1. eduphoria! Forethought
Trailblazer Training: Module 1

2. LEADERS Trailblazer Roles BECOME: LEADERS for the use of Forethought
LEADERS of teacher ongoing support
LEADERS and advocates for the District Mission and Vision of an aligned curriculum system
LEADERS who will build campus capacity
LEADERS

3. pace
scope and sequence

4. Why are we changing From Curriculum Central Online (CCO)?

5. FORETHOUGHT A Curriculum Management System a computer-based system
that seamlessly
links and aligns all teaching, learning and assessment components
so that teachers and administrators are able to focus on teaching and meeting the needs of each and every student.

6. But what does that REALLY mean?
FORETHOUGHT
But what does that REALLY mean?
A TRUE CURRICULUM ONLINE where now:
ALL curriculum documents
Resources
Calendars
Scope and Sequence
Year at a Glance
EVERYTHING curriculum…
is online, in the same place, with your lesson planner built right in so that all of the above is at your fingertips, based on you and your teaching assignment

7. FORETHOUGHT USER-FRIENDLY! Everything is web-based and ACCESSIBLE 24/7
All curriculum documents, resources, your lesson planner in ONE SYSTEM
All Content Area curriculum in a CONSISTENT FORMAT
Everything is web-based and ACCESSIBLE 24/7
EVERYTHING ALIGNED: Standards, Resources,
Assessments
COLLABORATION features: share lesson plans and Team Planners
USER-FRIENDLY!

8. FORETHOUGHT
Sneak Peek

9. What is An aligned curriculum system?

10. Forethought: a common lesson planning template
Planning for Learning
Forethought: a common lesson planning template
MISCONCEPTIONS

11. Misconceptions Truths
Collaboration and creativity will be encouraged.
1. This new system is going to take away all of my creativity.
Forethought will provide teachers an easier way to access lessons that have proven successful.
2. I am not going to be able to use any of the lessons that I have created over the years.
Teachers still have the autonomy to determine the most appropriate way to present the content to students.
3. I am going to have to say and do exactly what every other teacher in the district will be doing.

12. Misconceptions Truths
Forethought is designed with the teacher in mind. The standards, unit maps, student data, resources, assessments and other components of lesson design are right at your fingertips.
4. This new system is going to make lesson planning very difficult.
It is assumed that you would stay relatively close to the pace so that your students would arrive at the finish line at the appropriate time. However, there is no expectation that every teacher in the same content area will be on the same page on the same day.
5. I am not going to be able to move ahead or fall behind even one day with this new system.
6. I am going to have a very limited number of resources to use with this new system.
All of the resources that are currently included in CCO will be available in Forethought.
The system is intuitive and very user-friendly. Even the least tech-savvy among BISD teachers will easily be able to maneuver through the entire system.
7. I am going to have to be very tech savvy to navigate this new system.

13. That Was Then, This is Now

14. Objectives for today’s training
Planning for Learning: review the elements of a good lesson plan (Checkpoints)
Getting into Forethought: learn how to Log into the system
(Key in the Ignition)
Creating Your Schedule: set up your schedule according to your teaching day (Roadmap)
Using the Lesson Planner: learn how to use the simple, user-friendly, web-based lesson planner (Engine Start-up)

15. Objectives for today’s training
Planning for Learning: review the elements of a good lesson plan (Checkpoints)
Getting into Forethought: learn how to Log into the system
(the Key to Ignition)
Creating Your Schedule: set up your schedule according to your teaching day (Roadmap)
Using the Lesson Planner: learn how to use simple, user-friendly web-based lesson planner (Engine Start-up)

16. FRONTWARD DESIGN = LOOSELY ALIGNED
Planning for Teaching
FRONTWARD DESIGN = LOOSELY ALIGNED
The Teacher…
1. Topic:
Identifies a topic of study from the Scope and Sequence
2. Learning Activities
Develops lessons and activities to help students learn about the topic
3. Assessment
Creates an assessment for the end of the unit (based on what has been taught)

17. Performance Standards: Evidences of Learning:
Planning for learning
BACKWARD DESIGN
= DEEP ALIGNMENT
The Teacher…
Performance Standards:
Closely examines curriculum and then designs lessons that are tightly aligned to the Standards (TEKS): what students must know and be able to do
Evidences of Learning:
Gathers formative and summative assessments and/or rubrics that accurately measure student mastery of unit learning objectives (evidence gathered throughout the learning)
Learning Activities:
Selects strategies that will actively engage students leading them to master the learning: what they should know and be able to do
Look at the end result first. Then decide how students will provide evidence of their learning, and finally design instructional activities to help kids learn what is needed to be successful.

