Mastery of Curriculum

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Mastery of Curriculum
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At the beginning of the semester..

• Assumptions?
• You are all preparing to become future teachers?
• The role of the teacher is to.
• What does the teacher teach?
• How does the teacher determine the students have
  learned the material?

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At the end of the semester..

• How do you assess?
• You accept the fact that some of your students
  will earn high grades for achievement and others
  will earn lower grades?
• Some students will master the subject others
  will have less of an understanding.
• What is mastery?

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At the beginning of the semester..

• Some students will fail because..
• Some students will achieve a 90 or better
  because.
• Some students will drop course because..
• The teacher does or does not have control over
  students achievement?

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At the end of the semester..

• If you are teaching 150 students,
• 20 students will achieve an A
• 30 students will achieve a B
• 80 students will achieve a C
• 15 students will achieve a D
• 5 students will receive no credit
• Board member? Pilot?

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News Clips
Colorado Big district dumps grade levels. The
only acceptable score allowing a student to move
on to the next lesson is the equivalent of what
would be a B in normal grading. Roberta
Selleck, School District Superintendent
Seven Skills Students Desperately Need.. We
need people who can ask good questions, and we
need people who can engage others in thoughtful
conversations. Tony Wagner, Harvard School of
Education
Online Learning Set to Soar Online enrollments
have grown from 45,000 in 2000 to more than a
million last year. By 2013 10 of all seat
time will be occupied by online instructionand
within 10 years, more than half of all seat time
will be online enrollments. Clayton Christensen,
Harvard Business School
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News Clips
Reinvent Schools for Digital Age Learning
environments should include moveable furniture
and walls, that connect with the wider community,
enable collaboration, interaction, and the
gathering and sharing of information. elastic
class time. Cisco Systems 21st Century
Learning Environments
Why We Need to Teach 21st Century Skills And
How to Do It! Learn by doing was core theme of
John Dewey. Hands on, visual, audio,
collaboration, addressing community concerns,
authentic project assessments.
Technology Empowers Differentiated
Instruction Differentiated instruction Tech
Powerful Learning ISTE Webinar
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Can we do this?How do we do this?What
courses? Grade levels?Administrators?Colleges?

Mastery of Subject Matter
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Why do people get excited over..
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21st Century Skills
21st Century Assessment Make it all happen!
Change attitudes, levels of mastery, assign
power to learn.

Engage.Empower..Excite
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• Points Grading System
• Total Points at the end of the marking period
  determines the final grade.
• Each two-week unit has
• 4 Required Assignments 95 mastery
• 4 Above Beyond Assignments
• An Extra Mile

Where do we start?
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Required Assignments

• Essence of your Curriculum - Knowledge and skills
• 95 Mastery B 85. All required assignments
  must be completed in order to receive class
  credit.
• Examples
• Reports
• Quizzes
• Tests
• Projects
• Paradigm shifts
• Share examples from past classes
• Quizzes and tests must be taken over until 95
  mastery
• Share current work of students

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Above Beyond Assignments

• Enrichment of your Curriculum - 95 Mastery.
• Must complete at least 2 AB each module to be on
  A/95 track.
• All required assignments must be completed in
  order for any AB credit to count.
• Fun activities related to topic
• Research, Applications
• Podcasts, videos,
• Projects, presentations
• Surveys
• Paradigm shifts
• Share wisdom with class in form of printed,
  verbal or visual.

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Go the Extra Mile

• Student Generated Acts of Kindness and Wisdom
• Find answers to unanswered questions.
• Share outside find with class.
• Help others in class with project.
• Assist teacher with project.
• Student must document extra mile effort.
• No more than 2 per module.
• Points to be determined.

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At the end of Mod 4 A 600 pts.   B 400
pts.
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End of Semester 33 As 1 B 1 B- 28 Required
assignments to 95 mastery. 1200 Pts. 1780 pts
A 2400 pts all assignments
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SAMPLE GRADE BOOK
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THOUGHTS? COMMENTS?
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21st Century Skills
Work-based Learning Certification from Buffalo
State

Thank you! Go Forth and do Great Things! Email
me for presentations and book summaries. sue_at_caree
rsmarts.com
Engage.Empower..Excite
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TEAM HUDDLE

• Mastery of Curriculum
• Discuss pros and cons of the points system.

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AGENDA

• Compare 20th Century instruction to the 21st
  Century
• Explore the 21st Century Skills
• Explore the new technology
• Mastery of Knowledge and Grading Systems

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Do we want a surgeon who achieved a 75 in Biology
to operate on us?