Common Core State Standards (CCSS) & North Carolina Essential Standards (NCES) June 12, 2012

* Common Core State Standards  Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)  National Governors Association (NGA) * Charge issued to ensure that all students are college and career ready in literacy no later than the end of high school.

The final standards Are aligned with college and work expectations Are focused and coherent Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards Are internationally benchmarked so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society Are based on evidence and research

What the Standards do NOT define: * How teachers should teach * All that can or should be taught * The nature of advanced work beyond the core * The interventions needed for students well below grade level * The full range of support for English language learners and students with special needs * Everything needed to be college and career ready

* Mathematics * English Language Arts

✔ Science * Grades K-2; 3-5; 6-8 * Physical Science * Biology * Chemistry * Physics * Earth/Environmental ✔ Social Studies * Grades K-2; 3-5; 6, 7 & 8 * World History * US History I * US History II * Civics and Economics ✔ Social Studies Electives * The Cold War * Twentieth Century Civil Liberties, Civil Rights * Turning Points in American History * Psychology * Sociology * 21st Century Global Geography * World Humanities * American Humanities ✔ Healthful Living - Health Education & Physical Education * K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 (all alignment to NASPE—National PE standards)

✔ Information and Technology Skills: Grades K-5; 6-8; 9-12 ✔ World Languages: Classical, Dual & Heritage, and Modern ✔ Arts Education: Dance; Music; Theatre Arts; Visual Arts ALL BASED ON THE REVISED BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

Common Core State Standards Adopted June, Year Standards To Be Taught Standards To Be Assessed 2011 – 2012Current NCSCOS 2012 – 2013CCSS & Essential Standards NC CCSS & NC Essential Standards  Online assessment for all EOC’s, CCSS & Essential Standards National CCSS & NC Essential Standards  Online assessment for EOC’s, & EOG’s, 3-8

A process that ensures what we are teaching, what we are assessing, and how we are teaching are congruent. Instruction Evaluation (Assessment) Curriculum I C E Instruction Curriculum Evaluation

Total Instructional Alignment

5 C’s Comprehensive- focuses on the complete alignment of standards, curriculum, assessment, and instructional practice Collaborative- engages teachers in critical discussions at many levels Clarifying- brings meaning to what are often broad or vague loosely written standards Constructive- provides continuous, on-going development and refinement for growth and improvement Consistent- brings about equity in learning opportunities for all students

The insurance that curriculum objectives are specific and build one upon another, consistent vocabulary prerequisites are mastered, gaps are eliminated, and there is an increasing sophistication and rigor to teaching concepts, processes, and skills across the grades. Vertical alignment in a common goal met for all students after successful completion of each year.

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SCS ADMINISTRATION, PRINCIPALS & AP’S Amber Hutchins

8:30-8:40Break—Report to K-5 Grade Level Classrooms 8:40-11:10ELA and Social Studies 11:15-12:45LUNCH-on your own 12:45-1:45Science 1:45-1:55Break—Report to K-5 Grade Level Classrooms 1:55-2:55Math