Session 2: Why are Unit Overview Sheets Worthwhile?
No single tool has influenced the practice of session presenter Bill Ferriter or his learning teams than unit overview sheets. In this portion of the workshop, participants will (1). discuss the impact that a guaranteed and viable curriculum can have on student learning in a professional learning community and (2). reflect on the role that unit overview sheets can play in guiding the early work of PLCs.
Session 3: Introducing Teachers and Teams to Unit Overview Sheets as a Collaborative Starting Point
Developing unit overview sheets is an approachable process that can be taught to learning teams in a series of simple steps. In this portion of the workshop, participants will (1). practice a process for deconstructing standards and identifying essential learning targets, (2). review a process for writing essential outcomes in student friendly language and (3). decide on a format for sharing essential learning targets with parents, students and other teachers.
Click here for materials that can be used to introduce teachers to unit overview sheets through a process called The Eighty Minute Challenge.
Session 4: Using Unit Overview Sheets to Encourage Student Involved Assessment
While developing unit overview sheets can provide much-needed guidance and structure to the work of professional learning teams, developing unit overview sheets can also hvae a direct impact on the quality of instruction happening inside of classrooms. In this portion of the workshop, participants will (1). explore the research around student involved assessment and (2). think through the role that unit overview sheets can play in making student involved assessment a more regular part of the learning happening inside their buildings.
Learning About Grading from the Baljeetles
Learning about Feedback from Bushkrafft
from Digitally Speaking
http://digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com/Building%20on%20the%20Collaborative%20Foundation%20-%20FUSD
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