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DESE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES ON CORE ACADEMIC STANDARDS
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is offering an opportunity for district personnel who are responsible for district English language arts and mathematics curriculum and/or staff development to participate in TWO Professional Learning Series beginning this summer:
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Presented by DESE Communication Arts Consultant, Diane Audsley and Mathematics Consultant, Cindy Bryant, each series will focus on the shifts and implications for English language arts and mathematics curriculum, instruction and assessment with the implementation of the Missouri new core academic standards.
Missouri FCCLA Announces New State Officers and STAR Event Winners
During the recent State Leadership Conference, 17 high school students were elected state officers, and more than 40 individuals or teams qualified for the national STAR Events competition this summer.
Missourians Honored for “Breaking Traditions"
Eight Missourians will be honored Monday, April 23 as state winners of the 2012 Missouri Breaking Traditions Awards. The Breaking Traditions Awards honor students, educators and employers for their achievements related to nontraditional careers.
Students Receive State Citizenship Award
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Fifteen public high school students were honored on April 16 by the Missouri State Board of Education and the Missouri Bar as recipients of the 2012 Outstanding Achievement in Citizenship Award.
SMARTER Balanced Math Draft Content Specifications
SMARTER Balanced is pleased to announce that the Consortium’s draft content specifications for math are available for review. Like the ELA/literacy content specifications released earlier this month, organizations and interested stakeholders will have two opportunities to comment on the math document. Feedback on the first draft of the math content specifications will be accepted through September 19 (11:59 p.m. Pacific time). A revised draft will be released in October.
Once finalized, the content specifications for math and ELA/literacy will serve as the basis for the SMARTER Balanced system of summative and interim assessments and its formative assessment support for teachers.
SMARTER Balanced is committed to keeping our partners and stakeholders informed about the Consortium’s work, and to providing opportunities for input. Again, thank you for your support and feedback as we continue to collaborate on the development of our assessment system.
(Instructions on how to provide feedback through online surveys for both individual reviewers and groups, and a link to the math content specifications webinar, will be posted at the same location soon.)