Gradebook & The Content management system

(Review components in the rainbow)

Globally Competitive Graduate Learning & Innovation Skills Media, Information, & Technology Skills What is our GOAL? What does a globally competitive CURRICULUM look like? Preparation & Planning Classroom Environment Rigorous Relevant Globally Competitive Graduate What does a globally competitive TEACHER look like? Accessible Responsive BCPS one allows access to all of the components in the teaching/learning framework. If you think about BCPS one as a mall….there are several wings to the mall. Today we are only going to focus on one wiing of the mall that is open…the online grade book. What does a globally competitive STUDENT look like? Instruction Professionalism Core Knowledge Life and Career Skills Framework for Teaching, The Danielson Group, 2011 Framework for 21st Century Learning, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, http://p21.org

Session Outcomes Participants will: Develop an understanding of the components of the content management system in BCPS One. Learn how to access curriculum, including unit plans and lesson plans. View a demonstration of the lesson planning tiles in BCPS One. Read the outcomes. Participants will: Develop an understanding of the components of the content management system in BCPS One. Learn how to access curriculum, including unit plans and lesson plans. View a demonstration of the lesson planning tiles in BCPS One.

As you may recall, you can log in to BCPS One at bcpsone.bcps.org BCPS One functions with a single sign-on. The single sign-on means that once you log into to BCPS One, you will not have to log into the other systems within BCPS One. bcpsone.bcps.org

As and administrator or a STAT teacher when you enter BCPS One your landing page is a customizable dashboard that allows you access to data you identify as being relevant to your needs. The navigation bar on the left will be customized based on user profile. For example, this bar will look differently for administrators and STAT teachers than it will for teachers.

One component of BCPS one is the electronic grade book One component of BCPS one is the electronic grade book. Today, you will view a demonstration of this feature. The grade book provides a digital means to collect student progress data. If you are currently using a different electronic grade book, for example through Edline, Engrade, Sharp School, or Easy Grade pro; this will replace those current systems.

Gradebook Resource Video Under the lessons feature the teacher can push specific resources from various places You can add anyone to your gradebook to see students work or grades http://vimeo.com/engrade/bcpsonegradebook LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL

Today we are going to focus our attention on the content management system in BCPS One. Throughout the spring and summer staff with in the Division of Curriculum and Instruction have been very busy creating, revising, and updating curriculum. From this point on as new curriculum is developed it will be loaded into BCPS One. Starting at the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year, the Elementary English Language Arts curriculum for grades 1-3 will be available in BCPS. This will include: Course maps, unit plans, lesson plans Assessments, and Digital resources aligned to the lesson plan Over the next five years all newly developed curriculum will be available in BCPS One. Today we are going to start off by providing you an overview of how to access curriculum in BCPS One and then Vince will provide you with demonstration of the lesson planning tiles.

Key CONCEPTS: Structure Course Map Unit Plan Unit Plan Unit Plan District Lesson Plans District Lesson Plans District Lesson Plans Key CONCEPTS: Structure Teacher Lesson Plans Teacher Lesson Plans Teacher Lesson Plans This slide represents the structure of curriculum within BCPS One. Every course will have a course map. This is similar to a syllabus or course overview. Within each course you will see units and within the units you will see district developed lesson plans. From there the teacher will create their lesson plan and customize instruction. Finally, students will have the ability to personalize their own learning. Student View Student View Student View

TEACHERS As we return to the data dashboard page you will notice on the left side of the page a list of viewing options – dashboard, calendar, students, teachers, etc. To view curriculum, start by click on the word “Teachers”

CHOOSE ONE TEACHER As and administrator you will always be able to see all the teachers within your school, when the teacher last logged on, and the number of students the teacher the teaches.

CHOOSE ONE COURSE When a teacher enters BCPS One he/she will start by viewing a list of all the courses they teach. Administrators will always be able to see everything a teacher can view. From this screen you will want to select one course.

To View Curriculum – Select “Course Maps” CHOOSE COURSE MAPS After the teacher selects a course he/she will see her gradebook for the selected course.. To view the “curriculum” or what we once referred to as the “curriculum guide”, all you need to do is select Course Maps on the left hand side.

Teachers will see curriculum guides for the grade level they teach and the grade levels above and below. As you can see on this screen, teachers will see curriculum for the grade level they currently teach and the curriculum for grade levels above and below their current grade

To View the Curriculum – Select One Course CHOOSE ONE COURSE/GRADE LEVEL Choose one course or grade level.

To View a Unit Overview– Select One Unit CHOOSE ONE UNIT Once you choose a course, you will see all the units that have been developed for the course. It’s possible that in the beginning of the year you will only see one or two units. As the year progresses additional units will be added. To see a unit overview select one unit. For example, Unit One: Friendship

Within each unit you will find an overview of the unit and you may also find additional information about the unit, such as the Unit at a Glance

You will also see the Essential Questions and Standards covered during the unit.

The unit overview will also include culminating events or unit assessments, academic vocabulary, materials and resources, professional learning resources for the teacher, and possibly instructional notes, such as information on small group routines

RETURN TO THE LIST OF UNITS Next return to the list of units. Above list of units, is a tab labeled Course Map Content.

To Access Lesson Plans and Materials – Click on Course Map Content SELECT COURSE MAP CONTENT Click on Course Map Content to open the dropdown.

UNDER THE DROP-DOWN SELECT Then Select Materials UNDER THE DROP-DOWN SELECT MATERIALS From there select Materials.

CHOOSE ONE LESSON (LP1) Under the materials section you will see lesson plans (LP1, LP2, LP3 etc.) and the corresponding digital resources, activities, reading passages, and/or formative assessments. On my screen you should see lesson plan 1 and under lesson plan 1 you should see a Discovery Education video and an activity from Wonders. Both of these resources align to lesson 1. On the far right you can click on “view” to view any of the lesson plans or resources, or you can check the black boxes to send the materials to your weekly lesson planner. Next let’s take a look at a lesson plan.

Although lesson plans may differ slightly by content or course, in general the lesson plans will include instructional notes, a list of materials and resources,

Essential questions, learning targets and/or standards

And an overview of the steps in the lesson. Depending on the content area, lessons plan may cover instruction for one day or multiple days. Next Vince is going to show you how to use the lesson planner.

Training videos: How to access and navigate course maps for planning. How to add lessons/materials to their planning tiles Differences between tile and calendar view How to change visibility of materials and track student views How to upload their own materials/resource (My files) How to search repository effectively to find additional digital content and resources, including best practices for selecting appropriate digital content To view any of the training videos on this page just run the slideshow and click on the link/words.

BCPS One accelerates achievement by enabling educators to connect the right learning resources to the right student at the right time. The goal of today’s webinar was to: Develop an understanding of the components of the content management system with in BCPS One, and to View a demonstration of the lesson planning tiles. If you have any questions about accessing curriculum in BCPS One you can send your questions to bcpsone@bcps.org