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Tag Archives: SAP
Resources from April 12th
At the Core Advocate conference in Chicago, the following PowerPoint and Word document were shared. The PowerPoint and Word document help frame part of Washoe’s implementation of the Common Core State Standards.
Posted in CCSS, Student Achievement Partners
Tagged CCSS, Chicago, Common Core, Core Advocates, SAP
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Gaining Access to the Read Aloud Project for K-2
Educators, from throughout the country, are gathered in Las Vegas to train on the Read Aloud Project (RAP). RAP is an effort to create Common Core-aligned lessons for K-2 picture, informational, and chapter books. Lessons include text-dependent questions, Language exploration, … Continue reading
Realizing the Common Core Summit
The Contra Costa County Office of Education hosted the San Francisco Bay Area Common Core State Standards Summit: Realizing the Common Core. The Summit included keynotes by William McCallum, lead writer of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics; Deborah … Continue reading
Design Principles of the Instructional Practice Guides
Katya Levitan-Reiner, Director of the Field Impact team at Student Achievement Partners, visited Washoe last week and presented on the Instructional Practice Guides (IPG) for educators in Reno. She outlined four key design principles including 1) The IPG’s are grounded … Continue reading
Resources from the SAP/Danielson Group Training
Student Achievement Partners, working with the Danielson Group, visited Reno and moved K-12 math and ELA/literacy educators through the Instructional Practice Guides and a number of supporting documents. Linked below are the resources used Wednesday and Thursday that allowed for … Continue reading
The New achievethecore.org
The nonprofit Student Achievement Partners has re-launched its website http://www.achievethecore.org. The website is a smorgasbord of vetted and aligned Common Core resources for educators. As noted on the new landing page, “This website is full of free content designed to help … Continue reading
Posted in Student Achievement Partners
Tagged assessments, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Exemplars, formatives, lessons, resources, SAP, tests
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David Liben in Washoe September 6, 2013
David Liben, from Student Achievement Partners, will be visiting Reno this Friday and will conduct a Q&A with instructional leaders and classroom teachers. If you have a burning question, please share in the comment section and we’ll have David answer … Continue reading
Posted in Student Achievement Partners
Tagged assessment, Common Core, ELL, ELs, guided reading, Nevada, Reno, SAP, Washoe
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iTunes University CCSS Course Series
The Council of Chief State School Officers has created a series of iTunes University courses to prepare educators for the Common Core and the necessary instructional shifts. The courses provide experiences with critical outcomes and provide “classroom-ready resources.” You can … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Development, Student Achievement Partners
Tagged 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, CCSS, CCSSO, instructional shifts, K-2, Professional Development, SAP, video
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2013-2014 Professional Development ‘Sessions’
Washoe’s elementary teachers worked through a number of Common Core sessions as part of the district’s professional development launch. The sessions, all of which can be accessed on Edmodo (group link here) include content to connect to CCSS in the … Continue reading
Posted in Basal Alignment Project, Content Knowledge, Instructional Shifts, Professional Development, Social Emotional Learning, Writing to Sources
Tagged Alberti, CCSS, Common Core, David Coleman, Edmodo, ELLs, ESL, Nevada, Professional Development, Robert Pondiscio, SAP, SEL, Washoe
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Toolkits and Guides for the CCSS
The current issue of Implementing the Common Core Standards (ICCS) features the TOOLKIT for Evaluating Alignment of Instructional and Assessment Materials to the Common Core State Standards developed by Student Achievement Partners and the CCSSO. The purpose of the document, … Continue reading
Posted in CCSSO, Instructional Shifts, Student Achievement Partners
Tagged Achieve, aligned, CCSS, CCSSO, counselors, materials, Rubric, SAP
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Core Task Project 