Approximately 150 people participated in the community meetings on Common Core State Standards held October 21 and 28. We had great presentations by teachers Robyn White and Blair Nolan, who clearly explained how the Common Core State Standards are being used by teachers in classrooms throughout Duval County and the state.
4. Common Core State Standards
• State-led and developed
common core standards
for K-12 in English Language
Arts and Mathematics
• Focus on learning expectations for students,
not how students get there.
• Adopted by Florida in 2010.
5. Why now?
• Prepares students with the knowledge and
skills they need to succeed in college and
the jobs of tomorrow
• Ensures consistent expectations regardless
of a student’s zip code
• Provides educators, parents, and students
with clear, focused guideposts
6. Let’s take a cake…
• Old Standards: Students
would be asked to
memorize ingredients
and procedure.
• New Standards: Students
are expected to successfully bake a cake.
7. Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate
understanding of their central message or lesson.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from
diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and
myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or
moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or
poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama,
or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a
story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a
poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.2 Determine a theme or central idea
of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details;
provide a summary of the text distinct from personal
opinions or judgments.
8. Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and
analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective
summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text
and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its
relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective
summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a
text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the
text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific
details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2 Determine two or more themes
or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over
the course of the text, including how they interact and build
on one another to produce a complex account; provide an
objective summary of the text.
9. Common Core State Standards
Are:
• Fewer, clearer, and higher
• Aligned with college and work expectations
• Not just answers — demonstration of
knowledge through high-order skills
• Internationally benchmarked, so that all
students are prepared to succeed in our
global economy and society
10. Common Core State Standards
Are NOT:
• A curriculum — textbooks, lesson plans
and other materials remain a state, local
and teacher decision
• Federally mandated — 45 states have
adopted higher standards voluntarily
11. Current news
• Governor Scott has asked the FL Department
of Education (FLDOE) to review Common Core
State Standards.
• The FLDOE has held three public hearings and
heard from more than 7,000 people.
• Commissioner Pam Stewart will issue a report
about Common Core in November.
• Florida will begin selecting an assessment to
measure Common Core State Standards in late
2013 or early 2014.
12. Panel Discussion
Dr. Nikolai Vitti, Superintendent
Duval County Public Schools
Melissa Kicklighter, Vice President
Florida PTA
Dr. Edythe Abdullah, Special Assistant to the President
University of North Florida
Antonio Gansley-Ortiz, student
Fletcher High School
14. Opportunities for Action
• The State Board of Education has asked for
feedback on the standards by October 31.
– Go to www.flstandards.org
– E-mail flstandards@fldoe.org
• Go to www.jaxpef.org/SupportTheCore
• Write Letters to the Editor and Op-Eds.
• Speak up! Share what you know with other
parents and community groups.
Common Core State Standards are a rigorous and clear set of academic expectations of what Florida students should know, understand and be able to explain in the areas of English and math at each grade level, Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Standards define the “what” should be learned, not “how” curriculum needs to be taught.
Common Core State Standards are a rigorous and clear set of academic expectations of what Florida students should know, understand and be able to explain in the areas of English and math at each grade level, Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Standards define the “what” should be learned, not “how” curriculum needs to be taught.
Common Core State Standards are a rigorous and clear set of academic expectations of what Florida students should know, understand and be able to explain in the areas of English and math at each grade level, Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Standards define the “what” should be learned, not “how” curriculum needs to be taught.
Trey – reference ONE by ONE campaign, and consistent comments that people want to highlight great teaching and elevate teachers’ role in the community. Often we heard community members say, ‘I’d like to help public schools, but I don’t know how.’
Trey – reference ONE by ONE campaign, and consistent comments that people want to highlight great teaching and elevate teachers’ role in the community. Often we heard community members say, ‘I’d like to help public schools, but I don’t know how.’
What Common Core Standards are NOT:A curriculum. Teachers are not told how to teach and are free to encourage creativity. Textbooks, lesson plans and other materials remain a local decision. Federally mandated. Forty-five states have adopted higher standards voluntarily. “Dumbing down” our schools. The standards were written by examining the expectations of high-performing countries around the world.Intruding on student privacy. The federal government remains without access to personal information on individual students.
What Common Core Standards are NOT:A curriculum. Teachers are not told how to teach and are free to encourage creativity. Textbooks, lesson plans and other materials remain a local decision. Federally mandated. Forty-five states have adopted higher standards voluntarily. “Dumbing down” our schools. The standards were written by examining the expectations of high-performing countries around the world.Intruding on student privacy. The federal government remains without access to personal information on individual students.
Trey – reference ONE by ONE campaign, and consistent comments that people want to highlight great teaching and elevate teachers’ role in the community. Often we heard community members say, ‘I’d like to help public schools, but I don’t know how.’