1. Icebreaker 1. Fives and Multiplication
Add these up as quickly as you can and find the pattern!
15 X 15 =
25 X 25 =
35 X 35 =
45 X 45 =
55 X 55 =
65 X 65 =
75 X 75 =
85 X 85 =
95 X 95 =
What is it?

2. Icebreaker 2. - Counting Game
Everyone in pairs up and face each other.
Each person holds up zero to ten fingers behind their back.
On the count of three pull your hands from behind your backs.
The first person to yell out the correct sum of all the fingers wins.
Do best two of three.
Then the winners play each other until you have a champion.

3. COLLABORATIVE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TEAMS
Network 18 – CFN#11 – R.O.C.K.S.
(Reflection, Outcomes, Collaboration, Knowledge, Standards)
Session Nine – Professional Learning Showcase /
Core Curriculum Standards
Wednesday June 23rd 2010
Presenter: Mr. Chris Lowrey AUSSIE Literacy Consultant

4. Our Visions
Morning Our vision is to develop an effective learning community that is collaborative and respects each other personally by having a clear structure and positive attitude and working through a process of building understandings for conducting effective Instructional Rounds. By following a structure and working through processes of successful learning we aim to hone life long leaders who aspire to appreciate differentiation and aim to exceed expectations when considering academic goals.
Afternoon Our vision is to share our school community experiences and be willing to enhance our teaching practice through networking and sharing our learning's transparently, to grow both personally and professionally through the process of Instructional Rounds. We understand the need to collaborate, to listen while others express their private thoughts and have ours respected reciprocally. The outcome of improving teaching practices will be at the forefront of our work and while accepting there will be challenges, we aim to turn these into our next goals in order to develop outcomes and successful thinkers and achieve measurable results that inform practice in our schools.

5. Overall Professional Learning Unit
Collaborative professional learning
Facilitating collaborative professional teams
Supportive conditions for collaborative professional learning
Using data
Team planning and reporting
Assessment as professional learning
Classroom walk through
Differentiated coaching
Professional learning showcase/Core Curriculum Standards

6. Contents 1.Welcome – Icebreakers 1 & 2.
2. Summary of the Year in schools survey.
3. Instructional Rounds Quiz.
4. Presentation of our summaries.
5. Next Steps for my school.
6. Presentation of the next steps.
7. What does our future hold? Common Core Curriculum standards. 
8. Curriculum standards – How can we place these into a curriculum map?
9. Implications for us? Medical Approach!
10. Good luck!

7. 2. Summary of the Year in schools survey.

9. 3. Quiz - The Keys to Instructional Rounds
E I G N I F E I R B E D D P T
F M M G N P R O B L E M I R C
F U G J A H O H B K G U N O I
I O N R E H C A E T N O S F R
C D I F F E R E N T I A T E T
I T N E D U T S V T T C R S S
E V R D S E E X A E A H U S I
N P A A A P K R P L T T C I D
T N E M E V O R P M I H T O N
N M L W B B A N W O L E I N O
E F N A A C I T Y R I O O A I
T G U L T N U W H E C R N L T
N P L I R O U N D S A Y A X C
O O C N E T W O R K F I L M A
C E C N E R E F N I N F O R M
ACTION CITY COLLABORATION
CONTENT CORE DEBRIEFING DIFFERENTIATE DISTRICT EFFICIENT ELMORE FACILITATING IMPROVEMENT INFERENCE INFORM INSTRUCTIONAL LEARNING LOW MEASURABLE NETWORK PRACTICE PROBLEM PROFESSIONAL ROUNDS
STUDENT TEACHER TEAM THEORY UNLEARNING

10. 4. Presentation of our summaries.
Oral Summary of our experiences with the Instructional Rounds process and professional learning designs.
Use the key questions and statements as your guide to report on.

11. 5. Next Steps for my school.

12. 6. Presentation of the next steps.
Oral Summary of our plan for next steps.
Discuss sequentially the next steps fro your school!

13. 7. What does our future hold? The New Common Core Curriculum standards. 
The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy.

