Agenda for New Teacher Induction Brief overview of Formative Assessment Brief Overview of Differentiated Instruction Standards Aligned System- SAS SAS Scavenger Hunt Questions Reflection
Using the Standards Aligned System
What is SAS? Pennsylvania Standards Aligned System Teacher resource to provide schools and districts common instructional framework Identifies six elements of student achievement
Element #1-Clear Standards ①What students should know and be able to accomplish ②Increase in complexity as students progress through grades ③SAS contains Standards, Eligible Content and Assessment Anchors in this section
Element #2- Fair Assessment ①Aligned to Standards ②Used to inform teaching ③Used before, during, and after instruction ④Four types: Summative, formative, benchmark and diagnostic ⑤SAS contains an assessment creator tool
Element #3- Curriculum Framework ①Specifies what should be taught for each subject in the curriculum ①Focuses on Big Ideas, competencies, concepts and essential questions
Element #4- Instruction ①Teaching topics aligned with standards ②Ensures the right level of challenge ③Teaching based on individual learning needs ④Instructional strategies to increase student achievement
Element #5- Materials and Resources ①Catalog of resources ②Unit and lesson plans ③Multi-media resources All tied to the state standards!
Element #6- Interventions ①Standards based supports for varying student needs ②Provides safety nets for all students ③Subject specific resources
Teacher Tools Section ①My Profile- Manage account settings ②My Website- Build your own professional classroom website ③My Communities- Build your own professional learning community ④My ePortfolio- Upload documents, videos and presentations to your profile
How Can SAS Help You? ①Standards, anchors and resources all in one place ②Assessment building aides for creation of standards based assessments ③Units, lesson plans, assessment and web resources all tied to standards and anchor ④Instructional strategy videos for many subject areas and grade levels ⑤At your finger tips intervention strategies to meet all student needs ⑥Teacher tools to help you collect and share resources ⑦It’s all free!!!!!
Now Time to Try It…. ①Go to ②Create an account (if you do not already have one). ③Explore each element tab. ④For each tab, pick a grade level under the grade level pull down. Enter any language arts related area for subject area pull down. ⑤Complete the SAS Scavanger Hunt.