James A. Bellanca - School Leaders Guide to the Common Core: Achieving Results Through Rigor and Relevance

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bellanca, James A., 1937

School leaders guide to the common core : achieving results through rigor and relevance / James A. Bellanca, Robin J. Fogarty, Brian M. Pete.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-936764-45-7 (perfect bound) 1. Education--Standards--United States. 2. Educational change--United States. 3. School administrators--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc. 4. School principals--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Fogarty, Robin. II. Pete, Brian M. III. Title.

LB3060.83.B45 2013

379.158--dc23

2013016014

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Acknowledgments

At a political level, we acknowledge the developers of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS): the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). Their vision and execution of rigorous and relevant national standards parallel the skill sets the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (www.p21.org) defines for 21st century citizens.

At a professional level, we extend our gratitude to the dedicated leaders in the state, district, and local arenas for their eager adoption, overwhelming support, and ongoing vigilance of the Common Core State Standards. If done with integrity of implementation and fidelity to the mission, these standards can be a true and challenging game changer for our youth.

At the publishing level, we wholeheartedly thank Solution Tree Press and, particularly, Douglas Rife, Robb Clouse, and Claudia Wheatley for their encouragement to do this book. In addition, of course, we are indebted to the amazing publishing staff of editors, designers, and production staff for bringing this edition to fruition.

Solution Tree Press would like to thank the following reviewers:

Rick Ellingworth
Superintendent of Schools
Redwood Area School District
Redwood Falls, Minnesota

Rosalind LaRocque

Associate Director

American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
Washington, DC

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Table of Contents

Reproducible pages are in italics.

Looking Back

Concept Approach to Mathematics

Principle Two: Align Lessons to the CCSS

About the Authors

James A. Bellanca is founder and executive director of the Illinois Consortium for 21st Century Schools (www.ilc21.org). His extensive experience as a classroom teacher, alternative school director, professional developer, publisher, and intermediate service center consultant has given him a wide scope of school transformation experience. Jim is the author of Enriched Learning Projects: A Practical Pathway to 21st Century Skills ; the editor, with Ron Brandt, of 21st Century Skills ; coauthor of How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Core: Seven Key Student Proficiencies of the New National Standards ; editor and contributor to Connecting the 21st Century Dots , the Partnership for 21st Century Skills blog; and writer for his own blog, PBL Deeper Learning Matters on the Illinois Consortiums website. He is the designer and lead facilitator for the 21st century skills professional development for school change program MindQuest21.

Robin J. Fogarty is the president of Robin Fogarty & Associates, a Chicago-based, minority-owned educational publishing and consulting company. Her doctorate is in curriculum and human resource development from Loyola University of Chicago. A leading proponent of the thoughtful classroom, Robin has trained educators throughout the world in curriculum, instruction, and assessment strategies. She has taught at all levels, from kindergarten to college, served as an administrator, and consulted with state departments and ministries of education in the United States, Puerto Rico, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Great Britain, Singapore, Korea, and the Netherlands. Robin has published articles in Educational Leadership , Phi Delta Kappan , and the Journal of Staff Development . She is the author of numerous publications, including Brain-Compatible Classrooms , Ten Things New Teachers Need to Succeed , Literacy Matters , How to Integrate the Curricula , Close the Achievement Gap , Informative Assessment: When Its Not About a Grade , Twelve Brain Principles That Make the Difference , and Nine Best Practices That Make the Difference . Her recent work includes the two-book leadership series From Staff Room to Classroom and the books Supporting Differentiated Instruction: A Professional Learning Communities Approach and How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Core: Seven Key Student Proficiencies of the New National Standards .

Brian M. Pete is the cofounder of Robin Fogarty & Associates, an educational publishing and consulting company. He comes from a family of educatorscollege professors, school superintendents, teachers, and teachers of teachers. He has a rich background in professional development. Brian has worked with and videotaped classroom teachers and professional experts in schools throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. He has an eye for the teachable moment and the words to describe what he sees as skillful teaching. Brians educational videos include Best Practices: Classroom Management and Best Practices: Active Learning Classrooms . He is coauthor of many books, which include Data Driven Decisions , Twelve Brain Principles That Make the Difference , Nine Best Practices That Make the Difference , The Adult Learner , A Look at Transfer , and From Staff Room to Classroom I and II . Among recent publications, Brian has coauthored Supporting Differentiated Instruction: A Professional Learning Communities Approach and How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Core: Seven Key Student Proficiencies of the New National Standards . In addition, Brian is a member of the board for the Illinois Consortium for 21st Century Schools and is a guest blogger on its website.