Common Core at CPSExternal Partner Information Session

Feb. 15, 2012

Office of Professional Learning

Office of Professional Learning to serve as liaison to connect various stakeholders and provide united message and support

Partners should still be communicating across functions‐ Curriculum Content Departments (Department of

Literacy, Math and Science Department)‐ Office of Professional Learning‐ Networks‐ Schools

Five Pillars of Reinventing CPS3

Best Principals and Best Teachers_______

Develop and support highly

effective leaders and educators

Best Schools

________Create

portfolio plan to

ensure right school for every child

Best Curriculum________Aligned with

Common Core to allow post-

secondary success for every child

Engaged Community

_______Increase access for parents and

community members

Full School Day and Extended School Calendar______

Every student benefits from added instructional time and longer school year

Networks Play a Critical Role in Supporting Each Pillar

Why are we here?

CONTINUOUS

IMPROVEMENT

“Every child has access to world class learning and will graduate college and career ready.”

How will we collaborate to meet our goals?

Central Office

Network

ILT

Teacher Team

Classroom: Teachers and Students

Common Core Standards (CCSS)

Overview• The CCSS provide a clear roadmap of what students are expected to learn

from K-12 to prepare them for college and careers in the 21st century.

Why now?• Illinois’ old standards lacked specificity and rigor. Students were held to

standards that wouldn’t fully prepare them for success beyond high school.• Common, rigorous standards provide an opportunity to bring coherence

and clarity to schools and classrooms across Chicago

How will we get there?• Professional Development for educators across all levels of the system:

teachers, ILTs, Networks and Chiefs and Central Office staff.• Work with Early Adopters to build performance assessments and unit plans

that can serve as examples of actual implementation of the standards.

Implementation Timeline

2011-12 New Learning• ELA: Unpacking,

Performance Assessment, Units for comprehension, writing

• Math: Bridge standards and curric (6-11 only)

Implementation• Teacher team

structures• ILT structures

2012-13

New Learning:• ELA: Language, Speaking,

Foundational Skills, Content literacy (6-12)

• ELA: 11-12 curric. map• Math: Bridge standards

and curric. (K-5, 11-12), • Instructional Shifts

Implementation:• Comprehension and

Writing units• Math Bridge

curriculum (6-10)

2013-14

New Learning• Math full CC content

standards• Instructional Shifts

Implementation:• Units with all ELA

strands K-12• Math Bridge

curriculum in K-12

Implementation in SY12Scope Objectives

Early Adopters •60 schools •Focus on backward design process for the development, implementation, and refinement of unit plans (unpacking standards, performance assessment development, unit development)•Development of exemplars

Teacher Leader PLC (from Early Adopter schools)

•~30 teachers each for Literacy and Math

•Develop the year-long CCSS-aligned curriculum map for literacy•Develop guiding principles in math for incorporation of math practice standards

Network Team PD

•All Networks •Develop and refine a differentiated delivery mechanism (or Network Theory of Action) for building capacity on the CCSS with portfolio of schools

ILT PD •All schools, traditional and charter/contract/AUSL

•Focus on unit planning (unpacking standards, performance assessment development, unit development)•Implement necessary ILT and TT structures to make the shift to CCSS possible

Guidelines and Goals

Planning guidelines• Emphasis on backwards planning for development of short and

long term plans• Instructional materials are not curriculum: they support

curriculum. Curriculum is developed by planning from standards.

ELA goals • Quarterly curriculum map developed by teachers• Greater emphasis on non-fiction, argumentation through

writing and speaking

Math goals• Standards for Math Practices as guidelines for how students

approach math• Coherence and focus in content: understanding of progressions

Implementation Expectations

Backwards Planning

Un-packing the standards (the process and the product)• Increase teacher team collaboration and

communication• Deepen knowledge of the Common Core

State Standards through the reading and unpacking process

• Build a foundation for building an assessment

Performance Assessments

Unit Plans

Standards

Assessment

Long – Term Planning

Weekly and Daily Lessons

Next Steps

Plan to hold communication sessions quarterly to ensure alignment and updates

Please reach out to content departments for a deeper look at the work they are doing with early adopters, ILTs and Networks

Contacts

Department of Literacy• Elizabeth Cardenas-Lopez, Director

‐ ECardenas-lopez@cps.k12.il.us‐ 773-553-6436

Math and Science Department• Jesch Reyes, Director

‐ JAReyes1@cps.k12.il.us‐ 773-553-6239

Office of Professional Learning• Jill Gauthier

‐ JLGauthier@cps.k12.il.us‐ 773-553-2159

Q & A

Thank You!!!