18. Planning for TEACHING is: Planning for Learning is:
FRONTWARD DESIGN
Teacher:
Chooses Topic
Plans Lessons
Plans Assessment at the end of Unit.
a Methodology Orientation
Planning for Learning is:
BACKWARD DESIGN
Teacher:
Studies the Standards for assessment and performance requirements
Plans the formative and summative assessment
Designs lessons with the end result in mind.
a Results Orientation
Not aligned to Standards/Student Performance Objectives
Emphasis is on the teacher and teaching, not the standard and what student should know and be able to do.
Deeply aligned to curriculum
Based upon what students need to know and be able to do
Emphasis is on what students are doing to meet the performance standards (formative and summative assessments) instead of what the teacher is doing

19. Planning for learning
What would be the components of a quality lesson plan where the goal is
PLANNING FOR LEARNING?

20. ON THE RIGHT TRACK: Planning for learning
Curricular Standards
Structures to enhance learning
Strategies to engage students
Quality work products for students
Aligned Resources
Evidence of learning

21. THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS

22. the bisd forethought Lesson Plan Template
The Standards/TEKS
Structures, Strategies, Resources, Assessments
Clarifying Statements, Procedures, Accommodations / Notes/Reflections
Handout 8

23. 3 Levels of Curriculum Alignment
Written Curriculum
Taught Curriculum
Tested Curriculum
Delivery
Design
School System
School
Classroom
Articulation
Coordination

24. Content Standard(s)/Process Standards
Planning for learning: the components of effective lesson design
Content Standard(s)/Process Standards
The Standards are our Focus. These are our rail tracks. A defined course and the ride controls the pace. The Standards are the ‘what’

25. Planning for learning: the components of effective lesson design
Procedure, Strategies, and Structures
You steer your car and make decisions about how you will make your way around the track. You can steer left to right or look at street signs and the landscape. However, you must make sure that your steering appropriately addresses the destination and doesn’t jump the rail tracks (the Standards). The HOW.

26. Planning for learning: the components of effective lesson design
Accommodations,
Modifications,
Extensions
You consider the destination and who is in the car with you. You make decisions about your passengers’ needs during the trip and what you will do to accommodate those needs.

27. Planning for learning: the components of effective lesson design
Resources
Your teaching tools. Consistent across the district and are aligned to your Standards.

28. Evidence of Learning (Assessment)
Planning for learning: the components of effective lesson design
Evidence of Learning (Assessment)
Regular Maintenance and State Inspections to make sure all parts of your car are functioning properly. Our Forethought curriculum will contain sample assessment items, both formative and summative. Assessment items ensure that your level of instruction matches the cognitive rigor of the Standards.

29. Planning for learning: the components of effective lesson design
Notes/Reflections
Your road trip photos and travel journal. You can add important information before departure or reflect on your trip. What parts of your trip with your passengers went well and what might you do differently next year to make your journey even better?
Our Road Trip

30. Objective 1: points to remember
In planning for learning, we deeply align lessons based on performance/assessment standards. Planning for learning is critical to the alignment of the full teaching and learning process. Forethought is the intuitively powerful tool we will use to plan deeply aligned learning.
Objective 1: Planning for Learning (Checkpoints We Use Along the Way)

31. Objectives for today’s training
Planning for Learning: review the elements of a good lesson plan (the Checkpoints)
Getting into Forethought: learn how to Log into the system
(the Ignition Key)
Creating Your Schedule: set up your schedule according to your teaching day (the Roadmap)
Using the Lesson Planner: learn how to use simple, user-friendly web-based lesson planner (the Engine Start-up)

32. Objective 2: LOGGING INTO FORETHOUGHT (the Key to Ignition)

33. Logging into eduphoria!
1. Birdville Homepage: Click on “Staff”
2. Click on “Eduphoria”
3. Log in with your BISD Credentials (how you login to your school computer)

34. CLICK ON “My Profile” Click “My Profile”.
Go through each screen and enter all of your information, or, make sure it is correct

35. Notes: If you teach at more than one campus, check both campuses.
If you change campuses, be sure to update your profile.

37. Note:
Check all subjects that you teach.

38. Note:
Check all grades that you teach.

39. Note:
This is your security question just in case you ever forget your login or password.

41. Objective 2: points to remember
Very Important! Anytime you change roles, campuses, grade levels, or subject areas: YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR PROFILE.
Objective 2: LOGGING INTO FORETHOUGHT (the Key to Ignition)

42. Objectives for today’s training
Planning for Learning: review the elements of a good lesson plan (the Checkpoints)
Getting into Forethought: learn how to Log into the system
(the Ignition Key)
Creating Your Schedule: set up your schedule according to your teaching day (Roadmap)
Using the Lesson Planner: learn how to use simple, user-friendly web-based lesson planner (the Engine Start-up)

43. Objective 3: Creating Your Daily Schedule (our Roadmap)

44. Objective 3: Creating Your Schedule
Note: Handout #10 contains tips for creating your Forethought lesson planner schedule.
What is a Forethought Lesson Planner
“Schedule” ?
Includes: Events, Classes/Courses for Which You Need to Plan Each Day.

