1. Introduction to Curriculum Planning and Practice Today’s Schools (Chapter 1) EDU 380

2. Today’s Schools: Recognizing and Understanding the Challenge  New Course Outline  Educational Theory and Practice (ETP) Lesson Plan Format  Billings SD2 All Billings Curriculum (ABC)  Indian Education for all Essential Understandings  Five Teaching Models  Chapter 1 Discussion

3. Chapter 1 Objectives Upon completion of this first chapter your students should be able to:  1. Define and differentiate between elementary school, middle school, junior high school, and high school.  2. Describe key characteristics that identify a school as being exemplary.  3. Describe the purposes and characteristics of the small learning community (SLC) concept.  4. Describe the meaning of the phrase “quality education for each student.”

4. Chapter 1 Objectives cont.  5. Describe the meaning of “teacher as a reflective decision maker.”  6. Describe current trends, problems, and issues in public K-12 education.  7. Describe key principles of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and how that act is likely to affect their work as a classroom teacher.  8. Describe efforts made by today’s schools to involve parents, guardians, and the community in children’s education.

5. ETP Lesson Plan format  Standard Information: Adapted to fit teaching needs, including such information as grade level, name of classroom teacher and place.  Descriptive Title: This is only the title of the lesson or activity  Lesson Description: Includes a short description (abstract) of what the students will be doing.  Objectives: May be general and/or specific performance objectives and should be written using active verbs (“as measured by” or “as evidenced by” or “assessed by”)

6. ETP Lesson Plan format cont.  Concept(s) and/or Key Words and Definition(s):This is the main definition of the concept that you wish the students to understand. You must define the concept so that another teacher can pick up the lesson plan and read this component to understand what exactly should be taught. (must cite source if using one for definitions, quotation marks if a direct quote)  Students’ Background Knowledge: Is there prior knowledge that students require in order to complete this lesson?  Materials and Teaching Aids: List all materials, teaching aids, and include a bibliography in a consistent reference style.  Classroom Management Suggestions: Include any suggestions for desk arrangement, group sizes (how will the groups be determined), materials distribution and collection, clean-up, and time management (how much time will the lesson take, include approximate times for distribution and collection of materials)

7. ETP Lesson Plan format cont.  Assessment:Assessment should be described in detail. Materials used to evaluate individual student performance should be attached. (WHAT GOES IN THE GRADEBOOK?)  Standards: Make sure you look up the standards in teaching, content, and assessment. Those standards that pertain to your lesson are to be listed here. (National, State, Local-Billings ABC)  Indian Education for All: Which Essential Understanding does this lesson address (one of your three lessons must include this)  Links outside this lesson: These might include links to other subjects, to home and so on.  Accommodation for Diversity: Special needs, gender, ethnicity, language, socio-economic status, religion plus others. (address two different accommodations in each lesson that might be needed)

8. ETP Lesson Plan format cont.  Teaching Model: This is the largest and most complete area. It includes all procedures in the lesson not previously addressed. Include the teaching model's name: Hunter Model, Learning Cycle, Multiple Intelligences, etc. Each step or stage of the model identified should be included.  Attachments: Attach an example, PowerPoints, project, poem, drawing, etc.

9. Traditional Teaching Model  *Grade Level & Subject Area  Goal  *Objectives  *Materials  Anticipatory Set  Teacher Procedure  Checking for Understanding  Guided Practice  Independent Practice  Closure  *Evaluation  *Accommodations for Individual Student Needs  * already on ETP Lesson Plan Format (first page)

10. Today’s Schools: Recognizing and Understanding the Challenge For the week of January 23-29: Note the lesson plan due dates on the electronic syllabus You should have read Chapter 1 by today. Develop a elementary level lesson plan by Tues. Feb. 5 th submit to D2L DROPBOX Participate in the online Threaded Discussion starting on Thurs. Jan. 24 th … Have Chapter 2 read by next Wed. Jan. 30 th

11. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead