Professional Development
During my student -teaching, I got the opportunity to attend a professional development training.
The professional development was divided into sessions. Each session provided different strategies to incorporate Common Core Standards into the classroom. Common Core State Standards are adopted by the U.S. Education department to insure students are college ready.
My first session gave a demonstration on how to use the standards in literacy centers. We rotated to three centers. Each center focused on one Common Core State Standard. The rationale of this demonstration is to show teachers , Common Core State Standards can be easily be enforced by providing informational text in literacy centers.
The second session focused on the expectations of Common Core in reading. The presenters provided a wealth of research on how Common Core can help bridge the gap of strugglers in college. Students are expected to sort through informational text to relay relevant information. In order to insure students are able to understand and relay informational text, they must practice and learn using informational text.
The professional development was divided into sessions. Each session provided different strategies to incorporate Common Core Standards into the classroom. Common Core State Standards are adopted by the U.S. Education department to insure students are college ready.
My first session gave a demonstration on how to use the standards in literacy centers. We rotated to three centers. Each center focused on one Common Core State Standard. The rationale of this demonstration is to show teachers , Common Core State Standards can be easily be enforced by providing informational text in literacy centers.
The second session focused on the expectations of Common Core in reading. The presenters provided a wealth of research on how Common Core can help bridge the gap of strugglers in college. Students are expected to sort through informational text to relay relevant information. In order to insure students are able to understand and relay informational text, they must practice and learn using informational text.