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3. "Never let your expectations be limited by what you think is possible." Benjamin Bloom

4. Rigor/Releva nce Framework

5. 5 Effects of Rigor/Relevance Framework Simple, versatile and powerful Tool for collaboration and reflection Something new that builds on what teachers know Inclusive Shift focus to student learning Avoids defending current practice Framework for selecting strategies and assessments ß

6. Polling Question #1 Interest in Rigor/Relevance

7. Polling Question #2 Experience with Rigor/Relevance Framework

8. 8 Routes to High Rigor and Relevance Pinnacle of High R/R Adaptive Learning Low R/R Quadrant A - Acquisition Learning Create Gold Seal Lesson Use D-Moment Strategies Adapt a Gold Seal Lesson Change Strategies Change Assessments Make Interdisciplinary Add High RR Task

9. 9 Ways to Increase Rigor/Relevance Design Gold Seal Lesson - culminate w/ performance Modify existing lesson - –add high RR performance - adapt Gold Seal Lessons –change strategies –change assessments Interdisciplinary instruction –Integrate academics in CTE and Arts Use “D” Moments

10. 10 RR Teacher Handbook Second Edition Key understandings to help teachers apply the Rigor/Relevance Framework in their classrooms

11. 11 Rigor/Relevance Framework 12 RIGORRIGORRIGORRIGOR RIGORRIGORRIGORRIGOR RELEVANCERELEVANCE HighHigh HighHighLowLow LowLow TeacherWork StudentThinkStudent Think & Work StudentWork

12. High Rigor/Relevance Performance Task If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.

13. 13 Writing Performance Tasks A performance task is a description of how a student is expected to demonstrate understanding, knowledge and skills. The task may be a product, performance or extended writing that requires rigorous thinking and relevant application. It is usually written in the third person describing the learning to other educators.

14. 14 Performance tasks include; student work that will be produced or performed connection to what is important to learn resources students will be provided or have to acquire setting where students will complete the work conditions (often real world) under which the work will be done Writing Performance Tasks

15. 15 Writing Performance Tasks Students will write a letter to the editor of the local newspaper, on the topic of the environment with a specific reference to a local issue or problem. Students will work independently and use school resources. The letter will take a point of view, include summaries of research, cite sources and recommend action. Conditions Learning Context Student Work

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18. 18 Instructional Planning Define Focus Create Performance Task Create Performance Assessment Plan Learning Experiences Sequence the Lesson Identify Literacy Strategies Select Strategies Plan Adaptations

19. Gold Seal Lessons Teaching as you have always taught, will not improve results

20. 20 Gold Seal Lessons Lesson idea to take student learning to high rigor and/or relevance (Quadrant B, C, D) Part of a unit of instruction Based on high priority standards Ends with a student performance Not a daily lesson, nor a detailed unit instructional plan

21. 21 22 Gold Seal Lessons Quadrant D Lessons

22. 22 Sample Gold Seal Lesson Children’s StoryBooks

23. 23 Sample Gold Seal Lesson Children’s StoryBooks

24. 24 Sample Gold Seal Lesson Children’s StoryBooks Student Assignmen t

25. 25 Sample Gold Seal Lesson Children’s StoryBooks Graphic Organizer

26. 26 Sample Gold Seal Lesson Children’s StoryBooks Rubric

27. 27 Sample Gold Seal Lesson Children’s StoryBooks Rubric

28. 28 Sources of Gold Seal Lessons Publications Original K-12 - 360 lessons New K-8 or 9-12 120 lessons each Subject specific - 30 lessons Curriculum Matrix - samples Successful Practices Network http://www.successfulpractices.org 1800 and growing

29. Assessment What you assess is what you get.

30. 30 Rigor/Relevance Framework Did Students Get it Right? RIGORRIGOR RELEVANCE A B D C Right Answer Rational Answer Right Questions Right Procedure High Low

31. Sample Quadrant A Math Question on Pythagorean Theorem Find the missing variable. Include units in the answer. Sample Quadrant D Math Question on Pythagorean Theorem You are planning to build a wheel chair ramp. That rises an elevation of.3 meters. If the desired slope of the ramp is 1:16, How many meters long (X) will the ramp be and how far (Y) from the step will it begin?

