Implementing Common Core: Free Workbook Dear Educator, We thought this was a great resource and wanted to pass it along. Use this workbook from Achieve and the U.S. Education Delivery Institute to help guide the Common Core implementation process at your school. Here's what's inside: 1. Introduction 2. Review System Capacity 3. Organize To Implement: The Basics 4. Organize To Implement: Getting the Message Out 5. Take Action: Implementation Action I, Align Instructional Materials to the Common Core State Standards 6. Take Action: Implementation Action II, Train Educators on the Common Core State Standards and Related Assessments 7. Take Action: Implementation Action III, Transition Technology and Assessment System 8. Take Action: Implementation Action IV, Transition Accountability and Data Reporting System 9. Take Action: Implementation Action V, Align Teacher Preparation, Evaluation and Licensing (Anticipated) 10. Take Action: Implementation Action VI, Inform Student Transitions to Higher Education 11. Put It All Together: Establish Routines To Monitor Performance and Solve Problems Shared by Mai Rutherford

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When the writers of the Next Generation Science Standards began sketching out a new vision for K-12 science education, they gave themselves a mandate: Develop standards with all students in mind, not just the high achievers already expected to excel in the subject.

Planned a great lesson? Excited to teach the content because you know what you've planned will excite students and they will learn? Ever planned a lesson like that and then wondered what went wrong? We all have. We have all been there. But there are three keys to avoiding that.

A panel of reviewers convened by the National Research Council has concluded that the final Next Generation Science Standards issued this month are consistent with an NRC framework document that sought to guide their development.

Dina, a 7th grade language arts teacher, and Cheryl, a high school English/language arts teacher-turned-consultant, are long-time friends who recently got to talking about the Common Core State Standards and what they mean for educators. Here are some excerpts from their dialogue. Cheryl: My work connects me with teachers in the midst of change.

Supporters of the Common Core State Standards are moving to confront increasingly high-profile opposition to the standards at the state and national levels by rallying the private sector and initiating coordinated public relations and advertising campaigns as schools continue implementation.

The existing science standards in 12 states and the District of Columbia are "clearly superior" to the Next Generation Science Standards developed by a coalition of states and national organizations, a think tank concludes in a new report. The Thomas B.

Presenters: Judy Carr, Education Consultant, Sarasota, Fla.;Tim Westerberg, Education Consultant, Dillon, Colo.; and Denise Alterio, Education Consultant, Woodstock, N.Y. Explore leaders' roles in implementing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts, literacy, and mathematics at ASCD's 2013 Common Core Leadership Team Academy. This professional leadership academy offers teams of two or more administrators, teacher leaders, and partners from higher education and nonprofit organizations an accelerated plan for putting the standards into routine practice in classrooms throughout schools and districts.