The ELA Common Core State Standards—and You
An archive of the November 7, 2011 webinar featuring Tim Shanahan
Did you miss the live event? Purchase the archive now!
Now available! Purchase an archived recording of the November 7, 2011, webinar with Tim Shanahan. You will have access to the recording until June 1, 2013.
IRA’s first CCSS webinar gave you an opportunity to discuss the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) with one of the leaders in the field, Tim Shanahan, who participated on the team that drafted the CCSS and has been an outspoken voice as states begin implementing CCSS in schools.
In this hour-long interactive webinar, Tim asked attendees to:
- Consider the theoretical differences between the CCSS and most current educational standards
- Identify the most important underlying ideas of the CCSS
- Explore the most challenging changes that educators will need to make in order to meet the new demands of CCSS
Did you miss the live event? You can still hear what Tim had to say by purchasing access to an archived video of this webinar. You will have access to the recording until June 1, 2012. Once the purchase is complete, you will access the video by logging into your IRA account and going to the My Account page. Look for the section labeled My Webinars and click the link.
Timothy Shanahan participated in the development of the Common Core State Standards in the English Language Arts on behalf of the Council of The Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association. He brings to this webinar a broad perspective based in his experience as a classroom teacher, administrator, university professor, and policy advisor.
Tim currently serves as Professor of Urban Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he is Director of the UIC Center for Literacy and Chair of Department of Curriculum & Instruction. He was Director of Reading for the Chicago Public Schools, serving 437,000 children, and has authored or edited about 200 publications on the teaching of reading. Tim is past president of the International Reading Association, and he has published broadly on a number of topics in literacy education.
Read Tim’s recent article addressing Common Core State Standards in
Reading Today.