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Instructional Leadership:

Planning Rigorous Curriculum(What is Rigorous Curriculum?)

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, 2012.

• Name of Superintendent – Welcome– Why Important

Welcome

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, 2012.© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, 2012.

• Name of Facilitator– Overview / Agenda– Enduring Understandings– Guiding Questions– Targeted Objectives– Introductions

Overview & Introductions

Proposed Norms & ExpectationsProposed Norms & Expectations• Stay focused and fully engaged

– no competing conversations please• Participate to grow

– share openly and monitor your listening• Be a learner

– create your own meaning and application• Get your needs met

– ask questions that benefit the group– personal questions on breaks

• Housekeeping– silence cell phones– handle business later– share ONE point …then next person


Instructional LeadershipCore Component is Managed through Key Processes


• Plan curriculum to maximize student opportunity to learn essential knowledge and skills.

• Develop a rigorous curriculum for all students.• Develop a rigorous curriculum for students with special needs.• Plan access to rigorous curricula for students with special

needs.• Develop an understanding that a rigorous curriculum is a vital

component of a school’s vision in order to assure and promote high levels of student achievement and success.

Research-Based Critical Behaviors


• By the end of the workshop you will develop an action plan focused on applying the Research-Based Critical Behaviors

• In the column labeled “Current Reality”– Rate yourself on a scale of 1-5

– 5 = highly effective– 3 = effective– 1 = ineffective

– Describe the evidence that supports your application of this concept

Action Plan


• What does Rigor mean?

• What are Critical Elements of a Rigorous Curriculum?

What is Rigorous Curriculum?

Segment Guiding Questions


• Write down what rigor means to you. • What does the phrase “rigorous curriculum mean to

you?• Talk in your table groups about the challenges

you face in your school in regards to rigor.

Surfacing Prior KnowledgeRigorous Curriculum-What Is It?


• Review rigor definitions in Handout: Defining Rigor

• Compare YOUR key words to those in the handout.

• What challenges could arise from such diverse views/definitions of rigor?

Comparing Rigor Definitions

Handout: Defining Rigor


RESEARCH: Three (3) major stumbling blocks to rigor:•No consistent definition of rigor•Clear pathway to rigor•Poor professional development

Stumbling Blocks to Rigor


• Read: Using a Cognitive Rigor Matrix to…– Individually, use Close Reading strategy:

I know this Significant idea (post-it note too)? Question / I’d like to know more

– As a group,• List significant ideas on post-it notes• Organize by category• Identify 2-4 BIG IDEAS

Creating The Pathway


Based on your reading (discuss by table/school team):1. How can a consistent definition of rigor contribute to

more rigorous curriculum?2. How can Cognitive Rigor Matrix contribute to…

– more rigorous curriculum?– more rigorous assessments?– more rigorous instruction?

3. What do you need to do in your school to increase rigor (including overcome obstacles)?

Planning Rigorous Curricula


• Study– What is our definition of rigor?

• Reflect– What is our current level of rigor in each subject

area?

• Plan– What are our next steps?

• Do– Who, What, When

School Improvement: Rigor

How is Rigor Increased?Handout: How is Rigor Increased?

• Raise Level of Content• Increase Complexity• Give appropriate support and

guidance• Open your focus• Raise Expectations

Rigor is NOT a Four Letter WordBarbara R. Blackburn, Winthrop Universitywww.barbarablackburnonline.comwww.eyeoneducaton.com

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– Building Academic Vocabulary– Writing – varied types/levels of writing, journals, writing across the

curriculum– Problem-solving – case studies, challenge problems, essay exams– Oral Communication – debates, role playing, summary presentations– Collaborative Projects – explore, research, & solve complex

problems– Motivation & Engagement are required for rigor– Time & opportunity to navigate sophisticated and reflective learning

experiences

Student Activities that Build Rigor:


– Providing PD to ensure staff understand and apply Bloom’s taxonomy within lesson design

• PLC focused on instruction & results

– Completing a “Curriculum Audit” (assessment of curriculum document existence & quality)

• Clearly defined standards/expectations

– Engaging teachers in Curriculum Mapping• Identifying critical topics, skills, etc per grade• Analyzing vertical alignment and/or overlap

– Utilizing “action research” strategies– Focusing on student results

• Regular monitoring of progress

Teacher Activities that Build Rigor:


– Frequent supervision focused on raising the rigor of curriculum and improving instruction

• Observe classroom curriculum & instruction• Examine student work samples

– Ensure teachers receive on-site and/or embedded professional development

– Time & opportunity for teacher collaboration focused on improving curriculum & instruction

– Focus on student results• Ensure staff uses data to adjust instruction• Monitor student progress

Leadership Activities that Build Rigor:

Would anyone like to share your thoughts on next steps based on this information?

What is the role that professional development will play in this process?

How Is Rigor Increased?


At your table, using round-robin Share answers to the 4 questions below1.How can a consistent definition of rigor contribute to more rigorous curriculum?2.How can Cognitive Rigor Matrix contribute to…

• more rigorous curriculum? assessments? instruction?

3.What do you need to do in your school to increase rigor (including overcome obstacles)?4.What is the role that professional development will play in this process?

Share


• Whole Group–Share ONE idea you

heard from another person at your table

Share


At your table, using round-robin• How will you know rigor is increasing?• Discuss the data that needs to be

collected?• Make a list of appropriate “data points”

– Which 2-4 are most critical?• Whole Group

• Share ONE idea from your group

Data / Evidence


• Consider the guiding questions• Use column labeled “Strategies/Ideas”

– connect today’s discussions with the “Research-Based Critical Behaviors.”

– List at least THREE things per box

Closure for this Segment

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• Review the following…– Targeted Objectives– Research-Based Critical Behaviors

• Next Steps – What additional data do you need?– Who will you involve in process? – What resources do you need?

• Action Plan– Do what? – By when?

Conclusion andDevelopment of an Action Plan


• In table groups (in a round robin format)– Share one new learning and

describe how you will apply it in your job

– NO REPEATS!

Workshop Closure


• THANK YOU• Please complete

“Participant Feedback”

Workshop Closure

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