Videos for Parents

This is a series of videos aimed at helping parents navigate and better understand the Common Core Standards.

• Video for Parents and Families about the Common Core Assessments
  This video is about the Common Core Standards and the upcoming Grade 3-8 state assessments in English language arts and math. Please share this video with parents and families.
• Common Core in ELA/Literacy: An Overview
  This 14-minute video provides an overview of the Common Core State Standards in ELA/Literacy. NYS Commissioner of Education John King and contributing author David Coleman discuss the background of the Common Core State Standards, their value in the state, the principles of their development, and the changes required of schools during this transition.
• Common Core in Mathematics: An Overview
  This 14-minute video provides an overview of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. NYS Commissioner of Education John B. King Jr. and contributing author David Coleman discuss the background of the Common Core State Standards, their value in the state, the principles of their development, and the changes required of schools during this transition.
• Common Core State Standards: A New Foundation for Student Success
  The Hunt Institute
  This video provides an animated introduction, a history of Common Core Standards and their development, and describes how the Standards can help students find success in college and careers.
• Common Core State Standards: Principles of Development
  The Hunt Institute
  by David Coleman and Susan Pimentel, ELA Team Coordinators
  This video details the five principles of the Common Core ELA standards development, describes the development process, and discusses the ELA standards.
• The Mathematics Standards and the Shifts They Require
  The Hunt Institute
  by Professor William McCallam and Jason Zimba, PhD, Math Team Coordinator
  Jason Zimba solidifies the need for the shifts and how educators need to focus on these shifts to help all students be college and career ready.
• The Hunt Institute Video Series
  The Hunt Institute and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) commissioned a series of videos that explain the Common Core in depth to help states as they implement the Common Core.
• Common Core State Standards: Elementary School
  Teaching Channel
  This video visits English and math classrooms that have begun to adapt to the Common Core standards. See what changes elementary teachers are making in their practice to adapt to the new standards.
• Common Core State Standards: Middle School
  Teaching Channel
  This video visits English and mathematics classrooms that have started to adapt to the Common Core standards. See what changes middle school teachers are making in their practice to adapt to the new standards.
• Common Core State Standards: High School
  Teaching Channel
  This video visits English and math classrooms that have begun to adapt to the Common Core standards. See what changes high school teachers are making in their practice to adapt to the new standards.
• From the Page to the Classroom: Implementing the Common Core State Standards - Mathematics
  This video was produced by the Council of Great City Schools
• From the Page to the Classroom: Implementing the Common Core State Standards - English Language Arts and Literacy
  This video was produced by the Council of Great City Schools