Shifting to Common Core Literacy: Reconceptualizing How We Teach and Lead - an evidence-based road map to Common Core success

Perfect for school and district administrators, professional development providers, and CCSS coaches, this book offers new philosophical and pedagogical approaches to 21st century learning. You ll investigate economic, societal, and educational benefits of the CCSS, discover out-of-the-box strategies to support implementation, and explore a more holistic approach to standards-based instruction and assessment that readies students for the kinds of work they will be expected to do in college and beyond. The authors discuss the needs of the 21st century workplace, the explosion in digital information, the rise of the knowledge worker, the mismatch between secondary and postsecondary education expectations, and the need to move out of the 20th century factory model of schooling into the information age.

Benefits

• Learn the history behind the Common Core and compelling reasons for a shift to 21st century learning.
• Follow practical examples and stories that make complex content understandable.
• Examine relatable hot-button issues most schools face during implementation of the Common Core.
• Reflect on and discuss chapter topics and themes using purposeful end-of-chapter questions.
• Gain a straightforward process and protocol to develop a shared vision for schoolwide CCSS implementation.
• Explore the necessary shifts in roles for students, teachers, principals, and leaders to ensure successful implementation of the Common Core.

Contents
About the Authors
Introduction: We re Not in Kansas Anymore
Chapter 1: Where Are We Now? Standards D j Vu
Chapter 2: Back to the Future: Road to the Core
Chapter 3: International Benchmarking: Go East, Young Man! Far East!
Chapter 4: Ready, Set, Shift: Three Seismic Shifts to Move Us Into the 21st Century
Chapter 5: A Core That s Not So Common Are the CCSS Really That Different From Recent State Standards?
Chapter 6: A Deep Dive Into the CCSS
Chapter 7: Centering CCSS in CSI
Chapter 8: Role Over! New Roles in the CCSS School
Epilogue
References and Resources