32. 32 Types of Assessment Multiple Choice Constructed Response Extended Response Process Performance Product Performance Portfolio Interview Self Reflection Rigor/Relevance Framework

33. 33 80 KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE A P P L I C A T I O N Extended Response Product Performance Primary Assessments Rigor/Relevance Framework Portfolio Product Performance Interview Self Reflection Process Performance Product Performance Multiple Choice Constructed Response

34. 34 Rubric Types Checklist Holistic Analytic Mini-rubrics

35. 35 R/R and Assessment Determine the level of Rigor and Relevance on state tests. Develop your tests to parallel state tests when preparing for them. Use performance assessment when you want Quadrant D achievement Keep level of assessment consistent with expectation for performance. Let students know assessment in advance Suggestions

36. Instructional Strategies There are no best teaching strategies, only strategies that are most appropriate for expected level of rigor and relevance

37. 37 Teach Others/Immediate Use of Learning Practice By Doing Discussion Groups Demonstration Audiovisual Reading Lecture Average Retention Rate After 24 Hours 5% 10% 20% 30% 50% 75% 90% -David Sousa p. 95

38. RIGORRIGOR RELEVANCE A B D C Rigor/Relevance Framework Strategies High Low Compare and Contrast Summarizing Design a Real World Product Teach Others Make, Produce, Perform Role Play

39. 39 Instructional Strategies: How to Teach for Rigor and Relevance

40. 40 Strategies Brainstorming Cooperative Learning Demonstration Guided Practice Inquiry Instructional Technology Lecture Note-taking/Graphic Organizers MemorizationPresentatio ns/ExhibitionsResearch Problem-based learningProject DesignSimulation/Role- playing Socratic SeminarTeacher Questions Work-based Learning

41. 41 New Handbook More Instructional Strategies for Rigor and Relevance

42. 42 More Instructional Strategies for Rigor and Relevance Artistic Expression Compare and Contrast Digital Media Production Feedback and Reflection Games Instructional Technology – Any-time Instructional Technology – Real-time Learning Centers Logical and Independent Thinking Manipulatives and Models Physical Movement PlayService Learning Storytelling Summarizing Teaching Others Test Preparation Video Writing to Learn

43. 43 Selection of Strategies Based on Rigor/ Relevance Framework

44. 44 Selection of Strategies Based on Rigor/ Relevance Framework

45. Interdisciplinary Instruction There aren’t two worlds -- education and work, there is one world -- life Willard Wirtz

46. 46 Types of Interdisciplinary Instruction Teaching the same skills in different context in courses Teaching related skills across disciplines Joint or connected instruction New instruction including multiple disciplines

47. 47 Benefits of Interdisciplinary Instruction Teacher collaboration Student involvement Higher level thinking Content mastery Mirrors real world Less fragmented learning

48. "The biggest obstacle to interdisciplinary planning is that people try to do too much at once. What they need to look for are some, not all, natural overlaps between subjects." Heidi Hayes Jacob

49. D-Moments Teach everyday for rigor and relevance.

50. 50 D-Moments Short strategies within a daily lesson to increase student thinking and application into Quadrant D of the R/R Framework.

51. 51 D - Moments Original Answers Learning With Peers Current Events What If? Fix It Google It How Did that Happen? Remind Me Program Your Television Can You see it Now? Tell Me A StoryQuiz ShowFuture ThinkIn Your Own WordsWhy QuestionsLego LandAt Your ServiceAround YouJustify Your PositionQuick Writes

52. Polling Question #3 Your Planned Routes to Rigor and Relevance

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