Course 3

(Online Course, Summer of 2025)

Instructional Design and Assessment

Required Text: The new Art and Science of Teaching, Marzano.  What really works with Universal design.

A Quality Instructional Coach

• Models effective instructional design theories such as backwards design, universal design for learning, explicit instruction, inquiry, and/or collaborative learning

• Facilitates and guides alignment of instruction and assessment to state standards and competencies

• Uses technology effectively to engage teachers in professional learning and in data-driven instruction

• Understands assessment designs and the different modalities of assessing students

• Facilitates data analysis of different formative and summative assessments to inform instruction

• Models and facilitates instructional planning through intentional pacing, alignment to frameworks, and mapping out concepts to ensure that an effective sequence is followed

• Utilizes a strong knowledge of evidence-based resources to evaluate them to meet the needs of students and uses it to identify options for differentiation and tiered instruction

• Encourages students to engage in self-reflection through modeling and supporting educators to use this practice