Presenters

Jen Francone (Primary)

ELA Staff Development & Curriculum Specialist
Tulare County Office of Education

Laura Gonzalez (Primary)

ELA Staff Development & Curriculum Specialist
Tulare County Office of Education

Tim Budz (Primary)

ELA Staff Development & Curriculum Specialist
Tulare County Office of Education

Description

This webinar will offer participants a structure to begin planning units of study to plan for Common Core. Considerations for this planning include backward design, instructional shifts for Common Core, 21st century learning, and the importance of formative assessment to guide instruction.

This is the third webinar in the Secondary Literacy Partnership’s series, “Transitioning to the Common Core State Standards: Spotlight on Instruction, Assessment, and Equity.” Members of the Secondary Literacy Partnership include the California Department of Education, the Association of California School Administrators, the California Teachers Association, and the California Comprehensive Center at WestEd. See this flyer for webinar archives from the Partnership’s previous series.

Register for other webinars in this series:
Presenters for the series include staff from the California Department of Education, California county offices of education, and the Region IX Equity Assistance Center at WestEd.

• What is Smarter Balanced? What Will Assessment Look Like?—October 10, 2013
• Assessment Literacy—January 16, 2014
• Depth of Knowledge and Critical Thinking—February 13, 2014
• Achieving Equity and CCSS Implementation—March 13, 2014