Common Core Standards

While looking through the English Language Arts Common Core Standards, I was reminded that the standards are a guideline for teachers. They provide a framework for the education that teachers should aim to provide for students. The Common Core Standards have a lot of negative attention surrounding them, seemingly from parents of school-aged children. I frequently hear and see parents express their frustration with Common Core by saying things like “what is wrong with the way we learned?” I anticipate that this sort of attitude will still be an issue when I am teaching, so it will be important to me to integrate and inform parents about my curriculum choices. I will structure my class around the Common Core Standards with the goal of providing the most well-rounded education I am able to provide. I hope that parents and guardians of my future students will, by the end of the year, have an understanding of my goals for the year and ways in which they align with Common Core Standards. I plan on utilizing a standards-based grading system, so it will be crucial that students and parents clearly understand the Common Core Standards, what is expected of students, and how I plan on measuring and achieving these goals. I hope that, as a teacher, I am able to shed light on the goals of Common Core Standards, including a more consistent and measurable set of goals for English Language Arts students. I hope I am able to let parents know that Common Core is not aiming to change the way their children are educated, but simply unify and perfect the main points of what should be included in curriculum.