GISD Online Curriculum is not

going away! #Misunderstanding

“Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.” ~William Albert Allard

Curriculum & Instruction

U nd er sta n din gs Curriculum writers will begin working this summer to ENHANCE current curriculum documents. An effective curriculum includes multiple resources and layers of instruction. One resource does not make a curriculum!

June 2014 W hat’s ne w fro m the Curri c ul um & Ins tructi on Dep artme nt?

Understanding by Design Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe

“Teaching for Unders tanding”

Understanding by Design refers to what we Teach = Enduring Understandings

for Learners

What will students know and be able to do?

Authentic Education – A framework for improving

student achievement

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McTighe, J. & Wiggins, G. (2013). Essential Questions: Opening doors to student understanding. Alexandria, VA: ASCD

McTighe, J. & Wiggins, G. (2013). Understanding by design. Alexandria, VA: ASCD

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Things to Know…

Ø Curriculum and instruction documents will continue to be housed in the current Online Curriculum Planner.

Ø Teachers will begin working collaboratively this summer with content coordinators to develop new curricula and instructional materials.

PROFESSIONAL BOOKS FOR GARLAND ISD Ø The district has 2 types of ebooks: ASCD and FollettShelf. Many

times, an ASCD book is also available on FollettShelf.

Ø ASCD EBOOKS http://library.garlandisd.net Instructional Resource Center

ASCD eBooks – in box (Multi-user access can download)

Login: garlandisd PASSWORD: gisd

Ø FOLLETT EBOOKS Download the reader: Follett Enlight.

Input your school’s code: [wbb18708 – for district users]. If at a school, use the campus code. You will see the code at your school’s online library: http://library.garlandisd.net LOGIN: your Novell login PASSWORD: library Click on the leaning books icon - top left. View books. Click on the book's image to have the option to check out or read online, etc. *Single-User access. Read online, checkout and download.

Ø IRC Physical hard copies can be accessed through the Instructional Resource Center. http://library.garlandisd.net – choose Instructional Resource Center (bottom right). Catalog provides a search of the titles. Email IRC-district for a title to be sent to you or go to the IRC at the Professional Development Center, 870 W Buckingham.

Ø SCHOOL LIBRARY To see all in your school’s library: http://library.garlandisd.net –choose your school LOGIN: your Novell login PASSWORD: library

For that…

Engaging Minds “An intelligence is the abil ity to solve problems, or to create products , that are valued within

one or more cultural settings.”

~Howard Gardner 1983

Gardner attests educators can improve educational practices by addressing multiple intelligences, which all possess in varying amounts. Tap into different

areas in the brain to activate and empower active learning – “Constructivism as a paradigm for teaching and learning.”

ThingLink brings your pictures to life! Attach music, text, video, etc.… What story will you tell?

Corkulous is an idea board.

Record, collect, organize, and share

ideas.

Record voice-over to create teacher or student produced interactive lessons.

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The KEY to successful teaching & learning…

Secondary Math:

Ø Middle school has new math TEKS and new instructional resources. Many concepts will be taught in lower grades, but K-8 will still focus on Algebra readiness.

Ø STAAR will cover the new TEKS, and graphing calculators will be required for the 8th grade test, therefore requiring regular use in the classroom.

Ø High school, including Algebra 1, will have new TEKS and resources next year (2015 – 2016)

Elementary Math: Look at the Information and Resources Unit to find the following TEA documents to help understand the new math TEKS that are being implemented next school year.

Ø STAAR Eligible TEKS for Grades 3-5 Ø Region 20 STAAR Quick Reference

Sheet for Grades 3-5 Ø Lead4ward TEKS Snapshot for Grades

K-5 Ø TEA Side-by-Side TEKS Comparison for

Grades K-5 Ø TEA TEKS Vertical Alignment for Grades

K-6 Ø STAAR TEA Blueprint for Grades 3-5 Ø STAAR Mathematics Resource Materials

for Grades 3-5

Got New TEKS?

Primary ELAR Ø Pre-K – K Vertical

Alignment Ø Complete 1st grade spelling

realignment Ø Begin 2nd grade spelling realignment

Intermediate ELAR

Ø Begin the process of aligning novel studies district wide to ensure continuity of the TEKS for each grade level

Ø Focus on creating more in-depth grammar lessons at grades 3, 4, and 5

Secondary ELAR:

Ø Grades 6-12 ELA courses will be using Writing Coach textbooks and consumables next year. Please make sure these books are on your campus, not stored away at the warehouse.

Ø ELA courses should not be considered “writing-only”

courses. English Language Arts courses must adhere to all ELAR TEKS, whereas Reading courses require adherence to another group of state-mandated TEKS and therefore supplement English Language Arts courses. (http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter110/index.html)

Ø Writing instruction and Short Answer Question instruction will span all secondary ELAR courses beginning in the 2014-2015 school year.

