Valley Ranch Elementary Coppell ISD November 7, 2013
Purpose: To create a supportive network of elementary principals to foster the growth of Project Based Learning for young learners.
Coppell ISD Classroom Educators Tammee Henderson, VRE Emily Huber, VRE David Noel, MKB Marie Sumrall, MKB
What do you do when educators are resistant to PBLs? What do you do when educators have not implemented PBLs with fidelity? What do you do when educators seem unable to teach effectively using the PBL framework?
Look and listen for… Learners – able to articulate guiding question, understand the rubric or expectations, able to explain the purpose of the task, system for staying on-task, critical friends language Classroom Walls – guiding question, knows and need to knows, anchor charts, work products, TEKS embedded throughout, evidence of presentations Hallways – evidence of previous PBLs, work products
Knows & Need to Knows Driving Question
Reference material for PBL Work product
Previous PBL Work Product
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PBL in the Elementary Grades – Buck Institute by Sara Hallermann and John Larmer Project-Based Learning With Young Children by Deborah Diffily and Charlotte Sassman Problems as Possibilities: Problem-Based Learning for K-16 Education by Linda Torp and Sara Sage Mind Missions Learning Systems