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Fall 2017 TLC: Instructional Design to Maximize Student Learning - Activity 1 Resources

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SEED Team

Teacher Quality Standards

  • QS I: Teachers demonstrate mastery of and pedagogical expertise in the content they teach.
    • Element A: Teachers provide instruction that is aligned with the Colorado Academic Standards and their district’s organized plan of instruction.

Standards-Based Instructional Design

In this activity, you will consider what standards-based instruction is and is not. As you read, implement, and reflect, think about how standards-based instruction is the same or different from the instruction you have seen or delivered. How might standards-based instruction maximize student learning?

Resources

Standards-Based Curriculum and Assessment Design

From the book's site on ASCD, scroll down and click on the link entitled "Standards-Based Curriculum and Assessment Design" to read this resource. This book chapter outlines a process for developing standards-based instructional units to help teachers develop curriculum that aligns with state or school standards.

Instructional Unit Samples

This CDE website houses instructional unit plans specific to grade level and content.  

Curriculum Overview Samples

This CDE webpage houses curriculum overview samples.  These unit samples, written by Colorado educators, help translate the Colorado State Standards into curriculum.  

Core Knowledge: The Activity Trap from Dr. Hirsch

This very brief video helps to differentiate between an “activity” and truly meaningful learning.

 

How to Teach the Standards Without Becoming Standardized

In this article, learn about some ways that a teacher might teach the standards authentically.