Georgia Department of Education
Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (CIA) Monthly Update
October 17, 2011
Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (CIA) Updates
Contact: Pam Smith, Director ()
ELA and Mathematics CCGPS
Contacts: Jan Wyche, Common Core Coordinator ()
Kim Jeffcoat, English Language Arts Coordinator ()
Sandi Woodall, Mathematics Coordinator ()
Common Core Georgia Performance Standards in ELA/Literacy and Mathematics:
Reminders:
· All October – December ELA and Mathematics Webinars may be accessed live or by recording through Elluminate Live! on the GeorgiaStandards.org website.
· Beginning January 25, 2012, through May 9, 2012, CCGPS Professional Learning will be made available to all education stakeholders via Georgia Public Broadcasting. The two-hour sessions will be interactive and recorded. For the times and dates of these sessions go to the GaDOE website and click on CCGPS Standards.
· All GPB sessions will be archived and the recording will be available immediately following the live session. Closed captioning as an option for the GPB recordings will be available within a week after the live session.
· To access all of the GPB CCGPS 2011-2012 Live Streamed Professional Learning sessions and recordings use the following link: gpb.org/education/common-core
Mathematics
Contact: Sandi Woodall ()
Mathematics Program Webpage at: http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_services.aspx?PageReq=CIServMath
Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS) Mathematics Update:
o Preparation for Georgia’s 2012-2013 CCGPS Mathematics Implementation necessitates that all mathematics teachers participate in one Fall professional learning grade level session. The professional learning session will focus on Standards for Mathematical Practice and will be offered initially at the October 19-21 Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2011 Georgia Mathematics Conference. Face-to-face sessions for K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 mathematics teachers are scheduled for October 20, 2011; the K-5 session will be repeated on October 21, 2011.
Because not all mathematics teachers will be able to attend the conference, sessions for each grade level will be repeated via Elluminate Live webinars during the months of October – December, 2011. The high school webinar session will be presented on November 1 and again on November 17. All other webinar grade level sessions will be presented on one date only as noted in the attached calendar.
o All educators who impact mathematics education are encouraged to join the mathematics listserve appropriate to their role. The listserve addresses have been posted on the GaDOE Mathematics Program webpage. Upcoming CCGPS professional learning opportunities and additional resources will be announced by means of listserve emails.
2012 Georgia High School Graduates:
District level and school level administrators, along with high school counselors, are encouraged to reference the 2011-2012 Mathematics Graduation Guidance document and the USG Staying on Course document to assist students as they prepare to graduate from high school and to transition to post-secondary pursuits. Both documents have been posted on the GaDOE Mathematics Program webpage. Course descriptions for all Georgia mathematics courses have been provided in the Mathematics Graduation Guidance document; high school counselors are encouraged to attach a copy of the mathematics course descriptions to applications to out of state institutions.
Support from the GADOE Mathematics Curriculum Team:
o Mathematics curriculum supervisors are invited to participate in the monthly Mathematics Curriculum Supervisor Update webinar scheduled for October 18, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. The link to join the session is: http://elluminate.gavirtualschool.org:80/doe/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1258876603505
NOTE: Thank you to those district curriculum directors who have provided us with the contact information for your district’s 2011-2012 mathematics curriculum supervisor or designee. If you have not previously done so, please email the contact information to Sandi Woodall at
English Language Arts (ELA)
Contact: Kim Jeffcoat ()
In order to ensure that our teachers are well prepared for 100% implementation of the English Language Arts Common Core GPS during year 2012-13, we are steadily working on the creation and completion of resources for English language arts and literacy. Currently, the kindergarten and first grade Teacher Guidance Handbooks are almost in the “feedback ready” stage, and we would like to send these documents out for your review. It is our plan to have these guidance documents posted on the Common Core GPS tab on our Georgia Standards site once they are finalized. If you are interested in volunteering to provide feedback on this work, please send an email to Kim Jeffcoat at .
I am also soliciting names of excellent and innovative teachers who would be interested in contracting with the Georgia Department of Education to write new units for ELA CCGPS. If you would like to recommend someone for this work, please let me know by giving me a call or sending me the teacher’s contact information. Thanks in advance for your partnership and input in this critical work.
Professional Learning Webinars on Elluminate Live!
The first week of English language arts professional learning webinars was completed on October 6. In spite of the technical difficulties experienced on Monday, October 3, we were able to validate an
estimated, live-viewer audience of around 1,000. A list of highlights for the week’s webinar series 1 is as follows:
1. An overview of the CCGPS
2. Facts about implementation
3. K-12 resources available now
4. K-12 resources in development
5. A timeline for next steps
6. Practice implementation tasks
The second session webinars for ELA will be held the week of October 23 with a focus on text complexity. The last session will occur the week of November 14 and will focus on the integrated teaching of the standards essential for CCGPS. In addition to these ELA sessions, there are also sessions scheduled for teachers of 6-12 history, social studies, science, and technical subjects. All 6-12 grade teachers of history and social studies are encouraged to join the webinar planned to begin at 3:30 on October 17. The focus of this session will be the literacy standards for informational reading in history/social studies. On the next day, October 18 at 3:30, we will have the session on the literacy standards for informational reading for all science and technical subject teachers. Since teachers of these subject areas all share the same set of literacy standards for writing, the 6-12 webinar session for history/social studies, science, and technical subjects teachers will be held on one day, Wednesday, November 9.
