Overview

What: This brief, useful, engaging, online, self-paced mini-course provides an overview of the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education for English Language Arts and Literacy (CCRSAE-ELA).

Why? For standards-aligned curricula and standards-aligned teaching, you need to know the standards!

    Audience

    This professional development activity/course is designed for:

  • New staff
  • Anyone who needs to learn about the CCRSAE instructional shifts for ELA
  • All of us, as a refresher on the instructional shifts of the CCRSAE-ELA
Description

How: This fully online, self-paced, lightly facilitated course is composed of readings, videos, and activities. Activities include the use of Internet resources, informal knowledge checks, and journaling.

When:

  • Starts the first Tuesday of every month, September–November 2018 and January–June 2019
  • Stays open for three weeks
  • Takes 3–4 hours, working at your own pace
    Learning Objectives

    Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the origins and purposes of the CCRSAE
  • Locate and navigate the CCRSAE for ELA
  • Explain the importance of the three instructional shifts prompted by the CCRSAE for ELA
  • Access key resources related to standards-based ELA instruction
  • Incorporate basic teaching approaches that address the three instructional shifts
Prerequisites
  • There are no PD prerequisites. However, you may benefit from watching the 20 minute video introducing the CCRSAE–ELA.
  • Basic familiarity with an internet-connected computer is necessary.
Date
05/14/2019 - 8:00 am
End Date
Location

Online course
United States

PD Center
SABES English Language Arts Curriculum & Instruction PD Center
Topic Area
CCRSAE (College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education)
ELA