Setting the Standard CO Department of Education

Raymond and Carla discuss the podcast series Music Blocks, a recent production of Colorado Public Radio on which Carla served as an educational advisor.

Links:


Music Blocks: https://www.cpr.org/podcast/music-blocks/
Office of Standards and Instructional Support: https://www.cde.state.co.us/standardsandinstruction

Hosts: Raymond Johnson (johnson_r@cde.state.co.us) and Carla Aguilar (aguilar_c@cde.state.co.us)

The Setting the Standards theme music is courtesy of DjDocent.

Raymond is joined by three colleagues from the Office of Standards and Instructional Support to discuss the current round of standards revisions. Joanna Bruno (bruno_j@cde.state.co.us), director of the office, speaks to the process of standards revision while Judi Hofmeister (hofmeister_j@cde.state.co.us), specialist for the dance and the drama and theatre arts content areas, and Carla Aguilar (aguilar_c@cde.state.co.us), music specialist, provide their perspectives as facilitators of the process.

Links:


Standards Review and Revision: https://www.cde.state.co.us/standardsandinstruction/casreviewgroups
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Office of Standards and Instructional Support:

https://www.cde.state.co.us/standardsandinstruction

Host: Raymond Johnson (johnson_r@cde.state.co.us)

The Setting the Standards theme music is courtesy of DjDocent.

We're back after a summer break, and for this episode, Raymond is joined by Jamie Hurley, CDE's specialist for comprehensive health and physical education. Together, they talk with Alex Kajitani, a California Teacher of the Year, who has helped arrange our presenters for this fall's Setting the Standards webinar series hosted by CDE on the first Wednesday of each month at 3:30 pm.

Links:


Setting the Standards webinar series: https://www.cde.state.co.us/standardsandinstruction/settingthestandardwebinars
Alex Kajitani: https://alexkajitani.com/
Office of Standards and Instructional Support: https://www.cde.state.co.us/standardsandinstruction

Hosts: Raymond Johnson (johnson_r@cde.state.co.us) and Jamie Hurley (hurley_j@cde.state.co.us)

Guest: Alex Kajitani

The Setting the Standards theme music is courtesy of DjDocent.

Raymond and Alyssa touch on the theme of the Equity and Excellence Summer Learning Series, "Reflect, Reset, Reimagine," with their own examples of how they're thinking about the year gone past, taking some time for themselves this summer, and rethinking how aspects of education might be done differently.

Links:


Equity and Excellence Summer Learning Series homepage: https://www.cde.state.co.us/equityandexcellence
Office of Standards and Instructional Support: https://www.cde.state.co.us/standardsandinstruction

Hosts: Raymond Johnson (johnson_r@cde.state.co.us) and Alyssa Wooten (wooten_a@cde.state.co.us)

The Setting the Standards theme music is courtesy of DjDocent.

Alyssa and Raymond are back with another cross-content connection, this time between the content areas of social studies and reading, writing, and communicating. Dr. Stephanie Hartman joins us to talk about the connections from a social studies perspective, and Olivia Gillespie shares her perspectives from her perspective as CDE's reading, writing, and communicating content specialist.

Links:


Reading, Writing, and Communicating website @CDE: https://www.cde.state.co.us/coreadingwriting
Social Studies website @CDE: https://www.cde.state.co.us/cosocialstudies
Office of Standards and Instructional Support:

https://www.cde.state.co.us/standardsandinstruction

Hosts: Alyssa Wooten (wooten_a@cde.state.co.us) and Raymond Johnson (johnson_r@cde.state.co.us)

Guests: Dr. Stephanie Hartman (hartman_s@cde.state.co.us) and Olivia Gillespie (gillespie_o@cde.state.co.us)

The Setting the Standards theme music is courtesy of DjDocent.

Raymond and Alyssa preview CDE's Equity and Excellence Summer Learning Series and invite educators from across Colorado to engage with CDE around issues of equity and COVID recovery. The "E&E Conference" kicks off June 16 and 17 and continues on June 23 and 24 before wrapping up August 4-6. Registration is now open and please note the following guidance from the website about who should attend:

"Due to virtual learning room capacity, the limit for each event during the series will be 1,500 participants. District, Administrative Unit, and BOCES leaders (e.g., Superintendents, Instructional Leaders, Recovery Plan leads) are invited to consider five to 10 people representing the district and school levels to attend each of the Learning Series opportunities. In particular, leaders should consider the program offerings and relevant staff that include school leaders (principals, assistant principals), federal program directors, special education directors, teachers and content specialists, and directors and coordinators working in health & wellness, social-emotional learning, and nutrition."

Links:


Equity and Excellence Summer Learning Series homepage: https://www.cde.state.co.us/equityandexcellence
Office of Standards and Instructional Support: https://www.cde.state.co.us/standardsandinstruction

Hosts: Raymond Johnson (johnson_r@cde.state.co.us) and Alyssa Wooten (wooten_a@cde.state.co.us)

The Setting the Standards theme music is courtesy of DjDocent.