PTA Presentation on Common Core

Timeline

Presented by: Cherise Hall and Toby PleszkunMay 28, 2013

http://www.corestandards.org

What is Common Core?

MISSION STATEMENT:

The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent,

clear understanding of what students are expected to learn,

so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help

them. The standards are designed to be robust and

relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and

skills that our young people need for success in college and

careers. With American students fully prepared for the

future, our communities will be best positioned to compete

successfully in the global economy.

Summer 2012

Charge from the Education Committee: Teachers representing all buildings

created a two-year implementation plan to

coordinate communication, professional

development, and curriculum mapping for ELA and

Math.

Committees for Common Core

Common Core Leadership Committee

(September-May)

Curriculum Development of ELA and Math

(January- April)

Summer Work -Curriculum development

and resource allocations (June-July)

August 2012

-Implementation plan approved by the D34 Education Committee.

-Education Committee asked Nan Ross-Meridith and Beth Tsoumas to create a Common Core Leadership Team to coordinate the work of the implementation plan; the CCLT would have representation from each building to provide consistent communication.

September-May 2012-13• Leadership team met 2-3 monthly

• Created and presented monthly Building Councils Professional Development sessions on specific Common Core elements.

• Prepared March in-service day with Laura Beltchenko

• Contributed monthly articles to the District 34's "Up to the MInute" (Staff Periodical)

• -Looked at potential structures for our curriculum maps. Reviewed several states’ CCSS curriculum maps and selected a variety of resources to be used by the Common Core Mapping Committees (ELA and Math).

• implemented Book Club using The Pathways to the Common Core by Lucy Caulkins Book Club

Websites for Parents

http://pta.org/parents/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2583 (National PTA Website)

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/parents-guide-to-common-core-standards/ (Great article for parents)

http://www.engageny.org/parent-guides-to-the-common-core-standards (Parent's guides to the Common Core)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcODOBxWGUQ&noredirect=1 (spanish speaking parent video)

• http://www.engageny.org/parent-and-family-resources (parent and family Common Core resources)