Welcome to KYAE Skills U's professional development materials for standards-based instruction focusing on the KYAE Skills U Common Core Standards. Scroll down to see Unit 2, 3 and 4.
Unit 1: English Language Arts
Unit 1 introduces program directors and their instructors to the Common Core State Standards and their connection to adult education and literacy.
Introduction to Facilitator's Guides: Understanding the Standards We Teach -- English Language Arts (1,030K PDF)
Unit 1: English Language Arts Program Directors' Orientation
- Facilitator Guide (8,845K WORD)
- PowerPoint (1,632K PPT)
- Handouts (740K WORD)
Unit 1A: English Language Arts Learning Communities -- Unpacking the Components of Standards
- Facilitator Guide (7,508K WORD)
- PowerPoint (884K WORD)
- Handouts (73K WORD)
- Unpacking Standards Video
Unit 1B: English Language Arts Learning Communities -- Aligning Resources to Standards
- Facilitator Guide (5,535K WORD)
- PowerPoint (659K WORD)
- Handouts (341K WORD)
- Aligning Resources to Standards Video
Unit 1: English Language Arts Coaches' Orientation
- Facilitator Guide (4,913K WORD)
- PowerPoint (1,203K WORD)
- Handouts (3,843K WORD)
Unit 1: Mathematics
Unit 1A: Mathematics Learning Communities -- Unpacking the Components of Standards
- Facilitator Guide (724K WORD)
- PowerPoint (408K PPT)
Unit 1B: Mathematics Learning Communities -- Aligning Resources to Standards
- Facilitator Guide (443K WORD)
- PowerPoint (523K PPT)
Unit 1: Mathematics Coaches' Orientation
- Facilitator Guide (1,244K WORD)
- PowerPoint (1,203K PPT)
Unit 2: English Language Arts
Unit 2 prepares adult educators to design units of instruction through a lead-standards approach, develop lessons for their units and conduct a lesson study.
Introduction to Facilitator's Guides: Translating Standards into Curriculum: The Lead-Standards Approach (2,145K DOCX)
Unit 2: English Language Arts Program Directors' Orientation -- Translating Standards into Curriculum
- Facilitator Guide (5,402K PDF)
- PowerPoint (526K PPT)
- Handouts (3,175K PDF)
Unit 2A: English Language Arts Learning Communities -- Translating Standards into Curriculum
- Facilitator Guide (5,035K PDF)
- PowerPoint (449K DOCX)
- Handouts (6,016K PDF)
- Identifying Lead Standards Video
Unit 2B: English Language Arts Learning Communities -- Translating Standards into Curriculum
- Facilitator Guide (3,409K PDF)
- PowerPoint (3,026K DOCX)
- Handouts (1,118K DOCX)
- Creating Units of Instruction Video
Unit 2: Directors' Debriefing Meeting -- Translating Standards into Curriculum
- Facilitator Guide (131K DOCX)
- Handouts (201K DOCX)
Unit 3A: Focus on Assignments -- Working Together to Improve Teaching and Learning, Formative Assessment
In Unit 3A, KYAE emphasizes the need for ongoing formative assessment throughout a lesson.
- Facilitator Guide (9,007K PDF)
- PowerPoint (1,632K PPT)
- Handouts (54K PDF)
Unit 3B: Focus on Assignments -- Working Together to Improve Teaching and Learning
Unit 3B, Focus on Assignments, utilizes the Critical Friends model to encourage instructors to examine each other’s everyday assignments and the resulting student work to determine standards alignment.
- Facilitator Guide (4,685K WORD)
- PowerPoint (1,100K PPT)
- Handouts (52K PDF)
Unit 4: Observing Standards-In-Action
Unit 4, Observing Standards-in-Action, helps program administrators create a visible presence in their classrooms, enabling them to recognize the components of good standards-based instruction.
- Facilitator Guide (1,905K WORD)
- PowerPoint (630K PPT)
- Handouts (45K PDF)