Illinois Teacher Voices
The Illinois State Board of Education has created videos that share teacher stories and perspectives regarding curriculum and instructional changes as they implement the new Illinois ELA and Math standards. Currently, teachers share their perspectives on the following topics: student engagement, classroom changes, professional development, teaching styles, parental issues, and suggestions for teachers.
These videos have good production quality and capture very well the changes that need to occur in the rituals and routines of CCSS classrooms. The videos highlight the advances students have made through engaging in more discussion and having greater agency in the classroom as called for in the CCSS. These videos would serve well as introductory information about the CCSS (though they are generally referred to as Illinois Standards) and to showcase how CCSS classroom are different from traditional classrooms.