Conference Schedule

Common Core State Standards

Professional Development Series

January – May 2012

ELA

INFORMATIONAL TEXT

CCSS: The Use of High-quality Literature and Informational Texts in a Range of Genres and Subgenres

 

Date

Region

Venue

Grade Band

Tuesday, February 21st

Midlands

Farmers Market

3-5

Wednesday, February 22nd

Florence

Florence SIMT

3-5

Wednesday, February 29th

Midlands

Farmers Market

6-12

Friday, March 2nd

Virtual Follow-Up*

 

3-12

VOCABULARY/COMPREHENSION

CCSS: Promoting Vocabulary Development and Higher Levels of Comprehension

 

Monday, March 26th 

Florence

TBD

3-5

Wednesday, March 28th

Midlands

Saluda Shoals

3-5

Thursday, March 29th

Midlands

Farmers Market

6-12

Friday, March 30th

Virtual Follow-Up*

 

3-12

WRITING

CCSS: Writing Text Types and Language Conventions in Writing and Speaking

Argumentative, Informative/Explanatory, and Narrative

 

Tuesday, April 24th

Midlands

Lexington Technology Center

3-5

Wednesday, April 25th

Florence

Florence SIMT

3-5

Thursday, April 26th

Midlands

Farmers Market

6-12

Friday, May 4th

Virtual Follow-Up*

 

3-12

 

MATH

 

CCSS: How to Condense/Focus the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics - Identifying Terminal versus Supportive Standards

 

February 28th

Midlands

Farmers Market

K-8

February 29th

Florence

Florence SIMT

K-8

CCSS: Addressing Common Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division Structures for Basic Operations and Equations in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

 

March 20th

Midlands

Farmers Market

K-8

March 21st

Florence

Florence SIMT

K-8

CCSS: Addressing Vertical Articulation in the CCSS from a 2007 Comparative Perspective

 

May 1st

Midlands

Farmers Market

K-8

May 2nd

Florence

Florence SIMT

K-8

CCSS: Experiencing Probability and Statistics as set forth in the Algebra I Common Core State Standards

 

May 1st

Midlands

Farmers Market

9-12