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Understanding by Design Overview Understanding by Design is a book written by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe that offers a framework for designing courses and content units called “Backward Design.” Instructors typically approach course design in a “forward design” manner, meaning they consider the learning activities (how to teach the content), develop assessments around their learning activities, then attempt to draw connections to the learning goals of the course. In contrast, the backward design approach has instructors consider the learning goals of the course first.

Coaching: The New Leadership Skill:The Year We Learned to Collaborate October 2011 | Volume 69 | Number 2 Coaching: The New Leadership Skill Pages 54-58 Every school has watershed moments that mark a distinction between past and present practices. For Colegio Inglés, a private, bilingual preK–9 school outside Monterrey, Mexico, 2008–09 became a watershed school year. That year, teachers and administrators embarked on a collaborative professional development initiative precipitated by a collision of challenges. A Cordial Community Steps Up

ubd LiveBinders Shelf Search results for "ubd" Email this Shelf Post to Twitter or Facebook Embed this Shelf Email this Shelf: Click in the box below which will select this shelf url for copy and paste: Share on Facebook or Twitter: Cure for the Common Core: Transitions - Amherst, NY So what’s your plan? What are you doing to start your Common Core transition? This is a followup to my previous Blog Post called Common CoreZilla: Shrink The Change In my work with districts on Common Core integration and implementation, many want to know what they can do right now. Many changes and opportunities for growth are coming, but to look at it as a complete package is very overwhelming. The main message is still the same as the last blog post:

Authentic Education - What is UbD™? Understanding by Design® (UbD™) is a framework for improving student achievement. Emphasizing the teacher's critical role as a designer of student learning, UbD™ works within the standards-driven curriculum to help teachers clarify learning goals, devise revealing assessments of student understanding, and craft effective and engaging learning activities. Developed by nationally recognized educators Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, and published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Understanding by Design® is based on the following key ideas: A primary goal of education should be the development and deepening of student understanding. Students reveal their understanding most effectively when they are provided with complex, authentic opportunities to explain, interpret, apply, shift perspective, empathize, and self-assess.

How it Works > Comer School Development Program Like the operating system of a computer that allows the software to do its specialized work, the Comer Process provides the organizational, management and communication framework for planning and managing all the activities of the school based on the developmental needs of its students. When fully implemented, the process brings a positive school and classroom climate, stability, and an instructional focus that supports all of the school's curriculum and renewal efforts. Click English or Spanish for an illustration of the model. Three structures comprise the basic framework on which the Comer Process is built: The School Planning and Management Team develops a Comprehensive School Plan, sets academic, social and community relations goals, and coordinates all school activities, including staff development programs.

Teaching Strategies: Understanding By Design Created by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, Understanding by Design (UbD) is a lesson planning format that visualizes the end result (what students should understand) to using teaching strategies to better select learning activities (the path that will get students there). Tens of thousands of educators use these teaching strategies for unit and course planning; hundreds of districts and schools use these teaching strategies as the basis for their curricula. Look at who has adopted UbD: The College Board, to guide the revision of its Advanced Placement (AP) subject matter courses and for the development of its courses AP Seminar and AP Research. The framework for the national curriculum in the Philippines and Puerto Rico. The state of Massachusetts, for its Race to the Top federal grant program to create more than 100 exemplary units and associated classroom videos.

Unusual High School Classes: 8 Awesome Courses From Schools Across The Country There's nothing worse than spending your symmer dreading an upcoming year of Physics and American History. But classes don't always have to be a drag, and forward-thinking schools across the country are getting creative with their course offerings to keep students engaged. Would you be interested in taking a class assisted by video games, or one that analyzes and critiques comic books? What about a class designed to help you break into the fashion industry, or a course that brings history to life by reenacting battles in the classroom? (We know we'd sign up for "Art of the Graphic Novel"!) Lesson Plans – Information Literacy by Design Note: This is a training template. Along with the lesson plan itself, you can view notes about the creation and utility of the lesson in Google Docs or PDF form. Assignment Sequence: Social Sciences Survey

Organizing or Mobilizing Marty Kearns, our friend at Netcentric Advocacy, tackles an important distinction and invites us to strategize with the difference in mind. I found this this to be an excellent piece for advocates. Organizing and Mobilizing – 2 Distinct Strategies in Your Advocacy Effort.