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SOT HENRY JOHNSON '46 @ 1CG - HENRY JOHNSON         ASS'T. SUP'T., CURRICULUM,          ASSESSMENT, & ACCOUNTABILITYBANNER - BOARD NEWS               JUNE 25, 2013		(sot henry johnson)
'Today we would like to present a plan for the adoption and implmentation timeline of these standards...'	
NAT FULL - 'NGSS VIDEO'		(nat full)
(music)	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
maryland adopts the next generation science standards. 	
NAT FULL - 'NGSS VIDEO'		(nat full)
'... we are living at the speed of science.'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
these standards aim to provide all students with a practical grounding in science -- from k-thru-12 --	
		that will allow them to measure up and compete in a global market.	
NAT FULL - NGSS VIDEO		(nat full)
'... construct explanations and design solutions -- ready to take on the future.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
this increased attention to science is part of a broad effort to emphasize 'stem' courses -- science, technology, engineering, and math -- in maryland.	
CUT SHOT EBERHART		but some on the board worry the timeline is too distant.	
SOT LINDA EBERHART '58 @ 1		(sot linda eberhart)
'Four years, five years from now is way too long.'	
SOT STEPHEN PRUITT '61 @ 1CG - STEPHEN PRUITT         VP, ACHIEVE, INC.		(sot stephen pruitt)
'There's decisions that every state has to make about what's right for them.'	
SOT STEPHEN PRUITT'61 @ 2		(sot stephen pruitt)
'States need to do it in their own time -- in a thoughtful and deliberate manner --'	
SOT STEVE '61 @ 3GRAPHIC: NEXT GENERATION - CORE IDEAS (CONTENT)  - SCIENTIFIC & ENGINEERING PRACTICES  - CROSS CUTTING CONCEPTSSCIENCE STANDARDS		(sot steve)
' -- and we actually have an opportunity here -- this sorta gets into the assessment question here -- because we don't have the assessment looming in science, we actually have the capacity to really build capacity for teachers -- to do this right.'	
SOT STEVE '62 @ 1		(sot stephen pruitt)
'We need to do a good job with Common Core. Because that's gonna lay a lotta groundwork, to be able to do the science standards well.'	
SOT LINDA EBERHART '65 @ 1		(sot linda eberhart)
'Will we continue MSA, science, in the 5th and 8th grade? - until 2017?	
SOT HENRY JOHNSON '66 @ 1 (TRIMMING SOT A BIT) 		(sot henry johnson)
'Our hope then is that through this process and this timeline and working with other states  -- there will be an assessment rollout just like we're rolling out PARCC and so forth ...'	
BOARD CUTSGRAPHICPARCC - PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF READINESS FOR COLLEGE & CAREERS		(narrator track)
parcc is a 22-state consortium working right now to develop k--thru-12 assessmens in english and math.	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERYCG - LILLIAN LOWERY         MD SCHOOLS SUP'T.		(sot lillian lowery)
'We want to make sure everybody takes a deep breath, and focus on doing one thing well first, before we move into something else and have this conflagration of noise because we're doing all these things at once.'	
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SOT DIANA MORRIS '18 @ 1SLATE - SCHOOL DISCIPLINECG - DIANA MORRIS         DIR., OPEN SOCIETY INST., BALTO.		(sot diana morris)
'we had as - context for our discussion that disciplinary consequences should serve educational purposes...'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
the board's effort to reduce suspensions and expulsions -	
		and emphasize the remedial in discipline issues -- 	
		rolls through its third year.	
SOT JAMES GATES '23 @ 2NDCG - JAMES GATES         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot james gates)
'And some of them quite, as least from my opinion, were quite egregious where young people were not provided with what I would think of as even minimal alternatives, and so as I said I'm very sensitive to the use of this word 'alternative.' (tight oq)	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
they carefully word - 	
		and amend --	
		 a discipline document vetted by parents, teachers, school administrators and the public.	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT '24 @ 3CG - JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'Instead of the words 'greatest extent' we say shortest period.'	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFF		(sot james)
'Would this -- do violence to the compromise that you've reached?	
SOT DIANA MORRIS '26 @ 4		(sot diana morris)
'It would be fine --	
		(James) 'Thank you - okay.'	
BOARD CUT		(narrator track)
'alternative' becomes 'comparable'...	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY '32 @ 1CG - LILLIAN LOWERY         MD SCHOOLS SUP'T.		(sot lillian lowery)
'I think that 'comparable' makes sense -- um, and I believe that 'shortest period' makes sense.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
they work toward a final report and a new discipline policy.	
SOT DIANA MORRIS '35		(sot diana morris)
',,, making sure the process is transparent and people understand there is deliberation, nothing's automatic, and the superintendent, after the principal is actually looking into the facts.'	
			
SLATE - RACE TO THE TOPSOT PENELOPE '86CG - PENELOPE THORNTON TALLEY         CHIEF PERFORMANCE OFFICER		(sot penelope Talley)
'Where we had some challenges we were aware of those before they came in, so we were able to use them as 'thought partners' ...'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
maryland works together with us-ed to move ahead race to the top.	
SOT PENELOPE '87 @ TOP		(sot penelope)
'Teacher principal evaluation you can see made a big jump from a two to a four...'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
rankings from one to four indicate progress on the more than 50 projects.	
SOT BETH		(sot beth)
'... things are very tightly integrated...'	
CUBE WIPE SOT		(sot)
'Find creative ways to expand their local capabilities...'	
CUBE WIPE SOT WALT		(sot walt sallee)
'the improvement and the follow up that happens at the schools...'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
the board receives monthly updates on all 'race' projects.	
			
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY '04 @ 1		(sot lillian lowery)
'We could not have found a better person...'	
SOT NAT FULL '04 @ 2 		(nat full)
'applause'	
SLATE - BOARD BRIEFS		(narrator track)
in board briefs -- 	
		calvert county's jack smith --	
		recently named maryland superintendent of the year -- 	
		now joins the state department of education as chief academic officer -	
SOT '04 @ 3CG - JACK SMITH         CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, MSDE		(sot jack smith)
'I am as nervous as a schoolboy today ... (laughs) and that's actually a very good feeling...'	
SLATE - BOARD BRIEFS		(narrator track)
smith -- a longtime educator -- served as calvert superintendent for the past seven years.	
SOT CHARLENE DUKES '05 @ 1		(sot charlene dukes)
'We noted that you didn't sit down -- we'll give you a pass this time -- thank you so much...'	
CUBE WIPE '44 @ 1		(narrator track)
the state says goodbye to assistant superintendent ann chafin -- who is retiring.	
CUT SHOT '44 @ 3		gracious to the end --	
SOT ANN CHAFIN '44 @ 4		(sot ann chafin)
'Everybody down there knows what they're doing...'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
maryland will miss her.	
CUBE WIPE '84 @ 1CG - JODIE HOGAN         2013 TEACHER OF THE YEAR, A.A. CO.		(sot jodie hogan)
'Indeed I did have another place to be -- our baby girl Hannah Karen is her name...'	
POSE WITH PLAQUE		(narrator track)
off having a baby when the others were honored last month --	
		jodie hogan stands tall as anne arundel county's teacher of the year.	
MSDE TV		this has been news from the board, with msde tv.	
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