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Brand new Technology Integration website: http://www.garlandisd.net/departments/curriculum/technologyintegration/index.asp

iPad Conference – July 24, 2014 at North Garland High School

Limited to 100 teachers, First Come – First Served!

Secondary Science

Ø Instructional Material Selected: Grades 6-8 —Pearson Interactive Science, Biology — Pearson’s Biology, Chemistry – Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Modern Chemistry, Physics – McGraw-Hill Physics and IPC – CPO Physical Science. No instructional material has been selected for the elective sciences.

Ø AP Physics 1 will replace Pre AP Physics. Pearson’s College Physics – Knight, Jones, Field was selected as the textbook. A reminder that all teachers of this course should attend an AP Physics 1 summer institute.

Ø 6th Grade, 7th Grade and IPC curriculum writing will take place this summer. 8th Grade and Biology will begin in Jan 2015. Chemistry and on-level Physics will begin in the spring of 2015. All curriculum documents for core courses will be finished prior to August 2015.

Ø August In-service will include sessions on using the new instructional material as well some pieces of the new curriculum documents.

Elementary Science Ø Check out Discovery Education TechBook Trial Login: TX_GARLAND_T Password: texas Ø All “old” science textbooks are now out of

adoption - GISD does not have copyright permission to continue use.

Ø All new Kindergarten curricula and instructional materials have been loaded in the online curriculum planner.

Ø The elementary science online curriculum

is layered with resources to support effective instruction; curriculum teams will continue to use FOSS as well as originally created materials to develop new instructional pieces.

Ø All of the Science Resource Center (SRC) order forms have been loaded on the intranet for easy retrieval.

http://home.garlandisd.net/pages/School_Improvement

Spotlight!

Northlake Elementary http://animoto.com/play/9koOWqGFWox4iMEXHfit0g

Students at Northlake engaged in not one

but two STEM challenge days this year - one in the fall and spring!

“Every classroom I went into was fully engaged! Each and every team had a plan and was working together to complete their challenge. The schedule of events documented not only the challenges, but also the engineering design phase each grade level, Pre K – 5th grades, were working in at any given time during the day. The teachers and students at Northlake out did themselves!! Every student I spoke to could tell me what their team was doing and how it fit into their plan. Kudos to everyone at Northlake!!” ~Mary Huschle; Professional Development Science Specialist

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Secondary Languages Other Then English (LOTE)

Ø A new LOTE Coordinator will be coming to GISD in mid-July. That person will be in charge of K-12 LOTE. Welcome this person warmly and encourage them in their new endeavor.

Ø Curriculum writers for Spanish 1-2, Latin 1-2, and German 1-2 will be using UBD to update and revise Scope and Sequence as well as 3-5 day learning plans.

Ø Chinese will begin at secondary level next year at Sellers and NFHS.

Also welcome our Chinese Instructional Specialist, Fang Wang, who is a new addition to the Curriculum and Instruction team

Secondary Social Studies

Ø A new Social Studies Coordinator will be on board in GISD by mid-July. That person will be in charge of K-12 social studies. Please make him/her feel welcome!

Ø Curriculum writers for 6th World Cultures and 8th US History will begin revisions/rewrites in June. Finished products will be posted through the Online Curriculum Planner as they are completed.

Ø Curriculum revisions/rewrites for other courses will be ongoing throughout 2014-2015. Ø New instructional resources will be in place for the following courses: AP Human Geography, AP and DC

US History, AP and DC Economics. During the 2014-2015 school year, teacher committees for other courses will review instructional resources approved by the state. Those new resources are expected to be in classrooms in August 2015.

Ø TEA will release the 2014 spring administration of STAAR 8th Social Studies and EOC US History in late summer this year. Check the following link to access copies of these assessments:

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/testquestions/

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Chinese comes to

Garland ISD next year!! #globalbusiness

The Curriculum and Instruction Department would

like to welcome Nelson Orta, Director of Professional Development, to the GISD C&I Team!

“Professional growth comes from stepping outside known

boundaries, implementing new ideas, then reflecting, in order to step outside the new known boundaries”

#GISDdesign @ortagisd

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School News!

Proclamation 2013-2014

New Math and Science Instructional Materials Adopted for the 2014-

2015 School Year

Kindergarten – 5th Grades; Discovery Education TechBook

6th–8th Grades; Pearson Interactive Science

Biology; Pearson Biology

Chemistry; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Modern Chemistry Physics; McGraw-Hill Physics

IPC; CPO Physical Science

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6th-8th Grades; McGraw-Hill Kindergarten -5th Grades; Pearson enVision 2.0

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New Tech Apps textbooks will be available for: HS Computer Science I – TeenCoder: Java Programing – CampuScholar, Inc. HS Computer Science II – Java Methods – Skylight Publishing HS Digital Video & Audio Design – Television Production & Broadcast Journalism – The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.

