Early Adopter Teacher Release Day

1. Early Adopter Teacher Release Day Unpacking

2. Warm Up Find a partner, introduce yourself and� Share your favorite thing about your class this year Share an effective practice that you have used in your instruction and how it can align to your work with the Common Core

3. The Year�s Work

4. Objectives Understand the need for higher expectations for all students Develop shared understanding of what defines a high quality performance assessment Deepen knowledge of the Common Core State Standards through the reading and/or the unpacking process Deepen knowledge of performance assessment development

5. Agenda Warm up Discuss what it means to hold ALL students to high expectations Define a high quality performance assessment Deepen knowledge of Common Core through reading and/or unpacking Develop performance assessments

6. NORMS Actively engage in team discussion while monitoring one�s own airtime Be open to diverse viewpoints Trust the process

7. Objectives Understand the need for higher expectations for all students Develop shared understanding of what defines a high quality performance assessment Deepen knowledge of the Common Core State Standards through the reading and/or the unpacking process Deepen knowledge of performance assessment development

8. �The standards are an effort for the educational system (and every one of us in it) to assume responsibility for all of our students� work. This accountability needs to occur at every level.� Lucy Calkins A Guide to the Reading Workshop