MUSCOGEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

 

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Mapping Magic!

Spencer High School starts their Monthly Atlas Parties in November! Ideas and refreshments are shared.

 

 

Curriculum Mapping

Training Materials and Resources

Send Teacher Updates to Secondary Education

 
  Support Materials for Beginning Mappers

Manual for Summer 2008- math/science

 
 

Vocabulary and Definitions

Agendas for Summer 2007 Training

 

Forms and Templates

 
 

Day 1 

 Day 2

Day 3 

Day 4

Day 5  

Resources

 

Engaged Learner

Differentiated Instruction

Standards-Based

Assessments

Unit Sharing

Curriculum Mapping Software

Academic Information

 

Assessment

 

Academic

Awards/Events

 

AP Courses

 

Classroom Management

 

Content-Area Literacy

 

Curriculum Mapping

 

District Initiatives

 

ESOL 6-12 Classrooms  

 

GAPSS Analysis

 

GPS Training Materials

 

Grants

 

Instructional Support Units

 

Math Sites

 

Science Sites

Science Fair Site

Social Studies Sites

 

Textbooks

 

Vertical Teams

 

  Day 1

 Engaged Learners

PowerPoint: Day 1

Name Tent

Checklist for Participation Completion

 

GPS Review

Four Components of a Standard

Vocabulary for Atlas Mapping

Authentic Task Example: Online Video

Mathematics Task Design Rubric

Science Task Design Rubric

Exemplars for Tasks:

              Edutopia, videos

              Authentic Assessment Toolbox, click examples (left side of page)

              NAEP, click search options button

              Balanced Assessment by Harvard's College of Education

              SIS Math Sites, scroll to the bottom of the page

 

              Mathematics I UNITS from RESA, Okefenokee

           

              GaDOE Frameworks- (Select the tab at the top of the page.)

 

 

TEMPLATES

Unit

Learning Plan

Tasks  (Stage 2 Performance Tasks and/or Stage 3 Tasks)

Standards Checklist

Student Checklist

 

 

Engaged Learner Indicators

NCREL's Indicators of Engaged Learning: Descriptions

Indicators of Engaged Leaning: Quiz

NCREL Engaged Indicators: Assessment in Your Instruction

 

Working On the Work (WOW) by P. Schlechty

       Engaged Learner Correlated to WOW Standards

        WOW: Unit Reviews

 

 

Articles:

National Staff Development Council: Learning Communities

Educational Leadership: Improving Relationships Within the Schoolhouse

Building Professional Learning Communities by Cathy Berlinger-Gustafson

 

 

Contact Suzanne

 
  Day 2

 Differentiated Instruction

PowerPoint: Day 2

 

Differentiation Strategies

Differentiate the Content

Differentiate the Process

Differentiate the Product

Differentiate the Environment

    Product - 21st Century Skills - select content "map"

Examples for implementing 21st Century Learning Skills (by disciplines)

 

    Product /Process-Tasks: Leveled (TOP:  T=talented    O=on-grade-level    P=preemptive/struggling)

              Edutopia, videos

              Authentic Assessment Toolbox, click examples (left side of page)

              NAEP, click search options button

              Balanced Assessment by Harvard's College of Education

              SIS Math Sites, scroll to the bottom of the page

              SIS GPS Training, Day 3

 

             Task Template: attach to Atlas unit

 

   Process- Graphic Organizers: 

              Education Oasis

              Education Place Graphic Organizers: List of .pdf files

              Enchanted Learning

              EverythingESL

              Examples in .pdf files

              Freeology (includes Cornell Note Taker)

              North Central Regional Education Laboratory: Examples and Descriptions

              Scholastic: Reading

              SCORE from California for Language Arts

              TeacherVision: Graphic Organizers by Subject

              Southwest GA RESA

Environment/Process - Low-Prep and High-Prep Strategies

 

 Marzano's Nine Instructional Strategies

 

 Differentiated Instruction

 Traditional Instruction vs Differentiated Instruction

 Enhance Learning with Technology

 Adjust Your Teaching Style

 Strategies for Differentiating

 Differentiated Instruction by Internet 4 Classrooms

 Bloom's Taxonomy

 

 

Accommodations

Contact Suzanne

 

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Day 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Standards-Based Instruction with Rigor

   

          Day 3 PowerPoint

Traditional Instruction vs Standards-Based Instruction

Checklist for Standards

 

Standards Mastery, Strategy Template

Teaching Responsibility with Tickets: Purchase Requests

Ticket-Out-The-Door: Instructions

 

 

 

Bloom's Taxonomy and Verb List

Bloom's Taxonomy: Social Studies examples

 

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    Day 4

 Varied Assessments

 

          Day 4 PowerPoint

       

          Assessment Is Like a Penny

Rubrics in the Classroom

What are qualities of a well-designed rubric?

 

Authentic Assessment: Definition

Authentic Assessment Toolbox

Integrating Assessment and Instruction: Task and Teacher Commentary

Online Rubric Generators

    * Rubistar Rubric Generator

    * Teach-nology Rubric Generator

    * Kathy Schrock's Rubrics

    * Roobrix

Online Quiz Generators

    * Articulate Quizmaker- Free Trial

    * EastTestMaker

    * List of Assessment Tools

 

Feedback by .html

    * Feedback.com

          Immediate Feedback: Lo-Tech

              Punch Cards

              File Folders- Frog-in-a-Pocket

              Flip Chute, Directions     Cover

 

        Immediate Feedback: High-Tech

             Interactive PowerPoint- example: Down on the Farm

      

      NWREL's Toolkit98:  Assessment and Feedback

      

      
  Day 5

  Sharing Units

 

          Day 5 PowerPoint

Rubicon Atlas

* Vocabulary Review for Curriculum Mapping Software

* Training Manual used to support curriculum mapping software and review GPS

 

Final Unit Design Checklist

 

Checklist for Participation Completion

 

 

Math/Science Blog

Contact Suzanne

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  Resources

 

 Rubicon Atlas

* Vocabulary Review for Curriculum Mapping Software

* Training Manual used to support curriculum mapping software and review GPS

 

Final Unit Design Checklist - Once your group has made the final modifications, complete this checklist and include it as the cover page for each unit printed copy.

 

Standards Checklist Template - (Design for selected standard or unit.)

Example - Standards Checklist

Student Checklist - (Design for selected standard or unit.)

 

Wall Charts and Signs: Curriculum Mapping

Wall Charts and Signs: Rigor and Relevance  

 

Contact Suzanne

 

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  FORMS

and

Templates

       

      Templates

      Unit Template: MCSD Secondary Education

      Tasks  (Stage 2 Performance Tasks and/or Stage 3 Tasks)

      Learning Plan (for daily instructional design)

      Standards Checklist Template

      Student Checklist

    

     

      Forms

      Manual Forms

      Atlas Updates: Excel Form

      WOW: Unit Reviews, page 33

      Standards Mastery: Strategy Template, page 37

      Participant Deliverables Checklist, page 70

      Unit Checklist

      Standards Mastery, Strategy Template

   

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