Essay 1--Topic Sentences

1. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a test intended to build a pathway for students to prepare them for college or to enter the career world.

2. Each student will be prepared to enter college or their career field after graduation, due to the implementation of the new Common Core Curriculum.

3. This college and career building test assesses the Common Core Outcomes through the use of technology

Essay 1--Thesis

The PARCC is an assessment that builds a pathway to college and career readiness for all students, measures the full range of the Common Core State Standards, and makes better use of technology in assessments.

Essay 1--Finding a Focus

The PARCC assessment:  http://www.parcconline.org/about-parcc

What are it's critiques?
How exactly does it work?
When was it created?


Stands for Partnership of Assessment for Readiness of College and Careers
Is given in 22 states, now including Maryland

About PARCC

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a consortium of 22 states plus the U.S. Virgin Islands working together to develop a common set of K-12 assessments in English and math anchored in what it takes to be ready for college and careers. These new K-12 assessments will build a pathway to college and career readiness by the end of high school, mark students’ progress toward this goal from 3rd grade up, and provide teachers with timely information to inform instruction and provide student support. The PARCC assessments will be ready for states to administer during the 2014-15 school year.
PARCC received an $186 million grant through the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top assessment competition to support the development and design of the next-generation assessment system.

The PARCC Vision

PARCC states have committed to building a K-12 assessment system that:

• Builds a pathway to college and career readiness for all students,
• Creates high-quality assessments that measure the full range of the Common Core State Standards,
• Supports educators in the classroom,
• Makes better use of technology in assessments, and
• Advances accountability at all levels.

PARCC States

Collectively the states in PARCC educate about 24 million students. The PARCC states include: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Tennessee.

Essay1--What did my research tell me?

Average teacher salaries by county in 2010 :
Frederick-$62,886
Baltimore- $59,997
Montgomery- $75, 882
Washington- $57,868

National Certification:

After submitting all of the information, it may take up to three years to get completely certified.
You must submit four portfolios
You must also take an assessment that includes completing six different exercises
You must pay a $2500 fee
You must have been teaching for three years already

Essay 1---What I Need To Know

-Average salary per school district in Maryland
-When do you need to take the PRAXIS II by
-What do you have to do to become nationally certified
-What is involved in being a student teacher
-Pros and Cons of the new common core curriculum
-Are there certain colleges that FCPS schools prefer to hire teachers from
-How do you get tenure, and what are the benefits
-How much creativty do you get in creating the class's lessons, or do you only get to do what the school tells you to do
-What do you do in an emergency situation, such as a school shooting
-What is the PARCC

Essay 1---What I Know

Elementary/ Special Education Teacher

-low/average salary
-Take and pass the PRAXIS exam
-only certified for your state, unless you get national certification
-new Common Core Standard
-a lot of FARM kids in Frederick, and more and more Title 1 schools
-summers off (for the most part)
-you can get your salary in a way that you get paid over the summer
-Maryland has #1 schools in the country for the fifth year in a row
-public school teachers get paid more than private
-pick a certain grade (you are certified to teach from kindergarten - 6th grade, though some work with younger or older students)
-increase in special education students in the past ten years
-you must student teach your senior year in college

Carrers I Am Best Suited For

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Total Matches	Career Cluster
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