Please encourage your teachers to participate in these informative sessions. If participating at the live events is not a possibility, please share with them the method for accessing “recordings” on the Elluminate Live! site. We are keeping a record of the number of participants who join us during the live sessions; however, we will not have access to the total numbers who view the recordings. We can access the number of times a recorded session is viewed, but we cannot know the number of participants within a group of viewers. We would appreciate feedback in the manner of both numbers of viewers as well as suggestions for topics or needs. We have set up an “electronic suggestion/feedback box” at the following address: .
As always, our goal is to provide you and the teachers within your districts with as much support as possible during this professional learning year and implementation year to come.
Resource Roll Out
Fall 2011
· ¨ State-wide faculty meeting introducing Common Core
· ¨Extensive K-12 Teacher Resource Guide posted to GSO
· ¨ELA Newsletter
· ¨ELA Listserv and Newsflash
· ¨ELA Professional Learning Webinars
· ¨Webinar series #1: Overview, Practice Tasks
· ¨Webinar series #2: Text Complexity
· ¨Webinar series #3: Integrated Learning
· ¨ Webinar series on literacy for reading and writing for 6-12 history/social studies, science,
and technical subjects teachers
· ¨Gates LDC Literacy Training begins in pilot schools
Winter/Spring 2012
· ¨Individual K-12th grade Teacher Guidance Handbooks posted by grade level
· ¨Curriculum maps
· ¨New unit frameworks by grade level
· ¨First action steps professional learning on integration, instruction, unit planning, and text selection
· ¨Live-streaming on Georgia Public Broadcasting in 11 sessions by grade level for ELA and sessions
for teachers of 6-12 history/social studies, science, and technical subjects
To facilitate location of existing resources within the DOE website, we have created an organization chart. This chart has been posted to our Georgia Standards site under the Common Core GPS tab. If you click on the English Language Arts link on the left, you will be redirected to our ELA landing page. You will find numerous support documents posted on this page as well.
Annual Georgia Reading Association (GRA) Conference
Please mark your calendars for November 7, 2011. The Georgia Reading Association will host a one day forum on "The Common Core Georgia Performance Standards" featuring as presenters Program Coordinators and Specialists from the Georgia Department of Education. This event will be held at the Macon Centreplex in Macon, Georgia. Registration information is posted on-line at www.georgiareading.org. Contact Lynn Minor at for more information.
NCTE 100th Anniversary Convention
Reading the Past, Writing the Future
November 17-22, 2011, Chicago, IL
For more information, go to: http://www.ncte.org/annual/registration
Recognizing the importance of writing in the lives of us all, NCTEcelebrated its firstNational Day on Writing and unveiled itsNational Gallery of Writing on October 20, 2009. Since that daymore than 30,000 pieces of writing, including poems, videos, essays, letters, audio recordings, blog entries, artwork, email and text messages, and short stories, have been submitted. Join NCTE in celebrating the third annual National Day on Writing,Thursday, October 20, 2011.
Poetry Out Loud (October 21st deadline)
This prestigious poetry recitation contest begins at the school level, with winners attending a state-wide final in March. Georgia’s winner will compete nationally in the spring for a $20,000 scholarship. Poetry Out Loud is an amazing opportunity and beautifully illustrates the power of the spoken word. Contact:
Georgia Council for the Arts
Melanie Eisenhart
404-814-2063
Read to Achieve
Atlanta Hawk’s Fast Break for Reading
In conjunction with the NBA’s “Read to Achieve” program, the Atlanta Hawks is accepting applications through October 17, 2011, from Georgia elementary schools who want to participate in this fun and empowering program:
http://www.nba.com/hawks/media/1112_HWK_CD_FBFR_Guidelines.pdf
Early Intervention Program (EIP)
Contacts: Sallie Mills () and/or Pam Smith ()
Assessment
Contact: Tony Eitel ()
The following assessment windows are on the State Testing Calendar for the month of October 2011:
- Georgia Alternate Assessment (Main Administration and High School Re-Test Options opened on September 6)
- End of Course Tests (EOCT) Mid-Month Administration (October 17 – 21)
The following ordering windows open in October 2011:
- Grade 8 Writing Assessment: October 3 – 14
- ACCESS for ELLs: October 17 – November 28
- GAA (for spring shipment): October 31 – December 2
The Assessment Division will be conducting the following webinar during October 2011:
- EOCT Pre-Administration Workshop (October 25 – 27)
A memorandum regarding testing webinar events, including details on the date and time of each, is posted at: http://www.gadoe.org/ci_testing_educators.aspx.
