Are You Ready for the Common Core State Standards?

Paul Ezen, Chief Academic Officer, ICLEPaul@Leadered.com518-491-7431 (cell)

Agenda

• Instructional Shifts of CCSS• Process for Leading Change

• Assess Needs• Collaborative Planning• Focused Implementation• Progress Monitoring

All eyes are on the moveto higher standards

Common Core Standards Raise the Bar

• Fewer

• Clearer

• Higher• 21st Century

• Focused

• Coherent/Aligned

• Rigorous

• Relevant

Common Core State Standards

Instructional Shifts in ELA and Content Area Literacy

• Text Complexity• High-quality text-dependent questions and

tasks• Range and quality of texts• Focus on academic and domain-specific

vocabulary• Writing and research that analyze sources and

deploy evidence

Increasing Text Complexity

Text Complexity Grade Band

Previous Lexile Ranges

Lexile Ranges Aligned to CCR

K–1 N/A N/A

2–3 450L–725L 450L–790L

4–5 645L–845L 770L–980L

6–8 860L–1010L 955L–1155L

9–10 960L–1115L 1080L–1305L

11–College and Career Readiness

1070L–1220L 1215L–1355L

Staircasing Texts

Text at Low End of Grade Band

Text Between Low End and Middle of

Grade Band

Text Near Middle of Grade Band

Text Between Middle and High End of Grade Band

Text at High End of Grade Band

Beginning of Year

End of Year

Toward CCR

Using Lexile Measures to Staircase Texts

www.lexile.com

Using Lexile Measures to Staircase Texts, K–2

Beginning of Year

End of Year

430L

490L

590L

610L

680L

790L

Using Lexile Measures to Staircase Texts, 3–5

Beginning of Year

End of Year

760L

800L

870L

900L

920L

980L

Using Lexile Measures to Staircase Texts, 6–8

Beginning of Year

End of Year

950L

990L

1020L

1070L

1130L

1150L

Using Lexile Measures to Staircase Texts, 9–12

Beginning of Year

End of Year

1040L

1080L

1110L

1130L

1180L

1310L

Using What You Have to Staircase Texts

Beginning of Year

End of Year

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Theme: _________________

High-quality text-dependent questions and tasks

1. Think: Compare/contrast the two prompts below. What do you notice?

From…

How does Douglass feel about moving to Baltimore? Describe a time you moved or visited someplace new.

To…

Summarize Douglass’s view on the role of education. Provide examples from different periods in Douglass’s life to show how he conveys this view.

Questions based on text: Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass.

2. Pair: Discuss what you notice

3. Share: Be ready to share your ideas with the group

Instructional Shifts in Mathematics

• Reasoning to make sense of mathematics• Productive use of discourse when explaining

and justifying mathematical thinking• Procedural fluency (flexibility, accuracy,

efficiency)• Flexible and appropriate use of mathematical

representations• Confidence and perseverance in solving

problems

Transforming Low-Level Questions into High-Level Questions

Low Rigor Which number are odd numbers?4, 17, 56, 28, 29, 31

Which numbers do not belong? Why?4, 17, 56, 28, 29, 31

High Rigor Lisa shoots 6 darts at the dart board and all 6 hit the target. Which of the

following could be her score? Where must the darts land to achieve

that score? 4, 17, 56, 28, 29, 31

Where are you now?

Before any big decision, event, or journey…

Assess Needs

Collaborative Planning

Focused Implementation

Progress Monitoring

• Systems Approach• Focus on Data (Quantitative and Qualitative)• Leadership Team Reflection and Dialogue

Assess Needs

Daggett System for Effective Instruction

• Data Analysis Review (DAR)• WE Surveys• Effectiveness and Efficiency Review• School Visit

• Interview Teachers• Interview Students• Visit Classrooms• Interview Principal • Interview Leadership Team• Interview Community Members / Parents

Needs Assessment Process

Needs Assessment Tools

Managing Scarce Resources• Goals

– Provide substantive data to make Efficiency and Effectiveness (E&E) decisions.

– Obtain input and data from a third party

– Tie strategies to increase student achievement to best and most efficient use of resources

– Build awareness of the complexity of resource management and increasing student achievement

Systems Thinking Around E&E• Waivers

• Sustainable funding sources

• Evaluate staffing positions through E&E with a focus on increasing student achievement

• ‘Oversensitivity’ to HQT

• Collective Bargaining Agreements and collaboration for the benefit of increasing student achievement

• Evaluation of all programs regarding financial outlay and results

• Focused use of Title I funding, etc.

Common Core Readiness Rubrics

1. Standards Alignment2. Design for Rigor and Relevance3. Learning Environment4. Personalization5. Literacy6. Math7. Student Progress and Celebration8. Technology

• Build upon strengths • Easy wins to gain buy-in• Who is on the team?• Set up regular meetings• Discuss student goals• Establish a vision

Collaborative Planning

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Sample focus area: LiteracyGoal: Increase range of text-dependent questions in all disciplines

Focused Implementation

• What will you do?• By when?

Focused Implementation

• Adult Learning– Faculty meetings

become professional learning experiences with training scripts developed by leadership team (see handout)

• What gets monitored gets done!

1. Reassess progress toward program goals

2. Use data to evaluate and monitor progress

3. Modify goals, action plans and expectations

4. Recognize and celebrate success

Progress Monitoring

In summary

• ICLE support begins with needs assessment

• Needs assessment done in partnership with district

• Needs assessment can launch:

o School improvemento CCSS worko Grant implementationo District planning

• Needs assessment focused by:

oDSEI oR / R Framework

• Experienced education leaders using effective tools:

oWE SurveysoDAR ReportoCIR toolsoE / E Model

The International Center believes that no two

schools are alike. Our work with you and your

staff begins with the needs assessment to

understand your unique needs and goals and to

help you focus on what matters most—designing

and implementing a plan for transformative change

and increased student achievement.

Access to Power Point and Materials

• We will make the Power Points and materials referenced on the CSD web site.

Are You Ready for the Common Core State Standards?

Paul Ezen, Chief Academic Officer, ICLEDate