This one-day workshop uses a comprehensive needs assessment rubric to help building / district teams determine their progress in implementing the standards and begin to develop action plans for moving forward.  Using a systemic approach, the rubric helps teams review their efforts in four areas:

• Creating a common understanding of the standards and instructional shifts
• Aligning standards, instruction and assessment as well as professional development efforts in those areas
• Determining the role each part of the system plays in the implementation of the standards and the instructional shifts
• Examining how current policies and practices are designed to support implementation.

It is highly recommended that teams attend, as structured planning and work time will be included.