Common Core Map. Tasks, Units & Student Work - Common Core Library. Keywords (optional) Enter keywords (e.g., K.OA.3, informational text, arguments, quadratic equations, etc.) Grade (select at least one) Subject (select one) NYC educators and national experts are developing Common Core-aligned tasks embedded in a unit of study to support schools in implementing the Citywide Instructional Expectations. Search a growing assortment of Common Core-aligned tasks, units and student work by keyword, grade level, subject area and Common Core Learning Standard. The components of the Common Core-aligned tasks with instructional supports include: Unit overview and task description Teacher-annotated student work representing a range of performance levels Rubrics used to assess student work Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles Other instructional support materials To learn more about the components of these tasks and units and for help navigating the interactive student work, watch our virtual training modules.
NEW! Math Resources. AVID Homeroom Strategies. Decades of College Dreams. Reviews and Ratings for Family Movies, TV Shows, Websites, Video Games, Books and Music. Edmodo, Common Sense Launch Social Learning Digital Literacy Curriculum. Digital Citizenship | News Edmodo, Common Sense Launch Social Learning Digital Literacy Curriculum By Tim Sohn09/19/12 A partnership created by Common Sense Media and social learning platform Edmodo is providing teachers with student activities designed to foster responsible use of social media and other technologies. Through the collaboration, Edmodo users have free access to "Digital Literacy and Citizenship in a Connected Culture" curriculum for K-12. Teachers who use Edmodo, which is free for teachers and students, have access to Common Sense Media lessons on cyberbullying, plagiarism, and Internet privacy.
Each lesson provides an overview and objectives for teachers, a list of student activities, information and handouts for parents and students, and homework. The digital literacy curriculum, provided by Common Sense Media, which is a nonprofit organization, is based on the GoodPlay Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and studies by Howard Gardner.
About the Author. 10b-results_meeting_protocol. Wait Time & Wait Time II | the radical rational... Stronger questioning techniques has always been an area of needed growth – I have improved through the years – but in order to be my best – it requires me to be very intentional. I understood the idea behind wait time – but when I read A Student’s Perspective of Classroom Culture – how no wait time and allowing callouts from a handful of students is frustrating for the student who wants to be engaged and learn. It reminded me of times I had the same experiences – when I was trying to think, wanted to answer, but someone else was calling out the answer before I could even get my thoughts together – and the teacher moved on… This past week at my KLN (Kentucky Leadership Network) meeting – we were given a modified pair-share as we participated in our book study of Mathematics Formative Assessments - 75 Practical Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction and Learning (Keely, Tobey 2011).
I was in a group assigned to #72 Wait Time Variations found on page 212. Like this: Like Loading... Common Core State Standards Resources - Curriculum & Instruction. 73 percent of teachers think they are prepared to teach the Common Core, and other facts that should keep CCSS supporters up at night | Common Core Online. Video Library. Steal These Tools / Professional Development Modules. America Achieves: Welcome. Common Core Toolkit. Three-Minute Video Explaining the Common Core State Standards. Grades 3-5 ELA Curriculum: Appendix 1: Teaching Practices and Protocols. Grades 3-5 ELA Curriculum: Appendix 2: Graphic Organizers. Appendix B.indd. Studysync (Study Sync) School Improvement Network, Professional Development for Educators and Teachers. COMMON CORE - The Learning Network Blog. One example of the new Science Take video series. As our regular readers know, the mission of this blog is to find New York Times content suitable for teaching and learning — then, via lesson plans, writing prompts, quizzes and more, suggest ways for teachers to use it.
In the course of our daily scavenging, we naturally pay close attention to the sections and features that most people think of first when they think “New York Times”: breaking news, Op-Eds and editorials, reviews, multimedia and photojournalism, important special reports and, increasingly, video. But we also regularly search a number of other, less well-known features of the paper that reliably yield curricular gold. When we present them at workshops and conferences, however, many teachers tell us they’re hearing about them for the first time. Below, we’ve compiled our essential list, categorized by subject area. How do you use these features? What Do the Common Core State Standards Mean for History Teaching and Learning? John Lee, S.G. Grant, and Kathy Swan Social Studies Assessment, Curriculum, and Instruction Collaborative (SSACI) Read Excerpt The Common Core is only a first step.
With the solid statement validating history and social studies literacies that the Common Core offers, our efforts now should be to establish a larger framework for social studies that compels and supports democratic life. Read more » Stephen Lazar High School Teacher, Academy of Young Writers (Brooklyn, NY) These changes cannot be done to teachers, but rather must be accomplished through the collaboration of teachers, and their students. Sarah Drake Brown Assistant Professor of History, Director of History Department’s Teacher Education Program (Ball State University, IN) The language in the standards merely skims the surface of historical thinking, but the CC provides us with two key opportunities: to educate the public about what a vibrant history classroom looks like and to spearhead rigorous history teacher preparation.
