The Road to Implementing the Common Core in MUSD

1. The Road to Implementing the Common Core in MUSD Common Core State Standards Implementation Funds Spending Plan A Presentation to the MUSD Governing Board October 10, 2013

2. What Are Common Core State Standards? • CCSS are standards that are designed to prepare students for the future by teaching them the real-world skills they need for career and college • CCSS provide consistency across the states in the areas of ELA and math so that students will have access to the similar standards when they move

3. How are the Common Core State Standards Different from the Old State Standards? • Standards are coherent across the grade levels and focus on real world skills that students need in order to be successful in college and career • CCSS require significant student collaboration, fluency with multimedia and technology, and the development of strong complex reasoning, problem solving, and communication skills • Students learn material at a greater depth so that they are able to use and apply the information

4. Where We Are Currently

6. How Will the Common Core Standards Better Prepare Our Students? • Provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn • The standards are robust and relevant to the real world • They reflect knowledge and skills young people need for success in college and careers • Internationally benchmarked by other top-performing countries so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society www.corestandards.org

7. The World Our Students Live In

9. California Department of Education Seven Guiding Strategies for Common Core Implementation

10. Component #1 Facilitate high quality professional learning opportunities for educators to ensure that every student has access to teachers who are prepared to teach to the levels of rigor and depth required by the CCSS.

11. Component #2 Provide CCSS-aligned instruction resources designed to meet the diverse needs of all students.

12. Component #3 Develop and transition to CCSS-aligned assessment systems to inform instruction, establish priorities for professional learning, and provide tools for accountability.

13. Component #4 Collaborate with parents, guardians, and the early childhood and expanded learning communities to integrate the CCSS into programs and activities beyond the K-12 school setting.

14. Component #5 Seek, create, and disseminate resources to support stakeholders as CCSS systems implementation moves forward.

15. Component #7 Design and establish systems of effective communication among stakeholders to continuously identify areas of need and disseminate information.

16. Implementing the Common Core in MUSD“The Plan”

17. Six Areas of Emphasis • Curriculum • Staff Development • Technology • Maintenance • Food Service • Transportation

18. Curriculum • Revise current pacing plans to reflect the CCSS • Create lesson plans/instructional modules that reflect cross-curricular activities when appropriate, and are linked to materials and resources • Provide staff with resources aligned to CCSS • Review/Update library multimedia resources for CCSS support • Support for project based learning materials aligned to CCSS • Research/implementation of report cards based on CCSS

19. Staff Development • Continual staff development on CCSS and the integration of the various curricular content areas with emphasis on: • Lesson plan design using CCSS/Rigor & Relevance/Project based learning • Use of technology within the classroom setting • Teacher collaboration • Coaching • ELD Standards • Standards Based Report Cards • Use of Common Formative Assessments based on CCSS including the development of appropriate evaluation tools/rubrics to use with the CFAs

20. Technology • Web-based/software based teacher tools • Wireless internet connections • Enhancement of teacher ability to use internet in their lessons • Tablets/IPads • Student computer skills applications to teach and enhance skills needed for Smarter Balanced Assessments • Testing protocols for SBAC testing • Technology support during assessment period • Monitor bandwidth for optimal usage of technology • Continual Assessment of technology needs in the district

21. Maintenance • Cleaning/disinfecting of computer labs and libraries at scheduled times • Assist sites in the set up of rooms for project based learning • Evaluate scheduling of necessary services so that noise does not impact learning • Ensure that custodial/maintenance staff have the necessary tools to facilitate the most efficient use of their time and energies

22. Food Service • Modify nutritional periods/lunches/snack periods during assessment times • Evaluate the nutritional needs of students during the assessment period and supply appropriate snacks based on those needs

23. Transportation • Evaluate SPED transportation and ensure that instructional time is not infringed upon, especially during the assessment period • Evaluate the impact of athletic events during the assessment period and modify when able to • When necessary make necessary modifications for the least impact on instructional time and testing

24. How Will We Fund the Implementation Plan???

25. Assembly Bill 85 • Allots each LEA an equal per-pupil amount using prior year enrollment data • The per-pupil award is $200 per pupil based on the October 2012 CALPads fall enrollment data

26. How Can the Funds Be Spent? • Professional development for teachers, administrators, paraprofessional educators or other classified employees involved in the direct instruction of pupils that is aligned to the CCSS • Instructional materials aligned to CCSS • Integration of the CCSS through technology-based instruction for the purposes of improving the academic performance of pupils.

27. Additional Guidelines • The LEA must develop and adopt a plan on how the funds will be spent • The plan must be heard in a public meeting of the Governing Board • The plan must be adopted in a subsequent public meeting by the Governing Board

28. Funding the MUSD Common Core State Standards Implementation Plan 2013-2015

29. Revenue Common Core Implementation Funds (Resource 7405) $200 per student --CALPADS 2012/13 (2,691) $538,200 Less: Indirect Costs—LEA Rate—9.34% -50,268 Available Revenue $487,932

30. Expenditures Professional Development Online Capacity-Building System (Nextpert) $18,000 Job-Embedded Individual Math Coaching K-12 $110,000 Focused on-site professional development $132,600 • Common Core Lesson Modeling • Content Area Literacy: Engaging Students with Complex Text • Dissecting the CCSS to create 2013-14 Curriculum Map • Begin with the End—Assessment and Performance Tasks • Developing Units of Study Professional Development Expenditures $260,600

31. Instructional Materials Ipads(SH Special Education, 10 each, MES, HES, CCHS) $14,656 Ipads(Regular Education, 11 per site) $32,242 Secure WiFi Hot Spots—1 per site $ 3,600 Instructional Materials Expenditures $50,498

32. Integration of Content Standards Using Technology Teacher Toolbox $15,000 Online Lesson Planning/Assessment Tool $25,000 Technician Time—SBAC Test Implementation $10,000 Wireless Internet—Erate (District’s 10%) $25,000 Integration of Content Standards Using Technology Expenditures $75,000 Total Expenditures $386,098

33. Remaining Balance Distributed to Sites for Instructional Materials and Supplies Aligned to CCSS $101,834 Based on 2012-2013 Enrollment SchoolEnrollment Distribution California City High School 510 $19,300 California City Middle School 307 $11,618 Hacienda Elementary School 444 $16,802 Mojave Elementary School 485 $18,354 Mojave Jr/Sr High School 311 $11,769 Robert P. Ulrich Elementary School 634 $23,992 Mojave Unified 2,691 $101,834 Balance $0

34. Where We Are Headed