Welcome! CCS/Essential Standards Staff Development #2

1. Welcome! CCS/Essential Standards Staff Development #2 As you enter, please grab a snack, and set up your department/grade level display around the perimeter of the room.

2. CCS/ES Points of Clarification We are planning now so that we may implement the CCS/ES next year. We do not have to “reinvent the wheel”. Use what you have and make it fit. 2 PLCs each month should be spent solely on understanding and transitioning from NCSCOS to CCS/ES. Common assessments are an important part of CCS/ES, but the initial focus for transition should be alignment and pacing guides. Transitioning from NCSCOS to CCS/ES is not optional.

3. Parking Lot Please write additional questions/comments as they arise in the “Parking Lots” located around the room to be addressed at the end of today’s workshop.

4. Today’s Workshop • Purpose • To clarify expectations and requirements for successful curriculum transition by June 8, 2012 • To evaluate each other and give suggestions/feedback for improvement • To evaluate progress and figure out the strengths and needs by department/grade level • “Where do we go from here?” • To glean ideas from one another • To empower one another

5. Activity 1: Gallery Walk • Instructions: • You have 20 minutes to evaluate each department’s display. • Walk around with your department so you can discuss and ask questions. • Each person should have a blue, green, and red dot. • Blue Dot: “I like this! It is a great idea.” • Green Dot: “I hadn’t thought about this. We can use it now!” • Red Dot: “We can use this idea later.”

6. Let’s Discuss What did you see in the gallery walk that could benefit your department?

7. Activity 2: On Site PLC Meeting • Points for Discussion: • How did your colleagues evaluate your display? • What questions/needs does your department have about transitioning from NCSCOS to CCS/ES? • What are the responsibilities, how are they being divided between department members, and is it working? • How can we use the pacing guide template to fit our curriculum? • Practice filling out sample template using your own curriculum • Who will be the Wiki staff development representative on October 28 (one per department)?

8. What to Expect: Wiki Page Final product in the transition phase Working (“living”) document Virtual storage for essential curriculum documents (pacing guides, common assessments, activities, vocabulary, enhancement, etc.). Virtual PLC meetings (discussion and collaboration) Workshop on 10/28/11 (One rep. per department) http://www.wikispaces.com/

9. Sample Planning Template: Essential Standards

10. Sample Planning Template: Essential Standards Mental and Emotional Health 9.MEH.1Create positive stress management strategies Stress Management Coping mechanisms, Anxiety A main section of ES Curriculum (Standards) Teacher contribution Teacher contribution 9.MEH.1 Identify the body’s physical and physiological responses to stressful situations and positive coping mechanisms 3 days Teacher contribution Teacher contribution Unpacking Documents Standard

11. Sample Planning Template: Common Core Standards

12. Sample Planning Template: Common Core Standards Geometry Congruence G.CO.1 Experiment with Transformations in the plane Understand and use definitions of angles, circles, perpendicular lines, parallel lines , and line segments, based on the undefined term of a point, a line, the distance along a line, and the length of an arc. A main section of CCS Curriculum (Standards) 3 days Angle Circle Teacher contribution Perpendicular line Teacher contribution Teacher contribution Unpacking Documents

13. Based on Our Work So Far… What do we need to adjust or change about this presentation? What parts of the training were most helpful for support your knowledge or skill level with this topic? In what areas would you like more support from the CCS/ES team? What should this support look like?