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New JerseyThe State Board adopted the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics on June 16, 2010. The link for the New Jersey Academic Standards website has been changed to https://www13.state.nj.us/NJCCCS/. From this website users may access the standards in vertical, horizontal and learning progressions format and by a word search. The website also features links for professional learning and standards resources. Resources include: curriculum templates; a technology toolbox; Classroom Applications Documents that contain instructional guidance, sample assessments and resources for integrating technology, global perspectives, and interdisciplinary connections; exemplar units and lesson plans; and access to podcasts, videocasts, and professional articles that relate to the digital learner and teaching and learning in the 21st century. New Jersey is currently a partner with West Virginia and Washington in a three-state consortium grant from the Longview Foundation. Grant goals include: creating a multi-state collaboration to further develop resources utilizing the Global Competence Matrix created through EdSteps and providing professional development opportunities for educators; attracting teachers who have not previously participated in workshops focusing on developing global competence through the Web 2.0 presence; and providing teachers with opportunities to learn how to implement state assessments in ways that promote global understanding and global competence. The next phase of this project will take place this summer with a three-day Instructional Practices Institute in New Jersey which will be conducted with both on-site and virtual presentations for educators in all three states. The focus of this institute is to develop Project Based Learning Scenarios that address Standard 1 of the Common Core State Standard for Language Arts & Literacy in Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects and at least one other Core Curriculum Content Standard area. Educators will share the implementation process and student work product virtually. New Jersey has also created a model for high school reform in world languages Building a Linguistically and Culturally Competent Workforce that includes a four-year pilot program with ten participating districts, professional development, data-Informed Instruction, self evaluation and incentives. Students involved in the pilot this year have had access to Linguafolio Online as a way to help them set their own learning goals, self-assess and provide evidence of meeting specific linguistic benchmarks. Their proficiency growth will be charted during their four years of high school. This spring students in the pilot have been assessed in speaking and writing using the STAMP assessment. See http://www.state.nj.us/education/aps/cccs/wl/hsreform.pdf for additional information. At this year’s Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey (FLEN) Conference, a full-day session dealing with how New Jersey world languages educators are integrating global perspectives into their classrooms was held. The PowerPoint presentation may be accessed at http://tinyurl.com/FLENJIE Additional resources associated with the presentation are available at http://tinyurl.com/3-18-11CQ. Contact information: Cheri Quinlan at cheri.quinlan@doe.state.nj.us Updated September 2011
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