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Why is the Core important?
• To set high expectations – for all students– for educators
• To attend to the learning needs of students
• To break through the achievement plateau
• To address global and local challenges
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Timeframe 2008-2009 2009-2013 2014-2015 &
Beyond
Leadership Capacity Building
Planning &
Implementation
Full
Implementation &
Continuous Improvement
Full Implementation for 9-12: July 2012Implementation Plan for K-8: July 2012Full Implementation for K-8: 2014-2015
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Core Curriculum Implementation
• Each district and accredited non-public school is required to have a written plan describing the actions that will be taken to address the six outcomes and related targets and actions.
• Full implementation is accomplished when the school is able to provide evidence that an ongoing process is in place to ensure that each and every student is learning the Essential Concepts and Skill Sets of the Iowa Core Curriculum.
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Leadership: System Capacity
IF leadership actions are focused and committed to providing the expertise, guidance, and resources needed
to build capacity and support teaching and learning,
THEN the implementation of the Iowa Core Curriculum will result in increased student learning and performance.
Outcome 1
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Leadership: System CapacityTarget Implementation of leadership
behaviors to sustain the Iowa Core Curriculum.
Actions• Establish a leadership team• Clearly communicate a vision of ICC• Manage the change process• Demonstrate a deep understanding of
the Core• Establish a collaborative process• Deploy needed resources• Establish ways to sustain the
implementation• Model best practice of adult learning• Develop the Implementation Plan• Engage in discussion with local school
board
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Community: Support Implementation
IF multiple partners are interdependent,THEN schools will function as an integrated
system to provide a coordinated approach, consistent communication, additional opportunities for learning, and the ongoing supports needed for student to be successful.
Partners:
Parents
School Boards
Business
Industry
Supporting agencies
Community Organizations
Outcome 2
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Community: Support Implementation
Target Coordination of community
and other systems to support the Iowa Core Curriculum implementation
Actions• Develop community understanding
of Iowa Core Curriculum
• Involve community members in the development and implementation of the Core Curriculum Plan
• Coordinate learning supports within the school and the community to support the implementation of the Core Curriculum Plan
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Schools: Continuous Improvement
IF the Iowa Core Curriculum and related school improvement processes function as an ongoing continuous improvement processes based on data,
THEN the school will constantly adjust and improve to yield positive outcomes for all students.
Outcome 3
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Schools: Continuous Improvement
Targets: Use data to develop and monitor
the Implementation Plan Engage stakeholders in goal
setting, developing school improvement plans and integrating various school plans
Actions:• Complete the Core Curriculum
self assessment• Continuously document progress• Develop a review schedule• Develop a way to integrate
existing planning processes with the Core Implementation Plan
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Alignment to the Iowa Core Curriculum
IF district leaders monitor and increase the degree of alignment among the intended, enacted, and assessed curriculum.
THEN the quality of instruction will improve and student learning will increase.
Outcome 4
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AlignmentTargets Acquire expertise in
alignment Prepare and implement
alignment processes Conduct alignment beyond
curriculum
Actions• Learn the alignment processes• Select those that will be used locally• Conduct the alignment process• Address each and every students enacted
curriculum• Address the alignment of instruction to
assessment
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Professional Development
IF professional development is based on the Iowa Professional Development Model and focused on improved content, instruction, and assessment practices,
THEN student learning and performance will increase.
Outcome 5
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Professional DevelopmentTarget Use data to guide
professional development
Provide effective professional development
Actions• Use instructional review and student
achievement data to guide professional development
• Engage in professional development that contains all elements of the Iowa Professional Development Model
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Effective Instruction
IF content is challenging and relevant and teachers routinely deliver instruction that demonstrates the Characteristics of Effective Instruction,
THEN student learning and performance will increase.
Outcome 6
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Student Engagement & Learning
Rigor&
Relevance
Assessmentfor
LearningStudent-Centered
Classroom
Teaching for
Understanding Teachingfor LearnerDifferences
Student
Centered
Characteristics of Effective Instruction and Assessment
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Effective InstructionTargets Implement the
Characteristics of Effective Instruction in classrooms
Engaged Students
Actions:• Select Characteristics of Effective
instruction as the initial focus of instructional improvement
• Select the tools and routinely conduct instructional reviews
• Incorporate a broad range of strategies and activities that provide each student access and success with the Core Curriculum