Welcome Stakeholders

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Welcome Stakeholders!

• Definitions and Articulations
• October 17, 2008

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Vision for K-12Education Today
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Our Agreements About the 13th Grade?

• Be necessary for all, sufficient for some
• Guaranteed Transfer agreements will be one of the
  sources from which our 13th grade standards are
  created
• All doors must be open for all students (no early
  tracking or exclusion policy)
• Other post secondary options including Career and
  Technical requirements must be articulated to
  other four year degree programs
• Application is essential for both content
  knowledge and performance skills
• 21st century skills must now be articulated for
  the content expectations
• Reducing the need for student remediation is an
  important goal while still providing resources
  necessary for advancement.

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Todays Purpose

• Draft definitions
• Subcommittee selection and training
• Finalize template
• Final agreements on articulation and/or course
  sequencing

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• Timeline for definitions
• Introduce results of survey and regional tour
• Discuss and draft definitions

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• 1. Definition timeline
• October 15 Survey results released internally and
  to SBE
• October 16 Survey results released to public
  (direct email sent to Stakeholders, P-20,
  CASE, CASB, P-3, CEA, regional meeting
  attendees, and posted online)
• October 17 Stakeholders review survey results and
  draft definitions
• October 20 Commissioner Jones receives draft
  definitions from Stakeholders
• October 21 State Board of Education receives
  draft definitions for independent review
• November ? Public forum with education
  associations (CASE, CASB, CEA, P-20, P-3 etc.)
  and general public
• November 12 State Board of Education receives
  draft for final review and comments prior to
  December deadline
• December 15 Deadline for State Board of Education
  to approve school readiness definition

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• Online Survey Details
• September 10-October 10, 2009
• 3,329 responses
• Full report including demographic breakdown can
  be found at our website
• http//www.cde.state.co.us/cdeassess/documents/OSA
  /stand_rev.html

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• Full report includes
• 3,329 online responses
• 380 attendees to regional meetings
• 157 attendees at the CASE Conference

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Professional Sectorof Survey Respondents
Respondents could choose two sectors.
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Geographic Regionof Survey Respondents
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21st Century Skills
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School Readiness
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Postsecondary Readiness
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Postsecondary Readiness vs. Workforce Readiness
Do they require the same skills?
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• Stanley Rabinowitz WestEd Update
• Ginger Maloney P-3 Update

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• School Readiness
• School readiness describes both the preparedness
  of a child for school and the ability of a school
  to meet the needs of all students who are of age.
  Schools will work collaboratively with families
  and community service providers to ensure that
  every child is given the opportunity to engage
  and benefit from quality learning experiences.

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• School Readiness
• 1. Child preparedness constitutes
• A. Physical Health and Wellness
• B. Social and Emotional Development
• C. Communication
• D. Cognition
• 2. School capacity constitutes
• A. Professional Training
• B. Child appropriate resources, learning tools
  and facilities
• C. Strategic Thinking in Leadership
• D. Responsible for more Effective and Efficient
  Use of Community Services

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• School
• Readiness
• Definition
• Consensus

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• 21st Century Skills
• Colorado's description of 21st century skills is
  a synthesis of the new essential abilities
  students must more nimbly apply in our fast
  changing generation.

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• 21st Century Skills
• These essentials skills are
• Critical thinking (problem solving, analysis,
  innovation)
• Reasoning (logic, cause/effect, motivation)
• Information literacy (knowledge acquisition,
  source discrimination, human productivity)
• Self-direction (initiative, adaptability,
  personal responsibility, self-advocacy)
• Collaboration (synergy, team resourcing,
  interpersonal /social skills)

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• 21st Century Skills
• Definition
• Consensus

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• Postsecondary Readiness
• Colorado's definition of postsecondary readiness
  is a student's capacity to both be accepted and
  ultimately earn a post secondary degree or
  certification with minimal remediation. The
  expectation is that a person can demonstrate the
  knowledge/skill/competency associated with exit
  requirements of remedial courses in Reading,
  Writing, and Math.

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• Postsecondary Readiness
• The qualities most essential for postsecondary
  readiness are
• Strong problem-solving and information
  management skills
• Logical reasoning and argumentation abilities
• Accurate analysis and interpretation skills
• Successful human relation skills (self
  direction, work ethic, cooperation, tolerance,
  study skills)

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• Postsecondary
• Readiness
• Definition
• Consensus

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• Workforce Readiness
• Colorado's definition of workforce readiness is
  the ability of person to successfully take
  responsibility for the outcomes of work and
  productively contribute to new innovations.