14. What is the Common Core Standard Initiative?
The Common Core State Standard Initiative is a significant and historic
opportunity for states to collectively develop and adopt a core set of standards in Mathematics and English Language
Arts including literacy standards for Science and Social Studies and Technology

15. Who is Participating?
Forty Eight States (minus Alaska and Texas), DC, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have signed on to the Common Core State Standards Initiative led by the National Governors Association Center and the Council of Chief State School Officers.
This initiative will potentially reach 43.5 million students which is about 87% of the total student population.
Source--SchoolDataDirect.org 2007

16. Activity 1:
On your own, please write down the skills and understandings you believe a twenty-first century literate person needs to have.
Please share with a partner, compare and borrow and come up with your shared salient points.
Share with the whole group

17. The Vision of the Writers
Students who meet the Standards
Readily undertake the close, attentive reading that is at the heart of understanding and enjoying great works of literature.
Habitually perform the critical reading necessary to pick carefully through the staggering amount of information available today in print and digitally.
Actively seek the wide, deep, and thoughtful engagement with high-quality literary and informational texts that builds knowledge, enlarges experience, and broadens worldviews.
Reflexively demonstrate the cogent reasoning and use of evidence that is essential to both private deliberation and responsible citizenship in a democratic society.

18. Activity 2: 1-2-4 Read the Introduction to the Common Core Standards
By yourself note 5 most important facts about the standards
Speak with a partner and review each others ideas--select 5 most important from the 10
Report Out

19. Big Ideas Grade Levels k-8--Grade bands 9/10, 11-12
Focus on results rather than means
Integrated model of literacy
Research and media skills blended into the standards as a whole
Shared responsibility for students literacy development
Focus on coherence in instruction and assessment

20. Considerations
The following considerations guided the standards development workgroups in setting the college and career readiness standards.
Fewer, clearer, higher:
produce a set of fewer, clearer and higher standards.
translatable to and teachable in the classroom.
cover only those areas that are critical for student success
Scaffolded and developmental
Internationally benchmarked:
informed by the content, rigor and organization of standards of high-performing countries and states
all students are prepared to succeed in a global economy and society.
Special populations:
the inclusion of all types of learners was a priority
Recognized that special populations may require additional time and appropriate instructional support with aligned assessments
selected language intended to make the standards documents accessible to different learners

21. Considerations continued
Assessment:
assessment of the common core state standards is not currently being developed
standards will ultimately be the basis for an assessment system that would include multiple measures of student performance.
attention will be turned to creating a high quality system of measurement that would include proper incentives for teachers to teach these standards
a variety of assessments must be created to reinforce teaching and learning tied to the agreed upon expectations.
Standards and curriculum:
Standards are not curriculum.
This initiative is about developing a set of standards that are common across states.
The curriculum that is developed will continue to be a local responsibility (or state-led, where appropriate).
The curriculum could become more consistent from state to state based on the commonality of the standards
there are multiple ways to teach these standards, and therefore, there will be multiple approaches that could help students accomplish the goals set out in the standards.

22. Organization of the English Language Arts Standards
Contains an “Introduction”
Comprised of Three Main Sections
One Comprehensive K-5
One ELA content area specific sections for 6-12 and
One History/Social Studies, Science, Technical Subjects content section for 6-12
Each Section is divided into Strands
K-5 and 6-12 are Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking and Language
The 6-12 History/Social Studies, Science, Technical Subjects section focuses on Reading and writing only
Each Strand is preceded by College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards that is identical across all grades and content areas--where we want the children to be at the end of Grade 12.
Each CCR anchor Standard has an accompanying grade specific standard translating the broader CCR statement into grade appropriate end of year expectations.

23. Section K-5 and 6-12: The Reading Standards Strand
The Reading Standards in Grades K-5 and 6-12
Reading for Literature, Reading for Informational Text and Reading Standards for Foundational Skills
Reading for Literature and Reading for Informational Text are divided into the 10 grade specific standards
1-3 Key Ideas and Details,
4-6 Craft and Structure,
7-9 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas,
10 Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
K-5 only Reading Standards for Foundational Skills are divided into
Print Concepts
Phonological Awareness
Phonics and Word Recognition
Fluency

