1. Tools for Navigating the Common Core State Standards and North Carolina Essential Standards
Heather Mullins & Kimberly Simmons Professional Development Consultants North Carolina Department of Public Instruction November 18, 2011
Kim / Heather

2. Outcomes:
I will have a basic understanding of the why and how behind North Carolina’s curriculum transformation.
I will understand how to access resources that I can use to further my own learning regarding the new standards.
Kim

3. State Board of Education Mission
“Every public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st Century.” -Adopted August 2006
FUTURE-READY STUDENTS for the 21st Century The guiding mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that every public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st Century.
Goal: NC public schools will produce globally competitive students.
Every student excels in rigorous and relevant core curriculum that reflects what students need to know and demonstrate in a global 21st Century environment, including a mastery of languages, an appreciation of the arts, and competencies in the use of technology.
Every student’s achievement is measured with an assessment system that informs instruction and evaluates knowledge, skills, performance, and dispositions needed in the 21st Century.
Every student will be enrolled in a course of study designed to prepare them to stay ahead of international competition.
Every student uses technology to access and demonstrate new knowledge and skills that will be needed as a life-long learner to be competitive in a constantly changing international environment.
Every student has the opportunity to graduate from high school with an Associates Degree or college transfer credit.

4. media literacy cooperation financial literacy communication
collaboration
media literacy
cooperation
financial literacy
creativity
critical thinking
technology skills
The new SCOS, Common Core for ELA and math, and Essential Standards for the other content areas, are based on the demands of life in the 21st century.
21st Century Learners have: the actions, attitudes, concepts and skills that will allow students to effectively communicate, collaborate and create. These are the skills, knowledge and expertise students should master in order to succeed in work and life in the 21st century.
Well developed 21st Century Learners have specific capacities in:
Creativity and Innovation
Communication and Collaboration
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
Digital Citizenship
Research and Information Fluency
Technology Operations and Concepts
Effective 21st Century Educators offer authentic, relevant learning experiences that support the development of these skills.
Toward the development of these outcomes – the Common Core movement began.

6. Emphasis on reading and comprehending informational texts
Develop a strong foundation in numbers and operations in the early grades
Algebraic thinking early (in depth by 6th grade)
Physical Science concepts early (a focus in elementary)
Social Studies builds on broad, essential concepts
Overview of Concrete Changes for 21st Century Learners R
This slide, as well as the next, provides concrete changes that in the new standards. Later in the presentation, we will discuss more specifically some of the changes in the Mathematics, ELA, and Social Studies standards.

7. Students will be critical consumers of media.
Students will be able to consider the perspectives of others.
Students will be successful collaborators.
Students will be lifelong learners
Students will be academically self-aware
Dispositions, Attitudes, and Non-Academic Skills R
Of course, these are dispositions, attitudes, and skills that we have wanted to empower our students to embrace. There are some important points here: 1) Dispositions/Attitudes – the student’s disposition and attitude is crucial to each of the outcomes listed. The new standards provide multiple opportunities for student engagement through inquiry-based activities, a focus on RBT, the embedded 21st century skills, and opportunities to grapple and persevere with content.

8. Common Core Standards
reflect the highest, most effective models from states across the country and countries around the world
will provide appropriate benchmarks for all students, regardless of where they live.
Expectations are consistent for all regardless of a student’s zip code.
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9. Common Core Big Picture
Aligned with college and work expectations
Focused and coherent
Includes rigorous content and application of knowledge through higher-order skills
Internationally benchmarked – prepares students for global economy & society
Based on evidence and research O
Note to PD Leads: The information on this and the next two slides is all a review. However, the audio below can be helpful for principals as they frame instructional conversations in their schools. This may be a good place to share the work that our team is doing with IHE.
Not developed with high school graduation as an end, but rather with college and work requirements in mind.
You will notice a new clarity and focus that was missing from previous standards. Not a lot of meaningless verbiage.
The rigor is greatly increased, and in many cases is pushed down into earlier grades. Also, questioning and use of “higher order thinking skills” is not just receiving lip service here. It is real.
Standards are much more aligned with what other leading education countries are requiring of their students. Makes our students more competitive and better able to function globally.
The standards are the result of some of our best thinking in education today, and are research-based and proven. The Common Core is not an educational experiment.

10. NC Standard Course of Study
NC Essential Standards
Science
Social Studies
World Languages
Arts Education
Healthful Living
Career & Tech Ed
Exceptional Children
English as Second Language
English Language Development (approved 2008)
Information & Technology
Common Core State Standards
(Adopted by 48 states and the District of Columbia)
English Language Arts
Mathematics R
(This is a review from the Phase I presentation.) Be sure to emphasize the note in blue. The two blue content areas do not have specific courses with tests associated with them. They are standards that are interwoven throughout all content areas, grades & courses. But they are still standards.
*English Language Development and Information & Technology Essential Standards must be delivered by classroom teachers through ALL content areas, in appropriate grade levels– in collaboration with AIG, EC, ESL, media coordinators and tech facilitators.

11. O – Pass through slide
Facilitator note:
There is no new graphic for this yet.
HL and Guidance standards have been adopted.

12. Content - Cognitive Type - Context
Curriculum
Standards Student Achievement
State Level
Local Level
School Level
District
Teachers
NCDPI
Local Curricula
Content - Cognitive Type - Context
IHE
Heather: We started by defining curriculum, and that it is basically anything that guides learning and teaching. So we narrowed our focus to Local Curricula, and identified some important features of local curricula. We identified where local curricula fits in the path between standards and student achievement, and school leadership teams were asked to identify some of the resources and documents that are already in place in their districts to assist teachers with designing instruction. Teachers must be aware that content, cognitive and the context will determine what their local curriculum looks like.
As mentioned earlier, IHEs play a valuable role in the successful implementation of the new curricula. As college and university faculty members, you may have or have had the opportunity to participate in the development and implementation of the curriculum at all three levels. Several of you participated in the development of the new content standards at the state level by participating in the writing and reviewing of the various content standards. Many of you will be asked by your partner school districts to assist them at the local level as they develop or update local curricula documents. All of you have the opportunity to influence curriculum implementation at the school and classroom level as you work with individual teachers through professional development opportunities and the courses you teach.
Your work with future educators to help them understand the three levels of curriculum and the importance of alignment is essential to building capacity and the successful implementation of the new curricula. Upon graduation, your candidates should have an in-depth understanding of appropriate learning taxonomies, such as Marzano’s or Revised Bloom’s, and be proficient at aligning their classroom instruction and assessments with the state level content standards. While faculty can teach whichever taxonomy they prefer, remember that all of the N.C. Essential Standards are written using RBT. Therefore, it would be beneficial for all candidates to be familiar with that particular taxonomy.
Common Core
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Essential Standards
Instruction
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Assessment

13. Questions?

14. Getting Started
What can you do now?

15. Resources

16. Questions?
Ticket out the Door

17. Contact Information
Heather Mullins
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waterlovers3 (Skype)
Kimberly Simmons
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kim.simmons222 (Skype)
Kimberly Simmons