2012-2013 National Professional Development Programs

Advancing Achievement Through Quality Teaching: Developing Instructional Strategies to Embedthe Common Core State or Other Rigorous StandardsOCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER 1, 2012, ATLANTA, GAREGISTRATION FEE: $300 PER PERSONWHO SHOULD ATTENDThis workshop is designed for teams of middle grades and high school academic and career/technical (CT) teachers, school leadership teams, and district leaders representing schoolsystems and schools participating in any SREB school improvement initiative (HSTW,MMGW or TCTW ). Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop computer or portableelectronic device.WHY YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATEThis workshop will address the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) or other rigorousstandards for mathematics and literacy in history/social studies, science and technicalsubjects; and demonstrate engaging strategies that will escalate student achievementthrough challenging and motivating assignments. Participants will learn about the LiteracyDesign Collaborative (LDC) and the Mathematics Design Collaborative (MDC)* and willunderstand how these frameworks offer a flexible guide for participants to meet the rigorouscore state standards while adapting assignments and assessments to their instructional plan.Our lead-specialists will guide participants through the LDC and MDC frameworks that willnot only improve awareness and implementation of the CCSS, but will also give participantsa systematic plan that will engage students in intellectually demanding assignments.Through a follow-up Webinar, attendees can extend the face-to-face workshop bybecoming part of a professional learning community (PLC) in order to share examplesof standards-based assignments and assessments, and to share successes and challenges ofimplementing the LDC and MDC framework.WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES• Review the new rigorous core state standards and how these impact current practices.• Gain specific strategies to embed the CCSS into classroom instruction in academic andCT courses.• Use standards-based planning processes to collaboratively develop high-quality,intellectually demanding assignments and classroom assessments.• Ensure that the habits of independent learners are intentionally taught so that studentscan adopt them and increase their chances to successfully transition to further study orcareers.• Develop a preliminary action plan to share workshop information with colleaguesnot in attendance, and determine “big ideas” for designing other professional learningopportunities based on workshop content.WORKSHOP STRANDSSTRAND 1: Implementing the CCSS Through the LDC for Middle GradesSTRAND 2: Implementing the CCSS Through the LDC for High SchoolSTRAND 3: Implementing the CCSS Through the LDC for CT StudiesOBJECTIVES FOR STRANDS 1 THROUGH 3:• Understand how the CCSS are organized by core content areas, including technicalsubjects, and how the responsibility for teaching these standards is distributedthroughout a school.• Work collaboratively to connect the experiences of reading, writing and thinking usingprototypes of robust literacy assignments that help teachers work more efficiently acrosscontent areas.• Learn how to embed CCSS for literacy into assignments and specially designed tasksto advance students’ readiness for challenging high school studies and postsecondarystudies and careers.• Learn the elements and tools of a literacy framework that is aligned to the CCSS andprovides a more systematic approach to planning and implementing literacy instructionso more students’ graduate college- and career-ready and proficient in needed reading,writing and thinking skills.• See how to quickly adjust literacy instruction at the right time for the right studentsbased on classroom assessment information.• Develop an action plan for building a repository of rigorous standards-based literacyinstructional materials to be used for sustaining schoolwide literacy initiatives.STRAND 4: Designing Instruction to Meet the CCSS Through the MDC for Middle GradesSTRAND 5: Designing Instruction to Meet the CCSS Through the MDC for High SchoolSTRAND 6: Implementing the CCSS Through the MDC for CT StudiesOBJECTIVES FOR STRANDS 4 THROUGH 6:• Understand how the CCSS are organized and how proficient student performanceis described.• See how to embed CCSS mathematics standards through assignments and a seriesof formative assessment lessons (FALs) into mathematics-based and elective coursesto advance students’ readiness for challenging high school mathematics courses andpostsecondary studies and careers.• Learn new tools designed to help teachers quickly uncover student misconceptionsand adjust instruction to meet their needs as they master standards.4