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A follow-up to the full day workshops. Patsy and Lee Anne review the morning workshop materials and strategies used to help educators get acquainted with the Common Core State Standards and all supporting materials. This session is a description of activities with an expectation that participants can use the information and resources to conduct professional development in their own locations. (Flash* / Approximately 45min.)

Dunton and Lee Anne Larsen of the Maine Department of Education presented a workshop introducing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative and exploring how this historic document may affect the work of educators throughout Maine. In these six-hour workshops, participants discussed: the layout and organization of all the CCSS documents for English Language Arts; some of the content within the document including definitions

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is designed to help teachers pattern their instruction and classroom student assessments to the state's new

Posted December 28th, 2011 by Michelle Flaming The 8 Mathematical Practices are designed to transform math classrooms across the nation.  The time has come to move away from sit and mimic the teacher to requiring higher-levels of understanding of our teachers and students.  Th

is no easy task.  Most of us often teach the way we were taught.  One question that arises is "What does it look like?"  As I started lea

The process described below can be done continuous, or can be done individually.  I came across a wonderful website - Inside Mathematics - http://www.insidemathematics.org/index.php/common-core-standards