Best Practices Summer 2008 Academies

Standards-Based Instructional Planning and Designing:
Creating the Blueprints for Delivering
a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum
30 Professional Development Hours
June 9–12, 2008 in Casa Grande
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. daily

How can improved planning for and designing of classroom instruction maximize the academic achievement of my students?

Are you tired of or even stressed out by all the mounting pressures of this high accountability time we live in? This practical “how to” training will help you work “smarter, not harder” and without all the tension. You will improve your capacity for planning, designing and implementing a more intellectually rigorous and engaging instructional program leading to increased student understanding and a mastery of Arizona’s academic standards. Facilitators will demonstrate a variety of practical tools to assist you in thinking from a macro level (standards and beyond) to a micro level (daily lesson plans). Topics to be addressed include:

• Curriculum Mapping (prioritizing, clustering and
  unwrapping performance objectives)
• Big Ideas and Essential Questions
• Multiple and Varied Assessment Tools
• Rubrics and Scoring Guides
• Learning Strategies and Experiences

This training will emphasize the old adage, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Thoughtful planning and designing of instruction yields higher teacher and student performance. Leave this powerful academy with a comprehensive understanding of the strategic stages related to macro and micro planning.

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