Aligning Your Curriculum to the Common Core State Standards

Joe T. Crawford
Aligning Your Curriculum to the Common Core State Standards
November 2011 | 248 pages | Corwin
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Avoid "analysis paralysis" and just get started!

Now that most states have adopted the new Common Core State Standards, the next major challenge is to simplify and implement them by 2014. That is why it is important to begin this work now. Joe Crawford, Milken Award-winning educator and author of Using Power Standards to Build an Aligned Curriculum, shares his proven process for building a viable local curriculum based on the CCSS. Readers will find:

  • A system for creating local standards from the CCSS
  • Methods for connecting the common, formative assessments to quarterly instructional objectives
  • Ways to scaffold learning expectations
  • Examples taken from districts where CCSS is currently implemented

Included are helpful charts and graphs plus access to Internet-based software for mapping the CCSS to curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Schools cannot continue to do what they have always done and expect a different result. This book explains how to facilitate learning for all students while taking advantage of the new culture, technology, and norms of today's learning environment.

Watch Joe Crawford's webinar on Aligning Your Curriculum to the Common Core State Standards.

Contents

Foreword by Karen Young

Foreword by Karen Young

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

About the Author

About the Author

partners4results Software Availability

  • 1. Overview of CCSS and Associated Leadership Issues
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Aciton Steps
  • Leadership Challenges for Implementing CCSS
  • What Are Standards?
  • Develop and Use a Standards-Based Curriculum
  • Align the Curriculum
  • Think of Content as a Means to a Performance End
  • Staff Development Issues
  • Build Undersanding of the CCSS
  • Use What Has Already Been Developed as a Basis for Moving Forward
  • Defining and Creating Local CCSS
  • Understand Local CCSS (Power Standards)
  • How to Read These Samples
  • What Are Instructional Objectives?
  • Why Are Instructional Objectives So Important?
  • System Thinking
  • What About Using National Assessments as Formative Assessments?
  • What About Accountability?
  • What About Using the Data?
  • What About Monitoring?
  • System Thinking Summarized
  • Process Summary
  • Process Checklist
  • 2. Curriculum Issues and a National Curriculum Model
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Action Steps
  • What Is a Curriculum?
  • Consider Your Options for Defining Curriculum
  • A New Model for a National Curriculum
  • New National Model Defined
  • Process Summary
  • Process Checklist
  • 3. The Development and Use of Local CCSS, Quarterly Instructional Objectives, and Common Formative Assessments
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Action Steps
  • Build Local CCSS
  • Design Quarterly Instructional Objectives
  • Develop Common Formative Assessments
  • Addressing Formative Assessments Within the Assessment Development Cycle
  • Address Issues in Creating Common Formative Assessments
  • Designing Local Assessments
  • Process Summary
  • Process Checklist
  • 4. A Sample K-12 Curriculum
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Action Steps
  • Read and Understand the New Model
  • Accept the Realities of a Sample From Several Districts
  • How to Read These Samples
  • Sample K-12 ELA Curriculum
  • Sample K-12 Math Curriculum
  • Process Summary
  • Process Checklist
  • 5. The Journey Ahead
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Action Steps
  • Summary of Issues
  • Some Specific Issues
  • Current Reactions
  • Final Thoughts

Resource A: Collated Feedback on CCSS Work

Resource A: Collated Feedback on CCSS Work

Resource B: Suggested Forms for Developing Local CCSS (Power Standards) and Instructional Objectives and Feedback Forms

  • B1: Standards to Local Standards
  • B2: Follow-Up Process Guidelines for Local CCSS
  • B3: Quarterly Instructional Objectives, Critical Attributes
  • B4: Follow-Up Process Guidelines: Instructional Objectives
  • B5: Initial Distribution Feedback
  • B6: Local CCSS/Instructional Objectives Quarterly Feedback
  • B7: Quarterly Assessments Feedback
  • B8: End-of-Year Feedback
  • B9: Curriculum Audit: What the Research Tells Us

References and Suggested Readings

References and Suggested Readings

Index

Index

Description

Avoid "analysis paralysis" and just get started!

Now that most states have adopted the new Common Core State Standards, the next major challenge is to simplify and implement them by 2014. That is why it is important to begin this work now. Joe Crawford, Milken Award-winning educator and author of Using Power Standards to Build an Aligned Curriculum, shares his proven process for building a viable local curriculum based on the CCSS. Readers will find:

  • A system for creating local standards from the CCSS
  • Methods for connecting the common, formative assessments to quarterly instructional objectives
  • Ways to scaffold learning expectations
  • Examples taken from districts where CCSS is currently implemented

Included are helpful charts and graphs plus access to Internet-based software for mapping the CCSS to curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Schools cannot continue to do what they have always done and expect a different result. This book explains how to facilitate learning for all students while taking advantage of the new culture, technology, and norms of today's learning environment.

Watch Joe Crawford's webinar on Aligning Your Curriculum to the Common Core State Standards.

Contents

Foreword by Karen Young

Foreword by Karen Young

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

About the Author

About the Author

partners4results Software Availability

  • 1. Overview of CCSS and Associated Leadership Issues
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Aciton Steps
  • Leadership Challenges for Implementing CCSS
  • What Are Standards?
  • Develop and Use a Standards-Based Curriculum
  • Align the Curriculum
  • Think of Content as a Means to a Performance End
  • Staff Development Issues
  • Build Undersanding of the CCSS
  • Use What Has Already Been Developed as a Basis for Moving Forward
  • Defining and Creating Local CCSS
  • Understand Local CCSS (Power Standards)
  • How to Read These Samples
  • What Are Instructional Objectives?
  • Why Are Instructional Objectives So Important?
  • System Thinking
  • What About Using National Assessments as Formative Assessments?
  • What About Accountability?
  • What About Using the Data?
  • What About Monitoring?
  • System Thinking Summarized
  • Process Summary
  • Process Checklist
  • 2. Curriculum Issues and a National Curriculum Model
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Action Steps
  • What Is a Curriculum?
  • Consider Your Options for Defining Curriculum
  • A New Model for a National Curriculum
  • New National Model Defined
  • Process Summary
  • Process Checklist
  • 3. The Development and Use of Local CCSS, Quarterly Instructional Objectives, and Common Formative Assessments
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Action Steps
  • Build Local CCSS
  • Design Quarterly Instructional Objectives
  • Develop Common Formative Assessments
  • Addressing Formative Assessments Within the Assessment Development Cycle
  • Address Issues in Creating Common Formative Assessments
  • Designing Local Assessments
  • Process Summary
  • Process Checklist
  • 4. A Sample K-12 Curriculum
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Action Steps
  • Read and Understand the New Model
  • Accept the Realities of a Sample From Several Districts
  • How to Read These Samples
  • Sample K-12 ELA Curriculum
  • Sample K-12 Math Curriculum
  • Process Summary
  • Process Checklist
  • 5. The Journey Ahead
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Action Steps
  • Summary of Issues
  • Some Specific Issues
  • Current Reactions
  • Final Thoughts

Resource A: Collated Feedback on CCSS Work

Resource A: Collated Feedback on CCSS Work

Resource B: Suggested Forms for Developing Local CCSS (Power Standards) and Instructional Objectives and Feedback Forms

  • B1: Standards to Local Standards
  • B2: Follow-Up Process Guidelines for Local CCSS
  • B3: Quarterly Instructional Objectives, Critical Attributes
  • B4: Follow-Up Process Guidelines: Instructional Objectives
  • B5: Initial Distribution Feedback
  • B6: Local CCSS/Instructional Objectives Quarterly Feedback
  • B7: Quarterly Assessments Feedback
  • B8: End-of-Year Feedback
  • B9: Curriculum Audit: What the Research Tells Us

References and Suggested Readings

References and Suggested Readings

Index

Index

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Avoid "analysis paralysis" and just get started!

Now that most states have adopted the new Common Core State Standards, the next major challenge is to simplify and implement them by 2014. That is why it is important to begin this work now. Joe Crawford, Milken Award-winning educator and author of Using Power Standards to Build an Aligned Curriculum, shares his proven process for building a viable local curriculum based on the CCSS. Readers will find:

  • A system for creating local standards from the CCSS
  • Methods for connecting the common, formative assessments to quarterly instructional objectives
  • Ways to scaffold learning expectations
  • Examples taken from districts where CCSS is currently implemented

Included are helpful charts and graphs plus access to Internet-based software for mapping the CCSS to curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Schools cannot continue to do what they have always done and expect a different result. This book explains how to facilitate learning for all students while taking advantage of the new culture, technology, and norms of today's learning environment.

