Unit of Academic Standards

Standards Implementation

SAVE ANOTHER DATE: MARCH 6, 2012

Colorado Standards Implementation Summit:
Transforming Standards Based Learning for Colorado

Registration is open.  Space is limited to the first 400 participants who register.  Register your district teams today.

The summit will take place on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at The Westin Hotel in Westminster. The day-long standards summit will engage district teams in a working session to:

• Understand the role of the Common Core State Standards as a part of the Colorado Academic Standards;
• Identify roles for all stakeholders in transforming their district/school/classroom for 21st century standards based education;
• Participate in interactive sessions to learn and share successful implementation strategies and practices from national and Colorado colleagues; and,
• Understand the importance of a whole child approach to education in setting the foundation for success from preschool through college and career choices.

District teams will receive knowledge and resources necessary to successfully implement standards which will ensure Colorado's students achieve postsecondary and workforce readiness.

Click here for more information and to register your team.

 

Standards Implementation Toolkit Resources - Discipline Concept Maps

Discipline Concept Maps (DCM) provide a visual representation of unifying themes and organizing and supporting concepts at each grade level. The DCMs provide a central purpose for that discipline at that grade level and depict how concepts relate to each other for intentional planning. They provide a framework for entering the standards in a way that honors the emphasis on 21st Century learning and interdisciplinary connections across the content areas.  Check out the Discipline Concept Maps at http://www.cde.state.co.us/sitoolkit/DesignTools.htm

 

Recorded versions office hours will be available online at: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeassess/UAS/Online_Office_Hours.html

For more information contact:
Barry Cartwright
 

NOW AVAILABLE!

Arts Education in Colorado: Guidebook and Resources

A comprehensive guide for high quality, standards-based arts education programming to meet the demands of a 21^st century workforce

Thanks to funding and contributions by many sponsors, contributors and the CDE Dropout Prevention and Student Engagement Unit, an Arts Guidebook has been created in an effort to connect educational needs with visual and performing arts activities in communities across the state. 

This guidebook had its origins in a desire to provide Colorado schools and districts with research-based information and ideas on ways to improve or expand their arts education programs. Please visit the CDE Arts Webpage for more details and to access of copy of the guidebook. http://www.cde.state.co.us/otl/Art.htm

 For more information please contact:  Karol Gates Content Specialist for the Arts

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Standards implementation presentations: CDE is actively seeking venues to disseminate information about the revised Colorado Academic Standards with a focus on district and school leaders. Do you know of a regional meeting or conference where a presentation on the revised standards would be appropriate? Pleases complete the Standards Presentation Request and send it to Melissa Colsman.
 

For Standards Web site technical assistance, please e-mail Anna Huffman