Robert J. Manley, Richard J. Hawkins

Making the Common Core Standards Work

Using Professional Development to Build World-Class Schools

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the rationale for Common Core State Standards and provides the readers with the means to use them to transform their schools into world class educational institutions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9781452258577
• ISBN-10: 1452258570
• Artikelnr.: 36152664

Autorenporträt

Dr. Robert J. Manley graduated from Iona College with a BA in Spanish Language Arts and minors in Philosophy and Education. He completed his MA degree in the Humanities at Hofstra University and his Professional Diploma and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Educational Administration at St. John¿s University. He taught Spanish language skills and served as an instructor in a New York State Model Humanities program at West Babylon High School. For 21 years, he served in a variety of administrative positions including Assistant Principal at Babylon Jr./Sr. High School, Principal in Plainedge School Distrct, and Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction and Superintendent of Schools in West Babylon, New York. He served as President of the Board of Directors for the Suffolk County Library System and Suffolk County Organization to Promote Education. Currently, he is Professor of Educational Administration and Leadership in the Doctoral Program at Dowling College, New York. In the last six years, he has presented peer-reviewed papers at the Sixth Annual Conference on Social Issues at Oxford University, England; the World Association for Case Research and Application in Mannheim, Germany, and Lucerne, Switzerland; and the Eastern Educational Research Association in Hilton Head, South Carolina, and Clearwater, Florida. In addition, he presented workshops on School Board Governance practices at the New York State School Boards Annual Convention and at the National School Boards Conference. On January 8, 2009, he presented "Systems That Work for Students in Higher Education" as Keynote Speaker at the International Symposium for Quality in Higher Education at Shri M.D., Shah Mahila College of Arts and Commerce, Mumbai, India. In January 2011, his paper titled "Indian, Mexican, and USA Management Students Interpret Moral Leadership for a Global Economy" was awarded Best Paper for Management at the International Business and Economy Conference at Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara, Mexico. He is the coauthor with Richard Hawkins of a book on school reform titled Designing School Systems for All Students: A Toolbox to Fix Americäs Schools.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Foreword by Dan Domenech
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction: Why American Schools Must Move Toward Common Core State
Standards
Section I. Designing Competitive Curriculum for a Global Economy
1. Common Core State Standards: What Are They?
Common Core State Standards: More Than Standards With an International
Flavor
A Quick Trip Around the World
Moving Forward
2. The School Leader¿s Role in Making the Common Core State Standards Work
Creating Guiding Ideas to Implement the Common Core State Standards
Guiding Ideas and Evidence
Getting to How: Operationalizing Your Guiding Ideas
Identifying the Innovation
Teaching the Change
The Social and Emotional Literacy Components of the Common Core State
Standards
School Leaders and Teachers Partner to Help Students
Inspiring Trust, Creativity, Transparency, and Success: A Framework for
Loose Versus Tight Leadership
Part I: Building Understanding About the Issue and Its Impact on Your
Organization
Part II: Moving From Understanding to Action
Section II. Helping Communities Create a New Future
3. Designing Local Curriculum to Absorb the Common Core State Standards in
English
Real-World Applications
Grades K-2, Phonological Awareness (One Topic)
Grades K-2: Key Ideas and Details and Craft and Structure
Grades 3-4: Fluency (One Topic)
Grade 5: Reading With Fluency and Accuracy
Grades 6-8: Key Ideas and Details (One Topic)
Grades 9-10: English Language Arts Curriculum
Grades 11-12: Reading and Writing
4. Designing Local Curriculum to Absorb the Common Core State Standards in
Mathematics
Comparison of State and Common Core State Math Standard Emphasis
Common Core State Math Standards
Kindergarten Common Core State Standard and Local Curriculum Math Standards
Grade 1 Common Core State Standard and Local Curriculum Math Standards
Grade 2 Common Core State Standard and Local Curriculum Math Standards
Grade 5 Common Core State Standard and Local Curriculum Math Standards
Six Domains of Instructional Strategies for All Students
Purpose of the Math Common Core
Grade 7 Common Core State Math Standards: Ratios and Proportional
Relationships
Grades 9-10 Common Core State Math Standards: The Real Number System
Grade 10 Common Core State Math Standards for Geometry: Congruence
Grade 12 Common Core State Math Standards for Statistics: Using Probability
to Make Decisions
5. Challenges to the Implementation of Rigorous Common Core State Standards
Testing Policies Do Not Improve Schools
The Common Core State Standards: Opportunities for Equity and Excellence
Section III. Helping Teachers Redefine Their Profession
6. How to Assess Mastery of the Common Core Curriculum State Standards
Direct Instruction
The Power of Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment Examples From Real Schools
Building Successful Schools
Special Education and General Education
7. The Leadership Challenge: Creating Common Understandings of the Common
Core State Standards
The Role of School Leaders
Envisioning Excellence
We Get the Results We Design Schools to Achieve
Vision or Nightmare?
Enter the Common Core State Standards
8. Dialogue: Providing Opportunity So Facts Influence Opinions
Creating Context for the Common Core State Standards
Teachers Need Deep Understanding of the Common Core State Standards
Identifying Gaps: Current Versus Desired Reality
Section IV. Creating Systems That Accelerate Learning for All
9. Multicultural Issues That Teachers and School Leaders Must Face Beyond
the Common Core State Standards
Common Core State Standards Lift Us Beyond Difference
What All Teachers and School Leaders Need to Know About Multiculturalism
Grouping and Labeling Students
Building a Multicultural Learning Community
10. An Effective Intervention in Schools That Improves Instruction and
Learning
Creating Sustainable Change in Struggling Schools
Leaders Create the Context and Design for Change to Succeed
Homework
Student Work and Deficit Assumptions
Focus Groups
School Leaders
Parent Involvement
Students
Changing Public Mental Models About School Reform
11. Public Policy: Helpful and Harmful
References
Index