24. Section K-5 and 6-12 : The Writing Standards Strand
The Writing Standards in Grades K-5 and 6-12
Opens with College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing
The Writing Standards are divided into the 10 grade specific standards
1-3 Text Types and Purposes
4-6 Production and Distribution of Writing,
7-9 Research to Build and Present Knowledge,
10 Range of Writing

25. Section K-5 and 6-12: The Speaking and Listening Standards Strand
The Speaking and Listening Standards in Grades K-5 and 6-12:
Open with Six College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening
Grouped as follows:
1-3 Comprehension and Collaboration
4-6 Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
Each has a complementary grade specific standard detailing the skills and understandings the students must master

26. Section K-5 and 6-12: The Language Standards Strand
The Language Standards in Grades K-5 and 6-12:
Open with Six College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language
Grouped as follows:
1-2 Conventions of Standard English
3 Knowledge of Language
4-6 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Each has a complementary grade specific standard detailing the skills and understandings the students must master

27. Section K-5 and 6-12: Measuring Text Complexity
Measuring Text Complexity: Three Factors
Qualitative Evaluation of the Text- Best measured or only measurable by an attentive human reader, such as levels of meaning, structure, language conventionality and clarity, and knowledge demands
Quantitative Evaluation of the Text- refers to word length or frequency, sentence length and text cohesion, that are difficult if not impossible for a human reader to evaluate efficiently: readability measures
Matching Reader to Text and Task- Reader variables such as motivation,knowledge and experiences and task variables such as purpose and the complexity generated by the task assigned and the questions posed
inherent
complexity
of text
Variables
specific to
readers

28. Standards in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Studies
Reading is critical to building knowledge in History/Social Studies, Science and technical studies.
Requires an appreciation of the norms and conventions of each discipline
Evidence in history and science
Domain specific words and phrases
Attention to precise details
Students must be able to
evaluate intricate argument, synthesize complex information, follow detailed descriptions of events and concepts
analyze, evaluate and differentiate primary and secondary sources in history
Gain knowledge from challenging texts
Make use of elaborate diagrams and data to convey information and illustrate concepts
Read complex informational texts with independence and confidence

29. Apendices Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Unpack text complexity
Foundation skills in reading
Appendix B
Sample reading text exemplars and some performance tasks
Appendix C
Sample writing and annotation

30. Developmental The new Common Core Standards are developmental.
The depth and breadth of understanding of the standard increases with each grade level.
The end expectation, college and career readiness, is made clear right from the very beginning and actually starts the document off.
This readiness is a major goal of education.

31. Progression Leading to Learning
Grade K- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text
Grade 1- Ask and answer questions about key details in a text
Grade 2-Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text
Grade 3-Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, explicitly using the text as the basis for the answers
Grade 4- Draw on details and examples of a text to support statements
Grade 5-Quote from a text to support statements about the text
Grade 6-Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
Grade 7-Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
Grade 8-Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text

32. DEVELOPMENTAL STAIRCASE OF THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS
COLLEGE AND CAREER
READINESS
GRADES ELEVEN AND TWELVE
GRADES NINE AND TEN
GRADE EIGHT
GRADE SEVEN
GRADE SIX
GRADE FIVE
INCREASING DEPTH AND BREADTH OF COMPLEXITY
GRADE FOUR
GRADE THREE
GRADE TWO
GRADE ONE
KINDERGARTEN
COLLEGE AND CAREER
READINESS

33. 8. Curriculum standards – How can we place these into a curriculum map
8. Curriculum standards – How can we place these into a curriculum map? Activity 3 : Write a SMART goal for one of the standards.

34. Roll Out
The Common Core Standards need to be implemented at the school level by 2012
This summer networks and schools have been asked to roll out the standards to groups of administrators and teachers who will spearhead the initiative at their individual schools
AUSSIE can help!

35. 9.Implications for us? Reading levels increased.
General discussion of Rounds/New Standards – what opportunities are there for us?
Medical Approach to Instructional Rounds article - Columbia

36. 10. Good Luck! Make sure to get on and ride! ~ Chris Lowrey
No matter how one may think himself accomplished, when he sets out to learn a new language, science, or the bicycle, he has entered a new realm as truly as if he were a child newly born into the world. ~Frances Willard, How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle
Make sure to get on and ride! ~ Chris Lowrey