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AERO = Common Core Plus
Naomi Woolsey, Ed. D.
AERO Project Director
Cindy Cummings, Ed. D.
AERO Faculty
AERO Project
Began in 1999 as project co-sponsored by NESA and the Office of Overseas Schools
Purpose to develop standards for international schools
Collaborative process involving representatives of 12 schools
Why Standards
• Identify key learning outcomes grades K-12
• Provide foundation upon which to build curriculum
• Increase collaboration among teachers• Increase communication among
students, teachers, and parents
Why Standards
• Guide the assessment process• Build a coherent curriculum in every
subject across the grades• Tie to schools accreditation
If not standards…then
• Curriculum in a suitcase• Competing national curricula• Dependence on textbook• Classroom by classroom assessment.
AERO Standards
• English/Language Arts• Mathematics• Science• Social Studies• World Languages• Art • Music
AERO Training
• Over 150 schools and 2000 teachers and administrators have participated in AERO training at conferences, school sites, and the Summer Institute
AERO Standards Review
• In 2009, reviews of original standards documents undertaken to update, revise and improve them
• Expert consultants led the review in each subject, followed by vetting process involving teachers from a variety of international schools
Common Core Initiative
Governors and states commissioners of education began the project in 2009
48 states, plus two territories and the District of Columbia signed on to the project
Experts representing many opinions came together to develop new standards in English and Mathematics
Common Core State Standards
• New standards released in 2010• 46 states and the District of Columbia
have agreed to adopt the Common Core Standards as their new standards
Internationally Benchmarked
•Standards from individual high-performing countries and provinces were used to inform content, structure, and language. Writing teams looked for examples of rigor, coherence, and progression.
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MathematicsBelgium (Flemish)Canada (Alberta)ChinaChinese TaipeiEnglandFinlandHong KongIndiaIrelandJapanKoreaSingapore
English language artsAustralia
New South WalesVictoria
CanadaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaOntario
EnglandFinlandHong KongIrelandSingapore
College and Career Readiness
• The CCRS are designed to represent a full range of knowledge and skills that students need to succeed in entry-level college courses, as well as in a wide range of majors and careers.
AERO and Common Core
• AERO’s review of Math Standards completed before the publication of the Common Core
• AERO’s experts completed a crosswalk to determine the level of compatibility between the two documents
AERO and the Common Core
• AERO’s English/Language Arts standards review followed the Common Core
• AERO’s new English/Language Arts Framework developed to align with the Common Core Standards
AERO and the Common Core
• During school year 2011-2012, the new AERO English/Language Arts Framework was vetted by three groups of teachers/administrators from several international schools
• Cindy Cummings led that vetting process
Implementation and Training
• Since 2010, AERO faculty and staff have trained over 300 teachers and administrators to implement the Math and English Frameworks
Other Developments
• Development of assessments by two groups representing consortia of states; will be released in 2013
• Development of the Next Generation Science Standards
Common Core
• Overload of Common Core materials• Overload of Common Core “experts”
AERO= Common Core Plus
• Reviews individual school needs and provides suggested support resources
• On site consultancy to work directly with school staff regarding implementation of AERO Frameworks
• Presentation at regional conferences• Summer Institutes
Contact Information
www.projectaero.org
Naomi Woolsey Cindy Cummings
Project Director ELA Faculty
[email protected] [email protected]
http://www.slideshare.net/cdcummings/aaie-feb-14-2013
