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How do Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in the US affect your business in the education innovation sector? Find out at the first presentation in our Education Innovation series. The CCSS were developed by leaders from the US National Governors Association and the US Council of Chief State School Officers, and have been adopted by most states in the US. These new standards provide teachers and parents with a consistent, clear understanding of what K-12 students are expected to learn. Under the CCSS, educational materials delve deeper into fewer topics, so students master the content, rather than memorizing, and learn hands-on, real-world skills. The new standards create a nationwide framework for educators across the US. Michael Campbell, President, Forward Thinking EDU, discusses the CCSS, and why these standards matter to your startup’s product marketing strategy. We’ll address the following, and more: -When the political rhetoric will settle regarding the CCSS? -What types of content do teachers expect— aligned, supported or integrated? -How can the CCSS change learning and teaching?
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Michael Campbell President, Forward Thinking EDU
Aligning Your Start-‐Up with the Common Core
• Who am I • What I do • Why am I here?
A Quick Overview
• Genesis of the Common Core State Standards • Aligned, Supported, or Integrated • Changing EducaKon – Your Opportunity
Our Time To Make A Difference
EducaKonal Issues We Face
Imagine a Race
IntroducKon
Beginning in the Spring of 2009, Governors and state commissioners of educaKon from 48 states, 2 territories and the District of Columbia
commiUed to developing a common core of state K-‐12 English-‐language arts (ELA) and mathemaKcs standards.
The Common Core State Standards Ini/a/ve (CCSSI) was a state-‐led effort coordinated by the NaKonal Governors AssociaKon (NGA) and the Council of
Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). www.corestandards.org
Common Core IniKaKve – In the Beginning
• Standards varied across the states • Global, not neighborhood compeKKon (economic) • High school wasn’t preparing students for college or careers
Why Common Standards
• Prepare students with knowledge and skills to succeed in college and career
• Ensure consistent expectaKons regardless of a student’s locaKon • Provide educators, parents, and students with clear, focused guideposts
• Offer economies of scale and sharing of best pracKces
Common Core ObjecKves
Math and English Language Arts Focus
The Common Core State Standards were designed to be: • Focused, coherent, clear, and rigorous • InternaKonally benchmarked • Anchored in college and career-‐readiness • Evidence and researched-‐based
IntenKonal Design
The Biggest Challenge • In the MathemaKcs classroom, focusing on computaKon to focusing on problem solving strategies – stands to be one of the biggest challenges teachers face as they work to implement the new standards • In Language Arts and Literacy, educators have challenged the focus on informaKonal texts and that they do not dictate content but are really just guidepost for the skills needed in both elementary and secondary educaKon
• Alaska, Nebraska, Texas, and Virginia – opt out • Minnesota adopts ELA only • 85% of US student populaKon
Where the Standards Have Been Adopted
• Florida, Arizona, and Iowa • New York • Indiana • An issue of local control vs. state and naKonal control
PoliKcs and the SeUling of the Standards
Aligned, Supported, or Integrated
SupporKng the Common Core
IntegraKon of the Common Core
• Just another thing • Accountability • In the classroom
EffecKve in the Classroom
• Student achievement • On-‐Kme graduaKon • College and career readiness
Keep Students on Track
Apps are becoming the new textbooks
Replacing Textbooks
Local experKse will be important
CreaKng New Learning Tools
57% of Districts are slightly prepared to administer assessments
Opportunity for Assessments
• Prepare a quiz or challenge to assess how much informaKon parKcipants learned • Survey parKcipants to see if they found the training beneficial
Assessment and EvaluaKon
OpportuniKes abound
Wrapping Up
Michael Campbell [email protected]