The College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) Implementation Team attended the second workshop that was facilitated by the Alabama State Department of Education.  AMSTI and ARI personnel demonstrated ways on how to build rigorous math and ELA lessons.  The team will decide how and who will present the information to the instructional leaders.

The CCRS Implementation Team presented the essential shifts of the Common Core State Standards in the Assistant Principals' meeting that was held on November 7th.  They did a good job in relaying vital facts and the instructional leaders were asked to share the information and resouces with their respective faculty members.  Scott Weeks created an AWESOME blog and I sincerely hope teachers and administators will utilize the blog to share tips, resources, ideas, and/or strategies related to the CCSS. 

The CLAS Common Core State Standards workshop that was held in Prattville on October 22nd yielded beneficial information.  Although I was extremely tired when I got home, it was worth the trip.  I will share the information I received with the instructional leaders in the upcoming APadminstrator's meeting.  I feel confident that they will quickly disseminate the information to their teachers. 

I am excited that the Common Core State Standards website I have been developing for the school system is almost ready to be published!  Whew!  The task has taken a lot longer to complete than I would have imagined!

Schools received their username and passwords for the Alabama Insight Tool.  It is a great resource for helping to unpack the Common Core State Standards.  I feel confident teachers and administrators will find the tool beneficial!

The purpose of the Common Core State Standards blog is for teachers and educators to share the strategies, lesson plans, webinars, activities, instructional techniques, professional development, websites, and/or resources they are utilizing to implement the new CCSS.  The challenge for teachers is to develop a rigorous curriculum that ensures every student is mastering standards and have a deep conceptual understanding of skills/concepts.   Hopefully, MCBOE employees will find this method of communicating cool CCSS tips beneficial!

This is the first post to my new blog - COOL Common Core Tips!!!