MAKING SENSE OF STANDARDS

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MAKING SENSE OF STANDARDS

• New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards
• 2004

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Have You Been Waiting for the New Standards to
Arrive?
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Revised Standards
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Revised Standards

• Expect and support all students to achieve at
  high levels.
• Reflect the strengths of the academic
  disciplines.
• Identify the essential core of learning in each
  content area.

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Revised Standards

• Are clear, rigorous and specific.
• Are delineated by smaller grade clusters (K-2,
  3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-12).
• Provide sufficient guidance to educators and the
  public about what students are expected to learn.

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Important Idea 1

• Education is when you read the fine print.
• Experience is what you get if you dont.
• Pete Seeger

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Language Arts Literacy

• Five standards adopted July 2002 and modified
  April 2004
• Reading
• Writing
• Speaking
• Listening
• Viewing

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Important Idea 2

• As long as algebra is taught in school, there
  will be prayer in school.
• Cokie Roberts

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Mathematics

• Adopted July 2002
• Number and numerical operations
• Geometry and measurement
• Patterns and algebra
• Data Analysis, probability, and discrete math
• Mathematical process
• Problem solving, communication, connections,
  reasoning, representations, technology

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Important Idea 3

• Label on a childs Superman costume
• The wearing of this garment does not enable you
  to fly.

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Science

• Adopted July 2002
• Scientific processes
• Science and society
• Mathematical applications
• Nature and process of technology
• Life science

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Science

• Physical science chemistry
• Physical science physics
• Earth science
• Astronomy and space science
• Environmental studies

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Important Idea 4

• I dont know anything about music.
• In my line, you dont have to.
• ELVIS

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Visual and Performing Arts

• Adopted April 2004
• Art, music, theater, and dance
• Aesthetics
• Creation and performance
• Elements and principles
• Critique
• World cultures, history, and society

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Important Idea 5

• Be careful about reading health books.
• You may die of a misprint.
• Mark Twain

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Health and Physical Education

• Adopted April 2004
• Wellness
• Integrated skills
• Drugs and medicines
• Human relationships and sexuality
• Motor development
• Fitness

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Important Idea 6

• We learn from history that we learn nothing from
  history.
• George Bernard Shaw

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Social Studies

• NOT adoptedstill under review
• Scheduled return to State Board in September 2004
• US History
• World History
• Geography
• Economics
• Civics

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Important Idea 7

• If you actually look like your passport photo,
  you arent well enough to travel.
• Sir Vivian Fuchs

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World Languages

• Adopted April 2004
• Communication
• Culture
• Focus on proficiency level
• novice high
• Option Proficiency testing at end of grade 8 for
  high school credit

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Important Idea 8

• If its green, its biology.
• If it stinks, its chemistry.
• If it has numbers, its math.
• If it doesnt work, its technology.
• Unknown

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Technological Literacy

• Adopted April 2004
• Computer and information literacy
• NCLB requires grade 8 assessment
• Technology education
• Design process
• Impact of technology

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Important Idea 9

• The odds of going to the store for a loaf of
  bread and coming out with ONLY a loaf of bread
  are three billion to one.
• Erma Bombeck

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Career Education and Consumer, Family, and Life
Skills

• Career and technical education
• Career awareness and employability
• Consumer, family and life skills
• Critical thinking and self-management
• Interpersonal communication
• Character development
• Consumer and personal finance
• Safety

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Important Idea 10

• Fishing without a net is merely bathing.
• West African saying

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Next Steps

• Release of CCCS
• Online at www.nj.gov/njded/aps/cccs
• Mailing to schools and districts
• Mailing to professional organizations

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Next Steps

• Awareness and training
• General overview of new requirements
• Content specific training
• Links to assessment
• Professional development www.njpep.org
• Content web pages
• www.nj.gov/njded/aps

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Final Thought

• The secret of teaching is to appear to have known
  all your life what you just learned this morning.
• Anonymous

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Making Sense Of Standards

• WERE HERE TO HELP!

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New Jersey Department of Education

• Office of Academic and Professional Standards
• www.nj.gov/njded/aps
• 609-984-5322
• Dr. Jay Doolan, Director
• Linda Morse, Manager
• Bureau of Academic Standards
• Linda.morse_at_doe.state.nj.us