An Overview of NCSC Curriculum and Instruction: Understanding the Schema

1. An Overview of NCSC Curriculum and Instruction: Understanding the Schema

2. Theory of Action Long-term goal: To ensure that students with significant cognitive disabilities achieve increasingly higher academic outcomes and leave high school ready for post-secondary options. A well-designed summative assessment alone is insufficient. To achieve this goal, an AA-AAS system also requires: • Curricular & instructional frameworks • Teacher resources and professional development

3. Career College Community Curriculum Common Core Standards Learning Progressions Core Content Connectors Instruction Grade-level Lessons Accommodations Systematic Instruction Assessment Formative, Interim Summative Communicative Competence

5. Content Modules Ele Unit UDLs MS Unit UDLs HS Unit UDLs Ele MASSIs & LASSIs MS MASSIs & LASSIs HS MASSIs & LASSIs =Standards documents = Documents that promote teacher understanding of the content = Documents that promote instruction of the content SCHEMA for Common Core State Standards Resources NCSC Instructional Resources Common Core State Standards Core Content Connectors Learning Progressions Frameworks WHAT TO TEACH Instructional Families Graduated Understandings Element Cards HOW TO TEACH Curriculum Resource Guides Instructional Resource Guide

6. Common Core State Standards • Define grade level content and achievement; • Define rigorous content and skills (application knowledge); • Align with expectations for college and career success; and • Do not tell teachers how to teach, but they do help teachers figure out the knowledge and skills their students should have so that teachers can build the best lessons and environments for their classrooms. http://www.corestandards.org/

7. Content Modules Ele Unit UDLs MS Unit UDLs HS Unit UDLs Ele MASSIs & LASSIs MS MASSIs & LASSIs HS MASSIs & LASSIs =Standards documents = Documents that promote teacher understanding of the content = Documents that promote instruction of the content SCHEMA for Common Core State Standards Resources NCSC Instructional Resources Learning Progressions Frameworks Common Core State Standards Core Content Connectors WHAT TO TEACH Instructional Families Graduated Understandings Element Cards HOW TO TEACH Curriculum Resource Guides Instructional Resource Guide

8. Learning Progressions • Define research-based pathways for learning; • Developed and refined using available research and evidence; • Have clear binding threads that articulate the essential core concepts and processes of a discipline (sometimes called the ‘big ideas’ of the discipline); and • Articulate movement toward increased understanding (meaning deeper, broader, more sophisticated understanding). Hess, Karin K., (December 2011). Learning Progressions Frameworks Designed for Use with the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts & Literacy K-12.

10. Content Modules Ele Unit UDLs MS Unit UDLs HS Unit UDLs Ele MASSIs & LASSIs MS MASSIs & LASSIs HS MASSIs & LASSIs =Standards documents = Documents that promote teacher understanding of the content = Documents that promote instruction of the content SCHEMA for Common Core State Standards Resources NCSC Instructional Resources Common Core State Standards Core Content Connectors Learning Progressions Frameworks WHAT TO TEACH Instructional Families Graduated Understandings Element Cards HOW TO TEACH Curriculum Resource Guides Instructional Resource Guide

12. College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading Key Ideas and Details 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. 3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Reading Standards for Literature

13. Content Modules Ele Unit UDLs MS Unit UDLs HS Unit UDLs Ele MASSIs & LASSIs MS MASSIs & LASSIs HS MASSIs & LASSIs =Standards documents = Documents that promote teacher understanding of the content = Documents that promote instruction of the content SCHEMA for Common Core State Standards Resources NCSC Instructional Resources Common Core State Standards Core Content Connectors Learning Progressions Frameworks WHAT TO TEACH Instructional Families Graduated Understandings Element Cards HOW TO TEACH Curriculum Resource Guides Instructional Resource Guide

14. Prototype Content Module • http://coedpages.uncc.edu/cpflower/cmod/ • Coordinate Plane • Expressions • Fractions and Decimals • Linear Equations • Perimeter, Area, and Volume • Radicals and Exponents • Ratios and Proportions

