This past fall, I worked closely with JeffCo curriculum director, Sue McCue and the department of education to create a series of training modules for teachers and administrators to use as they worked to understand and implement the new standards. With help from other local educators, we created and published four connected modules which illustrate how the design of the Colorado Academic Standards (CAS) in reading, writing, and communicating and the PARCC English/language arts assessments work together to support rigorous and relevant instructional practice. All four modules can be used by teachers K-12 as well as by specialists, coaches and administrators. Much more information is available on the website. Our goal was to create high quality training modules that could be used flexibly during building wide, team and/or individual learning experiences.
Please use these and share them freely among those in your schools and other networks!
Please use these and share them freely among those in your schools and other networks!