Watch Joe Crawford's webinar on Aligning Your Curriculum to the Common Core State Standards.

Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword by Karen Young
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the Author
  • partners4results Software Availability
  • 1. Overview of CCSS and Associated Leadership Issues
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Aciton Steps
  • Leadership Challenges for Implementing CCSS
  • What Are Standards?
  • Develop and Use a Standards-Based Curriculum
  • Align the Curriculum
  • Think of Content as a Means to a Performance End
  • Staff Development Issues
  • Build Undersanding of the CCSS
  • Use What Has Already Been Developed as a Basis for Moving Forward
  • Defining and Creating Local CCSS
  • Understand Local CCSS (Power Standards)
  • How to Read These Samples
  • What Are Instructional Objectives?
  • Why Are Instructional Objectives So Important?
  • System Thinking
  • What About Using National Assessments as Formative Assessments?
  • What About Accountability?
  • What About Using the Data?
  • What About Monitoring?
  • System Thinking Summarized
  • Process Summary
  • Process Checklist
  • 2. Curriculum Issues and a National Curriculum Model
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Action Steps
  • What Is a Curriculum?
  • Consider Your Options for Defining Curriculum
  • A New Model for a National Curriculum
  • New National Model Defined
  • Process Summary
  • Process Checklist
  • 3. The Development and Use of Local CCSS, Quarterly Instructional Objectives, and Common Formative Assessments
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Action Steps
  • Build Local CCSS
  • Design Quarterly Instructional Objectives
  • Develop Common Formative Assessments
  • Addressing Formative Assessments Within the Assessment Development Cycle
  • Address Issues in Creating Common Formative Assessments
  • Designing Local Assessments
  • Process Summary
  • Process Checklist
  • 4. A Sample K-12 Curriculum
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Action Steps
  • Read and Understand the New Model
  • Accept the Realities of a Sample From Several Districts
  • How to Read These Samples
  • Sample K-12 ELA Curriculum
  • Sample K-12 Math Curriculum
  • Process Summary
  • Process Checklist
  • 5. The Journey Ahead
  • Chapter Expectations
  • Action Steps
  • Summary of Issues
  • Some Specific Issues
  • Current Reactions
  • Final Thoughts
  • Resource A: Collated Feedback on CCSS Work
  • Resource B: Suggested Forms for Developing Local CCSS (Power Standards) and Instructional Objectives and Feedback Forms
  • B1: Standards to Local Standards
  • B2: Follow-Up Process Guidelines for Local CCSS
  • B3: Quarterly Instructional Objectives, Critical Attributes
  • B4: Follow-Up Process Guidelines: Instructional Objectives
  • B5: Initial Distribution Feedback
  • B6: Local CCSS/Instructional Objectives Quarterly Feedback
  • B7: Quarterly Assessments Feedback
  • B8: End-of-Year Feedback
  • B9: Curriculum Audit: What the Research Tells Us
  • References and Suggested Readings
  • Index

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Dr Ron Knorr, Tift College of Eduation, Mercer University
"This readable title is directed toward the implementation leader and is designed as a guide for putting the CCSS into operation. This book is an excellent road map to guide schools and districts beginning to create workable local CCSS."
Susan McNair, Library Media Specialist, Lugoff Elgin High School, South Carolina
"From developing a system for connecting different assessments and objectives to understanding how CCSS currently works in the real world, this is packed with guidelines suitable for any education collection."
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
"The process and methods that Joe Crawford implemented with our teachers, and his ability to customize the process while working with three different school districts, speaks volumes to the scalability of his Power Standards approach. His work is not just transactional, but truly transformational."
Scott Kuffel, Superintendent, Geneseo Community Unit School District 228, IL
"Our teachers are eager to take ownership in curriculum development, and our district looks forward to updating other content areas using the Power Standards model."
Denita Scott, NCLA Coordinator, Dolton School District 149, Calumet City, IL

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