The following questions will help guide your work toward clarity regarding what students should know and be able to do. Each question has a hyperlink to a resource depository where you will place documents, evidence, and/or artifacts from your work. This repository can also be used to provide resources to teams that are having trouble answering a question. Additionally, your Project Momentum support team may assist you with feedback and needed resources along the way.
How do teacher teams build shared knowledge around state, national, or organizational standards that shape their work?
How are processes and protocols put in place to support teacher teams to unpack standards and develop clarity regarding the knowledge, skills, processes, and vocabulary students must learn as a result of each unit of instruction?
How do you ensure that curriculum is aligned to outcomes required by the state standards?
How does the school or district:
engage teachers in developing curriculum maps for each course and/or grade level that prioritize essential standards?
provide teaching resources to help guide learning?
establish clear expectations for what evidence of student learning will be expected to show proficiency and advanced proficiency?
How do teacher teams determine appropriate pacing for learning? What flexibility are teams given to adjust their practice as a result of evidence of student learning?
How do teacher teams:
develop objectives and learning targets that clarify desired outcomes of an individual lesson or series of lessons?
ensure that learning targets are visually accessible to students?
ensure that learning targets are expressed in student friendly language?
reference learning targets throughout the learning process?
How does the school or district engage collaborative teams in the study of high-stakes assessments to ensure teachers are familiar with and practice the format and rigor required by their state tests?
How does the school ensure that the products of each collaborative teams’ work are cataloged and saved in accordance with the established protocol within the online repository?
School Artifacts - Store your files here for answering this section.