Instructional Quality and Professional Development
The Educational Services department operates a wide variety of opportunities and activities that focus on improving the quality of education in Tuolumne County in local school districts. The focus is on the classroom teacher and students in order to optimize and improve educational opportunities for all. Responsibilities to the districts include:
- Provide curriculum consultant services to school districts under 901 ADA
- Coordinate professional development for certificated and classified staff members
- Facilitate articulation and linkages among K-14 schools and districts
- Support mechanisms for inter-agency and community-wide collaboration
- Make connections to regional and statewide curriculum resources
Contact Cathy Parker, Deputy Superintendent, for more information.
cparker@tcsos.us, 209.536.2073
Professional Development Opportunities
K-2 NGSS Implementation Team members register here K-2 Registration
3-5 NGSS Implementation Team members register here 3-5 Registration
6-8 NGSS Implementation Team members register here 6-8 Registration
The Delta Sierra Science Collaborative includes teacher representatives from Tuolumne County (Bi Oak Flat Groveland, Columbia Elementary, Summerville Elementary, Summerville High School, and TCSOS ), Calaveras, Amador and Stanislaus Counties. Teachers are immersed in professional development activities that are then disseminated across the multi-county region. For more information, contact Cathy Parker at cparker@tcsos.us.
Resources
The lead writers of the ELA/ELD Framework – Pam Spycher, Hallie Yopp Slowik, and Nancy Brynelson – share important understandings in the framework, including instructional strategies that support the goals of the CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy and the CA ELD Standards. (Presented on September 17, 2014.) Webinar
Report Card Builder: http://ccssreportcard.sccoe.org/BuildCard.aspx
Math Curriculum Framework Revision Timeline – CCSS Systems Implementation-Significant Milestones (CA Dept of Education).pdf
Math Standards Update – 1/16/2013 –
Appendix A CCSS Math –
CaMSP Site for Math Resources: http://www.wccusd.net/page/403
Inside Mathematics: http://www.insidemathematics.org
EngageNY: http://engageny.org
Utah Core Standards Website: http://www.uen.org/commoncore/
Brokers of Expertise: http://myboe.org/portal/default/Content/Viewer/Content?action=2&scId=306589&sciId=10345
Illustrative Mathematics – Illustrative Mathematics Website: Tasks sorted by K-8 and High School
Common Core Connect – TCOE (K-12): http://commoncore.tcoe.org/Home/Home
MAISA (Michigan) – K-12: http://www.gomaisa.org/career-and-college-readiness-standards-project/math-ccrs-materials
Stanislaus – Curriculum Mapping Resources: http://www.stancoe.org/SCOE/iss/common_core/math/math_curriculum_mapping_resources.htm
MARS – MAPS Project – Middle / High School: http://map.mathshell.org/materials/index.php
Mathematics Vision Project – Middle / High School: http://www.mathematicsvisionproject.org
Assessing Mathematical Understanding – Assessment Items for K, 1, 2: http://educationnorthwest.org/common-core/assessing-mathematical-understanding