Action Overview: Shifts

Action: Staff develop a shared understanding of the shifts required to help all students meet the standards.

This set of resources is designed to help educators develop a deeper understanding of the shifts within a set of standards. Revising standards so that all students are career and college ready requires multiple changes in teaching and learning that are supported by recent findings and recommendations from research. These changes are identified as shifts.

Introduction

What are some of the factors that cause shifts in standards and inform instruction?

What are some of the outcomes of addressing shifts in teaching and learning?

Suggested Activities

How do educators use portal resources to develop shared understanding of the shifts required to help all students meet the standards?

Teacher teams complete the Understanding Content Areas Shifts activities as shown below:

Related Content

For more information about the role and purpose of standards, visit Develop a shared understanding of a standards-based education system.

For information about how students learn content, explore the Staff develop shared beliefs about student learning and how those beliefs affect curriculum and instructional choices action of Revise and Design Units and Lessons.

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