1. Agenda for 11.28.2011 New Teacher Induction Brief overview of Formative Assessment Brief Overview of Differentiated Instruction Standards Aligned System- SAS SAS Scavenger Hunt Questions Reflection

2. Using the Standards Aligned System http://www.pdesas.org/

3. What is SAS? Pennsylvania Standards Aligned System Teacher resource to provide schools and districts common instructional framework Identifies six elements of student achievement

4. 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

5. 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

6. Element #3- Curriculum Framework ①Specifies what should be taught for each subject in the curriculum ①Focuses on Big Ideas, competencies, concepts and essential questions

7. 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

8. Element #5- Materials and Resources ①Catalog of resources ②Unit and lesson plans ③Multi-media resources All tied to the state standards!

9. Element #6- Interventions ①Standards based supports for varying student needs ②Provides safety nets for all students ③Subject specific resources

10. 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

11. 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!!!!!

12. Now Time to Try It…. ①Go to http://www.pdesas.org/.http://www.pdesas.org/ 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.