Steal These Tools / Professional Development Modules. Brokers of Expertise - California K-12 High Speed Network. The California Department of Education (CDE) recognizes the urgent need to connect educators with one another to enable them to collaborate and think more critically about their practice and to provide them effective tools as they attempt to close the achievement gap and raise overall student achievement across our large and diverse state.
Working with the K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN), the CDE has established the Brokers of Expertise (BoE) initiative to embrace technology and provide effective tools and resources to schools and districts as they strive to reach ambitious goals for student achievement. The BoE project will accomplish this by offering online resources that: Provide classroom tools and resources that are aligned to California Content Standards Provide resources that are searchable by grade, content level and demographic information Provide opportunities for creating and publishing high-quality content that has proven effective for teachers. Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative. NOYCE FOUNDATION: Math - Resources. Most of the coaching and performance assessment materials listed here are available in a more user-friendly format on the Inside Mathematics website. We encourage you to visit the tools on Inside Mathematics and contact us if you have any questions.
Pedagogical Content Coaching Core Ideas, Grades K-10 Math Teaching Rubric MAC Suggested Planning and Resource Material (Year Curriculum Map) Math Coaching Observation Guide Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative Formative Assessment Program Formative Mathematics Assessment: Standards, Performance Assessment Tasks and Student Work How Performance Tasks Are Used to Inform Instruction MARS Tasks & Tools for Teachers: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Problems of the Month are available on the Inside Mathematics website. Lesson Study Group at Mills College Presentation on Lesson Study EdSource 2009 Report: Algebra Policy in California The Algebra Crisis – Presentation by David Foster at the California Algebra Forum, October 2008.
Illustrativemathematics. K-12_math_crosswalks. Common Core State Standards Initiative | Home. Mathematical Practices. Resources for Implementation. Sample curriculum framework documents District curriculum framework documents need to address the curriculum at different grain sizes to be effective, and the Charles A.
Dana Center supports districts in creating such framework documents. Sampled below are three of the four types of curriculum framework documents on which we work. These documents represent our thinking about how the concepts and skills described in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics might be developed across the course of a school year. Year-at-a-glance Year-at-a-glance documents show an overview of the mathematics through a year of instruction on one page.
Sequenced Units Each of these documents shows the standards clustered into units, and suggests a sequence to the units. These documents are intended as a starting point for districts as they think about the design of their own courses. Elaborated Scope and Sequences www.agilemind.com. Ccss_math_priorities. Mathsolutions. ReadWorks.org. Tips for Writing Instructional Objectives - Bloom's Taxonomy Job Aids. I am so delighted to see this post that includes Bloom's Taxonomy Wheels by ZaidLearn. I always find that it's far easier to design materials using these wheels than it is to see the verbs/products in lists. Many instructional designers can benefit from these job aids when trying to find the right action verbs for their objectives. Here are some wheels for the cognitive domain. Source: Source: Source: Bloom’s digital taxonomy.
Have fun, designers! Walk-Throughs Are On the Move! Classroom walk-throughs are a trend that is on the move! The non-threatening, non-evaluative walk-throughs give principals a quick snapshot of student learning. That snapshot is used to engage teachers in conversations about how to improve teaching. Included: Principals talk about the benefits of walk-throughs, and how to initiate walk-throughs with teachers who might fear frequent classroom visits by the principal. School leaders are under a lot of stress -- but if exercise is a stress antidote, then principals might be among the healthiest managers around. The walk-through technique is based on the work of Carolyn Downey and others (authors of The Three-Minute Classroom Walk-Through: Changing School Supervisory Practice One Teacher at a Time).
The walk-through process can benefit teachers in many ways, according to Kathy Larson of the Cooperative Education Service Agency #2 in Milton, Wisconsin. "A lot can get done in a walk-through," added McNeely. Conducting_Classroom%20Walkthrough_SUPPLEMENTAL%20TO%20GSBA%20PRESENTATION. Welcome to the Bladen County Schools Website :: Instructional_Norm_Walk-Through_Protocol_1. Nebraska+ESU+4. 10 ways to encourage student reflection. Split Screen Teaching Optimal learning occurs when students are active participants in their own learning, rather than passive recipients of teacher-delivered content. For this to be effective, students really need to think about their learning. I worked with a group of teachers recently who felt their young students were not capable of writing meaningful reflections for their end of semester reports. That might be true. But only if reflection and meta-cognition are not integral parts of the learning in their classes.
