NYSABE 2014 Conference
Home Strategies for Common
Core Standards Success
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Parents Can Help Their Children
Achieve Success in School
1. Understand the laws and policies that impact the
education of Limited English Proficient/English Language
Learners (LEP/ELLs).
2. Know your rights.
3. Understand your roles and responsibilities.
4. Participate in the education of your child and in helping
them to succeed.
5. Help your child at home.
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Parents’ Rights
1. Find a school that responds to the needs of the family. Select
the most appropriate program for your child.
2. Visit your child’s school; ask questions about your child and
the school.
3. Request a translator when you need to communicate with
school leaders and your child’s teachers.
4. Make sure you are informed about your child’s school
instructional decisions, school activities, etc.
5. Find information on academic standards, promotional
standards, and other related school information.
6. Take advantage of the opportunity to be part of your child’s
School Leadership Team and other parent activities.
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Parents’ Responsibilities
1. Participate fully in the education of your child.
2. Ensure your child goes to school on time and is
prepared to learn.
3. Give your child needed academic support
(tutoring, materials, etc.).
4. Make sure your child completes homework; is
prepared for exams.
5. Attend Parent-Teacher Conferences.
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Laws and Policies
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The No Child Left Behind Law
Title I and Title III (January 2002)
NYS Commissioner Regulations CR Part 154
The LAU Decree / The Aspira Consent Decree (1974)
The Language Allocation Policy (LAP)
The Language Assessment Battery- Revised (LAB-R)
The New York State Identification Test for English
Language Learners (NYSITELL)
New York State English as a Second Language
Achievement Test (NYSESLAT)
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New Objectives – Help All Students to
become College and Career Ready
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What is college and career readiness and
why does it matter?
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The new standards
What to look for
How to help our children at home.
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College Readiness
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College readiness means that high
school graduates have the skills they
need to do well in college.
• “College” doesn’t just mean a two- or four-year
degree. It can mean any program that leads to a
degree or certificate.
• Being “ready” means that students graduate from
high schools with key skills in English and
mathematics.
(Source: EngageNY)
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Career Readiness
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Career readiness means that high
school graduates are qualified for
and able to do well in long-term
careers.
• “Career” doesn’t just mean a job. It means a
profession that lets graduates succeed at a job
they enjoy and earn a competitive wage.
(Source: EngageNY)
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Why does this matter? Because it’s
what our students need
For every 100 ninth graders…
65 graduate from high school
37 enter college
24 are still enrolled in sophomore year
(Source: EngageNY)
12 graduate with a degree in six years
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Common Core Standards
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are aligned with college and work expectations;
are clear, understandable and consistent;
include rigorous content and application of knowledge
through high-order skills;
build upon strengths and lessons of current state
standards;
are informed by other top performing countries, so that
all students are prepared to succeed in our global
economy and society; and
are evidence-based. (Source: educationnorthwest.org)
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Common Core State Standards
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Prepare students for success in College and Careers.
Students graduate with the skills needed to do well in
college and at work.
Students graduate from high schools with key skills in
language arts and math.
Students graduate from a program with a degree or
certificate, not just from a four-year college.
Graduates can succeed at a job they enjoy and earn a
competitive wage.
All students are held to the same high standards.
All students learn the same materials. (Source: EngageNY}
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Common Core State Standards
English Language Arts/Literacy
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Read as much non-fiction as fiction
Learn about the world by reading
Read more challenging material
Talk about texts using “evidence”
Write about texts using “evidence”
Know more vocabulary words (academic vocabulary)
(Source: EngageNY)
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Common Core State Standards
Mathematics
 Build skills across grade levels
 Learn more about less
 Use math facts easily
 Think fast and solve problems
 Really know it, really do it
 Use math in the real world
(EngageNY.org)
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Instructional Shifts for the
Common Core
Six Shifts in ELA/Literacy
 Balancing Informational
and Literary Text
 Building Knowledge in
the Disciplines
 Staircase of Complexity
 Text-Based Answers
 Writing From Sources
 Academic Vocabulary
Six Shifts in Math
• Focus
• Coherence
• Fluency
• Deep Understanding
• Applications
• Dual Intensity
(Source: EngageNY)
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A Closer Look: ELA/Literacy Shifts
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Read as much non-fiction as
fiction
• Learn about the world by
reading
• Read more challenging
material closely
• Discuss reading using
evidence
• Write non-fiction using
evidence
• Increase academic
vocabulary
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A Closer Look: Mathematics Shifts
(Source: EngageNY)
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Focus: learn more about
less
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Build skills across grades
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Develop speed and
accuracy
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Really know it, Really do it
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Use it in the real world
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Think fast AND solve
problems
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What’s different in the new standards?
English Language Arts/Literacy:
•Focus on non-fiction, careful reading
•Discuss reading and write using evidence
•Increase academic vocabulary
Mathematics
•Learn more about fewer concepts
•Focus on skill building, speed and accuracy
•Use of real world examples to better
understand concepts
(Source: EngageNY)
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Parent support can help students
succeed
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By staying involved, informed and engaged, parents can
help students be successful .
There are many ways to help:
 Read with your children.
 Review and discuss their homework.
 Communicate with their teachers.
 Attend public meetings to learn more.
 Learn about the standards and how they affect your
child’s education and school.
