Education Standards

1. Education Standards Jesse Orth Lead Teacher Potomac Heights Elementary School Washington County Public Schools Hagerstown, Maryland

2. What do you know about standards? Chat Storm

3. What are standards? • The Academic Definition: • A set of predefined baseline expectations that define knowledge and skills students should possess at critical points in their educational career • In Simple Terms: • What students at a certain age/grade are expected to know and be able to do

4. What is the purpose of standards? • Transfer • Quick read – Wiggins article • Why does transfer matter? - Chat Box • Progression of learning over time that: • Is developmentally appropriate • Is comprehensive in nature • Prepares students for college and/or careers

5. What standards are out there? Common Core State Standards Next Generation Science Standards College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework State Standards

6. How do I know what standards my state/territory uses? http://www.corestandards.org/standards-in-your-state/ https://www.nextgenscience.org/lead-state-partners Google search (state name) education standards

7. Big Picture Goals of Standards-Based Learning • Exploring the Practices & Capacities document • What trends do you see across content areas? What do you think this implies? – Chat Storm

8. Two Types of Standards:Knowledge-Based & Skill-Based • What is the difference? Why does it matter? • Knowledge = Basic information essential to understanding • Skill = Actionable steps that can be used to apply knowledge

9. Examples of Knowledge and Process Standards • Example of a content standard: • Math (CCSS – Numbers & Operations – Grade 4): • Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right. For example, recognize that 700 ÷ 70 = 10 by applying concepts of place value and division. • Social Studies (C3 – Civics - Grades 3-5): • Identify core civic virtues and democratic principles that guide government, society, and communities. • Example of a process standard: • Social Studies (C3 – History – Grades 3-5): • Describe how people’s perspectives shaped the historical sources they created. • Science (NGSS - Grade 4): • Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. • ELA/Literacy (CCSS – Informational Text – Grade 2) • Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.

10. Unpacking a Standard • Unpacking Activity • Modeling the unpacking process • Looking closely at the language of the standard • Is this a content or a process standard? • What are the action words? What are the nouns? What other important information do I need to consider? • What would this look like if a student was “doing” this standard in your park? • What is it that I really want students to learn from this experience in MY park? • How would you know students learned what you wanted them to learn?

11. Unpacking Activity - Homework Choose one standard (process standard) that you use (or would like to integrate) as part of your educational program Break the standard apart – verbs, nouns, important information to consider Reflect upon what students “doing” this standard in your park would look like, sound like, etc Be prepared to post a reflection of the process or an “aha” moment you had as you worked to start the day tomorrow

12. How does the National Park Service fit in with these standards? • Unique opportunities for curriculum integration • Bringing skill sets from across academic disciplines together • Authentic opportunities to transfer learning • Putting what you know and are able to do into practice • Experience standards through the power of place • Real-world, hands-on experiences, learning as it was meant to be

13. Educational Standards Are/Are Not • Use the chat boxes to think about what you learned • Educational standards are … • Educational standards are not ...