Professional Learning
Across the country, districts are preparing for full implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and Next Generation Assessments, expected in the 2014-15 school year. Effective teaching will help determine the success of your school or district’s implementation of the new standards.
While transitioning to the standards and assessments, you will need vision, commitment, and consensus in your school or district. With that in mind, Scholastic has developed a range of services to assist you, including customized literacy and math workshops, curriculum reviews, and technology integration.
Leaders
Common Core Transition Services
Transitioning to the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Assessments calls for vision, planning, and increased instructional capacity. Scholastic Achievement Partners is here to help. Read more about our Service Offerings and how to start on the right foot with a Needs Assessment.
Have questions? Visit our Contact page to have an Achievement Expert contact you
Comprehensive School Improvement
To improve student achievement, districts need to have a clear vision for teaching and learning, a firm understanding of priorities, and a defined path to accomplish goals. Scholastic Achievement Partners' team of proven school turn-around specialists can partner with school leaders to help develop and implement an actionable plan for school improvement.
Scholastic Achievement Partners can provide schools and districts with focused support for comprehensive school improvement, including executive coaching, on-site consulting, and planning services to help district leaders achieve their school improvement goals.
Discover how to implement a systems-wide focus to drive and sustain reform with free resources from our Making School Improvement a Reality conference.
Leadership Development
We can help district and school leaders acquire the skills to reach future goals while meeting the needs of each student today. Scholastic Achievement Partners offers customized leadership institutes, face-to-face and online professional development, and job-embedded executive coaching to provide leaders with the tools and support they need to drive transformational change.
Have questions? Visit our Contact page to have an Achievement Expert contact you
Scholastic Program Implementation
The goal of Scholastic Implementation Services is to give you the professional development, tools, and advice that you need to help your academic improvement initiatives succeed. We'll partner with you, advise, project manage—whatever you need to ensure your students' success and build capacity to sustain achievement using Scholastic programs. Our job is to support your team to get results for your students.
Teachers
Professional Learning for Teachers
Teachers develop and enhance their expertise through research-based, classroom-tested teaching practices. Our consultants provide in-person professional development and job-embedded instructional coaching that will enable every teacher to transform instruction. Convenient and flexible online professional development options complement on-site training.
Scholastic Professional Development Services
The Scholastic Classroom & Library Group can collaborate with school leaders to create customized professional development workshops that address their academic objectives and most pressing needs. Our focused learning experiences are designed to deepen the knowledge of a specific area or research-based instructional strategies. In our CCSS Leader workshop, administrators will explore the latest research on the Common Core State Standards and understand what the standards should look like in the classroom.
Online Support
Next Network: Transforming Instruction for More Rigorous Requirements
Next Network is a suite of online tools and resources designed to support CCSS instruction and rigorous new assessments. Educators will find Next Generation Assessment items, high-rigor lessons, and countless opportunities for professional learning.
Click Your State
You’ll see key information and updates about the local implementation of the Common Core State Standards. (MN has adopted only the ELA component. AK, NE, TX and VA have not adopted the CCSS.)
In Your State
Click your state to get key information and updates about the implementation of the CCSS.
For Parents 
Learn more about how you can help your child succeed in school—and beyond.
Free Resources
Common Core lesson plans, suggestions for writing text-based questions, videos, Common Core book lists, and more
Frequently Asked Questions
Find out about skill assessment, comprehension and fluency, nonfiction text types and more.
The stakes are high. Without artful instruction, many students will never acquire the literacy skills they need.
— Carol Jago, co-author, ELA CCSS
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