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February 2012 | Archives
Essential Resources: Gear Up for Common Core State Standards!
You have heard about Common Core and know that it’s coming to your state. These publications will help you prepare so the standards work for your school’s students.
 What Principals Need to Know About Teaching and Learning Mathematics
by Timothy D. Kanold, Diane J. Briars and Francis (Skip) Fennell
This book will guide you in implementing the vision of the Common Core State Standards and ensuring a challenging and enjoyable mathematics experience for all K-8 learners. “Engaging students in solving higher-level cognitive demand tasks on a regular basis is essential for students’ acquisition of the CCSS Mathematical Practices, especially ‘make sense of problems’ and ‘construct viable arguments,’” write the authors of What Principals Need to Know About Teaching and Learning Mathematics. Order now!
 Aligning Your Curriculum to the Common Core State Standards
by Joe Crawford
Avoid “analysis paralysis” and just get started! Now that most states have adopted the Common Core State Standards, the next challenge is to simplify and implement them by 2014. Award winning author Joe Crawford shares his proven process for building a viable local curriculum based on the CCSS. Readers will find a system for creating local standards from CCSS, methods for connecting common formative assessments to quarterly instructional objectives, and ways to scaffold learning expectations.
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Recommended Resources:
Essentials for Principals: The School Leader’s Guide to Professional Learning Communities at Work™
by Richard and Rebecca DuFour
Leading Curriculum Improvement: Fundamentals for School Principals
by Marilyn Tallerico
New Resource Coming Soon…
Essentials for Principals: The School Leader’s Guide to Special Education
by Margaret McLaughlin
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