Rigor – What is it and why do people keep talking about it?

PJ CaposeyAssistant Superintendent/

PrincipalMeridian 223@principalpc

GA Scholars

Tell me about what has changed in education over

the past 4 years?

While this happened nationally

President Obama

Arne Duncan Secretary of Education

RTT

CCSS

Gov. Quinn

Stand For Children IllinoisJonah Edelman

SB 7 & HB 315

This happened in Illinois

The Million Dollar Question

Policy-makers thinkthat teachers have not made school ‘hard’

enough for kids

Can you define rigor in terms of

your future professional

practice?

Name some Educational buzzwords, fads, etc.

RtI

NCLB

Literacy

PLCs

SEL

ESLRTT

CCSS

Will Rigor fade away

like so many other

educational fads and

trends? Why or why not?

What is curriculum?

What isYour JobWhen it Comes to

CurriculumDesign?

TIME FOR AN ACTIVITYSplit into 6 groups - - - -

2 minute lesson-plan on social media in the classroom – 10 minutes of planning

• Group 1 – Provide students factual knowledge about social media in the classroom

• Group 2 – Provide students understanding social media in the classroom

• Group 3 – Provide students a chance to apply social media in the classroom

• Group 4 – Provide students a chance to analyze the use of social media in the classroom

• Group 5 – Provide students a chance evaluate effectiveness of social media in the classroom

• Group 6 – Provide students a chance to create a plan of deployment for social media in the classroom

Reflective Questions

• Is creating any level of lesson plan more difficult than the other?

• Which level (generally) has the teacher do the most work? The student?

• Think back to your favorite class in elementary, middle or high school – what made it your favorite? Were you just memorizing stuff?

• If you are facilitating learning can you do all of the other stuff associated with good instruction more easily or with more difficulty (differentiation, provide feedback, ask higher level questions, engage students, etc.)

ACTIVITY TWO

• Create outcome statements about Golden Apple – do you know what they are?

• Let’s work together to create outcome statements for each level of Bloom’s about Golden Apple– Knowledge– Understand– Apply– Analyze– Evaluate – Synthesize