Description

This week, Raymond and Alyssa get back into their routines after winter break and talk about the application and committee selection process for the upcoming review and revision to the Colorado Academic Standards. CDE is now accepting applications for committee members for revisions to social studies, music, visual arts, dance, and drama & theatre arts. Committee work on these standards is expected to begin in May of 2021 and finish with state board adoption ahead of the July 1, 2022 deadline.

If you are interested in applying to participate on a standards revision committee you can find more details at the link below. Applications are due January 11th, 2021.

Links:

• Revision Committee: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/cas-application
• Standards Revision Page: https://www.cde.state.co.us/standardsandinstruction/casreviewandrevision
• Colorado Council of Teachers of Mathematics book study: https://www.cctmath.org/taking-action
• CDE 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.