Now it is time to integrate the school’s touchstone into the school culture and curriculum. After assessing your institution’s use of a touchstone, create a short and long term plan for continuing to integrate the touchstone. Directions are included in the document.
Edit first lesson As a group, revise stage 3 for all 2 lessons of one of the Curriculum Plan Units developed by one of your group members in your EDG 6250 course. Make sure you revise your unit following the guidelines below. Include all levels of Costa’s questioning techniques you have learned in this course (Level 1, 2 and 3 … Read more
Reading Reflection: After reading the required material for this module, type a reflection that include the following: Analyze HOM used: Start your reflection addressing a habit(s) of mind (HOM) that you used to understand the topic and analyze how and why did you use that HOM. Use the “How are we doing” checklist (Download … Read more
After reading Chapter 13 from Oliva and Gordon, please answer the following question: In your opinion, how are open education resources enhancing the educational environment? Given the situation we are living in today, do they provide equity in access to education resources? Ensure you provide specific examples of a technology tool used within your classroom … Read more
After reading Chapter 1 from Developing the Curriculum by Oliva & Gordon, please answer the following questions in a reflective manner: 1. How would you define your own concept of models of curriculum-instruction relationship based on the theoretical dimensions discussed? Why? How does it influence your own definition of what curriculum is? Directions: After … Read more
Create an outline for a one-hour professional development session on the topic of maximizing time spent on quality instruction, related to effective classroom engagement, that aligns to the school vision and mission. As you create your outline, visualize what the session will look like. What will you as the presenter be doing? What will … Read more
Develop a concise statement of your beliefs about curriculum, teaching and learning that you might use as an evolving guide in your career in education that includes a selective reference section with key references that you relate to in connection with your personal beliefs (e.g., can be select references from this course and throughout your … Read more
Develop a multicultural lesson that brings together the teaching of subject matter through a cultural context aligned with Transformative or Social Action Approaches from Banks or Culturally Relevant Pedagogy like Choi. The lesson will be aligned with recent theories of learning and will demonstrate ways of addressing diverse student needs for learning the intended content … Read more
One of the most important tasks of a school leader is the modeling of best practices. Curriculum alignment is among these best practices. Teachers will benefit from examples of alignment and they should be part of the alignment process to ensure improvement, promote students’ learning readiness, instill mutual commitment and accountability, and develop the knowledge, … Read more
A well-written lesson plan is important to help teachers with their day-to-day activities in the classroom. A lesson plan is important because it provides the teacher with a tangible direction of what they are doing for the day, and how they are going to assess student knowledge. Not only does the lesson plan support … Read more