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The ones that students MUST learn.

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A standard that fits three specific criteria:

Does it have endurance?

Does it have leverage?

Will it prepare students for success at the next level?

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The standard represents the minimum a student must learn to reach high levels of learning

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The standard represents the minimum a student must learn to reach high levels of learning

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The minimum that students MUST learn for higher levels of learning/understanding.

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Standards that lend to endurance, leverage, prerequisites, and external high-stake assessments.

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skills students need to be successful in all learning

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The minimum a student must learn to reach high levels of learning.

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Essential Standards represent the minimum a student must learn to reach high levels or learning.

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An essential standard is the MINIMUM knowledge, skill, or disposition a student must master, determined as meaningful through vertical and horizontal collaboration.

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They represent the minimum a student must learn to reach high levels of learning.

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What students need to know and be able to do.

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General Knowledge, skills, and dispositions that students are expected to acquire.

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An essential standard is the minimum a student must learn to reach high levels of learning.

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The standard represents the minimum a student must learn to reach high levels of learning

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[ Not anonymous anymore!]

A standard that fits three specific criteria:

Does it have endurance?

Does it have leverage?

Will it prepare students for success at the next level?

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The skills students need to support all learning every year of their educational journey.

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help teachers and students alike focus on the most important topics for each curriculum. This helps eliminate distractions, and saves time on lesson plans because there is clear direction on what needs to be taught in the classroom.

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1. Essential standards are those standards that are deemed necessary and/or important that students must learn to reach high levels of learning.

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The essential standard is the minimum a student must learn to read high levels of learning.

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The essential standard is the minimum a student must learn to read high levels of learning.

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What do we stand to gain from this work?

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What do we stand to gain from this work?

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Focus on what our students MUST learn! Plan based on those standards, and quit spending so much time on the non-essential standards.

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Essential standards are the core standards a student needs to learn as a baseline to excel to higher level thinking and the application of processes.

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A standard that is enduring: skill or content that prepares students for life after high school.

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It is a standard that communicates the knowledge that students will need to be successful in your grade level. That knowledge is also prerequisite for the grade level directly after yours.

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Streamlining the planning process and alleviating time-related stress.

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I truly believe that collaboration and cooperation is essential to the knowledge and learning of our students. We need to focus on the essential and most important standards to teach to our students.

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Essential standards are those prepare students for the next level by causing them to practice knowledge and skills beyond the "right now," while using those same skills in other subject areas.

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More focus, less fluff

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Important topics that must be taught

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Identify curriculum gaps and topics. Create a stop-doing list of topics.

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It is a standard that has been determined to be the most important skills for students to learn during this grade level. It will help prepare students in future grade levels.

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What we must teach that students must learn.

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1. A standard that is selected through collaboration across all grade levels and content for the purpose of student success which can be measured through common goals and objectives.

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We can prepare students for the next grade level better and create more meaningful lessons.

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minimum content (skills, concepts, understanding) students needs to know at a deeper level

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What is an Essential Standard? (Josh Bunch)

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What is an Essential Standard? (Josh Bunch)

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An Essential Standard is one that has:

Endurance - knowledge and skill that is needed beyond the current level

Leverage - knowledge and skill that can be generalized to other contexts

Preparation - knowledge and skill that is identified as essential for the next level

Assessment - knowledge and skill that is vital to success on competency exams for various future contexts

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What do we stand to gain from this work?

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What do we stand to gain from this work?

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A more focused and collaborative effort in achieving a common goal.

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Time and sanity

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What do we stand to gain from this work? 

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What do we stand to gain from this work? 

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To focus on subjects and teaching strategies students will be allowed to take with them as they advance through their academic career.

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What do we stand to gain by identify essential standards? 

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What do we stand to gain by identify essential standards? 

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Student achievement should increase and critical thinking skills should become easier for students because the foundation of skills has been laid.

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identifying essential standards so that our curriculum can align to those. From this, we can determine our focus, assessment, and implementation of interventions.

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What teachers stand to gain from this work is the ability to work smarter as well as harder to focus our lessons on real world topics that will really matter to our students.  

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What teachers stand to gain from this work is the ability to work smarter as well as harder to focus our lessons on real world topics that will really matter to our students.  

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The minimum a student must learn to reach high levels of learning.

Standards that utilize knowledge and skill outside of the classroom, cross-curricular, builds upon prior knowledge, and applies to real life.

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Essential Standards are complex statements that refer to general knowledge, skills, & dispositions that are essential for students to learn in order to reach higher levels of learning. These standards should have endurance and leverage; they should also prepare students for success at the next level.

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What do we stand to gain from this work?

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What do we stand to gain from this work?

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This process not only assists in discovering curriculum gaps and topics that must be addressed in upcoming units but also helps teams create a stop-doing list of topics that are not essential.

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What do we stand to gain from this work? 

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What do we stand to gain from this work? 

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*Less stress

*More meaningful learning opportunities for students

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What do we stand to gain from this work?

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What do we stand to gain from this work?

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A more targeted approach to teaching that allows the educator to become more focused on content material that potentially has greater impact on cross-curriculum and long lasting learning.

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What do we stand to gain from this work?

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What do we stand to gain from this work?

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We will be able to make a more focused curriculum that is aligned to what skills our students must learn to be successful in the future. We will then be able to create common assessments to ensure that our students are showing mastery of those essential standards.

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What do we stand to gain from this work?

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What do we stand to gain from this work?

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We stand to gain improved student performance -- academically.

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Simplicity & Focus on what is REALLY important.

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I would like to be able to change my thinking process about the ultimate need of the students.

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I hope to gain a better understanding of what we need to teach and how much time to spend on each standard.

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An essential standard contains ideas that a student must know. It includes the essential skills and learning outcomes.

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It helps to streamline what happens in the classroom and ultimately creates less stress for both teachers and students.

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Steam line the planning & reflection process

Ensure skills students must know to be successful

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2.  You stand to gain greater clarity about what to teach, which in turn promotes more efficient planning & sharing of resources.

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2.  You stand to gain greater clarity about what to teach, which in turn promotes more efficient planning & sharing of resources.

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2. What we gain as educators is clarity and consistency when it comes to lessons/goals/objectives in order to lead from demonstration to independence. Focus on building tool box that leads to student success outside the classroom.

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Topics that students need to know in order to be able to apply themselves at the next level and be successful in educational and occupational opportunities.

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We stand to gain a definite direction and a reasonable pace. 

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We stand to gain a definite direction and a reasonable pace. 

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Students will be more likely to be ready for next level learning and be successful on high-stakes exams. Other gains: focus, organization, time, understanding...

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What do we stand to gain from this work? (Josh Bunch)

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What do we stand to gain from this work? (Josh Bunch)

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We can gain:

students who are learning to think deeper in the most vital ways

greater focus (and less frustration) in our planning, implementation, and reflection

greater alignment across the learning community

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An Essential Standard is one that has:

Endurance - knowledge and skill that is needed beyond the current level

Leverage - knowledge and skill that can be generalized to other contexts

Preparation - knowledge and skill that is identified as essential for the next level

Assessment - knowledge and skill that is vital to success on competency exams for various future contexts

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More quality work and knowledge from students without teachers and students becoming overwhelmed, but to feel more successful and accomplished in meeting common goals.