CCRS Quarterly Meeting #2

Tuesday, November 4, 2014 

The Lincoln Professional Development Center

901~ 9th Avenue North ~ Birmingham

CCRS Quarterly Meeting ELA K-5 Take it Back:

• Take the EQuIP rubric review tool back to your school and use it to analyze a unit of study from any content area.
• Use the analysis results to determine what needs updating to meet the criteria of the unit.
• Bring back findings to share with others.
• Begin to use The Curriculum Guide to the Alabama Course of Study: English Language Arts K-12 to provide differentiated support for special populations in Tier One instruction.

To view the calendar dates for all of the CCRS Quarterly Meetings:

http://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/

Review the 2014-2015 CCRS Implementation Team Resources:

http://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/node/312

 

 

 

Region 5 has been planning with Bessemer City Middle and High Schools to incorporate literacy standards into strategic lessons. Using the following planning questions and the lesson planning thinking tool, we have created very engaging and literacy-rich content lessons!

Planning questions

Lesson Planning Tool

Summary of CCRS Quarterly Meeting #1:

Message from Dr. Bice

http://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/node/310  

Curriculum Guides

If you are looking for ways to break standards down into prerequisite skills to support struggling learners, click on the link below. ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies K-12 courses of study are all included. Though typically used by special education teachers, this can be a great resource for all teachers.

http://alex.state.al.us/specialed/curriculum.html  

EQuIP Quality Review Rubric

Are you looking for a tool for self-assessment of your lessons/units or self-assessment of your teaching as it relates to implementing College and Career Readiness Standards? This rubric might just be your solution. Use the link below, click on Download All and select the correct rubric (Social Studies teachers should select the ELA/Literacy).

http://achievethecore.org/page/605/equip-quality-review-rubric   

CCRS PD

30 hours of professional development will be available through eLearning courses starting October 1. Go to STI-PD and look at STI-PD numbers CCRSELA01, CCRSELA02, CCRSLIT01, CCRSMTH01, or CCRSMT02 for descriptions of courses related to ELA, Content Literacy, and Mathematics.

Insight Tool

The improved Alabama Insight Tool includes standards, lesson plans, and resources for K-12 in math, ELA, social studies and in content area literacy. Go to http://alex.state.al.us/ . Click on the Personal Workspace box and create a unique account. The Alabama Insight Tool button is included with other resources available for teacher use after you create an account. The individual accounts are customizable for content.

Great Technology Resource

Check out https://getkahoot.com/ for a new way to ask questions.