Collaborating for Success With the Common Core: A Toolkit for Professional Learning Communities at Work™

by Kim Bailey, Chris Jakicic, Jeanne Spiller

Leverage teamwork to integrate the CCSS into your curriculum, and build on a foundational knowledge of PLCs. You'll gain a comprehensive understanding of the shifts required to implement the standards in core content areas and find valuable tips and strategies for creating strong collaborative practices. Identify the essential standards, determine learning targets, define proficiency, learn how to design rigorous assessments, and more.
Chapter 1: Understanding the Common Core State Standards
Chapter 2: Supporting Change to Facilitate Shifts to the CCSS
Chapter 3: Powering the CCSS
Chapter 4: Unwrapping the CCSS
Chapter 5: Scaling Learning Targets to Define Proficiency
Chapter 6: Determining Pacing and Unit Design
Chapter 7: Defining Rigor and Assessment Practices
Chapter 8: Using Rubrics to Provide Feedback
Chapter 9: Using Quality Instructional Practices
Chapter 10: Responding When Students Need More Time and Support
Chapter 11: Responding When Students Are Proficient

219 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2013

Reviews

[Meighen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Provides a good road map for any group (PLC or not) looking to work their way through the Common Core. Argues that teachers should be a central part of unwrapping the standards and mapping curriculum. Does seem to get a little bogged down in the middle of the process, right around the scaling and leveling step- and is perhaps a little too optimistic in implying timeframes of the length of the work. However, effectively combines PLCs and RTI principles with the Common Core and can serve as a much needed model for any group looking for more concrete guidance for how to approach the work.