Tag Archives: implementation

Thinking Common Core Scoop.it! Page

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

If you haven’t found the Scoop.it! page “Thinking Common Core,” you may want to take a few minutes to visit. Recent links include video on improving discourse in the classroom, updates on the 2014-2015 CCSS assessments, and strategies for successfully … Continue reading →

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Lemmon Valley Trains on the CCSS

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Lemmon Valley reviewed the district’s Three Year K-6 ELA plan for accessing the Core and building district capacity. Participants engaged in a close reading of the Shel Silverstein poem, “Whatifs” followed by using a text complexity rubric and a guide … Continue reading →

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What Principals Need to Successfully Implement CCSS

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Mel Riddile, in a piece for the National Association of Secondary School Principals, describes the skills school leaders will need in order to be successfully implement the CCSS. Riddile highlights a number of ideas including “Students will be expected to … Continue reading →

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School Leaders: How to Successfully Implement the CCSS

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Sue Beers outlines four strategies for successfully implementing the Common Core State Standards in a piece for ASCD. She highlights the need for teachers to have “time to learn, plan and collaborate as they build new systems of instruction and redesign learning … Continue reading →

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Essential Conditions for CCSS Achievement

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Director of High School Services, Mel Riddle, describes, “Five Essential Schoolwide Conditions for Common-Core Achievement.” These include: A culture of college and career readiness; schoolwide literacy; student engagement, collaboration, and inquiry; instructional time; … Continue reading →

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GADOE Wiki Space

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

The Georgia Department of Education has created a Wiki space to assist educators with the implementation of the Common Core.  The site includes lesson plans, useful links, video and a discussion forum. As the authors of the site describe: This … Continue reading →

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Cautions about CCSS Implementation

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Aaron Grossman

In an archived webinar, educational consultant and author Grant Wiggins provides two key cautions as educators work with the Common Core. The first of these stem from a teacher’s temptation to over scaffold for children (minute 11:00). He argues that to … Continue reading →

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