This section of the website will be devoted to teachers and can be divided by specific areas of instruction.
Relevant
to Math Teachers http://www.corestandards.org/Math - Direct link to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics : Teachers can find the standards by Grade Level, Content, and Domain as well as Appendix A. http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Practice - Direct link for the eight Mathematical Practices. http://www.parcconline.org/samples/math - Direct link to sample items and task prototypes by grade level. http://www.parcconline.org/mcf/mathematics/parcc-model-content-frameworks-browser - Direct link to the PARCC framework browser. Used to search the Model Content Frameworks by grade, component, or keyword. Use the links on the left side of the page to access introductory material and the appendices or to access a framework for a specific grade http://www.illustrativemathematics.org/ - Direct link to Illustrative Math, a website for teachers to explore the CCSS and its practices as well as providing sample exercises related to the CCSS. |
Relevant to
ELA Teachers http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy - Direct link to the CCSS for ELA: Broken down by K-12, grades 6-12 Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects as well as the ELA Appendices A-C. http://www.parcconline.org/samples/ELA - Direct link to sample items and task prototypes by grade level and the accompanying rubrics. http://www.parcconline.org/mcf/ela/parcc-model-content-frameworks-browser - Direct Link to PARCC framework browser. Used to search the Model Content Frameworks by grade, key concept, or keyword. Use the links on the left side of the page to access introductory material or to access the framework for a specific grade. More Resources for all Teachers
MD Common Core Academic Standards - Video Interstitials Websites for Sample Test Items Measuring Wider-World Mastery The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/testitems.html) website contains a decade's worth of released tests, item analysis, and samples of scored student work on constructed-response items. The New Zealand Ministry of Education's (http://assessment.tki.org.nz/Assessment-tools-resources/The-New-Zealand-Curriculum-Exemplars) "Assessment Online" website offers exemplars of students' work in English, mathematics, the arts, science, technology, health and physical education, and social studies. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/qualifications/ncea/) website has a link to "Expired Standards Exam Documents" that provide a rich array of test items for upper-level high school students in such subjects as geography, art history, drama, chemistry, and Latin, to name just a few. The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-mark-schemes) (AQA) of Alberta, Canada, provides assessment items and tasks, as well as guides to scoring ("Past Papers and Mark Schemes") for such subjects as music, economics, home economics, and creative writing. |
Relevant to
All Teachers
Common Core Video Resources for Educators
http://www.corestandards.org/presentations -
Videos of Release Statements
regarding the CCSS
http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CoreFacts.pdf -Myth vs.
Fact about the CCSS.
http://www.parcconline.org/ - Direct Link to
PARCC.
http://www.achievethecore.org/ - Direct Link to a website were a teacher
can select their subject matter and grade level and find resources for them i.e.
lesson plans, Tasks and Assessments, professional development.
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos?categories=topics_common-core – Direct
link to videos teachers can watch about implementing the CCSS, an overview of
CCSS, specific lesson ideas, and demonstrations of teaching practices.
http://educore.ascd.org/ - Direct link of web resources to assist
in the implementation of the CCSS, provides professional development, literacy
examples for different subject areas, and math
tools
http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2012/Common_Core_Resources.pdf. - Direct link to a list of free tools and
resources to support educators during the process of Common Core State
Standards (CCSS) implementation. This list is created by, Council of Chief State
School Officers and broken down into the following areas, About the Standards,
Reviewing Instructional Materials, Instructional Supports, Implementation
Planning, Mathematics Common Core Resources, English Language, Arts/Literacy
(ELA) Common Core Resources, Connecting Career and Technical Education to the
Common Core, Connecting English Language Learners to the Common Core,
Connecting Students with Disabilities to the Common Core, Defining College and
Career Readiness, and Assessment Consortia
Information.
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/NR/rdonlyres/E0DD0074-EE7C-46F4-B826-383DC48146B4/33313/RTTT_New_Standards_Teachers_2012_082012_.pdf - Direct Link to a publication created by MSDE
broken into the following topics, What Are The Standards?,
What’s Different With The New
Standards?, Implementing
the Common Core State Standards in Maryland, Timeline
for Implementation, What
Do The Standards Mean For Teachers?, What Can Teachers Do Now?,
and Additional
Resources For Teachers
http://mdk12.org/instruction/commoncore/index.html - Direct
link to Maryland Common Core Curriculum Framework and
materials from Educator Effectiveness Academy.
All Teachers
Common Core Video Resources for Educators
http://www.corestandards.org/presentations -
Videos of Release Statements
regarding the CCSS
http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CoreFacts.pdf -Myth vs.
Fact about the CCSS.
http://www.parcconline.org/ - Direct Link to
PARCC.
http://www.achievethecore.org/ - Direct Link to a website were a teacher
can select their subject matter and grade level and find resources for them i.e.
lesson plans, Tasks and Assessments, professional development.
