CIITS Institute: Creating District Curriculum & Materials Copyright © 2012 Schoolnet, Inc. All rights reserved.

Welcome and Workshop Objectives Welcome & Introduction Learning Objectives: Understand how to create district curriculum and instructional materials in CIITS Practice creating various district materials Explore the existing Materials Bank. 2

OVERVIEW OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Instructional Materials In Classrooms, ‘Instructional Materials’ refers to: Curriculum Curricular Units Instructional Units Lessons Resources Assessments 4 Can only be created by those at the district level Can be created at the district/school levels AND by teachers.

5 Curriculum Material Types & Relationships CURRICULUM –Curricular Units –Resources & Assessments CURRICULAR UNITS –Instructional Units –Resources & Assessments INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS –Lesson Plans –Resources & Assessments LESSON PLANS –Resources & Assessments RESOURCES ASSESSMENTS

Terminology: Curricular Unit Curricular Unit –A term that is used to represent how the school year is broken up. This can differ by school type (Elementary, Middle, and High schools) and/or subject area. –CIITS is so flexible that it can accommodate differences by subject, grade, school type and district standard. For example: Science K-5 may divide the school year in to six week cycles, while HS Accelerated Math may segment the year into Semesters. 6

Terminology: Instructional Units & Lesson Plans Instructional Unit – divides a Curricular Unit into smaller topics A Curricular Unit can be divided into as few or as many units as are appropriate.  For example: a Semester can be broken up into 1 Unit, 25, 50, or 100+ units. Lesson Plan – unit of instruction that addresses a theme/topic related to the Instructional Unit.

Terminology: Resources & Assessments Resource – can be a passage, book, picture, audio file or another instructional support material: A list of links to educational websites PowerPoint presentation Image file Transparency Assessment – how you will measure learning such as a rubric, unit test, or quiz. This is NOT a benchmark assessment.

ENTERING MATERIALS 9

Defining Properties For each material type, the first step is to Define Properties. When creating a resource, you will also enter a Resource Format.

Aligning Standards You can easily find and align standards to your materials (except Curricular Units).

Adding Content For most material types, there are three different options to add content: District Template (free-form text), File Attachment or URL. Each option varies in the information you are able to enter as well as how it displays in Schoolnet. You can only choose one option.

HTML Editor Toolbar Formatting options Math/Science Equation Editor Include images Table formatting options Paste from Word

Link Related Materials Materials can be linked to each other. You may wish to create Resources first so they will be available when creating ‘higher level ‘materials

Organizers Tagging materials by selecting organizers is a useful way to search for materials in Schoolnet. This can be done through the advanced search options.

Navigating to My Materials Add items to my materials from the overview or detail view 16

My Materials My Materials is a combination of materials you have created and those you have saved from the Materials Search Default suggestions pushed to users Same browsing/filter options as with Materials Search Sorting options 17

Submitting an Instructional Material for Approval Once you click submit: The instructional material will appear under “Pending Materials” for a district-level Materials Approver. If you are a Materials Approver, you can approve the material right away. Once approved, the material is available district-wide. District can submit material to the state for review/approval 18

Try It Out: Create a Resource, a Lesson Plan, & an Instructional Unit Get Started Create a resource. Find your resource in “My Materials.” Next… Create a lesson plan. Link the resource you just created to your lesson plan. Then… Create an instructional unit Link the lesson plan you just created to your instructional unit. 19

Try It Out: Create a Curricular Unit and Curriculum Get Started Create a Curricular Unit Link the Instructional Unit you just created to your Curricular Unit Link your resource to your Curricular Unit Next… Create a Curriculum Link the Curricular Unit you just created to your Curriculum. Then… Find one of the materials your just created in “My Materials.” Edit your material and save the changes. 20

ACCESSING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Teachers Can Access Published Materials In Classrooms Materials Search Throughout Classrooms On Classrooms Home Page (for selected section only) 22

Search for Any Curriculum Click Filter by grade and subject 23

Suggested Materials Even before you search… the “Materials Search” home page pushes suggested materials to eligible users, without any search function being performed. Displays additional materials aligned to the same standards as upcoming scheduled lessons Displays materials aligned to same standards that students struggled with on a recent assessment Filter by course 24

Logic for Suggested Materials Suggestions will be based on aligned standards for: Upcoming assessments (materials aligned to standards on upcoming tests that had lowest mastery rate) Upcoming instruction (materials aligned to standards that have been scheduled on teacher’s lesson planner) Recent assessment results (materials aligned to standards on recent test that had the lowest mastery rate) Lesson Plans will be suggested over Instructional Units System will randomly choose five materials from all available institution banks If the user has no sections assigned or there are no suggestions available, Most Popular will appear 25

Materials Smart Search: Pre- Search Quick Filters Before searching, filter your search by Subject (multiple subjects can be selected) and/or Grade Level For teachers, subject/grade will be pre- filtered based on the courses they teach 26

Materials Smart Search: Post-Search Filters Can view by: Subject Grade Institution Material type, etc. 27

Materials Detail Page View aligned standards and other materials tied to the same standards Create PDF Recommend Save in My Materials for later Build an Express Test (jump to Assessment Admin module, create test from standards aligned to selected material) 28

Recommended Materials View # of recommendations on materials search results page Click into material to recommend it to others Can only recommend – no negative counterpart Materials with more recommendations will be considered more “popular” and will be suggested over less popular materials 29

Standards Search Search for standards that contain a specific keyword Locate all materials aligned to a particular standard Schedule standard on the planner 30

Try It Out: Locating Instructional Materials Questions for Understanding What material types are searchable? What are the two ways a material gets into My Materials? Practice Search for all resources across grade levels for a particular subject. Browse for a resource by standard Apply Your Knowledge Locate some materials of interest and save them to My Materials. 31

Wrap Up Questions & Answers Workshop Evaluation 32