CORE Work

We pride ourselves in building relationships with teachers that allow us to come together for pre k-12 grade students. Though we are housed at New Mexico State University, we have a variety of partners and projects that allow us to support education in a variety of ways. 

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Professional Development Workshops

​We provide Professional Development  specifically tailored to meet each schools needs. Below you will find some of our initial offerings. If you are interested in learning more about any our workshops please contact us at (915)329-8388 or rojustus@nmsu.edu.  

Mathematics

• CCS Standards progression/alignment
• Math Practices
• Number Talks 
• Student Centered​
• ​​Math Discussions that support Language Development​​
• Using Developmental Stages of Understanding to Differentiate Math Instruction​

Social-Emotional

• Strategies for Student Engagement
• Establishing Positive Classroom Structures and Routines for Student Success
• Understanding 5:1, Ratios of Interaction
• Understanding a student-centered classroom
• Seeking to Understand Workshops (Parents, Students and Teachers) 

Literacy

• Structuring an Elementary Literacy Day
• ELA Anchor Standards
• ELA Foundations Progression​​
• Guided Reading Processes
• Using Leveled Readers to Differentiate Instruction

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Educational Leadership

• School Principal Onsite Coaching 
• Developing a Strong School Culture
• Providing Effective Feedback
• Data Driven Decision Making
• Developing and Supporting School Structure
• Collaborative Classroom Walkthroughs to look for opportunities to engage families in classrooms
• Support with creating parent/community involvement plan
• Development of systems to promote school improvement
• Development/review of SAT process for the school
• Development of plan to implement targeted interventions for students (RTI)
• Support with monitoring progress of school goals
• Support with establishing next steps based on goals
• Review and analysis of school and classroom data

Other

• Sheltered Instruction Strategies to Support Content Understanding
• Backward Planning Through the CCSS 
• Formative Assessment: Understanding and Strategies 
• Differentiation in the K-5 classroom
• Deconstructing the CCSS ELA and Mathematics Standards
• Vertical Alignment in Mathematics and ELA
• Learning Labs
• New Teacher Bootcamps (math and ELA)

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Instructional Coaching

• Trust, Collaboration, Capacity Building Coaching Model Certification Training
• Professional Growth through Video Reflection

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NES Test Support and Preparation

 CORE provides tutoring and support for students pursuing a teaching degree. Are you studying for the NES Essential Academic Skills test or  the NES (Elementary, Secondary or Special Education) Assessment test? We can help! Contact Dr. Stacey Duncan at stduncan@nmsu.edu for more information.

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NMPED RAMS 

How does CORE work with RAMS?
RAMS (previously known as RDA) is a New Mexico Public Education Department, Title I and Special Education funded program to support increase in reading and mathematics scores in elementary classrooms. This 2019-2020 school year CORE will continue to provide in-classroom teacher coaching in math, reading and PBIS to 88 schools in the State of New Mexico. 

CORE and RAMS Teacher Collaboration
This work can be accomplished in a number of ways, including small and large group professional development sessions, examining standards and instructional resources with teachers and teams in professional learning communities (PLCs), classroom observations and reflective conversations with descriptive feedback based on a focus determined by the teacher. CORE coaches also collaborate and co-plan lessons and interventions with teachers, model or co-teach for short periods of time.  Working with administration to determine needs, combined with working alongside teachers to analyze and interpret formative and summative assessment data to improve student learning. 

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