CCSS Update: Volume IV, Issue 27, Nov. 24, 2015

Opportunities to Participate

CA CCSS Early Education Symposium

Registration is now open for the California Common Core State Standards (CA CCSS) Symposium entitled Connecting the Dots: How Early Childhood Assessment Informs High Quality Instruction For Infants, Toddlers, And Preschool Children scheduled for Wednesday, December 16, 2015. This symposium is for early childhood general and special educators, Department of Developmental Disabilities Early Start providers and administrators, Early Education Support Division childcare providers and administrators, and is sponsored by the California Department of Education (CDE), Special Education Division.

There is no cost for this event but preregistration is required. To register for the in-person meeting or the live broadcast, please visit the California Services for Technical Assistance and Training (CalSTAT) CCSS Web page [Registration is closed]. Seating is limited to 100 for the in-person meeting to be held at the Yolo County Office of Education. We encourage districts to send a pair of teachers, representing general and special education. Participants are responsible for their own travel, all meals, and hotel accommodations. The live broadcast will have unlimited capacity. We also encourage groups to watch the symposium live and engage in the training sessions. Each session will be filmed and video archived.

This interactive training will cover the following:

• Embedded Instruction in Preschool Classrooms
  Dr. Patricia Snyder Ph.D., Professor, Early Childhood Studies, University of Florida, and Dr. Mary McLean Ph.D., Professor, Special Education and Early Childhood, University of Florida

• California Embedded Instruction Pilot: Discussion
  Karen Krische, Los Angeles County Office of Education

• Home Visitation: A Focused Conversation Using the Desired Results and Developmental Profile
  Larry Edelman, M.S., Senior Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado; Sharon Botkin, Early Childhood Special Education Teacher, Sacramento County Office of Education

• Desired Results Developmental Profile Child and Domain Measure Reports: How Does Data Inform Instruction?
  Patty Salcedo, Co-Director, Desired Results access

• Regional Center Directors and Administrators: Presentation on Desired Results Developmental Profile 2015
  Patty Salcedo, Co-Director, Desired Results access

A detailed agenda can be found on the CalSTAT registration Web page [Web page no longer available]. To view previous archived symposium presentations, please visit the CDE Common Core Resources for Special Education Web page.

If you have any questions regarding this symposium, please contact Sheila Self, Special Education Division, by phone at 916-327-3538 or by e-mail at sself@cde.ca.gov.

Guidance for Investments in Professional Learning

The Consortium for the Implementation of the CCSS has released the "State Guidance for Maximizing Use of New Investments in Professional Learning" (PDF) and a corresponding Executive Summary (PDF).These documents aim to help districts determine the most effective use of professional learning funds provided by SB 77 and focuses on how districts can approach professional learning in their implementation of California’s academic standards.

2016 California Educator Excellence Summit

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced last week that the CDE is sponsoring a summit to improve professional learning for California educators. “The summit will share promising, research-supported ways to improve professional learning for teachers throughout California,” said Torlakson. “Successful professional learning programs give our hardworking, dedicated teachers additional tools to help our students succeed.” The 2016 California Educator Excellence Summit will be held Wednesday, January 20, 2016, at the Sacramento Convention Center.

The summit is designed for educators who will participate in building and improving professional learning systems in local educational agencies (LEAs). The event is especially relevant because participants are among those who will decide how to allocate $490 million in professional learning funds for teachers provided in the 2015–16 State Budget by the Legislature and the Governor with strong support from Torlakson.

Linda Darling-Hammond, an emeritus education professor at Stanford University and president and CEO of the new Learning Policy Institute, will serve as keynote speaker at the event, which will focus on areas such as recruiting and distributing excellent educators to all communities, educator preparation, induction of teachers and leaders, opportunities for professional learning, educator evaluation, and leadership and career development.

Readers for the 2015–16 Summative Assessments

Educational Testing Service (ETS) is recruiting California educators to serve as readers for the 2015–16 summative assessments. If you are interested, please apply by completing the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Hand Scoring Interest Form.

New Resources

CA PTA Assessment Resources

A new link to the California State Parent Teacher Association’s Moving Beyond the Bubble: Improved Tests Are Finally Here has been provided on the CDE CAASPP System Web page under the Students and Parents tab. The resources found at Moving Beyond the Bubble provide information about the new assessments, including updated resources to help parents understand their child's CAASPP scores.

Digital Library and Interim Assessments Training

ETS, through the CAASPP administration contract with the CDE, delivered the Smarter Balanced Digital Library and Interim Assessment Clinic for LEA CAASPP coordinators throughout the state last month. This in-person training offered insight on such topics as the use of formative assessment practices to support teaching and learning in the classroom, promoting the use of the Digital Library in LEAs, and considerations for administering interim assessments and interpreting results.

Presentation slides are now available on the CAASPP Digital Library and Interim Assessment Training Web page . Educators who use or are interested in using the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments and Digital Library are encouraged to review these highly informative presentation slides.

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