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Office of Professional Learning
Doannie Tran Assistant Superintendent of Professional Learning
November 4, 2015
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Vision
Acceleration Agenda
BPS Graduates will be able to: ● undertake strategic planning and
problem-solving towards goals● go through cycles of learning,
reflection and sharing● exemplify civic engagement (local
and global)● are prepared for work/career● engage in life-long learning
Convening: ● Parents● Recent
Graduates● Content
Experts
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Vision
Increasing Prevalence of Cognitively-Demanding
Tasks in BPS
BPS Graduates will be able to: ● undertake strategic planning and
problem-solving towards goals● go through cycles of learning,
reflection and sharing● exemplify civic engagement (local
and global)● are prepared for work/career● engage in life-long learning
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Depth of Knowledge defines one aspect of “cognitive demand”
DOK
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Bloom’s Taxonomy Defines another aspect of “cognitive demand”
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DOK
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High Cognitive Demand
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Question 1:Restate the following sentence in your own words:
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Question 1:Restate the following sentence in your own words:
Literal Meaning→Low on Bloom’s Taxonomy)
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Question 1:Restate the following sentence in your own words:
Literal Meaning→Low on Bloom’s Taxonomy)
“The former render possible theoretical cognition according to principles a priori; the latter in respect of this theoretical cognition only supplies in itself a negative principle (that of mere contrast), but on the other hand it furnishes fundamental propositions which extend the sphere of the determination of the will and are therefore called practical.”
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Question 2:Read the following passage, then write a letter to the editor defending the moral values the main character displays with regard to animals.
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Question 2:Read the following passage, then write a letter to the editor defending the moral values the main character displays with regard to animals.
Synthesis→High(er) on Bloom’s Taxonomy)
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“Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
"Out to the hog house," replied Mrs. Arable. "Some pigs were born last night.“
"I don't see why he needs an ax," continued Fern, who was only eight.
"Well," said her mother, "one of the pigs is a runt. It's very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it.”
"Do away with it?" shrieked Fern. "You mean kill it? Just because it's smaller than the others?"
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Bloom
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DOK
Blooms and DOK alone are not enough...
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Bloom
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Com
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Standards Aligned, Grade Level Cognitively Demanding Tasks
The Sweet Spot of College and Career Readiness
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Bloom
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Com
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Standards Aligned, Grade Level Cognitively Demanding Tasks
So how do we consistently get inside this box?
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What to Teach
How to Teach It
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Standards Aligned, Grade Level Cognitively Demanding Tasks
The Foundation of Strong Curriculum
Curriculum Curriculum Training
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Instructional Research and Development
Rich Student Curriculum and Teacher Training
What to Teach
How to Teach It
Standards Aligned, Grade Level Cognitively Demanding Tasks
Curriculum Curriculum Training
The Foundation of Strong Curriculum
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Instructional Research and Development
Rich Student Curriculum and Teacher Training
National Equity Project
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Embed Curriculum into a System for Adult Learning
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Instructional Research and Development
Rich Student Curriculum and Teacher Training
Implementation
Review Outcomes
Adjust and Improve
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Strategic Investments in Adult Learning
OPL is coordinating systemic strategies
focused on developing collective capacity
to design and deliver cognitively demanding
instruction.
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Strategic Investments in Adult Learning
● Improve Instructional Leadership Teams and Common Planning Time
● Principals as Instructional Leaders
● Teacher Leaders as Co-Facilitators
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Identify the school’s Instructional Focus
Example: Create and deliver tasks that require evidence-based writing
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Use Case for Strong IF
Instructional Focus: Create tasks that require evidence based writing
ILT Work: Analyzed data, normed on strong examples of IF, looked at student work, read and learned together about
research, identified rubrics
CPT PDParent
Engage- ment
Eval
QS
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Initial Bright Spots
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Today's PD helped me make progress on my school's instructional focus? (n=81)
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