NYS Standards

NYS Standards

Presented By: Melissa Marr M.S. Ed

Today our focus is NYS Standards. At the end of today's discussion, you will:

• Know what NYS Standards are and some brief history

• Understand what the function of standards are, what they are NOT, and why they are vital in curriculum development and lesson planning

• What standards are included at the Pre-K level and how they should be used at our learning level.

Multiple Choice

Is the statement below true or false?

Learning standards are goals for New York State students. Standards should considered the destination. Meaning, they target the learning that is intended to be accomplished at the end of an instructional year.

• True

• False

Timeline of NYS Standards

• NYS Board of Regents adopted the common core learning standards in 2010. These were implemented to ensure our students were gaining world ready skills.

• In 2017, NYS Board of Regents re-envisioned the mathematics and ELA standards to be future forward and to ensure the state was focused on developing 21st Century learners. Thus, The NextGen Standards in Math and ELA were implemented.

Multiple Choice

21st Century Learning is a learning environment that equips students with:

• the ability to enjoy a high quality of life.

• the ability of foster resilient and quality work and social relationships.

• to create learners who are confident, creative, and collaborative.

• All of the statements are true

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Using the standards to help start our students on the 21st Century or World Ready path is important.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

NYS Standards....In Preschool?

There are NYS Standards for the Preschoolers.

• True

• False

YES! There are learning standards for Preschool in the following domains:

• Approaches to Learning

• Physical Development and Health

• Social Emotional Learning

• Communication, Language, and Literacy

• English Language Arts and Literacy

• Cognition and Knowledge of the World for Math, Science, Social Studies, and Arts

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NYS Standards serve as a resource and guide for designing curriculum, lesson planning and implementation. The NYS Standards are NOT:

• Met to support active learners including the development of purposeful play.

• A Developmental Checklist, set curriculum, a means to retain students from K entry, met to replace an IEP, or an assessment tool.

• Met for ALL children

• used to the as a tool to help support parents, teachers, and caregivers to support and enhance developmental learning.

• inclusive of performance indicators or ELL and SPED students, can support Head Start Learning Outcomes and NAEYC guidelines.

Multiple Choice

What is a performance indicator?

• tells teachers what to teach, how to teach it, and what materials they need to be successful.

• A way for NYS to keep tabs on teachers to see if they are really doing their jobs effectively.

• a formal assessment tool used to indicate skill or goal mastery.

• Observable and accomplished through play and active engagement. Examples of how students be moving through a scope and sequence toward mastering a specific standard.

Multiple Choice

Which one below is a NYS Pre-K learning standard for Social Emotional Learning?

• Demonstrates and continues to develop positive relationships with significant adults.

• Develops positive relationships with thier peers

• Regulates responses to needs, feelings, and events

• Understands and follows rules and routines.

• All of them

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Which standard below is not part of the Pre-K ELA standards?

• Demonstrates understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

• Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners

• Participates in discussions about texts

• Exhibits an interest in learning new vocabulary

• Describes the role of the author and illustrator

Multiple Select

The arts standards include the following sub domain areas:

• Dance and Music

• Theatrical Arts

• Media Art

• Visual Art

• Process Art

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How should we as a teaching team at STARS use NYS standards? Please check all that apply.

• To help drive the implementation of our weekly lesson plans.

• To ensure we are preparing our students on their journey to develop world ready skills and set them on a path to become a 21st Century learner

• To ensure that we are aligning what we are teaching to NYS learning expectations for our preschoolers.

• To help drive our development of an appropriate scope and sequence when implementing or developing curriculum.

• To help support the developmental needs for our students when collaborating with parents and school districts.

What else should we be doing with the standards?

• Familiarizing your self with them. We are responsible for aligning our lesson plans and curriculum to the NYS standards.

• Start to reference the standards in your weekly lesson plans. Specifically Math, SEL, and ELA.

Where can I reference the NYS Pre-K standards

• http://www.p12.nysed.gov/earlylearning/documents/new-york-state-prekindergarten-learning-standards.pdf

• http://www.p12.nysed.gov/earlylearning/standards/

• https://www.engageny.org/

• Each classroom will be getting a binder to reference so our familiarity with the standards can be just fingertips away!

Multiple Choice

We participated in this training today because

• STARS needs to clearly align our weekly and daily lessons to NYS Standards and understand the importance of developing 21st Centurty Learners

• Melissa is completing her internship and has to complete a large collaborative learning project

• The lesson planning process and current curriculum will be undergoing a curriculum review this school year

• Using the standards as the foundation of our program will drive us to be more relevant educators and advocates for ALL of our students.

• ALL OF THESE ARE TRUE!

Any Questions or Comments?