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© ASCD 2013 | Common Core State Standards
Bill and Melinda Gates/ASCD Grant: Virtual Learning Networks
Teacher Networks: Building Capacity for Powerful Instruction
December 2013
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Virtual Convening Agenda• WELCOME!• Introduction of ASCD Faculty Member• Overview of the ASCD/Gates Grant• Eliciting Problems of Practice • Introduction to ASCD Edge• Introduction to EduCore• Next steps
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Goals:
1. Cultivate “Constructivist Community” that will…
2. Help facilitate the implementation of the CCSS-M, resulting in… 3. Empowered students to4. Enable THEM to change the world
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Poll 1:
Who are you?
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Poll 2:
What do you do in education?
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Poll 3:
Where are you all in terms of common core implementation?
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Poll 4:
What is your level of understanding about the CCSS in Mathematics?
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Short Answer Question:
What is your level of understanding and implementation with the Standards for Mathematical Practice?
Please post your responses.
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Focus: Instructional Shifts of CCSSAssist with implementation in the classroom
Secondary TeachersELA literacy shiftsMath shiftsLiteracy shifts for ScienceLiteracy shifts for Social Science
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Key Instructional Shifts: Mathematics
Focus: Focus on where standards focus - Deep not wide!
Coherence: Think across grades and link to major topics - Progressions
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Key Instructional Shifts: Mathematics, Cont.Rigor: Require fluency, application, deep
understanding – A balance of conceptual understanding and skill.
College and Career Readiness
Math Practices
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• Two Years• Five Webinars per year
• Content specific• Host by ASCD faculty member• Synchronous• Recorded and archived on EduCore
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Phase One• 1 Virtual Convening• 4 Webinars
• Structured around “Problem of Practice”• Challenges identified by participants
in implementing CCSS in their classrooms
• Collaboration with trusted experts• Helpful feedback in a timely manner
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Phase Two• 1 Virtual Convening• 4 Webinars
• Deeper dive• Expand networks to include local
colleagues/teams• Local professional networks
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ASCD Edge
• ASCD proprietary social networking platform
• Share comments and resources• Share video, audio, photos• Share upcoming events, updates,
alerts
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EduCore
• ASCD Common Core Online Digital Tool• Funded by a grant from Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation• Free resource• Materials created from:
• Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)• Math Assessment Resource Service
(MARS) • Repository of evidence-based strategies,
videos, supporting documents
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Measurement and Evaluation• Pulse surveys to gauge participant
satisfaction• Skills assessments: pre- and post-• Teacher practice surveys 3x/year• Possible voluntary phone interviews• Voluntary focus groups
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What is something you love about teaching Math??
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And something frustrating about math instruction?
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Eliciting Problems of Practice
Building the airplane while flying it . . .
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Eliciting Problems of Practice
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.”
Yogi Berra
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Eliciting Problems of Practice
One idea for a Problem of Practice:
How do we teach students what it means to be a mathematician in class through the Standards for Mathematical Practice?
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Eliciting Problems of Practice
In your opinion, what are key challenges to implementing the Common Core Math standards?
Please post responses on board!
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Eliciting Problems of Practice
What would you say are the major social barriers to implementation?
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What would you say are the major social barriers to implementation?
Examples:Resistance to change? Satisfied with current methods? Top‐down frustrations?Feeling like there isn’t enough time? Too little collaboration? “One more thing!”?
Parent revolt? PARCC or SBAC? Other factors?
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Poll 5:
PARCC, SBAC, and State Conflicts
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What do you feel is an essential skill and/or knowledge base math educators need in order to address the CCSS-M?
Respond on board please!!
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Poll 6:
Areas in need of increased support
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Do you feel students are prepared to handle an increase in the rigor, depth and engagement required by the Common Core?
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Any additional thoughts about problems of practice?
A problem that wasn’t covered?
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Poll 7:
Are you familiar with ASCD EDge?
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ascdedge.ascd.org
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Other than the webinars, the ASCD Edge VLN group is where the sharing of resources takes place.
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Learn the basics of ASCD Edge in the brief video linked here
http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol8/809-video.aspx
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Poll 9:
Are you familiar with EduCore?
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EduCore™ ASCD‐developed website designed with . . .
• Tools• Strategies• Videos • Supporting Documents
To support implementation of the Common Core.
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Videos can be viewed independently and discussed in a PLC or watched together as a faculty.
WATCH
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Read relevant up-to-date articles and papers about the CCSS, instructional shifts, and teaching methods.
Read
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Learn
How do the Common Core standards affect me? What do they mean for my students? What is formative assessment? How do I meet CCSS literacy standards if I’m not an English teacher?
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CREATE
Both LDC and MDC provide modules. Check out the examples, learn how to implement them, and then use the templates to create your own!
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EXPLORE
Discover all the resources EduCore™ offers to meet your professional development needs.
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Faculty Meetings
Professional Learning Communities
Independently
Connect and Share
How to use EduCore™?
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Questions? Comments? Concerns? Quips? Quotes? Qualms? Or Conundrums?
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Thank you!
Connect with me on:
ASCD Edge: Nanci Smith& VLN Mathematics Group
Email: nanci.smith.faculty@ascd.org
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