Welcome Parents Ohios New Learning Standards What are

Welcome Parents! Ohio's New Learning Standards

What are Common Core Standards? • Guidelines that describe what children • • are to learn in each subject and grade What each child should know and be able to do at the end of the school year Each step is a skill students need to learn before going on to the next Ohio Department of Education

Common Core State Standards • • Include English Language Arts and Math Created through a partnership of educators around the country Adopted by Ohio and approximately 46 other states Ohio has developed its own more rigorous science and social studies standards Ohio Department of Education

Why Are Ohio's New Learning Standards Important? • • • Ensure that all students are prepared for success in college and the workforce Clear roadmap for teachers, parents, and students Clearly defined goals Families and teachers can work together toward student success Develop critical thinking skills to prepare students to be college and career ready

It Takes All of Us! • Parents • Community members • Colleges and universities • Technical training programs

Change - It's a Good Thing! There are major changes, or “shifts, ” in what teachers will teach.

How Are the New English Language Arts Standards Different? English Language Arts • Students spend more time reading to • • find facts and information in texts Read to find evidence Students learn to read and write about text that becomes more challenging over time Ohio Department of Education

How Are the New Math Standards Different? Math • Solve mathematical and contextual problems • o Building Mathematical Understanding o Using Strategies o Developing Efficient & Effective Skills and Procedures Apply mathematics in mathematical and real -world situations Ohio Department of Education

Next Generation Assessments • • • Replace the OAA and OGT o OGT will be phased out through class of 2016 Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) o Assesses Common Core (ELA and Math) State developed assessments o Assesses Science and Social Studies

How TPS Is Preparing For Ohio's New Learning Standards • Teacher Leaders Extensively Trained o • • • o American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Ohio Department of Education (ODE) Curriculum Alignment K-12 o Teacher created resource tools New English Language Arts Adoption K-8 Ongoing Professional Development For Educators o o Overview of the standards Curriculum alignment tools Instructional strategies to meet the standards Data driven decisions

Resources PTA's Parents Guide to Student Success http: //pta. org/parents/content. cfm? Item. Number=2583 Official Common Core State Standards Website http: //www. cgcs. org/domain/36 Ohio Department of Education http: //education. ohio. gov/Parents Achieve the Core www. achievethecore. org