How do we encourage students to think about their learning? 1. Guy Claxton calls this ‘split screen teaching.’ 2. Stop thinking about how to teach the content. 3. Make sure you and your students know the purpose of every task and of how it will advance the learning. 4. Encourage students to plan how they will learn and to reflect on the learning process. 5. Make sure students have time to stop and think about why and how they learned, not just what. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Like this: Graphic Organizers. Bloom's Apps - 21nnovate. Revised_Bloom_taxonomy_circle.GIF. Metacognition and Student Learning - Do Your Job Better.
By James M. Lang This evening, my family will sit down on the couch together to enjoy the opening episode of America's favorite spectacle of poor metacognition. Along with millions of others, including some of you, we will marvel at the sight of so many human beings eager to put their deficient cognitive skills on display for the world. I'm talking, of course, about the season premiere of American Idol, where lousy metacognition will join lousy singing for two cringeworthy hours tonight and another hour tomorrow night, as amateur musicians audition for the opportunity to win fame, fortune, and a recording contract.
The opening two episodes of each season have become notorious for featuring the worst singers who auditioned for the show, encouraging viewers to engage in some gentle schadenfreude as Idol participants make fools of themselves on national television. Cognitive psychologists use the term metacognition to describe our ability to assess our own skills, knowledge, or learning. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. Membership, policy, and professional development for educators - ASCD. Khan Academy-Related Talks and Interviews. Liar Truthteller Brain Teaser | Brain Teasers. Piktochart | Infographic App & Presentation Tool.
21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020. "Within the decade, it will either become the norm to teach this course (high school Algebra I) in middle school or we'll have finally woken up to the fact that there's no reason to give algebra weight over statistics and IT in high school for non-math majors (and they will have all taken it in middle school anyway). " - Shelley Blake-Plock 21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020 by Shelley Blake-Plock Last night I read and posted the clip on "21 Things That Became Obsolete in the Last Decade. " Well, just for kicks, I put together my own list of "21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020. " 1. DesksThe 21st century does not fit neatly into rows. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
Editor's Note: A "classic" from the Teach Paperless blog and previously published December 2009, Shelley Blake-Plock is a self-described "artist and teacher . . . an everyday instigator for progressive art, organization, and education. Flipped Learning Network Ning - A professional learning community for teachers using screencasting in education. Studysync (Study Sync) Professional Learning Communities: What Are They And Why Are They Important?: References. Home | Issues ...about Change Archive | Professional Learning Communities: What Are They And Why Are They Important?
Astuto, T.A., Clark, D.L., Read, A-M., McGree, K. & Fernandez, L. deK.P. (1993). Challenges to dominant assumptions controlling educational reform. Andover, Massachusetts: Regional Laboratory for the Educational Improvement of the Northeast and Islands. Boyd, V. (1992). School context. Issues . . . about Change is published and produced quarterly Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL).
SEDL is located at 4700 Mueller Blvd., Austin, Texas 78723; 512-476-6861. This issue was written by Shirley M. What is an Instructional Coach? An instructional coach is someone whose chief professional responsibility is to bring evidence-based practices into classrooms by working with teachers and other school leaders. In PIIC, we focus our one-on-one and small group support for teachers, coaches, and school leaders around evidence-based literacy strategies and the instructional coaching process with the goals of increasing student engagement, improving student achievement, and building teacher capacity in schools.
Coaching is an established professional practice. Many professions ensure that their practitioners benefit from the wise counsel and hands-on assistance of experienced colleagues — in other words, coaches. Some professions require coaching as an essential part of mastering the requisite skills. In medicine, for example, internships and residencies provide required coaching for doctors new to the profession or specialty. In the legal profession, senior partners mentor junior associates. Who are the coaches? Role_of_the_coach_principal. Resources | Instructional Coaching. Constance Buto - Instructional Coach Job Description. Instructional Coaching Research | Instructional Coaching. Peer Coaching Program - Reflections.
Leadership vs Management Skills | Resume Writing Dictionary. Newsweek - Newsweek and The Daily Beast. The Week Magazine: Political News and Cartoons, Current Events and Entertainment Online. Educational Research | Education Training | ERNweb. K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies that Work | Edutopia. How to Present a Workshop that Really Works. Knowledge Library - Education Research - James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy. Center on Education Policy, national independent advocate for public education and more effective public schools. School Services of California Home. School Improvement Network, Professional Development for Educators and Teachers. Constructing Meaning | ~ rethinking school back to relevance ~ Baer.