Implement the Colorado Academic Standards

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Following the adoption of the Colorado Academic Standards (CAS) in the Spring of 2018 by the State Board of Education, these implementation materials were developed and supported by the Office of Standards and Instructional Support.

Parts of these materials are now out-of-date. However, they follow a general formula that we still recommend:

1. Develop users' understandings of disciplinary literacy and their standards literacy, so they may understand the purpose of and construction of the CAS.
2. Adopt curriculum that is aligned with the standards, so that all students have opportunities to attain the learning goals described in the CAS.
3. Align instruction to use methods best suited for learning the content described in the CAS, so that students can engage in the kinds of disciplinary practices that accompany the content of the discipline.

These materials were designed for their ease of use in small, rural school districts, where one leader (such as a principal or curriculum coordinator) may coordinate standards implementation for multiple content areas at once and may not be a specialist of the content area. However, any and all systems can use these materials.

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Modules 0-6

Transition Phase 1 includes the topics of disciplinary literacy and readiness.

0. Introductory Module: 2020 CAS Implementation

1. An introduction to Disciplinary Literacy (Featuring a Pre-Assessment to establish a baseline of teachers' standards literacy and the overall purpose and the definition of standards literacy and how utilizing these Modules will help to prepare educators to implement the 2020 CAS)

2. An introduction to Standards Literacy

3. A historical perspective of the development and revision of the CAS

4. Differences between the 2009/2010 CAS and the 2020 CAS

5. A close read of the 2020 CAS

6. Connections within the standards pages

Click on the green icon to be directed to the professional development platform. You may enter as a guest. Once you have successfully completed all modules in succession, you will have an opportunity to offer feedback.

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Modules 7-11

Transition Phase 2 includes the topics of curriculum and resource alignment to the 2020 Colorado Academic Standards

7. Introductory Module

8. Interpreting the Standards

9. Mapping 2020 Standards to current curriculum

10. Gap analysis of current curriculum

11. Creating a plan to fill the gaps

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Modules 12-17

Transition Phase 3 incorporates mapping instructional strategies to the innovations within the standards for Best, First Instruction.

12. Introductory Module

13. Best, First Instruction

14. High-Impact Instructional Strategies

15. Attending to the innovations within the standards

16. Classroom Instruction

17. Now Are You Standards Literate?