221+Agenda+-+1.16.14

9:25 - 9:40 - Welcome and Review (Megan)
 * Notetaker (Julie)
 * Reviewer: Sarah
 * Photographer:Andy
 * Questions about the syllabus?

9:40 - 10:00 - Features of professional reflection, evaluation i. “In this segment, I saw…” ii. “Based on the student reaction, I concluded that…” i. Involved vs. invested i. Ask questions first ii. Positive iii. Two or three suggestions iv. Did you learn the concept that I was teaching? Did I reach my goal? v. Honesty vi. Overall impression
 * 1) A. Templates to engage in evidence based reflection
 * 2) a. Use Quotations
 * 1) b. Confined to what we can see
 * 1) c. Pinning down student reactions
 * 2) d. Narrow and focused within the lesson
 * 3) e. Avoid broad labels of teachers and students
 * 4) f. The conversation

10:00 - 10:30 - Professional Introductions

10:30 - 10:40 - Break

10:40 - 11:10 - Curriculum >> Unit level outcomes >>> Lesson level outcomes > ii. Objective
 * What is curriculum?
 * Notes:
 * Divided into standards
 * i. Target
 * "Line up" - Assumptions about Curriculum
 * Curriculum should be grounded in information that every educated person should know.
 * Curriculum should be common across local schools and grades, but doesn't need to be common beyond the state level.
 * A national curriculum is critical to improving the education of students in the United States.
 * Teachers should be allowed to select their own curriculum based on their expertise and the needs and interests of their students.
 * Curriculum should be tailored to the individual student; one-size curriculum does not fit all.
 * Parents should have a major voice in determining school curriculum.
 * Curriculum should focus on developing critical thinking skills rather than covering specific information.
 * The "information age" demands a new approach to curriculum.
 * Teachers are under a professional obligation to teach the prescribed curriculum.
 * Standardized tests are a good way to measure student achievement related to prescribed curriculum


 * Types of Curriculum
 * ** Formal: **
 * **Hidden:**
 * **Null:**
 * **Curriculum in Use:**
 * **Received Curriculum:**
 * **Curriculum as windows or mirrors:**


 * Curriculum Sources

11:10 - 11:45 - Objectives >> i. Descriptive >> ii. Purposeful >> iii. Measurable >> iv. Achievable >> v. Memorable
 * Writing an Objective
 * Notes:
 * ### a. SWBAT
 * 1) b. Should be clear and accessible
 * 2) c. Objectives should be
 * Tile Game
 * Communicating Learning Goals - []
 * Objectives Activity: Go to the lesson plan sites below. (Browse the objectives/targets for 5 lesson plans in your subject area. Copy the objectives onto a separate document (include the link to the plan). Evaluate the objective and rate it as poor, satisfactory, or exceptional. Explain why you chose that rating.
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 * []
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 * Possible Formula -
 * SWBAT + action verb + specific content [+ format + degree]
 * I can
 * Practice using this text as subject matter - []
 * How do you know if students met the objective?

11:45 - 11:50 - Closure
 * For Tuesday, Bloom's Taxonomy P.E.T. - Post a discussion question on the agenda.