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Unwrapping the Common Core Standards

A Principal's Reflections

Love them or hate them, the Common Core is a reality for the majority of educators and schools across the country. While attending the 2013 ASCD Conference in Chicago I attended a session entitled Unwrapping Standards to Drive the Adoption of the Common Core State Standards. Common Core teachers'

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Global Competencies and the Common Core

A Principal's Reflections

I attended a session at the 2012 ASCD Annual Conference early on Saturday morning entitled Common Core and Curriculum 21: Global Competency in Literacy, Math, and Science. The presenter discussed how many elements of the 21st Century Skills movement influenced the development of the Common Core Standards.

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Shifts and Issues Associated With The Common Core

A Principal's Reflections

I attended another session on the Common Core State Standards today at the 2012 ASCD Annual Conference entitled Educator Readiness for the Common Core: ASCD Findings from Select States. Utah educators were most concerned about the availability of professional development offerings.

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2017 Teachers Pay Teachers’ July Conference — Overview

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This vibrant educator community hosts teacher-authors who wish to sell their original lessons and ideas to other teachers, district administrators, homeschoolers, and unschoolers. TpT 2017 Conference Observations. Post to Facebook with meaningful information (like education posters or memes) to gain an audience. copyrights.

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Writing 2.0: Technology-Rich Approach to Common Core Writing

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Common Core writing requires students to create and publish writing online, and to interact and collaborate with others. 21st Century Learning blog collaboration Common Core Digital Citizenship Professional Development' Therefore, every classroom must teach digital literacy as part of literacy, and not something separate.

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21st Century Learning, Literacy 2.0 and Common Core

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Furthermore, one of the pieces that make us successful is the ongoing professional learning with the Superintendent, Principals, and the Education Services Team. Connecting PBL, the Common Core, and Teacher Evaluation Tool Below is a presentation from one of the Leadership Meetings earlier in the year.

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Elementary school teachers struggle with Common Core math standards

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“You have to think that you’re not dividing up the cookies, you are seeing how many times ¼ can fit into 12,” explained Juli Dixon, professor of mathematics education at the University of Central Florida. If the Common Core is to improve the math education of U.S. It’s a change in thinking.