Common Core Standards Essay

When looking over the Common Core State Standards from the Loveless reading, he took a very negative approach on what the standards would change about schools. The part that was most interesting to me was when Loveless referred to furthering teacher development with the Common Core Standards. Through the Common Core Standards teachers will get further development through changing teaching styles, implementing mentor programs, and providing ongoing support. When looking through teacher development there was many different sources that all had interesting ideas on how to change the teaching styles in the classroom. “The Common Core State Standards for English Language and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical subjects have …show more content…
In Santa Cruz there was a teacher program that was implemented to have mentor teachers to help new teachers implement the new Common Core Standards in their teaching. This mentor program brought up some interesting questions that helped to work out the kinks in the program. The three year program brought about the knowledge of five areas that would have to be instituted in order for the mentor program to be a success. The first was that the mentors need a willingness and readiness to help guide their new teachers to implementing and applying the common core in their teachings. The second is that the mentors also need to be supporters of the Common Core and realize that Common Core is not just in one area but in many different contexts. The third was that Common Core called for using many different resources not only in the new teacher’s classrooms but also for the mentor and new teacher relationship. The Common Core also called for making new and keeping those relationships. The fourth was that the relationship between mentor and new teacher had to be balanced. The fifth and last area was that through all these steps new teachers and their mentors could become Common Core