Several activities will be taking place in November regarding the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
- Age 13 Long Term Trend Assessments begin in October 2011 in selected Georgia systems
- 2011 Reading and Mathematics state results will be released nationwide in November 2011 (No system level results except for the Atlanta Public Schools which is designated as a Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) system)
Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) Update
Contact: Emily Spann ()
College Credit Now (formerly known as Dual Enrollment) Information
ACCEL Contact: Patrick Blenke ()
Move On When Ready (MOWR)
Contact: Gary Mealer ()
End-of-Pathway Assessment Update
Contact: Mamie Hanson (), (404-657-6279)
Student Credentialing opportunities are now available to CTAE pathway completers who participate in End-of-Pathway Assessment (EOPA) activities. Students complete the three or four designated courses in a pathway in order to participate in assessment activities. EOPA was implemented statewide during the FY2011 school year. During the initial year, approximately 18,000 pathway completers were assessed.
FY2012 Assessment information Sheets for each exam included in the inventory have been posted on the CTAE Assessment Web Page. Please click on the following link to review the current inventory: http://www.gadoe.org/ci_cta.aspx?PageReq=CICTAAssessments12
Professional Learning Opportunities
New Workforce Education Doctor of Education Program
Please see the attached flyer regarding a NEW Practitioner-Based Doctor of Education (EdD)
in Workforce Education that is now available through the UGA Griffin Campus.
School Counselor and Teachers-As-Advisors (TAA)
Contact: Emily Spann (), Vivian Snyder () , or Jackie Melendez ()
Please see the links listed below for updated School Counselor and Teachers-As-Advisors Professional Learning Webinars. We encourage you to access these sessions to obtain up-to-date school counselor information to assist with program planning and implementation.
2011-2012School Counselor Professional Learning
Elluminate Webinar Series
Archived School Counselor Webinar Topics / Grade Level / Archived Webinar
College Credit Now (Dual Enrollment)
Completed and Archived (see link to the right) / High School Counselors / Click the following archived link:
http://elluminate.gavirtualschool.org/doe/play_recording.html?recordingId=1258876593980_1314105945312
College Credit Now (Dual Enrollment) Update
Completed and Archived (see link to the right) / High School Counselors / http://elluminate.gavirtualschool.org/doe/play_recording.html?recordingId=1258876593993_1316437671875
College Credit Now (Dual Enrollment)
Completed and Archived (see link to the right) / Middle School Counselors
First Generation College Student Advisement
Completed and Archived (see link to the right) / High School Counselors / Click the following archived link:
http://elluminate.gavirtualschool.org/doe/play_recording.html?recordingId=1258876596116_1314794413421
Live School Counselor Webinar Topics / Dates / Grade Level / Time
College Credit Now (Dual Enrollment) REPEAT / October 11, 2011 Tuesday / High School Counselors / 10:00 – 11:00 am
The following webinars will be recorded, archived and available at www.georgiastandards.org
Archived School Counselor Webinar Topics / Grade Level
Aligning a Student’s IEP
with the Individual Graduation Plan
Completed and Archived (see link to the right) / http://elluminate.gavirtualschool.org/doe/play_recording.html?recordingId=1258876596805_1315578241734
Strategies for Advising New and Transfer Students
to Develop Individual Graduation Plans
Completed and Archived (see link to the right) / http://elluminate.gavirtualschool.org/doe/play_recording.html?recordingId=1258876598907_1316530439578
Overview of End of Pathway Assessments
Completed and Archived (see link to the right) / http://elluminate.gavirtualschool.org/doe/play_recording.html?recordingId=1258876598878_1316526217484
Encouraging Underrepresented Students into STEM
and Non-Traditional Careers
Completed and Archived (see link to the right) / http://elluminate.gavirtualschool.org/doe/play_recording.html?recordingId=1258876597123_1315563894437
Issues in Working with Migrant Students
Coming Soon! / Elementary, Middle and High School Counselors
Developing Elementary Career Awareness
Coming Soon! / Elementary School Counselors
K-12 College and Career Counseling
Coming Soon! / Elementary, Middle and High School Counselors
Classroom Guidance and Bullying Prevention
Coming Soon! / Elementary, Middle and High School Counselors
Understanding the PSAT as a
School Improvement Strategy
Coming Soon! / High School Counselors
College and Career Ready Performance Index Update
Coming Soon! / Elementary, Middle and High School Counselors
RAMP (ASCA Model School Program)
Coming Soon! / Elementary, Middle and High School Counselors
Teachers-As-Advisors Webinar Series