May 23, 2022
What do you appreciate the most about this instructional framework draft?
A lot things make sense
cognitive load resting on the student as much as possible
and inclusion of inquiry-based instruction
educators administering classroom-level interim assessments
checking for understanding using a range of assessments (formative included)
appreciate the focus on mindset and practices (over a specific curriculum or text)
What is the one thing that you’d suggest revisiting?
If we have smaller class sizes and more staff then we might have a better opportunity of making this come to life,
what if a student is needing more explicit intensive instruction - where does this fall in this framework?
curious level about district-level benchmarking assessments (4-6 weeks) - curriculum-based
some schools have done a lot of work around data-informed instruction (Leveraged Leadership) - taking a standard and dissecting it piece-by-piece - developing interim assessments within a school based on standards. What does a district-level benchmark provide that an interim assessment does not? - want to revisit this conversation in IPC once we have the adopted materials in place
Calibrate on implementation planning
Connecting the framework to the DuFour questions
Also cross-reference the instructional coaching (Elena Aguilar - art of coaching - and Jim Knight - inquiry-based)
Keep the form open longer for teachers to be able to provide input
Integrate content areas together with time to process in school buildings and curriculum mapping