15. Content Modules Ele Unit UDLs MS Unit UDLs HS Unit UDLs Ele MASSIs & LASSIs MS MASSIs & LASSIs HS MASSIs & LASSIs =Standards documents = Documents that promote teacher understanding of the content = Documents that promote instruction of the content SCHEMA for Common Core State Standards Resources NCSC Instructional Resources Common Core State Standards Core Content Connectors Learning Progressions Frameworks WHAT TO TEACH Instructional Families Graduated Understandings Element Cards HOW TO TEACH Curriculum Resource Guides Instructional Resource Guide

16. Grade-span Learning Targets from the Learning Progression Frameworks Distribution of Instructional Families and the number of related CCCs by grade Five Instructional families for Data Analysis I & II

17. Grade-span Learning Target from the Learning Progression Frameworks Instructional Families for Data Analysis I (K-4) Distribution of CCCs by Instructional Families and grade Reference to related CCSS

18. Instructional Families/CCSS Domains View Related CCSS Domains for Data Analysis I Three Instructional Families in Data Analysis I Reference to related CCSS

19. Element Cards

20. Content Modules Ele Unit UDLs MS Unit UDLs HS Unit UDLs Ele MASSIs & LASSIs MS MASSIs & LASSIs HS MASSIs & LASSIs =Standards documents = Documents that promote teacher understanding of the content = Documents that promote instruction of the content SCHEMA for Common Core State Standards Resources NCSC Instructional Resources Common Core State Standards Core Content Connectors Learning Progressions Frameworks WHAT TO TEACH Instructional Families Graduated Understandings Element Cards HOW TO TEACH Curriculum Resource Guides Instructional Resource Guide

21. Curriculum Resource Guides

22. What is included in CR Guide? • Part 1- Content • Explanation of how prioritized CCCs under topic are taught in a general education setting • Also includes common misunderstandings in content area and prior knowledge/skills needed

23. What is included in CR Guide? • Part 2 – Tables with CCCs and Performance Examples • 1st table includes CCCs aligned with the topic for Grades 3-High School • Topics include: Measurement/Geometry, Equations, Ratios and Proportions, Data Analysis, and Fractions* • 2nd table includes sample summative assessment items related to topic • Essential Understandings expectations are included

24. What is included in CR Guide? • Part 3 – General Education Activities • Sample activities from published general education resources • Links across content areas (ELA, science, social studies, etc.) • Part 4 – Real World Applications • Ideas for teachers to use to reinforce concepts in real world contexts • Promoting Career and College Readiness • Standards for Mathematical Practice

25. What is included in CR Guide? • Part 5 – Ideas for Promoting Career and College Readiness • Specific to topic • Address College and Career Ready Outcomes: • Communicative competence • Fluency in reading, writing, and math • Age appropriate social skills • Independent work behaviors • Skills in accessing support systems

26. What is included in CR Guide? • Part 6 – Accessibility for All Learners • Basic numeracy skills and pre-requisite skills that can be taught concurrently for each topic • Topic specific UDL table with multiple means of representation, expression, and engagement for learners with specific needs

27. Content Modules Ele Unit UDLs MS Unit UDLs HS Unit UDLs Ele MASSIs & LASSIs MS MASSIs & LASSIs HS MASSIs & LASSIs =Standards documents = Documents that promote teacher understanding of the content = Documents that promote instruction of the content SCHEMA for Common Core State Standards Resources NCSC Instructional Resources Common Core State Standards Core Content Connectors Learning Progressions Frameworks WHAT TO TEACH Instructional Families Graduated Understandings Element Cards HOW TO TEACH Instructional Resource Guide Curriculum Resource Guides

28. Instructional Resource Guide

29. What is included in IR Guide? • Overview of Systematic Instruction • Importance of Finding a Response Mode • Explanation of Instructional Strategies and “how to” • Provides sample script for math and ELA skill for each instructional strategy • Troubleshooting Q&A • Constant Time Delay (CTD) • System of Least Prompts (LIP) • Model, Lead, Test • Example/Non-example Training

