CSCOPE Overview and
Navigation
Socorro ISD
By
Bob Hood & Viola Lares
General Information• Welcome
• Norms
• Sit by content area.
• Folder
We are on a Mission
What words come to
mind when you think of
CSCOPE
CSCOPE Documents
• CSCOPE covers the 4 core subjects K-12:
– ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Science.
– Teachers have access to all 4 K-12
regardless of assignment.
• CSCOPE has 5 main documents:
– Vertical Alignment Document (VAD)
– Year at-a-Glance (YAG)
– Instructional Focus Document (IFD)
– Unit Assessments
– Exemplar Lessons
Vertical Alignment
Document (VAD)
Standards 12-K in
the Core Content Areas
How do you envision the Vertical
Alignment Document supporting
your instruction?
• Offers a common understanding of the
TEKS
• Defines expectations by grade level
• Provides alignment of how TEKS scaffold
upon one another
• Allows teachers to evaluate their lessons
• Provides the most current information
from state released materials
Year at a Glance:
TEKS bundled into
coherent
units of study
Year At A Glance
• ―Scope and Sequence‖
• Topics, order, and suggested timing.
• Flex time.
• Tested taught prior to TAKS.
• Coherent units of study—it just makes sense!
• Print and highlight tested TEKS.
• Make changes as a PLC!
How do you envision the
Year at a Glance
supporting your instruction?
The Year at a Glance will support my
instruction by…
Provides a suggested timeline to ensure that
each standard is taught within a school year
Addresses all testable TEKS prior to TAKS
administration
Sequences instruction so students spend
more time on the important standards for
each grade level
Instructional Focus
Documents (IFD):
Units of Study with
Conceptual Focus
Unit Assessments:
Aligning the written, tested,
and taught curriculum
Unit Assessments
• Grades 2-12.
• Mixture of formats.
• Not just TAKS-formatted.
• Measures mastery of an IFD.
• Each IFD has a corresponding Unit Assessment.
• To give the whole assessment, teach the whole unit start to finish.
• Picking and choosing Q’s….caution!
• Study it first before teaching the unit.
• Not intended to be benchmarks.
Lesson Frameworks:
Detailed Daily Lesson Plans
Evaluate a Lesson Using
The 5 E Model
– Engage – attention grabbing activities.
– Explore – prior knowledge, KWL deeper into topic.
– Explain – Teachers’ part – could be lecture,
clarification presentation.
– Elaborate – Extension, makes connections, research.
– Evaluate – Your summative assessment of some
type.
Ok…let’s log on!
• Bright blue sheet.
• Everyone needs to be on the home screen
before we can proceed….
– Computer log-in to my.sisd.net
– my sisd.net
– Teacher tools
– CScope link
• Log-in with your SISD username
• CScope password: socorro
Finding VAD, YAG, IFD and
Assessments OnlineTake out your Step – by – Step Guide and
follow along.
Time to Explore
• Let’s spend some time exploring the
lessons in your content area.
• Utilize the 5E Model
• Utilize CSCOPE tools
A Model for Continuous ImprovementVertical Alignment
Document (VAD):
Standards 12-K
In Core Content Areas:
Aligned and Specific
Year-At-A-Glance:
TEKS Bundled into
Coherent Units of Study
Instructional Focus
Documents (IFD):
Units of Study with
Conceptual Focus
Daily Lesson Plans:
Detailed Daily Lesson Plans
Focused
Professional
Development
Reflection
CSCOPE and TAKS
• CSCOPE isn’t TAKS-driven exclusively.
• All TEKS are addressed, not just tested
ones.
• Can CSCOPE improve your district’s
TAKS scores?
Closure
Questions