45. Daily Schedule Examples
Primary
Secondary
Calendar Reading Workshop Writing Workshop Recess Math Lunch Science Social Studies Specials
English 1 Homeroom Lunch Conference English 2
Daily Event Not Tied to Standards
Content Area Subject/Course Tied to Standards

46. Let’s Get Started
Begin setting up your schedule

47. CLICK ON Forethought

48. Setting Up Your planner
The first time you login, the Set Up My Planner Wizard will appear. This will guide you through the process of setting up your schedule of courses.

49. Setup my planner wizard
Enter the name of your schedule. Suggestion: Name, School, School Year
Click Next.

50. Click “Add an Entry” Add entries to your schedule
Adding Entries – These are Your preps, subjects, or “boxes in the Lesson Plan book”
Add entries to your schedule
Click “Add an Entry”

51. Select “A course with Learning Standards”
Entry Type
Select “A course with Learning Standards”
This is a typical course in your schedule. Example: 3rd Grade Math, Algebra 1

52. Select your course from the district Course Tree
Click on your level. Click on your subject or grade until the appropriate course is shown. Click on the course name.

53. Edit the Name of the Entry
This is a great place to add times, period numbers, etc. (if you would like) to help organize the entries.

54. Add new Entry to your schedule
Learn about different types of entries
You can repeat as needed for the number of entries in your schedule.

55. Primary Teacher Lesson Planner Schedule Entry Type Examples
Calendar Reading Workshop Writing Workshop Recess Math Lunch Science Social Studies Specials

56. Secondary Teacher Lesson Planner Schedule Entry Type Examples
English 1 Homeroom Lunch Conference English 2

57. Secondary Teacher Lesson Planner Schedule Entry Type Examples
Course With Learning Standards: “English 1”
English 1 Homeroom Lunch Conference English 2
Special Entry: “English 1: 2nd Period”
Special Entry:
Special Entry:
Course With Learning Standards: “English 2”
Special Entry: “English 2: 6TH Period”
Special Entry: “English 1: 7th Period”

58. Finishing your lesson planner
Use the spaces in Handout #10 to jot down the entries you need for your lesson planner schedule and make note of the entry type for each
When you are ready, begin adding the entries

59. Learn how to get organized
Organize your entries and complete your schedule
Learn how to get organized
This screen allows you to add, edit and organize the entries in your schedule.
Add Entry: Create a course with learning standards, mirrored course, or special entry
Edit Entry: Modify information about a selected entry
Move Up/Move Down: Change the order of a selected entry in your schedule
Remove Entry: Removes a course from your schedule

60. Complete the wizard and save your work
Finishing your lesson planner
Complete the wizard and save your work
When prompted, to add another SCHEDULE, choose “NO”
Click “Begin Using Forethought”

61. Congratulations
planning
for learning

62. Objective 3: points to remember
Add entries to your schedule to build a planner that reflects the parts of your day for which you need to plan.
Objective 3: Creating Your Daily Schedule (our Roadmap)

63. Objectives for today’s training
Planning for Learning: review the elements of a good lesson plan (the Checkpoints)
Getting into Forethought: learn how to Log into the system
(the Ignition Key)
Creating Your Schedule: set up your schedule according to your teaching day (the Roadmap)
Using the Lesson Planner: learn how to use simple, user-friendly web-based lesson planner (the Engine Start-up)

64. Using the Lesson Planner
Video: Part One
Video: Part Two

65. Creating a lesson in Forethought – The Components (See handout 12)

66. Objective 4: points to remember
Double-click to add standards
Open attached files in the lower right-hand corner Resources Box and add to planner
Customize by typing into the lesson plan
Objective 4: USING THE LESSON PLANNER (Engine Start-up)

67. Finding Help and How-To Resources (our Owner’s Manual)

68. Resources, help documents, and videos Within Forethought1.
Open the Lesson Planner
Click the Help button (top right)

69. Resources, help documents, and videos Within Forethought2.
Click “My Lesson Plans”
Click “Forethought”
Click “Forethought for Teachers”
Click to choose your help topic
When the Help topic opens, you will see detailed instructions. Video Help is also an option: Click the “Play Video” button on the top right.

70. Curriculum and Instruction Resources Eduphoria Birdville
Resources, documents, PowerPoint, AND VIDEO Help on the eduphoria Birdville website
BISD Homepage
Departments
Curriculum and Instruction
Resources
Eduphoria Birdville

71. Trailblazer Feedback
Use the Trailblazer blog to provide feedback about the training and your experiences as you get into the system.
From Birdville Home Page, select Departments > Curriculum and Instruction > Resources > Eduphoria Birdville > Trailblazers

72. Congratulations! You Have Now earned your Forethought driver’s License!