30. Sample Script (Model, Lead, Test)

31. Content Modules MS Unit UDLs HS Unit UDLs Ele Unit UDLs Ele MASSIs & LASSIs MS MASSIs & LASSIs HS MASSIs & LASSIs =Standards documents = Documents that promote teacher understanding of the content = Documents that promote instruction of the content SCHEMA for Common Core State Standards Resources NCSC Instructional Resources Common Core State Standards Core Content Connectors Learning Progressions Frameworks WHAT TO TEACH Instructional Families Graduated Understandings Element Cards HOW TO TEACH Curriculum Resource Guides Instructional Resource Guide

32. UDL Unit Plans/ Lesson Plans • UDL unit plan and sample daily lesson plans • These are developed for the entire general education class to be inclusive of ALL students • Purpose: to model how to plan for all students from the onset of instructional planning (universally designed learning) including students in AA-AAS • Excellent for co-teaching and collaborative planning • Promote inclusive instruction; show how students who participate in AA-AAS can be in general education • Developed by University of Kentucky

33. Unit Plans For example, a lesson on area might provide: Multiple means of representation – Provide students with a copy of the word problems and the table. Have drawings and 2 and 3 dimensional manipulatives available for students to use. Multiple means of expressions – Allow students to solve the problem using formulas and/ or models and record information into tables using various formats: computer, graphic organizer (premade or original), etc. Allow students to use a reference of formulas: print, pictorial or tactile. Multiple means of engagement – Ensure each student is actively involved in his/her partnership. Use scenarios (unit rates) related to student interests. For example, if a student is interested in animals instead of orchard trees, the scenario could involve a rate of grazing area per horse. As you observe pairs working, use questioning to get students to explain their strategies. Lessons are taken from the general education curriculum; principles of UDL are applied

34. Unit Plan cont. then modified and or adapted for Emerging Readers and Emerging Communicators • Multiple means of Engagement..... Showing the end first - present the concrete example of the graph with the trees.... Then with the end in mind... students at multiple levels can solve in multiple ways... either count or solve using a calculator, graph paper, 2 and 3 dimensional manipulative materials • Multiple Representation....  2 dimensional  paper with trees, 3 dimensional objects on green construction paper or cardboard squares. • Multiple means of Expression – Picture problem choices: present 2 choices of possible correct responses... including words or pictures, tactile representations ... 

35. Content Modules Ele Unit UDLs MS Unit UDLs HS Unit UDLs Ele MASSIs & LASSIs HS MASSIs & LASSIs MS MASSIs & LASSIs =Standards documents = Documents that promote teacher understanding of the content = Documents that promote instruction of the content SCHEMA for Common Core State Standards Resources NCSC Instructional Resources Common Core State Standards Core Content Connectors Learning Progressions Frameworks WHAT TO TEACH Instructional Families Graduated Understandings Element Cards HOW TO TEACH Curriculum Resource Guides Instructional Resource Guide

36. What is included in a MASSI? • Color coded with instructional family • CCC, CCSS, lesson objective by grade level • Materials • Overview for all 3 grade levels

37. Leveled Instruction Bolded text indicates teacher script Instructional strategy: CTD Check and Score: Teacher scores on Progress Monitoring Sheet. Numbers correspond with number on data sheet. Goals for each grade level in grade band Instructional strategy: LIP

38. Progress Monitoring Data Sheet • Follows MASSI; steps correspond with steps of task analysis • 1st column: materials to present to student • 2nd column: instructional cue and prompt (if applicable) • 3rd column: student response

39. MASSI is comprised of many steps • Broken down into segments to teach across multiple sessions/days • Indicates our suggestion for stopping places • How to administer skills test (teacher says/does, student response, and error correction) • Provides suggested criterion for moving forward (~60% or higher) • “Next”- what is to come in lesson and suggestions for each grade level

40. Each MASSI has a troubleshooting section • Each MASSI has a culminating activity to reinforce concepts in a real world activity • Table for building towards full grade level competence • Activities that would be expected at grade level for each CCSS addressed

41. Questions?