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Non Core Toolbox. December 2 , 2013 Toby Boss ESU 6. Curriculum Toolbox: 7 Phases . Mission Best and Current Practice Curriculum Framework ( and Pre-Mapping) Selection of Resources Curriculum Mapping Assessment Learning Plans . Big Picture. Establishing Mission
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Non Core Toolbox December 2, 2013 Toby Boss ESU 6
Curriculum Toolbox: 7 Phases • Mission • Best and Current Practice • Curriculum Framework (and Pre-Mapping) • Selection of Resources • Curriculum Mapping • Assessment • Learning Plans
Big Picture • Establishing Mission • Review Content Standards • Draft Framework
Wikis • http://wavarts.wikispaces.com • http://wavmedia.wikispaces.com/ • http://wavpehealth.wikispaces.com/ • Collaborators must have a free wiki account.
Mission • “A school mission is the long term-term goal in mind against which we design (and forever) adjust schooling.” • “A mission summarizes what we are in business to accomplish in learners.” • “Without a commitment to mission, we really don’t have a school; we just have a home for freelance tutors of subjects.” • Wiggins, G. & McTighe, J. (2007)
District Essential Outcomes • How will your program align to these outcomes?
Essential Questions • Why do we have this program? • What do we believe about the ability of all students to achieve in this program? • What is the teacher’s role as the facilitator of the program? • How is data important to program decisions? • What do you want kids to be and become from experiencing the program?
Framework • Strand • Enduring Understandings • Essential Questions
Frameworks • Go into the standards – what things stand out? • The important Big Ideas become your strands.
Social Studies Big Ideas • Civic Ideals • Power and Authority • Innovation and Change • Economic Influences • Conflict and Consequences • Beliefs and Culture • Geography
Enduring Understandings • An important inference, drawn from the experience of experts, stated as a specific and useful generalization. • Refers to transferable, big ideas having enduring understanding beyond a specific topic. • Involves abstract counterintuitive and easily misunderstood ideas.
Enduring Understandings • Is best acquired by “uncovering” (i.e., it must be developed inductively, co-constructed by learners) and “doing” the subject (i.e., using the ideas in realistic settings and with real-world problems). • Summarizes important strategic principles in skill areas.
The facts A body of coherent facts Verifiable claims Right or wrong I know something to be true I respond on cue with what I know The meaning of the facts The “theory” that provides coherence Fallible, in-process theories A matter of degree I understand why it is true I judge when to use what I know Knowledge vs Understanding
Social Studies Example • Civic Ideals • In a democracy citizens have rights and responsibilities. • Full civic participation strengthens democratic societies. • Democracies provide freedoms that shape the ideas, choices & actions of individuals.
Essential Questions • What essential questions will foster inquiry, understanding, and transfer of learning?
Essential Questions • Provocative and arguable question designed to guide inquiry into the big ideas. • By actively exploring the essential questions, students develop and deepen their understanding.
What does “Essential” Mean? • Important questions that recur throughout life – “what is justice?” • Core ideas and inquiries within a discipline. “what causes conflict?” • Helps students make sense of complicated ideas. “how do the most effective leaders gain consensus”? • Engages the students through relevance and meaning.
Social Studies Example • Civic Ideas • How do people exercise their rights as citizens? • How do people exercise their responsibilities as citizens? • Why do people become actively involved in civic practices? • What are examples of civic action that shaped or changed society?