governors’ Association and Council of Chief State School Officers Outlines consistent standards across adopting states Currently focuses primarily on Math and ELA Includes rigorous content and a focus on the assessment and application of knowledge as a true measure of understanding Aligned with college and career expectations Informed by top performing countries and states Is research-based But first, a few Common Core basics

The standards focus primarily on what content should be taught, not too much on how it should be taught. The standards provide deep focus on new student behavior and practices. New assessments should (will) impact everything. But these thoughts really drove what we did.

Constructed Response Item (Mathematics) (New Mexico Public Education Department 2010a, 27–29) #17–21

(New Mexico Public Education Department 2010a, 30–33) Constructed Response Items (Mathematics) (continued) Constructed Response Item (Mathematics)

(SBAC 2010, X-29) Sample Item: Performance Event

(SBAC 2010, X-30) Sample Item: Performance Event (continued) Sample Item: Performance Event

(SBAC 2010, X-31) Sample Item: Performance Event (continued) Sample Item: Performance Event

Sample: Innovative English Language Arts (Dolan et al. 2011, 55)

3 ways we stand out, and why Pearson should be your customers CCSS implementation partner

In thirty minutes, an administrator that you have been wanting to talk to about the Common Core is going to come down this hallway. How are you going to handle the conversation?

3 ways we stand out, and why Pearson should be your customers CCSS implementation partner 1.

3 ways we stand out, and why Pearson should be your customers CCSS implementation partner 2.

Leading the Way Series Workshops for Leaders 1. Implementation of the Math CCSS 2. Implementation of the ELA CCSS 3. Assessment and the Impact on Instruction 4. Special Populations (ELL, SPED) Teacher-focused Workshops for Mathematics* 5. Foundational Overview of CCSS for Math 6. Focusing on the Mathematical Practices 7. CCSS in a Standards-based Classroom 8. Performance-based Assessments for Math 9. Using the Interactive Whiteboard with the 8 Mathematical Practices 10. Rethinking Algebra: Focus on the Content and Mathematical Practices of the CCSS Teaching for Conceptual Understanding: 11. Operations and Base Ten 12. Understanding Fractions 13. Ratio and Proportional Relationships Teacher-focused Workshops for English Language Arts* 14. Foundational Overview of CCSS for ELA 15. Digging into the Reading Standards 16. Digging into the Writing Standards 17. Performance-based Assessments for ELA 18. Speaking and Listening Standards and Language Standards 19. ELA Standards for History/Social Studies 20. ELA Standards for Science/Technical Writing *Workshops are appropriately grade-banded where necessary Professional Development Workshops

4 Leading the Way Series Workshops for Leaders Implementation of the Math CCSS Implementation of the ELA CCSS Assessment and the Impact on Instruction with the CCSS Special Populations (ELL, SPED) and the CCSS Introductory & In-depth Professional Development for Leaders Introductory

9* Teacher-focused Workshops for Mathematics Foundational Overview of CCSS for Math Focusing on the 8 Mathematical Practices Using the IWB with the 8 Mathematical Practices CCSS in a Standards-based Classroom Performance-based Assessments for Math Rethinking Algebra with the CCSS Teaching for Conceptual Understanding: Operations and Base Ten Understanding Fractions Ratio and Proportional Relationships Introductory 1-2 days Introductory & In-depth Professional Development for Math Teachers *Workshops are appropriately grade-banded where necessary

7* Teacher-focused Workshops for English Language Arts Foundational Overview of CCSS for ELA Digging into the Reading Standards Digging into the Writing Standards Performance-based Assessments for ELA Speaking and Listening Standards and Language Standards ELA Standards for History/Social Studies (Secondary only) ELA Standards for Science/Technical Writing (Secondary only) Introductory; 2 days Introductory & In-depth Professional Development for ELA Teachers *Workshops are appropriately grade-banded where necessary

CCSS Math Workshops for Teachers Foundational Overview of CCSS for Math Foundational Overview of CCSS for Math Mathematical Practices of CCSS (2 days) Mathematical Practices of CCSS (2 days) CCSS in a Standards- based Math Classroom CCSS in a Standards- based Math Classroom CCSS Math Performance- based Assessments CCSS Math Performance- based Assessments Operations and Base Ten Operations and Base Ten Understanding Fractions Understanding Fractions Ratio and Proportional Relationships Ratio and Proportional Relationships Teaching for Conceptual Understanding Using the Interactive Whiteboard with the 8 Mathematical Practices Using the Interactive Whiteboard with the 8 Mathematical Practices

CCSS for ELA Foundational Overview (2 days) CCSS for ELA Foundational Overview (2 days) Digging into the CCSS Reading Standards Digging into the CCSS Reading Standards Digging into the CCSS Writing Standards Digging into the CCSS Writing Standards CCSS ELA Performance- based Assessments CCSS ELA Performance- based Assessments Speaking-and– Listening and Language Standards Speaking-and– Listening and Language Standards ELA Standards for Science/ Technical Writing ELA Standards for History/ Social Studies ELA Standards for History/ Social Studies Secondary Only CCSS ELA Workshops for Teachers

Bold type = baseline content for effective implementation Model implementation training plan Provides school and district leaders with critical content first Delivers in depth training to Math and ELA teachers on essential implementation topics Completes in depth training for all teachers on the essentials of the CCSS Gives district leaders a view on the fidelity of implementation and R.O.I.

3 ways we stand, out and why Pearson should be your customers CCSS implementation partner 3. But first a quiz…

“In the 21st century, educators must be given and be prepared to use technology tools; they must be collaborators in learning—constantly seeking knowledge and acquiring new skills along with their students.” Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

Technology Integration Services – harnessing the power of technology to help build 21st century instructional capacity Technology Integration for the 21st Century Classroom Integrating the Whiteboard into Classroom Instruction Differentiating Instruction through Technology Building a District Technology Plan Creating Technology Rich Lessons Enabling students use of web 2.0 technology Using the Interactive Whiteboard with the 8 Math Practices

30 Workshop In-depth training Demo and selection Licensing PowerPoint Facilitator Guide Videos Participant Workbook Coaching Capacity Builder Plus Using Pearson training materials to help build district capacity effectively and quickly

Facilitator Handbook with detailed background notes and script Participant Workbook with duplicates of key slides and places for reflection PowerPoint slides and applicable videos Trainers and participants get quality Pearson materials

Muscogee determines optimal offerings… …the implementation timeline …and the trainer candidates. Pearson delivers the selected workshop(s) to the trainer candidates…. and provides additional training on content and workshop facilitation. Facilitator candidates then deliver part of the workshop back to Muscogee personnel who select actual trainers. Trainers use Pearson materials to train additional cohorts. Pearson provides an agreed-upon number of hours of on-site coaching to support sustainability. “Capacity-Builder+” sample implementation plan

3 ways we stand out, and why Pearson should be your customers CCSS implementation partner

OK, you want to talk Common Core? You got 30 seconds. What do you got?

June 10, 2011 Dear Deborah, Gina and Jennifer, Thank you so much for all of your help and support in planning and handling the logistics of our Common Core Institute session last Thursday. As you read in the last , our teachers raved about the day, and Karen, Jodi, Bill and I were equally impressed with the sessions that we attended. We are thinking about repeating the assessment session for our principals over the summer. We are having a Principals’ Meeting this week, on Wednesday, June 15th, and plan to ask our principals which summer dates would work for them. We will let you know the dates that we are considering very shortly and would also like to discuss other sessions for next year. Thanks again. Thomas Instructional Core Specialist Children First Network Pearson handles large CCSS installations with quality 35 unique workshops on June 9th in NYC Trainings that deliver the intended results