four pillars of plainwell curriculum 1. guaranteed curriculum 2. common student assessments 3. data...
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Four Pillars of Plainwell Curriculum
1. Guaranteed Curriculum
2. Common Student Assessments
3. Data Management and Reporting System
4. Redefining School Improvement
What’s the Goal?
All Students at Grade Level in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics
Four Pillars of Plainwell Curriculum
1. Guaranteed Curriculum
2. Common Student Assessments
3. Data Management and Reporting System
4. Redefining School Improvement
1 - Guaranteed Curriculum Curriculum Maps Time Bound
When will this instruction happen and how much time will we need to do it?
Based on Common Learning Goals GLCEs Benchmarks Our Learning Goals
2 - Common Student Assessments
Written to the Learning Goals Not every GLCE or Learning Goal can be
assessed
Goals and Assessments are Constants
Texts, Resources, Activities are Variables
By Unit or by Marking Period
3 - Data Management and Reporting System
Tracks Assessment Results For individuals For class or grade as a whole - what content and
skills have most students mastered and what goals have they not
Pinnacle Objective Tracker
Transforming Classroom Grading
4 - Redefining School Improvement Old Paradigm: 3-5 Year Plans - Large - Global
cumbersome, management nightmare no “buy in” or accountability vague goals that don’t drive instruction
New Paradigm: Continuous - Small - Local teachers of the same subject meet regularly use information from their common assessments and
objectives to plan how to improve student achievement of their
common learning goals
Curriculum Development and School Improvement Process – 7 steps1. Review GLCEs, standards and benchmarks2. Identify learning goals3. Create Curriculum Maps4. Develop common assessments for each unit5. Analyze assessment results6. Identify problem areas7. Develop plans and strategies for problem
areas
What’s Changed? Decision on Content
The Past – each individual teacher decided his/her content independently
The Change – content set in curriculum maps w/ learning goals from state standards, content expectations, departments, grade levels (the guaranteed curriculum)
Decision on Assessments The Past – each individual teacher developed his/her own
assessments (or gave none at all) based on whatever they happened to have taught that during the period
The Change – teachers who teach the same learning goals, give a common assessment of those learning goals
What’s Changed? Isolation becomes Teamwork
The Past – Except for large, unwieldly, and infrequent goal committee meeting, teachers work in isolation
The Change – teachers who teach the same learning goals, look at student results, and work with each other regularly; sharing their expertise, lessons, and strategies to improve student learning on the specific learning goals they all teach in common
What’s Changed? School Improvement
The Past – large, vague, multiyear goals that cannot address what is needed in each course to improve student learning
The Change – small goals set by groups of teachers teaching the same content based on what our assessments show students need to learn better
The Past – strategies are long term, vague, and don’t have wide spread commitment
The Change – Teacher tested, locally proven lessons and ideas are just as valuable – maybe more – than published research (although both are important)
Where’s the Art of Teaching? It’s there more than ever! Your artistry and skill as a teacher is in…
how you get students to master the learning goals how you motivate students to learn how you build a relationship with your students how you, with your colleagues, share, develop, and find resources to
improve your students learning But artistry is no longer deciding in isolation…
the content of the course the summative assessments used to measure student progress on the
learning goals or deciding not to work collaboratively in a grade or subject area
team to improve student learning
Curriculum Maps Come First Review GLCEs for each grade Place in units Group by topic Align to text and other resources Decide timeline When?
Four Pillars of Plainwell Curriculum
1. Guaranteed Curriculum
2. Common Student Assessments
3. Data Management and Reporting System
4. Redefining School Improvement
Why?
All Students at Grade Level in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics