Online Webinars and Workshops
Develop Your Long-Range Plan for Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
A system-wide approach to curriculum, instruction, and assessment development begins with outlining your Long-Range Plan.
In this free webinar, we’ll walk you through the phases to include in your Long-Range Plan, how to determine when content areas should address each phase, and provide you with a template to use as you plan the work.
Develop a System for Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment
Online Workshop
District-wide teaching and learning processes should connect curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Through the CLI Model for School Improvement, each phase of the model includes a series of processes to improve teaching and learning.
In this 6-part workshop, we’ll share our Model and offer strategies for developing and maintaining a local curriculum and aligned instructional plans and common assessments. The full model concludes with using assessment data for continuous improvement of teaching and learning.
Our 2-hour sessions will be held at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Mountain Time on the second Wednesday of every month from November through April.
For more information and to register, click here.
Customizable Workshops for Your School or District
Set Mastery Expectations
Governance
In this workshop participants will:
– Clarify how setting expectations for mastery can help with decision-making
– Analyze research and samples of mastery statements
– Draft a mastery statement for your district or school
Please note, mastery as discussed in this workshop is not to be confused with Mastery Learning, the method of instruction.
Structure a District Assessment System to Guide Improvement Efforts
Governance
In this workshop participants will:
– Identify the strengths of a district assessment system and how it can be helpful
– Evaluate the usability of assessment data with peers
– Use a systematic plan to create a District Assessment System that provides usable data
– Create a long-range plan for continuous improvement in curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
Grading in a Results-Based Environment
Governance
Grading practices vary as much as teaching styles within a district. In this workshop participants will:
– Analyze the benefits of unifying grading practices
– Determine how much unification is necessary
– Create a plan to begin the work
– Review samples of grading policies and report cards to get an idea of what it might look like in your district.
Write Measurable Learning Targets to Create Instructional Units
Curriculum
Acquire skills to write high rigor, measurable learning targets to define units of study within a course. In this workshop participants will:
– Identify the characteristics of a teachable curriculum
– Evaluate learning targets for measurability
– Use verbs to indicate rigor
– Define units of study within a course
– Breakdown units into measurable learning targets
Use Standards/Essentials to Create Grade-Specific Learning Targets
Curriculum
Learn to write high rigor, measurable learning targets to define units of study within a course. In this workshop participants will:
– Identify characteristics of a teachable curriculum
– Identify the essentials appropriate for each grade level
– Evaluate learning targets for measurability
– Use verbs to indicate rigor
– Define units of study within a course
– Breakdown units into measurable learning targets
Design Valid Assessments & Use Them Well
Assessment
In this workshop participants will:
– Analyze assessment literacy in current terms
– Evaluate assessments for validity
– Identify methods to increase the reliability of each type of assessment
– Use assessment principles to create aligned assessments
Use Local Curriculum/Essentials to Develop Aligned Assessments
Assessment
Learn to create and use valid assessments to ensure students can demonstrate competency. In this workshop participants will:
– Identify characteristics of valid assessments
– Align assessment type with learning targets
– Align assessment task(s) with learning target
– Apply principles to maintain reliability of assessments
– Develop scoring tools to measure student competency
Write Great Rubrics and Use Them as Valid Scoring Tools
Assessment
In this workshop participants will:
– Analyze what rubrics are and what they’re intended to do
– Write qualitative descriptors to evaluate student products
– Use rubric results to determine reportable grades
– Developing proficiency scales and determine how they’re different from rubrics
– Establish inter-rater reliability methods
District-Specific Customized Workshop
If you can’t find a topic from our list that fully meets your needs, we’re happy to customize a workshop specifically for your district!
Interested in a customizable workshop?
Schedule a call to talk about how we can customize it to meet the needs of your district.