The document discusses the Common Core State Standards initiative and the role of school librarians in supporting implementation. It provides background on the initiative and the organizations involved in developing the standards. The vision for the standards is to provide consistent, clear expectations to prepare students for college and careers. School librarians are seen as collaborators who can support implementation through book recommendations, content area instruction, research instruction, and professional development for teachers.

1. Leading From the Library:
Common Core Collaborations
with Content Area Teachers
Carolyn Jo Starkey
Jefferson County Middle/High School Back-to-School Conference2012
Pleasant Grove High School, Pleasant Grove, AL
July 31, 2012

2. Carolyn Jo Starkey
Biography
School Librarian,
Shades Valley High School /
Jefferson County IB School
Irondale, AL
Carolyn Starkey has been in education for 23 years, the last 13 related to school library
media. She served as the library media specialist at Sloman Primary School for seven
years, obtaining her certification by the National Board of Professional Teaching
Standards in library media in 2003 while there. After a 4 ½ year stint as Assistant
Professor of Library Education Media at Alabama State University, Carolyn is currently
serving as a school librarian alongside Wendy Stephens at Buckhorn High School and
completing her dissertation in instructional leadership/instructional technology at the
University of Alabama. Her other professional commitments include positions as Chair
of the Children's and School Library Division of the Alabama Library Association, Editor
of ASLA„s The Alabama School Librarian and the Alabama Library Association‟s ALLA
Communicator, and Chair of ISTE's Media Specialist Special Interest Group newsletter
committee. She also serves as a member of American Association of School Librarians'
Publications Committee and NCATE Coordinating Committee and has recently taken on
a Co-Manager position of the AASL blog. Carolyn is a frequent conference and
professional development presenter on a wide range of topics in school librarianship,
technology, and online learning. New areas of interest include the integration of the
Common Core State Standards into school libraries and the implementation of the
EDUCATEAlabama for Librarians formative performance assessment system. Carolyn
served as a member of the EDUCATEAlabama for Librarians review committee and has
presented on this topic over a dozen times in 2011.

3. http://livebinders.com/edit?id=84777
Common Core State Standards
Resources

4. The Education Reform Movement is
responsible for a variety of standard-
based initiatives.
Education Reform Movement

5. A Condensed History

6. • What is the Common Core State
Standards Initiative?
• What organizations are behind the
development of the standards?
• How do the creators envision that the
standards will function in educational
practice and eventually accomplish after
implementation?
A Condensed History: Questions

7. “The Common Core
State Standards
Initiative is a state-led
effort to establish a
shared set of clear
educational standards
for English language
http://www.corestandards.org/
arts and mathematics
that states can
voluntarily adopt.”
What is the Common Core
State Standards Initiative?

8. The Council of Chief State School Officers
(CCSSO) and the National Governors
Association Center for Best Practices (NGA
Center) are leading the effort to develop a
common core of state standards.
What organizations are behind the
development of the standards?

9. “With American
students fully
prepared for the
future, our
communities will be
best positioned to
compete successfully
in the global
economy.”
Why do we need
Common Standards?

10. • Are aligned with college and work expectations;
• Are clear, understandable and consistent;
• Include rigorous content and application of
knowledge through high-order skills;
• Build upon strengths and lessons of current
state standards;
• Are informed by other top performing countries,
so that all students are prepared to succeed in
our global economy and society; and
• Are evidence-based.
What is expected from
Common Standards?

11. “The Common Core
State Standards
provide a consistent,
clear understanding
of what students are
expected to learn….to
prepare them for
http://www.corestandards.org/ college and the
workforce.”
What is the vision of the
Common Core State Standards?

12. • “Common standards will help ensure that
students are receiving a high quality
education consistently, from school to
school and state to state.
• Common standards will provide a greater
opportunity to share experiences and
best practices within and across states
that will improve our ability to best serve
the needs of students.”
What will Common Standards
accomplish?

13. • What do the ELA Standards say?
• What do the members of the school
library profession think of the
standards?
• What do fellow school librarians see as
our role in implementation?
Common Core State Standards
for Librarians: Questions

14. http://www.corestandards.org/the-
standards
What do the ELA/Literacy
Standards include?

15. Common Core Shifts
in Materials and Practices

16. Common Core Shifts
in Materials and Practices

17. Common Core Shifts
in Materials and Practices

18. Common Core Shifts
in Materials and Practices

19. Common Core Shifts
in Materials and Practices

20. Common Core Shifts
in Materials and Practices

21. Common Core Shifts
in Materials and Practices

22. Determining Text Complexity for
the Common Core Standards

24. Lexile®
Overview
Video

32. Lexile Grade Bands in 2012
Revised Appexdix A: CCSS for ELA

33. K-5 Range of Text Types for the
Common Core Standards

34. K-5 Sample Texts for the Common
Core Standards

35. K-5 Sample Texts for the
Common Core Standards:
Topical Progression

36. 6-12 Range of Text Types for the
Common Core Standards

37. 6-12 Sample Texts for the
Common Core Standards

38. What do members of the school
library profession think about the
CCSS?

39. Opportunity!
Opportunity for what?
Implementation Collaboration

40. • Book Recommendations and Selection
• Content Area Nonfiction Reading
Instructional Strategies
• Elements of Genre Instruction
• Research Instruction
• Technology Instruction
• Professional Development
Implementation Collaboration

41. • Do alignments or correlations of the
Common Core State Standards to any
other standards that I use exist?
Common Core State Standards
Alignments and Correlations

42. American Association of School
Librarians (AASL) Crosswalk

43. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesa
ndstandards/commoncorecrosswalk/index.cfm
American Association of School
Librarians (AASL) Crosswalk