Welcome to Kentucky Skills U's professional development materials for standards-based instruction focusing on the KYAE Skills U Common Core Standards. Scroll down to see Unit 2, 3 and 4.
Unit 1: English Language Arts
Unit 1 introduces program directors and their instructors to the Common Core State Standards and their connection to adult education and literacy.
Introduction to Facilitator's Guides:
Understanding the Standards We Teach -- English Language Arts (1,030K PDF)
Unit 1: English Language Arts Program Directors' Orientation
Unit 1A: English Language Arts Learning Communities -- Unpacking the Components of Standards
Unit 1B: English Language Arts Learning Communities -- Aligning Resources to Standards
Unit 1: English Language Arts Coaches' Orientation
Unit 1: Mathematics
Unit 1A: Mathematics Learning Communities -- Unpacking the Components of Standards
Unit 1B: Mathematics Learning Communities -- Aligning Resources to Standards
Unit 1: Mathematics Coaches' Orientation
Unit 2: English Language Arts
Unit 2 prepares adult educators to design units of instruction through a lead-standards approach, develop lessons for their units and conduct a lesson study.
Introduction to Facilitator's Guides:
Translating Standards into Curriculum: The Lead-Standards Approach (2,145K DOCX)
Unit 2: English Language Arts Program Directors' Orientation -- Translating Standards into Curriculum
Unit 2A: English Language Arts Learning Communities -- Translating Standards into Curriculum
Unit 2B: English Language Arts Learning Communities -- Translating Standards into Curriculum
Unit 2: Directors' Debriefing Meeting -- Translating Standards into Curriculum
Unit 3A: Focus on Assignments -- Working Together to Improve Teaching and Learning, Formative Assessment
In Unit 3A, KYAE emphasizes the need for ongoing formative assessment throughout a lesson.
Unit 3B: Focus on Assignments -- Working Together to Improve Teaching and Learning
Unit 3B, Focus on Assignments, utilizes the Critical Friends model to encourage instructors to examine each other’s everyday assignments and the resulting student work to determine standards alignment.
Unit 4: Observing Standards-In-Action
Unit 4, Observing Standards-in-Action, helps program administrators create a visible presence in their classrooms, enabling them to recognize the components of good standards-based instruction.
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Questions? Contact Sharon Johnson,
sharon.johnston@ky.gov; (502) 892-3029