Our district was part of a local consortium that provided staff development to assist in the writing
of instructional units.
Learning objects (
individual instructional units that can be used separately or together) seem to provide the best solution for schools that want control over how curriculum is constructed and blended.
These assistants also helped students put their
first instructional units into multimedia format, which took an additional 7 hours of class time.
The technology assistants provided another 5 hours of technology support during the second semester, while students added a
second instructional unit to the portfolio.
It makes sense that less time would be spent on Question 1 since the district has established priority standards and provided relatively
detailed instructional units.
Teachers can also exhibit appropriate levels of dominance by providing clarity about the content and expectations of an
upcoming instructional unit.
The Common Assignment Study is a long - term study of teachers in two states
designing instructional units together — based on LDC modules — led by the Colorado Education Initiative and The Fund for Transforming Education in Kentucky with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
(Hartford, Conn.) Brian Jennings, theater department chairperson at CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School, was chosen from among 100 high school theater educators and teaching artists nationwide by the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) to help create a standards - based curriculum framework and
instructional units in targeted areas of theater.
The Scope and Sequence document presents a recommended scope and sequence of study for the year by bundling student objectives
into instructional units and then mapping them on the district's current school calendar, similar to a course or grade - level syllabus.
These teacher -
created instructional units — each culminating in a performance task requiring students to write in response to close reading — have been rated «Good to Go» or «Exemplary» through National Peer Review, and represent a variety of disciplines and grade levels.
289 An English - language district school board shall not operate classes, groups of classes or schools that are French -
language instructional units.
In their paper, the authors describe CEPAs — classroom -
based instructional units that provide multiple opportunities for learning and both formative and summative evidence - gathering — and how they support high - level teaching and learning.
It means that the district has had over 144 teachers on Common Core study teams for the past two years, and that the district convened teachers to develop and
review instructional units when none were available.
As part of its efforts, SBAC is creating a digital library of curriculum frameworks,
sample instructional units, and formative assessment tools.
Assistants were also available during the 18 hours students spent adding their
third instructional unit and other components in the fourth semester.
High school chemistry teacher Angela Harding used this formula for the first time during a
recent instructional unit on the carbon cycle.
Support teachers with
pacing instructional units, planning appropriate intervention support and... Experience supporting adult learners in a lead, coaching, mentoring, or out - of - classroom teaching...
As part of a five - year research project funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, our research team interviewed, observed, and videotaped 20 middle school mathematics and science teachers every day during 26
entire instructional units.
Another key element of our schedule is the release of one of our eight essentialists from their regularly scheduled classes for 4 weeks at a time to facilitate
integrated instructional units through a co-teaching model.
Participating teachers will develop and teach two
instructional units per year that exemplify the content knowledge and skills embedded in the Colorado Academic Standards and Kentucky Core Academic Standards.
Instructional units bring together core academic subjects, science, social studies and the arts, enabling children to make links across subjects in exciting and stimulating ways.
Special and general educators should participate together, learning how to develop
specific instructional units or modules that can address a range of learners.
Examples include direct instruction with positive reinforcement,
thematic instructional units with varied levels of classroom assignments, learning strategies (e. g., mnemonic devices) and utilization of the principles of universal design for leaning, which promote access to the general curriculum for students with learning problems.
Annual plans are organizational tools that effective teachers use to group and sequence content / skills
into instructional units, prioritize content / skills that are required for success in current and future courses, and include options for enrichment and remediation as needed.
Directed teaching staff in creating performance tasks and
instructional units in line with the Common Core Learning Standards.
In one school, the principal and teachers began by providing paraeducators with more hands - on responsibilities, such as teaching small groups, serving as substitute teachers, or
developing instructional units.
Instead, they will say that they are only developing «curricular roadmaps,» «multiple curriculum resources,»» instructional materials,» «content frameworks,» «
model instructional units, «content modules» or similar such weasel words.
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instructional units... including classrooms that all feature smart boards (Dean Rusk MS is CCSD's first school to feature all touchscreen, flat - panel smart boards), computers and additional technology; computer labs; art and music rooms; gymnasium; cafetorium; and a Cyber Café media center and Global Learning Theatre... both featuring CCSD's new prototypical digital learning - friendly design!
Often teachers and students treat quizzes as the final grade within
an instructional unit, when it should be just the opposite.
The instructional units are grouped by elementary, middle school, and high school level, and each grade cluster is categorized into topics such as: arithmetic, data analysis, fractions, geometry, and probability / patterns for elementary; pre-algebra, graphing / statistics, geometry, number theory, and interdisciplinary for middle school; and algebra, geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus, Internet, science, and modeling for high school.
It is so much easier if I lure students into
an instructional unit by dangling the final project in front of them.
Before exploring how to develop unit plans with the CCSS in mind, I should note that
instructional units are the ubiquitous framework of extended curriculum because they organize a variety of experiences, texts, skills, knowledge and assessments, thus allowing students to meaningfully master a repertoire of competences.
High - stakes testing would give way to just - in - time assessments built into
each instructional unit much like a GPS.
Yes, the teacher I shadowed for 6 months did feel a bit constrained, though I might clarify that it wasnt by the common core itself, but by
the instructional units the district created for them.
Maker education is a new school of educational thought which strives to deliver constructivist, project - based learning curriculum and
instructional units.
Instructional units are the building blocks of the system.
Learn more about the Center for Global Education's Performance Assessment Shells,
instructional unit design tools that provide structure and examples for planning formative tasks, learning activities, and a summative task.
By the end of their 2 - year teacher education program, students had created electronic portfolios with the following components: table of contents, resume, teaching philosophy, self - evaluation based on state teacher standards, and three
instructional units.
By creating a general menu and choosing
the instructional units and content, you can hand the plan over to your design expert to share your vision.