1. AERO = Common Core Plus
Naomi Woolsey, Ed. D.
AERO Project Director
Cindy Cummings, Ed. D.
AERO Faculty
2. AERO Project
Began in 1999 as project co-sponsored
by NESA and the Office of Overseas
Schools
Purpose to develop standards for
international schools
Collaborative process involving
representatives of 12 schools
3. Why Standards
• Identify key learning outcomes grades
K-12
• Provide foundation upon which to build
curriculum
• Increase collaboration among teachers
• Increase communication among
students, teachers, and parents
4. Why Standards
• Guide the assessment process
• Build a coherent curriculum in every
subject across the grades
• Tie to schools accreditation
5. If not standards…then
• Curriculum in a suitcase
• Competing national curricula
• Dependence on textbook
• Classroom by classroom assessment.
6. AERO Standards
• English/Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies
• World Languages
• Art
• Music
7. AERO Training
• Over 150 schools and 2000
teachers and administrators have
participated in AERO training at
conferences, school sites, and the
Summer Institute
8. AERO Standards Review
• In 2009, reviews of original standards
documents undertaken to update, revise
and improve them
• Expert consultants led the review in
each subject, followed by vetting
process involving teachers from a
variety of international schools
9. Common Core Initiative
Governors and states commissioners of
education began the project in 2009
48 states, plus two territories and the
District of Columbia signed on to the
project
Experts representing many opinions
came together to develop new
standards in English and Mathematics
10. Common Core State
Standards
• New standards released in 2010
• 46 states and the District of Columbia
have agreed to adopt the Common
Core Standards as their new standards
11. Internationally Benchmarked
•Standards from individual high-performing countries and
provinces were used to inform content, structure, and language.
Writing teams looked for examples of rigor, coherence, and
progression.
Mathematics English language arts
Belgium (Flemish) Australia
Canada (Alberta) New South Wales
China Victoria
Chinese Taipei Canada
England Alberta
Finland British Columbia
Hong Kong Ontario
India England
Ireland Finland
Japan Hong Kong
Korea Ireland
Singapore Singapore 11
12. College and Career
Readiness
• The CCRS are designed to represent a full
range of knowledge and skills that
students need to succeed in entry-level
college courses, as well as in a wide range
of majors and careers.
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16. AERO and Common Core
• AERO’s review of Math Standards
completed before the publication of the
Common Core
• AERO’s experts completed a crosswalk
to determine the level of compatibility
between the two documents
17. AERO and the
Common Core
• AERO’s English/Language Arts
standards review followed the Common
Core
• AERO’s new English/Language Arts
Framework developed to align with the
Common Core Standards
18. AERO and the
Common Core
• During school year 2011-2012, the new
AERO English/Language Arts
Framework was vetted by three groups
of teachers/administrators from several
international schools
• Cindy Cummings led that vetting
process
19. Implementation and
Training
• Since 2010, AERO faculty and staff
have trained over 300 teachers and
administrators to implement the Math
and English Frameworks
20. Other Developments
• Development of assessments by two
groups representing consortia of states;
will be released in 2013
• Development of the Next Generation
Science Standards
22. AERO= Common Core
Plus
• Reviews individual school needs and
provides suggested support resources
• On site consultancy to work directly with
school staff regarding implementation of
AERO Frameworks
• Presentation at regional conferences
• Summer Institutes
23. Contact Information
www.projectaero.org
Naomi Woolsey Cindy Cummings
Project Director ELA Faculty
nswoolsey@gmail.com cdcummings@gmail.com
http://www.slideshare.net/cdcummings/aaie-feb-14-2013
