Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Common Core and Teacher Effectiveness
RSA Animate about Common Core State Standards
READY Initiative in NC Ppt
Based on this explanation of the Common Core and on the information about the NC READY initiative, please describe four positive outcomes of the common core state standards and NC's model for teacher effectiveness and four concerns NC educators might still have concerning common core state standards and NC's model for teacher effectiveness.
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Four Positive Outcomes:
ReplyDelete1) Allows flexibility of pedagogy within subjects
2) Encourages connections between curriculum as well as to real-life situations
3) Encourages students to be better prepared for college as well as "real life" outside of school.
4) Encourages rigorous instruction.
Posted by: Everhart, Sweatt, Cannon & Willet
Four Concerns:
1) It could be used a tool to push out tenured teachers in order to bring in "cheaper" inexperienced teachers.
2) The technology access is different between schools, so the integration could be difficult for some teachers and counties.
3) Teaching student responsibility and time management with access to technology.
4)Tying teacher outcomes in other classes my own performance evaluation is concerning.
Miller, McMillian, Sparks, Wheatley
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levels the planning field
all of the N.E.T.S are in the Common Core
Literacy will be stressed in all subject areas
Know what students will have knowledge of before they arrive
negatives or concerns
not a level playing field resources (tech)
initial test numbers may not be reflective of teaching quality
personal evalutation is not based on just personal accomplishment
change can be scary and some people maybe resist
mark wheatley would not look good in summer dresses or flowery tops according to him------we do not disagree
Ryan Stevens, Beth Poplin, Lyn Carlisle, Amanda Tolbert:
ReplyDeleteConcerns:
1. What is going to be on the assessments?
2. Still emphasizes success by how students perform on the Assessment.
3. Teachers feel overwhelmed with the change...maybe too much too soon? (in addition to common core, teachers have canvas, change in grading, MLS...the county has implemented even more changes, which makes it difficult to focus on the federal and state changes)
Positives:
1. Make all schools competitive in the world
2. Change may rejuvenate some teachers, give teachers the opportunity to reevaluate how they are teaching
3. Gives more room for critical thinking, not memorization
4. Changing format of the test will help students, they have more opportunity to share what they know, without the limitations of a multiple choice test
5. Students that transfer from state to state will still be on track to graduate
Concerns...
ReplyDelete1. What happens to students who do not meet the benchmarks that have been established by the Common Core?
2. If student scores are tied to teacher effectiveness, some teachers may not want to teach honors students because they do not grow as much as EC or ESL students.
3. Technology fostering critical thinking instead of the technology doing the thinking for the students
Positives...
1. Consistency/everyone on the same playing field
2. Emphasis on reading and writing (literacy) across the content areas
3. Progression of standards--having anchor standards that run throughout K-12
4. Emphasis on critical thinking skills that will be essential for students in the real world
5. Emphasis on application, not memorization
Group...awesome EC and English teachers :-)
The Common Core sets benchmarks for students and that can be a really good thing. At least that will provide some uniformity across the schools throughout the country. It requires all of us to think globally, and encourages all schools to be more uniform. It allows us to be more accepting of others and their differences while demanding we meet certain minimal requirements.
ReplyDeleteThe Common Core raises the bar and thus forces us to raise our expectations.
The problem is, it is not necessarily a good thing to expect everyone to reach the same goals or even the same minimal requirements. This puts some students, and teachers, in the position of certain failure. It is hard to be accountable for the accomplishments of students when you have so little control over the situations in which you teach them. The most frustrating part of the Common Core is that the change is expected to occur so quickly. The rapid change is overwhelming for everyone. Parents, students and teachers develop negative attitudes and this condition just perpetuates the problem.
Noble Marshall, Pelzetta Perry, Gayle Chaney
Positives: equal measuring system, allows teachers to be student-centered,national curriculum so students who move will not have gaps in their education, emphasizes literacy and interconnectedness of content areas.
ReplyDeleteConcerns: Too much focus on testing, all are forced to the same pace of the curriculum, we are afraid this is a step toward performance-based pay and too much top-down management.
Ann Pratt, Marion Buchheit, John Butler, Anna Tolley
Erskine/Davis/Casto/Flynt/Webster
ReplyDeletePositive
1) Competitiveness nationally and globally
2) Critically thinking will strengthen over time
3) Functionality of learning
4) Accountability for everyone
Still needs work....
1) Terminology needs to be consistent
2) Teachers opportunities to stay up-to-date
3) Essential Standards vs. CC discrepancies
4) Aasessments??
5) Stick with it??
4 positives:
ReplyDelete1. 36 States are implementing common core standards- which puts our students at a level playing field upon graduation.
2. Forces teachers to reevaluate their method of content delivery.
3. Student centered rather than teacher centered.
4. Encourages literacy across all curriculum.
4 concerns:
1. We are still not making any more money as teachers.
2. Class size - there's a range that is ideal (15-20)
3. Not enough money to provide for students - or at least there's poor distribution/earmarking.
4. How we are evaluated...that students personal opinion is going to matter.
-Thomas Horton, Joseph Adams, Teresa Nickens, Donna Holder, Shannon Terrell
4 Positives:
ReplyDelete1. The rigor will help prepare out students
2. The connectedness and depth that the curriculum allows.
3. It allows for open ended responses
4. There will be more consistency across states for a better measuring stick and for those students that are more transient students.
4 Concerns:
1. The change is overwhelming to many teachers
2. Students at the higher grades do not have the prerequisite skills that CC demands
3. We need time and the students need time to convert to the CC way (high school)
4. How the accountability of others will affect us and the accountability in terms of testing
-Penny Caple, Melia Cardwell, Beth Ewing, Rebekah Williams
4 Positive
ReplyDelete1) Equity across the board with standards
2) Common Core has good real world applications
3) Local school districts do have a word in curriculum alignment
4) Students in every state are taking the same courses - beneficial for transfers and using as a measuring stick for all
4 Negative
1) Not everyone brings the same skills to the table
2) Different socioeconomic statuses of students and school districts could be a hindrance (funding, resources, teachers, etc.)
3) Teacher accountability based on a summative test is a major problem for teachers and students
4) Level we are expected to achieve is an issue due to existing gaps - things should better as gaps are closed
Amy Cuthbertson, Randel Galloway, Pam Bowlin, Jon Williams, Matt Duffy
Linda Staten, Mischa Miles, Jennifer Rogers, Sherrie Kevwitch
ReplyDelete4 Positive Things:
1. This forces teachers who aren't "great" to be more creative and thorough in their positions.
2. The Common Core helps to scaffold learning.
3. The rigor helps the kids to think critically using higher level skills.
4. This places ours students on a level playing ground in terms of their global competitiveness.
4 Negatives about CC:
1. It assumes that no teacher can be trusted as professionals that do their jobs.
2. Teachers are being held accountable for students when too many factors are at play for different sets of students.
3. The depth of Common Core is too much to cover in one semester.
4. CC eliminates social promotion without taking into account individual and personal factors for students. Teachers are asked to individualize and personalize instruction and assessment, but then the state sends out one test that is to measure all students.
Four positives:
ReplyDelete1. Has students across the country aiming for common goals at set grade levels
2. Will be teaching students to use higher level thinking skills
3. Collaboration between teachers has increased across the curriculum
4. Common core is supposed to close the gaps
Four concerns:
1.Teachers should still be concerned regarding the differences in socioeconomic levels across groups
2.Where will funding come from for assessments? (State vs. Federal)
3. What is the best way to fill the gaps and increase knowledge until the common core has closed those gaps
4. All teachers must buy into it for student growth to be evident
Burris, Swain, Wall, Shields