Supporting Teachers as They Implement LDC

St. Bernard Parish Public SchoolsMargaux Dubuar

High School Instructional CoachMonica Knauer

Middle School Instructional Coach

YouLDC

Wants

• Your name• Your position

• Familiarity level with LDC and CCSS

• What you hope to get out of today’s session

Whip-Around

Activity: reading and writing Overview of Common Core Literacy

Standards and LDC Identifying barriers Overcoming obstacles Connection to Compass Job-embedded professional development

What We’ll Cover Today

Write down everything you read or write in a day in the space provided.

Write:

Write down everything you read or write in a day in the space provided.

Cross out each item that is specific to your job, and only your job. Write each remaining item on a Post-It Note.

Write:

Write down everything you read or write in a day in the space provided.

Cross out each item that is specific to your job, and only your job. Write each remaining item on a Post-It Note.

Rank each item on a scale of 1 – 5 (1 being irrelevant, 5 being critical)… How vital to your success as an individual is your ability to read or write each item?

Write:

How vital to your success as an individual is your ability to read or write each item?

1 2 3 4 5Irrelevant Absolutely

Necessary

Fiction or Non-Fiction?

Fiction Non-Fiction

Common Core Shifts

Explaining things so well that students

understand

Getting students to explain

so well that they

are understoo

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Common Core Shifts in Reading

Common CoreShifts in Content

It’s not about the task, it’s about the COMPLEXITY of the task. • Balancing informational

and literary text• Building knowledge in

the disciplines• Text-based answers• Writing from sources• Academic Vocabulary

Common Core Shifts in ELA AssessmentsShift 1: Pre-K-5, Balancing Informational & Literary Texts

Passages will be authentic, and will be balanced between informational and literary texts.

Shift 2: 6-12, Knowledge in the Disciplines

Assessments will contain knowledge-based questions about the informational text; students will not need outside knowledge to respond.

Shift 3: Staircase of Complexity

Passage selection will be based on text complexity that is appropriate to grade level per Common Core.

Shift 4: Text-based AnswersShift 5: Writing from Sources

Questions will require students to marshal evidence from the text, including from paired passages.

Shift 6: Academic Vocabulary

Students will be tested directly on the meaning of pivotal, common terms, the definition of which can be discerned from the text. Academic vocabulary will also be tested indirectly through general comprehension of the text.

What is Common Core?

ReadingDiscussing

Writing

What is LDC?A framework for: Reading

DiscussingWriting

Identifying Barriers

ReadingDiscussing

Writing

Overcoming ObstaclesTeachers NEED:• Confidence in their reading and writing skills• Understanding of what’s happening in English• Grading support• Consistent grading• “Look-fors”• Opportunities to collaborate• Help infusing creativity

Connection to Compass

Quality Observations

Quality Development

Increase in Teacher

Effectiveness

Connection to Compass1c: Setting Instructional Outcomes

Tasks, essential questions,

advanced planning

Job-Embedded Professional Development

Teacher evaluations = tailored P.D.

• New knowledge is linked to what they already know how to do

• P.D. has actionable components where teachers interact with the task

• Peer interaction, collaboration, and exchange of ideas

Overcoming Obstacles

Common practices drive the school’s success:

Same language

Same standards

Common assessments

Higher levels of complexity

The Role of Central OfficeImplementing across a School District:

• Plan for implementation

• Funding for training

• Involve principals/coaches

• Support for teachers

Additional resources Lesson Creation Support: • www.modulecreator.com• http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/1

4/the-times-and-the-common-core-standards-reading-strategies-for-informational-text/

Exemplar videos and lessons: • www.teachingchannel.org

Classroom Support Toolbox: • www.louisianabelieves.org

Q&AWhat’s our story?