1. TRANSITIONS TO COMMON CORE: ONE DISTRICT’S JOURNEY Northwest Mathematics Conference, Portland, Oregon October 11, 2014 Cristina Charney, NBCT, and Janeal Maxfield, NBCT

2. Welcome!

3. North Thurston Public Schools  What we did  Why we did it  What was the impact  How does our journey connect with yours? Lacey, WA

4. Three Arenas of Change  Curriculum  Standards  Personal

5. Curriculum Origo Stepping Stones  Year 1: Most of K-2  Year 2: All of K-2, and 3 rd  Year 3: 4 th and 5 th  New adoption?  Retrofit existing? NTPSYour setting www.origoeducation.com

6. Common Core Math Standards: Shifts in Focus, Rigor and Coherence  Familiar or New?  Different grade?  Models  Strategies  Connections between Domains  Deliberate progression  reasoning  fluency  algorithms  Depth over time ContentIntent

7. How well does the curriculum emulate the standards?

8. Grade 2, Module 6

9. 2 nd Grade: Operations & Algebraic Thinking 2 nd Grade Winter 20122 nd Grade Winter 2013

10. Personal  New teachers  Veteran teachers  School Climate  What are you experiencing? NTPSYour setting

11. Switch by Chip Heath & Dan Heath

12. Direct the Rider Find the Bright Spots “Anytime you have a bright spot, your job is to clone it.”

13. Year 1 User Support: Build Clarity  6-hour initial training  Monthly Grade-level Meetings  Half-Day Release with team  Half-day District PD  Building Math Leader support  4 building K-5 meetings  4 New User classes

14. Direct the Rider Script the Critical Moves “ Uncertainty makes the Elephant anxious…the most familiar path is always the status quo.”

15. All Users: Create Capacity to Guide  Structuring the math block  Timing  Engagement  Differentiation  Problem-Solving

16. Motivate the Elephant Grow Your People “What looks like laziness is often exhaustion.”

17. All Users: Cultivate Identity  Fidelity and Innovation  Valued Voice

18. Shape the Path Rally the Herd “If you want to change the culture of your organization, you’ve got to get the reformers together.”

19. Shape the Path: Build Leadership  Math Leader Cadre  4 Leader Meetings  4 Leader-facilitated Building Meetings

20. Where we are now…  Continuing the work with K-3  Starting over with 4 th and 5th

21. Reflection  3 Arenas:  Curriculum  Standards  Personal  Switch:  Rider, Elephant, Path  Find the Bright Spots  Grow Your People  Rally the Herd  How does this connect with your journey?  What are the implications for your next steps?

22. Thank you! Questions?