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Tom Adams

Common Core Conference Panelist

Tom Adams

Tom Adams, Ph.D.(UCD, 1995), is the Division Director for the Curriculum, Frameworks, and Instructional Resources Division at the California Department of Education and is the Executive Director of the Instructional Quality Commission. He has 22 years of experience in education and has worked with parents, teachers, principals, school districts, and state and national leaders to support teaching and learning. At the state level Tom has led in the development of standards and curriculum in eight subjects, primarily Mathematics and English Language Arts. With his team of professional staff, Tom advised the then-Superintendent O’Connell on supporting the Common Core State Standards. The English Language Arts/English Language Development curriculum framework, that he helped developed, serves as a model for other states.

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