Standards Awareness Day Three Agenda

1. Standards AwarenessDay Three Agenda

2. 5 E Learning Cycle

3. Synectics…Thinking through Analogy Human Activity Human Activity Human Activity Human Activity

4. Curriculum Adoption is a lot like ______ because… Curriculum Adoption

5. A Procedure for Analyzing Curriculum Materials It is much harder to compose a symphony, choreograph a ballet, or develop a… curriculum than it is to criticize any one of these.Rodger Bybee

7. Curriculum Adoption Models Individual Teacher • reviews and selects their own instructional materials. • Selection Committee • each individual reviews (pilot tests) different materials. • instructional materials selected on basis of individual • reviews. • _____________________________________________ • Selection Committee • materials reviewed and evaluated as a groupusing • established criteria found in published checklists. • adoption decision based on number of established criteria met by each program. • ____________________________________ • Selection Committee Works as a Collaborative Group • establishes their own evaluation criteria. • designs or adapts selection scoring rubrics. • collectively examines and evaluates all materials. • uses quantitative data to compare programs and justify selection • decision.

8. Standards, Research, Instruction,and Curriculum The two major themes…”standards and cognitive research have parallel implications for classroom instruction which then suggests a translation of those implications into curriculum (and, assessment) materials.” BSCS, AIM Process Research-Based Curriculum Development Research-Based Curriculum Analysis

9. Standards Alignment

10. How People and Students Learn • Students often have considerable prior knowledge about how their world works • To become accessible, new facts and ideas must be integrated into a student’s conceptual framework • Competence is associated with deep and usable understanding of key concepts • Student metacognition should be facilitated

11. Curriculum Analysis: A Professional Development Opportunity Curriculum analysis gets teachers to think seriously and systematically about standards and their implications for curriculum content and instruction. Kesidou Preparing for the Analysis Conducting the Analysis

12. Preparing for Curriculum Analysis Teachers often make textbook decisions on factors unrelated to learning, teaching or standards. Instead they choose materials that look and feel familiar… Bush, et al AIM Process (BSCS)

13. Conducting the Evidence-Based Analysis Investigate: • Standards • Assessment • Instruction • Learning Activities

14. Step I - Select Topic and Grade or Course Level Expectation • What specific topic and related GLE/CLE will you be using to analyze all of the curriculum materials? • Note: Use this same topic and GLE/ CLE to analyze all of the curriculum materials.

15. Step II - GLE/CLE: Look for Evidence of Alignment • Where in this curriculum material did you locate specific connections to the particular topic and CLE/GLE that you selected? • Enter information in the Curriculum Analysis Tool.

16. Step III - Assessment Plan:Look for Evidence of Alignment • What approaches does this curriculum material use to Check for Student Understanding of the particular topic and GLE/CLE that you selected? • Enter information in the Curriculum Analysis Tool.

17. Step IV- Instructional Plan:Look for Evidence of Alignment • What instructional approaches does this curriculum material recommend to develop student understanding of the particular topic and learning expectation that you selected? • Enter information in the Curriculum Analysis Tool.

18. Step V - Learning Activities: Look for Evidence of Alignment • What student activities does this curriculum material recommend to develop student understanding of the particular topic and learning expectation that you selected? • Enter information in the Curriculum Analysis Tool. DD

19. Gather Other Important Evidence • Approaches to inquiry • Attention to ELL • Methods of differentiation • Reading level • Equal access • Evidence of bias

20. Step VI - Apply the Rubric

21. Step VII - Examine Scores

22. Step VIII - Summarize Results andMake Recommendations

23. An Example: BSCS Biology -A Human Approach Step I - Select a Topic and TN CLE Biology I Standard Number 2.0: Interdependence Course Level Expectation CLE 3210.2.1Investigate how the dynamic equilibrium of an ecological community is associated with interactions among its organisms. Publisher:Kendall Hunt, 2006 Reviewer:Richard Audet

24. Look for Evidence of Alignment Step II: Topic and Learning Expectation • Ch. 9: 316, 367, 381-389 • TE: 343 Step III: Assessment Plan • 315, 319 • TE: XIV, 326,334, 342-345 Step IV: Instructional Plan • TE: 325-337 Step V: Student Activities • 12, 316 • TE: XI

25. Analyze the Evidence Step VI - Apply the Rubric Step VII - Examine Scores Step VIII - Aggregate Data, Summarize Results, Make Recommendations

26. The High Stakes of Curriculum Selection Many teachers rely on textbooks to provide some or all of their content and pedagogical content knowledge. Kesidou & Roseman “Textbook purchases constitute a significant portion of school district budgets… Depending on the subject, a single elementary textbook can range in price from $30 to $100.”