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• Workforce Readiness
• The most important Colorado skills to accomplish
  this include
• Reading, writing, and computing so others
  actively listen and understand
• Identify and solve problems (initiative,
  innovation, creativity, decision-making)
• Cooperate with others (team work, advocacy,
  empathy, conflict resolutions, system thinking)
• Effective use of information (monitoring and
  self-correcting performance, financial literacy,
  increasing productivity and adapting to new
  information)

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Purpose 1 Draft Definitions

• Workforce
• Readiness
• Definition
• Consensus

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Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness (Latest
Draft)

• Colorados definition of postsecondary and
  workforce readiness is a students capacity to
  demonstrate the knowledge, skills and
  competencies in a background of fundamental
  knowledge required for success in the global
  environment.

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Purpose 2Subcommittee Selection and Training

• Subcommittee work for building 13th grade
• Discuss training dates procedures
• Small work groups planning and scheduling

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Purpose 2Subcommittee Selection and Training

• Subcommittee work for building 13th grade
  expectations which are necessary for all,
  sufficient for some.

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Grade 13 Options
Four Year Higher Education
Two Year Higher Ed. Formal Post Secondary
Technical Career Training
Other Post Secondary Options, incl. military,
trade apprenticeship, etc.
Workforce
Grade 12 Grade 11 Grade 10 Grade 9 Grade
8 Grade 7 Grade 6 Grade 5 Grade 4 Grade
3 Grade 2 Grade 1 Kinder ECE
Academic Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
An End In Mind Framework for Defining Grade 13 to
Inform An Update of the Colorado State Content
Standards
21st Century Workforce and Life Skills
Updated Colorado State Content Standards based on
Grade 13 Definitions and Demonstrations of
Learning/Mastery
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Purpose 2Subcommittee Selection and Training

• Training Dates
• December 15 - Introduction of Subcommittee
  Co-Chairs and CDE Content Specialists for ONLY
  Phase I at Stakeholder meeting in Colorado
  Springs
• December 16 - Full day training for Co-Chairs and
  CDE Content Specialists for ONLY Phase I in
  Colorado Springs

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Purpose 2Subcommittee Selection and Training
2. Training Procedures

• Design / revision training
• 13th Grade
• Template
• Grade by grade
• Sequencing
• Depth of Knowledge
• Cross content inclusion
• Information literacy

• Chair responsibilities for meetings
• Facilitation
• Deliverables for content
• CDE responsibilities to subcommittees
• Logistics
• Communication
• Training

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Purpose 2Subcommittee Selection and Training

• Small work groups planning
• Social Studies
• One subcommittee of 40-48 members
• Content specific breakout groups
• 10-12 members in History, Geography, Civics,
  Economics
• The subcommittee will collaborate on grade by
  grade articulation and they will breakout for
  course sequencing.

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Purpose 2Subcommittee Selection and Training

• Small work groups planning
• Financial Literacy Economics
• Dance and Theatre
• Keys Quality and Balance

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Purpose 2Subcommittee Selection and Training

• 3. Small work groups planning and scheduling
• September 29 Applications due
• October 7 Small group volunteers receive
  applications
• October 8-16 Stakeholders review applicants
  independently and with their selected field
  committee
• October 20-31 Small groups meet to discuss
  applicants and come to a consensus on the top
  18-23 candidates plus two alternates
• The small work group will receive a list of
  applicants names and contact information one
  business day after submitting list to Jeff Wein.
  If you would like to review your selections again
  with the names attached, please meet earlier in
  this work week.
• November 3 Final list of recommendations
  delivered to Jeff Wein
• November 5 Report of recommendations sent to
  Commissioner
• November 17-21 Stakeholders review final list to
  register questions or concerns

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Purpose 2Subcommittee Selection and Training

• Coordinate with your small
• work groups for the
• vetting process.
• Work through lunch.

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Purpose 3 Finalize Template

• Presentation of template designs
• Agreement on template for all content areas

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Purpose 3 Finalize Template

• Template Features
• Finland
• West Virginia
• Indiana
• Ohio

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Purpose 3 Finalize Template

• Purpose Statement
• Should include
• 21st century skills as relevant to the content
  area and its academic and real-world APPLICATION
• Bridges and connection between described
  content area and other content areas
  cross-disciplinary connections
• Articulation the critical use of information
  and technology
• Rationale for the value of the content area

Standard The student will
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Purpose 3 Finalize Template
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Purpose 3 Finalize Template
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Purpose 3 Finalize Template
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Purpose 3 Finalize Template

• Template
• Consensus

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Purpose 4 Articulation and Sequencing

• Do we have final consensus of Colorado grade
  spans?

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Commitments and Meeting Dates for 2009
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Bridges to OpportunityCareer and Technical
Education