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos?categories=topics_common-core – Direct
link to videos teachers can watch about implementing the CCSS, an overview of
CCSS, specific lesson ideas, and demonstrations of teaching practices.
http://educore.ascd.org/ - Direct link of web resources to assist
in the implementation of the CCSS, provides professional development, literacy
examples for different subject areas, and math
tools
http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2012/Common_Core_Resources.pdf. - Direct link to a list of free tools and
resources to support educators during the process of Common Core State
Standards (CCSS) implementation. This list is created by, Council of Chief State
School Officers and broken down into the following areas, About the Standards,
Reviewing Instructional Materials, Instructional Supports, Implementation
Planning, Mathematics Common Core Resources, English Language, Arts/Literacy
(ELA) Common Core Resources, Connecting Career and Technical Education to the
Common Core, Connecting English Language Learners to the Common Core,
Connecting Students with Disabilities to the Common Core, Defining College and
Career Readiness, and Assessment Consortia
Information.
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/NR/rdonlyres/E0DD0074-EE7C-46F4-B826-383DC48146B4/33313/RTTT_New_Standards_Teachers_2012_082012_.pdf - Direct Link to a publication created by MSDE
broken into the following topics, What Are The Standards?,
What’s Different With The New
Standards?, Implementing
the Common Core State Standards in Maryland, Timeline
for Implementation, What
Do The Standards Mean For Teachers?, What Can Teachers Do Now?,
and Additional
Resources For Teachers
http://mdk12.org/instruction/commoncore/index.html - Direct
link to Maryland Common Core Curriculum Framework and
materials from Educator Effectiveness Academy.
PARCC: http://www.parcconline.org
· Sign up for the PARCC e-newletter to stay current
· Browse for assessment prototypes
· Find the content Frameworks
· Be sure to click on the “Classroom Resources” menu item
UDL: www.udlcenter.org
· Learn more about Universal Design for Learning
Illustrative Math: www.illustrativemathematics.org
· A REALLY GOOD resource! Take some time to explore the site
· Be sure to check out this video module on fractions: http://www.illustrativemathematics.org/pages/fractions_progression
EEA: http://mdk12.org
· All sorts of good stuff: CCSS Framework, MSA & HSA info, science, social studies, and STEM, too!
PARCC Blueprints: www.parcconline.org/assessment-blueprints-test-specs
· Learn more about assessment blueprints and evidence statements
Progressions: http://ime.math.arizona.edu/progressions
· An VERY valuable site – the Progressions documents help you to make the needed connections between and among grade levels – the reading is academic, but this is a MUST see resource!
CCSS Toolbox: www.ccsstoolbox.com
· A good Common Core resource --- be SURE to click on Standards for Mathematical Content and then check out the “Developing concepts across grades” link
Blackboard: http://msde.blackboard.com
· Login using your email address – if that doesn’t work, use the generic login: eeaguest and password: eealms
· After signing in, you’ll want to visit the “Educator Effectiveness Academies” link and then look on the left-hand menu to find just about every slide and activity that we did during this Academy for you to use when presenting at your school/county (remember, YOU are the expert for your school!)
Webinars: https://extendeded.towson.edu/wconnect/ace/MSDE/home.htm
& https://blackboard.towson.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp
· Use your full email address for the username AND password
· Once logged in, you will have access to the webinars in all content areas; you can watch the Spring 2013 or Winter 2012
· Each webinar is between 1-2 hours in length
PARCC Grade and Subject Specific PLDs: http://parcconline.org/plds
· PLD stands for “Performance Level Descriptors
· Communicates expectations to educators about what types of performance will be necessary for students to demonstrate that they are academically prepared to engage successfully in further studies in each content area or to be college and career ready
Email [email protected] for an electronic version of this pape
· Sign up for the PARCC e-newletter to stay current
· Browse for assessment prototypes
· Find the content Frameworks
· Be sure to click on the “Classroom Resources” menu item
UDL: www.udlcenter.org
· Learn more about Universal Design for Learning
Illustrative Math: www.illustrativemathematics.org
· A REALLY GOOD resource! Take some time to explore the site
· Be sure to check out this video module on fractions: http://www.illustrativemathematics.org/pages/fractions_progression
EEA: http://mdk12.org
· All sorts of good stuff: CCSS Framework, MSA & HSA info, science, social studies, and STEM, too!
PARCC Blueprints: www.parcconline.org/assessment-blueprints-test-specs
· Learn more about assessment blueprints and evidence statements
Progressions: http://ime.math.arizona.edu/progressions
· An VERY valuable site – the Progressions documents help you to make the needed connections between and among grade levels – the reading is academic, but this is a MUST see resource!
CCSS Toolbox: www.ccsstoolbox.com
· A good Common Core resource --- be SURE to click on Standards for Mathematical Content and then check out the “Developing concepts across grades” link
Blackboard: http://msde.blackboard.com
· Login using your email address – if that doesn’t work, use the generic login: eeaguest and password: eealms
· After signing in, you’ll want to visit the “Educator Effectiveness Academies” link and then look on the left-hand menu to find just about every slide and activity that we did during this Academy for you to use when presenting at your school/county (remember, YOU are the expert for your school!)
Webinars: https://extendeded.towson.edu/wconnect/ace/MSDE/home.htm
& https://blackboard.towson.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp
· Use your full email address for the username AND password
· Once logged in, you will have access to the webinars in all content areas; you can watch the Spring 2013 or Winter 2012
· Each webinar is between 1-2 hours in length
PARCC Grade and Subject Specific PLDs: http://parcconline.org/plds
· PLD stands for “Performance Level Descriptors
· Communicates expectations to educators about what types of performance will be necessary for students to demonstrate that they are academically prepared to engage successfully in further studies in each content area or to be college and career ready
Email [email protected] for an electronic version of this pape