Instructional Shifts Colorado Standards Office of Standards Instructional

Instructional Shifts Colorado Standards Office of Standards & Instructional Support Colorado Department of Education Colorado Academic Standards

Colorado’s Paradigm Shift…CAP 4 K All Students, All Standards Curriculum Instruction Focus, Coherence, Rigor Disciplinary Literacy Colorado Academic Standards

Focus, Coherence, Rigor Design Principles and Instructional Shifts: • Focus on the standards, the concepts and skills graduates need for the 21 st century. • Coherence is evident in the interconnections of concepts and skills across grades and in and between disciplines. • Rigor requires fluency, application, and deep understanding for mastery. Colorado Academic Standards

Compare how various nations define the rights, responsibilities and roles of citizens (7 th grade) 21 st Century Skills Analyze and practice the rights, roles, and responsibilities of citizens Grade Level Expectation PGC Focus: Prepared Graduate Competency How do different nations’ definitions of citizenship help us understand the actions and reactions of various nations to current events? (critical thinking) Colorado Academic Standards

Vertical Coherence: Vertical Progressions PGC: Analyze and practice rights, roles, and responsibilities of citizens. Grade Level Expectation High School Research, formulate positions, and engage in appropriate civic participation to address local, state, and national issues or policies Compare how various nations define the rights, responsibilities, and roles of citizens Seventh Grade Fifth Grade The foundations of citizenship in the United States Third Grade Respecting the views and rights of others is a key components of a democratic society Second Grade Responsible community members advocate for their ideas Colorado Academic Standards

Horizontal Coherence: Concept Connections In Comprehensive Health and PE, an understanding of multiple perspectives and their influences on emotions, perceptions and behaviors allows students to manage their behaviors and develop understanding, tolerance, and compassion for others. Multiple Perspectives In Social Studies, multiple perspectives develop students’ ability to understand how definitions of citizenship are culturally, nationally, politically, and socially constructed. In Visual Arts, understanding familiar and unfamiliar cultures necessitates an examination of multiple perspectives in order to discern intended meanings. Colorado Academic Standards

Rigor: Mastery Citizenship Practices r e f Analyze multiple perspectives s n Participate in democratic decision making a r T Demonstrate leadership and team-member responsibilities d Advocate for ideas n a Respect the views and rights of others y l p civic participation to address local, Engage in appropriate p Aand national issues or policies. state, Colorado Academic Standards

Additional Instructional Shift: Disciplinary Literacy • Building knowledge through contentrich nonfiction and informational texts • Reading, writing, and oral expression, grounded in evidence from text • Regular practice with complex text and its academic vocabulary Overall shifts for instruction, Achieve the Core. http: //www. achievethecore. org/steal-these-tools Colorado Academic Standards

Additional Instructional Shift: Disciplinary Literacy Translation • Building knowledge through content. Section 1 rich nonfiction and informational All legislative Powers herein This Constitution givestexts Original Text granted shall be vested in a Congress the power to make Congress of the writing, United States, forexpression, the United States. • Reading, andlaws oral which shall consist of a Congress will be the grounded in evidence from text Senate and House of legislative branch of Representatives. government. Congress will • Regular practice withhave complex and two parts: text A Senate and a House of Representatives. its academic vocabulary Overall shifts for instruction, Achieve the Core. http: //www. achievethecore. org/steal-these-tools Colorado Academic Standards

Colorado’s Paradigm Shift…CAP 4 K All students, all standards Standards Curriculum Instruction Focus, Coherence, Rigor Disciplinary Literacy Colorado Academic Standards

Instructional Shifts Over Time Pre-Colorado Standards • Content Knowledge Pre-Colorado Standards Curriculum • How many U. S. Senators does Colorado have? Pre-Colorado Standards Instruction • Teacher centered • Rote memorization • Recall Colorado Model Content Standards • Content Knowledge • Content Specific Skills Colorado Model Content Standards • How are U. S. Senators distributed among the states? • What historical factors determined Senatorial representation? Colorado Model Content Standards • Teacher centered • Some content specific questioning and skills Colorado Academic Standards • Conceptual Understanding of Knowledge • 21 st Century Skills across all content areas • Mastery: application and transfer of knowledge and skills Colorado Academic Standards • Why is it important to understand the foundations of our national government? • Why should we know who are senators are? • How and when is knowledge of our U. S. Senators important? Colorado Academic Standards • Student directed • Analyzing/explaining concepts • Skills to plan and develop solutions to problems

Thank You • Dr. Brian Sevier sevier_b@cde. state. co. us Colorado Academic Standards