Curriculum and Assessment

1. Curriculum and Assessment Monica Natzke & Zach Yindra

2. Ponder • Brainstorm about Curriculum • What are different types of curriculum? • What type of curriculum did your middle school follow? • What is Common Core Curriculum? • What some teaching styles that you’ve seen in schools?

3. Mr. Grabski and Mr. Mlsna • PJ Jacobs Junior High • Science Teacher

4. What is Curriculum? • Definition • “..The planned subject-matter content and skills to be presented to students.” • “All experiences student encounter, whether planned or unplanned, learned or unlearned.”

5. Common Core Curriculum • No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 • English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, and geography • Goal • The standards must be essential, rigorous, clear, specific, coherent, and internationally benchmarked

6. Common Core Continued… • Adopted by Wisconsin in 2010. • Standards in Math and Language Arts • Literacy in all other subjects • DPI includes other standards for remaining subjects http://standards.dpi.wi.gov/

7. Common Core Standards

8. Subject Curriculum vs. Integrated Curriculum Subject centered Curriculum • Disciplines are taught separately from each other. • Subject based • Traditional • Integrated Curriculum • Disciplines are combined to educate about a common topic or theme. • Student based • Constructivist • Developed in 60’s

9. Integrated Curriculum • “Taking standard subject areas and combining them.” (Dennis Littky) 3 types: • Multidisciplinary • Transdisciplinary • Interdisciplinary • Combines subject matter that is traditionally taught separately • Focus is on students • Connects learning to past, present experiences and establishes bridges between school and life

10. Multidisciplinary Curriculum • Focus on separate discipline with same theme • Some team planning • Individual teachers with separate classrooms • No overlap on subject areas

11. Transdisciplinary Curriculum • Literally means…”Meaning beyond all the disciplines but connected to all the disciplines by a unifying issue or topic” • Teachers choose a theme that is important or relevant to students • Framing topic/big idea = overarching theme • Project-based learning

12. Interdisciplary Curriculum • An interdisciplinary curriculum combines several school subjects into one active project • It focuses on broad areas of study

13. What’s Your Style? • Curriculum Theory and Practice that’s Your Style? By Donna L. Miller • Four Curriculum Styles • Linear Thinkers • Holists • Laissez-Faire Advocates • Critical Theorists

14. Linear Thinkers • Want education to be as efficient as possible, both fiscally and empirically

15. Holists • A person who believes that as long as an object of study captures students’ interest, moving on to another subject makes no sense • Interest drives the learning experience

16. Laissez-Faire Advocates • Freedom • “All people possess natural traits, like curiosity, that predispose learning; the most enduring and profound learning occurs when initiated and pursued by the learners; all people are creative if allowed to develop unique talents; and freedom is essential to developing personal responsibility.”

17. Critical Theorists • The teacher’s job is to guide students to see social injustices, to make the chains visible, and to uncover subliminal messages

18. Now it’s your turn! • What is your teaching style?

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20. Assessment: what is it? • “the evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something” –Merriam-Webster What comes to mind when hearing the word “assessment”?

21. Summative Assessment • Goal is to evaluate student learning • Measure growth after instruction • Determine if long-term goals are met • Examples: • Unit/Chapter Tests • State Testing • ACT/SAT

22. Formative Assessment • Goal is to monitor student learning during the learning process • Includes Formal and Informal assessment • Formal- Data driven • Informal- Content and performance driven • Provides instant feedback • Allows you to modify content as needed

23. Examples of Formative Assessment • Observations • Questioning • Discussions • Graphic Organizers • Learning Response Logs • Think Pair Share • Practice Presentations • Peer/Self Assessments • Individual Whiteboards • Exit/Admission Slips

24. Discussion • Think Pair Share What types of formative assessments do you remember from middle school? Looking back, do you think your teachers used formative assessments correctly? Why/Why not?

25. Geography Activity • Each group is a family moving out west • Each family is looking for a place for the community to settle • Pick a place to form a settlement based on the land shown on the following slide • Each family needs one spokesperson to defend the settlement placement • List your reasons for settling there • Ex. Water, Lumber, Protection • We will then vote on where to start the settlement

27. Standard Assessment • True/False Statements • Multiple Choice Questions • Fill in the Blank Questions • Short Answer • Essay Questions

28. Alternative Assessments • Journals • Plays • Presentations • Posters • Discussions/Debates • Projects

29. Bloom’s Taxonomy 1956-90’s

30. Bloom’s Taxonomy Changes • Student of Bloom, Lorin Anderson, revised the domain in the mid 90’s

31. Modern Bloom’s Taxonomy

32. Effective Teaching • The Danielson Group • Promotes teacher effectiveness and professional learning • Framework is research-based set of components of instruction • Aligned to INTASC standards • Teaching is divided into 22 components built into four domains of responsibility

33. Domain 1: Planning and Preparation • Demonstrating knowledge of content • Demonstrating knowledge of students • Setting instructional outcomes • Demonstrating knowledge of resources • Designing coherent instruction • Designing student assessments

34. Domain 2: Classroom Environment • Creating an environment of respect • Establishing a culture for learning • Managing classroom procedures • Managing student behavior • Organizing physical space

35. Domain 3: Instruction • Communicating with students • Using questioning and discussion techniques • Engaging students in learning • Using assessment in instruction • Demonstrating flexibility and responsiveness

36. Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities • Reflecting on teaching • Maintaining accurate records • Communicating with families • Participating in a professional community • Growing and developing professionally • Showing professionalism

37. Works Cited • "Curriculum and Assessment at the Middle Level." UWSPEDUC385-585. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 June 2014. <http://uwspeduc385-585.wikispaces.com/Curriculum+and+Assessment+at+the+Middle+Level#Curriculum%20and%20Assessment%20at%20the%20Middle%20Level>. • "Geometric People - an Art Lesson Integrating Art and Geometry." Teachers Pay Teachers. N.p., 2 June 2014. Web. 3 June 2014. <http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Geometric-People-an-Art-Lesson-Integrating-Art-and-Geometry-245397>. • Kellough, Richard D., and Noreen G. Kellough. Teaching young adolescents: methods and resources for middle grades teaching. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Merrill/Prentice Hall, 2008. Print. • Winter 2014, Section 4 • http://tpep-wa.org/wp-content/uploads/assessingeffectiveteacherpractices1.pdf • http://oea.dpi.wi.gov/oea_faqsbac • http://www.smarterbalanced.org/ • http://www.thecenter4learning.com/html/resources/5curriculum.htm • http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/ExamplesofFormativeAssessment.html

38. WorkshopWe will be moving to CPS 104