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Transition To The Common Core

Transition To The Common Core. Transforming Teaching & Learning for Equity, Access, and Excellence Council of the Great City Schools October 17, 2012. SCUSD. 11 th Largest School District in CA 44,000 Students 81 Campuses

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Transition To The Common Core

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  1. Transition To The Common Core Transforming Teaching & Learning for Equity, Access, and Excellence Council of the Great City Schools October 17, 2012

  2. SCUSD • 11th Largest School District in CA • 44,000 Students • 81 Campuses • 69% Free and Reduced Lunch • 36% Hispanic, 19% White, 18.3% Asian, 16.3% African American, 7% Two or More Races • 40 Languages • 38% EL’s

  3. Strategic Plan 2010-14 Pillar One: College and Career Ready Students

  4. Common Core Standards Framework Curriculum Assessment Equity Teaching & Learning

  5. Professional Learning

  6. Common Core Standards Framework Curriculum Assessment Equity Teaching & Learning

  7. Equity • Pillar I: College and Career Ready Students • All Students • Respect=High Expectations • No Excuses or Blame

  8. Curriculum • SCUSD’s Definition of Rigor “The capacity to understand and apply content and experiences that are complex, ambiguous, provocative, and personally or emotionally challenging.” Adapted from SREB

  9. Curriculum • SCUSD’s Definition of Rigor • Curriculum Maps • Units of Study • Deconstruct Language Structure, Form, and Function within Rich Complex Texts • Culturally Responsive

  10. Assessments • Performance-Based Assessments • Peer and Self Assessments • Examination of Student Work • Focus on Literacy and Language

  11. Teaching and Learning • Instructional Shifts • College and Career Ready Descriptors • Instructional Conversations

  12. Capacity Building • Leadership Development • Professional Learning • Training Specialists (District and Site-Based) • Alignment of Current Resources & Practices • Supplemental Resources & Strategies • Electronic Library • Community Awareness & Knowledge Building

  13. Lessons Learned • School and district leadership matter • Infrastructure of support is vital • Changing the district’s instructional culture is hard work, messy, and takes time • Text Matters • Student Choice=Student Voice • Learning is the doing and the doing is the learning

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