Short/Long - Term Planning
ALIGNMENT is critical
START WITH THE STANDARDS, plan assessments, monitor progress and adjust accordingly
Backwards Design
Standards
Assessments
Activities/Lesson
Standards
Start with state adopted standards
End-goal to have students master the standards
Assessments
How will you know the standard was mastered? Will they write or do multiple choice?
Activities/Lesson
Decide what lessons and activities you will have students engage in
Goals
Broader statements that focus on what learners will know at the end of the year or end of the course.
Should inform the objectives.
Goals should be SMART
Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Timely
Objectives
A specific statement that includes a description of the behaviors and skills a student will acquire at the end of the instruction
Spells out an intended result of the instruction
MEASURABLE so teachers can monitor progress and adjust instruction
Good objectives include:
Expected performance, the conditions, and the evaluation criteria
Students should have the opportunity to be involved in
Their own goal setting and progress monitoring.
Accomplished through data folders based on standards mastery, data charts and goal-setting, and reflective journals