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Special thanks to our Curriculum Writers and Administrators

GISD Teachers collaborate to design

effective instruction to engage and empower purposeful learning! #RelevantLearning

 

 

Mindy  Ayers  

Anyela  Ariza  

Ryan  Baumgardner  

Cari  Bergstrom  

Kari  Bandurski  

Aaron  Ballinger  

Mary  Bowen  Julio  

Lisa  Cummings  

Christine  Brewer  

Julie  Boudreaux  

Don  Kelly  

Deanna  Donaho  

Sharron  Bland  

Danyelle  Cole  

Cheryl  Jacobs  

Janet  Dale  

Cherea  Davis  

Alison  Darnell  

 Brittney  Brown  

Cynthia  Dorough  

Joshua  Dunn  

Kai  Epps  

Andrea  Ellis  

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Brandyn  Dowers  

Julie-­‐Erin  Anderson  

Niki  Handy  

Emily  Gathman  

April  Rosier  

Phil  Gilbreath  

Deborah  Haley  

Janet  Fudge  

Melanie  Gilson  

Kelly  Hartmann  

Lacey  Harris  

Jennifer    Dimsdle  

Marie  Heath  

Carolina  Dennis  

Melinda  Crook  

Jennifer  Jones  

Patrick  Hughes  

Alesha  Love  

Melanie  Love  

Kevin  Massey  

Ashley  Lewis  

Diane  Loyd  

Ingrid  Fleury  Guzman  

Lavina  Minor  

Kathleen  Taylor  

Kyle  Kimrey  

Alejandra  Roman  Farias  

Monti  McKeen  

Melissa  Luna  

Karen  Nethaway  

Sharon  Moore  

Jason  Mood  

Stacy  Thomas  

               James  Seller            George  Jones  

         Julia  Scott  Amy  Simpson    Jamie  Luellen    Natasha  Shaw  

 

         Jaclyn  Hoey  

         Sharon  Hogue  

         Lori  Evans  

         Jennifer  Hood  

Kimberley  Nixon  

Kathryn  McAliney  

Cara  Nanez  

Brenda  Hass  

Kati  Shantz  

Jamie  Luellen  

Patricia  Rymer  

Tara  Walker  

Lynette  Varrassi  

Barbara  Springs  

Diane  Tardif  

Ashley  Shine  

Cheryl  Taylor  

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Toshma  Thomas  Carter  

Jenny  Thomason  

Anjelica  Turner  

Katelyn  Turner  

Vashunda  Warren  

 

 

 

 

Francheryl  Harris  

Courtney  Hawkins  

Donna  Jones  

Stephanie  Kelly            Kelli  Harmon  

Carolyn  Lee   Lisa  Worswick  

LaTaisha  Stinnette  

Eric  Haggard   Melissa  Mainse  

Alicia  Marshall        

Jeannine  Mason  

Vicki  Mason  Foederer  

Carrie  McCullough  

Tammy  McDonald  

Darcie  Midkiff  

Amy  Miller  

Kathy  Miller  

Sue  Moisan   Leah  Morgan  

Vanessa  Morgan  

Teri  Steeger  

Becky  Orsini  

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Kimi  Riley  

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Lisa  Sinkule  

Michelle  Prince  

Heidi  Munnerlyn  

Stephanie  Green  

Zurie  Tafciu  

LaBotta  Taylor  

Mylinda  Wilcut  

Deb  Tietjen  

Adriana  Torres  

Laura  Valdez  

Leta  Vaughn  

Nancy  Warren  

Fang  Wang  

Michele  Warren  

Adam  Verassi  

Kristina  Weeks   Bobby  West  

Sheri  Taylor  

Sherri  LaBarbera  

Teena  Zihlman    Janet  McDade    Mida  Miligan    

Elizabeth  Ramos  

Kristina  Reyna     Lisa  Dao  

Joan  Desosa  

Deba  Douglas    Cathy  Leonard  

Ashley  Long    John    Fishpaw  

Millie  Glenn    

Raquel  Alvarez  

Jennifer  Fowler    

Kimberley  Nixon  

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NMSI Summer Institute June 17-20, 2014 AVID Summer Institute June 23-25, 2014

SpringBoard Initial Institute High School Expansion ELA & Math

August 6-8, 2014 Year 2-Advanced Teacher Workshop

August 11,2014