Mapping the Most Strategic Road to CCSS
Grade-by-Grade and Year-by-Year

A Workshop for Site/District Leadership Teams

The Common Core Standards are coming! Many educators look forward to this change; however jumping to use the new standards may undo current Program Improvement work and inadvertently have a negative impact on student achievement. This workshop provides site or district leadership teams with a clear map of the possible pathways from California’s 1997 ELA Standards to the 2010 California Common Core Content Standards for English Language Arts.  If you are eager to get started using the Common Core Standards, but uncertain about best how to proceed, be sure to send your team.

Teams attending will actively engage with a Learning Progression Chart that:

• Depicts the student’s view of the ELA path and targets from Pre-kindergarten through Grade 12
• Displays all CST, CMA, CAPA, HSEE, EAP/EPT testing Blueprint information in an easy-to-analyze format
• Relates the 1997 ELA Standards to the associated ELD Standards
• Matches the 1997 ELA Standards to the ‘most-related’ 2010 California Common Core for English Language Arts

Teams in attendance will also learn how several schools and districts successfully used the Learning Progression Chart to positively impact student achievement. The journey includes several highly structured processes that align to the key elements described in the Academic Program Survey while using the key concepts from Professional Learning Communities.  The unique display found in the Learning Progression Chart allows for easy analyses for a variety of purposes; strategic planning at the student, classroom, grade or department, school, and district levels; and communicating coherence to stakeholders. See how the Learning Progression Chart is used to:

• Identify or refine ‘essential’ standards for English Language Arts so that there is alignment within and across grade levels…and consider how to best support  the transition to the Common Core
• Create ‘core’ curriculum pacing guides that communicate when and where these standards are taught and therefore when best to assess …and consider how to best support  the transition to the Common Core
• Generate or critique the assessment  system in support of student learning of ‘essential’ standards in ‘core’ programs…and consider how to best support  the transition to the Common Core

Who Should Attend?

Leadership teams comprised of teachers and administrators. Elementary K-6, and English Departments at the middle school and high school levels.

About the Presenter

Kathy Clements has well over twenty years in education serving in diverse roles: classroom teacher, Title 1 Reading teacher, county office consultant, university adjunct professor. She has served on various committees and boards. Her passion and focus has always been improving literacy achievement for all. Kathy has most recently centered her focus on using the key concepts of Professional Learning Communities to support School and/or District Leadership Teams to continue to pursue, refine, and align school practices to the Essential Program Components as communicated in California’s Academic Program Survey. She recently developed and successfully implemented a series of workshops for Leadership Teams that resulted in increased student achievement for attending schools and districts. Kathy finds the adoption of the 2010 Common Core State Standards to be the just-right-event to cause educators to re-examine our current practices while preparing our classrooms for the future standards.

Materials

Participants receive a binder with a hard copy of the presentation slides as well as some examples of the materials used during the workshop.

Date, Time and Location

Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Registration: 8 a.m.
Workshop Time: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Rancho Solano Club House
3250 Rancho Solano Parkway, Fairfield, California 95434

Thursday, March 1, 2012
Registration: 8 a.m.
Workshop Time: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Hilton Hotel-Ontario Airport
700 North Haven Avenue, Ontario, California 91764

Friday, March 2, 2012
Registration: 8 a.m.
Workshop Time: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Wyndham Orange County
3350 Avenue of the Arts, Costa Mesa, California 92626

Friday, March 23, 2012
Registration: 8 a.m.
Workshop Time: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Holiday Inn Fresno Downtown-Convention Center
1055 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno, California 93721

To access the online registration form, please click here.

To access the registration form in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, please click here.

Fees and Cancellation

For Fairfield, Ontario and Costa Mesa locations

Cost: $269 per person ($339 on or after February 18, 2012)

Purchase orders, credit card authorization forms or checks must be received by Thursday, February 23, 2012.

Cancellations received by February 17, 2012 will be subject to a $50 fee.
Cancellations received on or after February 18, 2012 and “No Shows” will be subject to the full registration fee.

For Fresno location

$269 per person ($339 on or after March 14, 2012)

Purchase orders, credit card authorization forms or checks must be received by Monday, March 19, 2012.

Cancellations received by March 13, 2012 will be subject to a $50 fee.
Cancellations received on or after March 14, 2012 and “No Shows” will be subject to the full registration fee.

All materials included.
Continental breakfast incuded.