 Look through your child’s backpack each afternoon.
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Activity: After school routines
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Grab a partner and discuss your after school routines. Be
specific!
Ask each other questions:
 How do you help your child with homework? How
closely do you review it?
 How closely do you review their schoolwork?
 How often do you communicate with their teachers?
 How do you celebrate your child’s success in school?
How do you address poor performance?
 What is your favorite part of your after school routine?
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Reading is the foundation of successful
learning.
Make use of your
public library.
Read more than
just books.
Once is not
enough.
Parents can help
children develop
good reading habits.
I read to you, you
read to me.
Take control of
the television.
Create a special place
in your home for your
child to read, write and
draw.
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Help your child see
that reading is
important.
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How can you help your child in
literacy?
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Ask your child specific questions about what they read.
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Encourage children to read, then write and speak about,
nonfiction text such as newspapers, magazines, and
biographies.
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Encourage children to research topics of interest and
read series that relate to a central topic.
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Have your child follow step by step instructions or a set
of directions in order to accomplish a task, such as
building a sandcastle or operating a game.
Source: EngageNY
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How can you help your child in
math?
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Help children practice their addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division facts.
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Encourage children not to give up while solving
problems, to build stamina and develop their critical
thinking skills. Don’t give them the answers - ask them to
think of different ways they can solve problems.
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Have children illustrate the math they were thinking in
their head and discuss it out loud.
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Have children apply their math knowledge to a real-world
scenario at home, such as doubling a recipe or
calculating the area of a room.
Source: EngageNY
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Backpacks: What you should see
Books that
are both
fiction and
non-fiction
Real-world examples
that makes what
they’re learning in
English and math
make more sense
Writing assignments
that require students
to use evidence
instead of opinion
Math homework
that asks students
to write out how
they got their
answer
Source: EngageNY
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Math homework
that ask students
to use different
methods to solve
the same problem
Some questions to ask your child
Did you talk about
anything you read
in class today?
Did you use
evidence when
you talked about
what you read?
How did you use
evidence in school
today? Where did
you get it?
How often
did you use
math today?
How did you
use it?
Did you learn any
new words in
class today? What
do they mean?
How do you spell
them?
Source: EngageNY
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Positive Discipline: Behavior learned at
home will transfer to the school and society at large.
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Serve as a role model for your children
Polite requests: Speak to your children the
way you want them to speak you and others.
Avoid false threats – You must be able to carry
through.
Develop logical, realistic consequences.
No “put downs” or sarcasm, please!
A gentle but firm discipline style is most
effective.
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Acronyms
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NCLB
LAU
PT 154
Title III
LAP
LAB-R
NYSITELL
NYSESLAT
NYSED
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SLT
CCSS
CCLS
RTI
SWD
ELA
NYCDOE
OELL
NYS RBERN
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Bilingual Glossaries
steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/rbern/
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Word for word translations, no definitions
Can be used during state exams
Keep copies at home and in the classroom for
students to use.
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Additional resources
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Engageny.org
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http://www.engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/atta
chments/shifts-for-students-and-parents.pdf
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www.achievethecore.org
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www.pta.org/4446.htm
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http://www.cgcs.org/Domain/36
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http://parcconline.org/parcc-content-frameworks
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Board of Regents adopts
Common Core changes
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There will be a delay on the use of "college and career readiness
standards" for determining high school graduation until the year 2022 — a
five-year extension
The delay on higher graduation standards will prevent students who have
not benefited from the cumulative effect of instruction in the new
curriculum from being denied a high school diploma.
Testing time will be capped at 1 percent of instruction time; eliminate
standardized testing in kindergarten through second grade.
SED will apply for a federal waiver from the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act allowing students with disabilities who are not eligible for
alternate assessment to be tested at their instructional level rather than
chronological age.
Source: Legislative Gazette.com February 17, 2014
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Value of Bilingualism
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
Charlemagne
If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat
different world.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his
head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.
Nelson Mandela
One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open
every door along the way.
Frank Smith
The limits of my language are the limits of my world.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Apprendre une autre langue, c'est comme le commencement d'une
autre vie.
Michel Bouthot
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Value of Bilingualism
New York State Seal of Biliteracy
(passed by the Legislature and
signed into law by the Governor on July 31, 2012)
Chapter 271 of the Laws of 2012 (Section 815 of Education Law)
established the New York State Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high
school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in
listening, speaking, reading, and writing in one or more languages
in addition to English. The NYS Seal of Biliteracy will be awarded by the
Commissioner to students who meet criteria established by the Board of
Regents and attend schools in districts that voluntarily agree to
participate in the program. The Seal of Biliteracy will be affixed to the
high school diploma and transcript of graduating pupils attaining Seal
criteria and must be made available to students at no cost.
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Final Thoughts
“Education is the most powerful
weapon which you can use to
change the world.”
― Nelson Mandela
“Education is our passport to
the future, for tomorrow
belongs to the people who
prepare for it today.”
― Malcolm X
“Without education no country
can make progress.”
― Malala Yousafzai
“Success is the result of
perfection, hard work,
learning from failure, loyalty, and
persistence.”
― Colin Powell
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Closing discussion
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What strategies did we discuss today that you
think you might use with your children?
What other information would be helpful to you?
What other questions do you have?
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