Rigor and Relevance Training Alison Owens

Agenda Introductions Introductions How do you learn best activity How do you learn best activity Review of RR framework Review of RR framework Discovering Learning Levels Activity Discovering Learning Levels Activity Teaching and Learning Videos Teaching and Learning Videos Setting Clear Expectations Activity Setting Clear Expectations Activity Assessments and RR Assessments and RR Planning Instruction Planning Instruction Goals and Planning for the year Goals and Planning for the year

How do you learn best? Started by yourself or required of you? Alone or mostly with others? Formal or informal? Time limits or flexibility? Intrinsic or extrinsic?

 International Center for Leadership in Education International Center for Leadership in Education Using the Rigor/ Relevance Framework for Planning and Instruction

 International Center for Leadership in Education ??? Why ??? Rigorous and Relevant Learning

 International Center for Leadership in Education Rigorous and Relevant Learning A changing world Need to motivate students Emphasize essential skills and knowledge Shift focus from teaching to learning Reduce the overloaded curriculum Unified perspective and focus Preparation for state tests Reasons

 International Center for Leadership in Education Defining Rigor and Relevance

Rigor/Relevance Framework 1. Recall Knolwedge 2. Comprehension 3. Application 4. Analysis 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation 1. Knowledge of one discipline 2. Application within discipline 3. Application across disciplines 4. Application to real world predictable situations 5. Application to real world unpredictable situations KnowledgeApplication

 International Center for Leadership in Education A B D C Rigor/Relevance Framework

RIGORRIGOR RELEVANCE A B D C Rigor/Relevance Framework TeacherWork Teacher/Student Roles StudentThinkStudent Think & Work StudentWork High Low

Discovering Levels of Learning Look at activity #3 on your tables and distinguish with your group the levels of learning. Label them by RR quadrant.  International Center for Leadership in Education

Teaching and Learning Teaching Integer Operations With Real World Scenarios: Math Lesson IdeasTeaching Integer Operations With Real World Scenarios: Math Lesson Ideas  International Center for Leadership in Education

Rigorous and Relevant Learning Increase student retention Increased student engagement Help make decisions on assessment, grading, instruction Opportunity to design instruction differently Joint conversations on how to raise level of learning Potential for interdisciplinary Results

Teaching and Learning ideos/sixth-grade-biology-lesson  International Center for Leadership in Education

Setting Clear Expectations Groups of 6-8 people Each group will complete a task. I need an assessor and observer from each group.  International Center for Leadership in Education

The TASK Blow up balloons one at a time. Tie the balloon. Cut a length of yarn and attach to the balloon. Hand the balloon to the assessor for evaluation. Any balloon not done correctly will rejected by the assessor by popping it with a push pin. Each group must try to figure out the evaluation criteria for “acceptable” work.  International Center for Leadership in Education

Assessment and RR Must be deliberate, set clear expectations from the beginning. H:\assess&RR.pdf  International Center for Leadership in Education

Planning RR Instruction RR_instruct.pdf  International Center for Leadership in Education

RR Lesson Ideas activities_R&R.pdf  International Center for Leadership in Education

Take Away What can you “take away” from today’s training? Something you liked, will use in your classroom or just something you want to remember. Please take a few minutes to write it down on a piece of paper.  International Center for Leadership in Education

Additional Resources  International Center for Leadership in Education

Goal Work in Quadrants B and D as much as possible to prepare students for the more demanding standards and assessments of CCSS. Use Authentic tasks…because they have value and meaning beyond the classroom. Students must put their knowledge and skills to work just as they might do naturally in or out of school.

Plan for PLC We would like you to meet in subject level PLC’s to choose a topic/standard from you curriculum and create an RR lesson this afternoon. If you teach more than one subject, just choose your favorite. I will be available for help if needed. You will be observed this year teaching an RR lesson. Implementation time line for RR lessons will be given by Mrs. Shaw

Contact Please feel free to contact me anytime for questions, advice or just help. Alison Owens Thank you!!!