Rigor and Relevance Training Alison Owens Agenda Introductions Introductions How do you learn best...

Rigor and Relevance TrainingAlison Owens

Agenda• IntroductionsIntroductions• How do you learn best activityHow do you learn best activity• Review of RR frameworkReview of RR framework• Discovering Learning Levels ActivityDiscovering Learning Levels Activity• Teaching and Learning VideosTeaching and Learning Videos• Setting Clear Expectations ActivitySetting Clear Expectations Activity• Assessments and RRAssessments and RR• Planning InstructionPlanning Instruction• Goals and Planning for the yearGoals 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?

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Using the Rigor/ Using the Rigor/ Relevance Framework for Relevance Framework for Planning and InstructionPlanning and Instruction

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RelevantRelevantLearningLearning

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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

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Rigor/Relevance Framework

1. Recall Knolwedge2. Comprehension3. Application4. Analysis5. Synthesis6. 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

Knowledge Application

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A B

DC

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DDCC

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Teacher/Student RolesTeacher/Student Roles

StudentStudentThinkThink

StudentStudentThink & WorkThink & Work

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High

HighLow

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.

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Teaching and Learning

• Teaching Integer Operations With Real World Scenarios: Math Lesson Ideas

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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

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/sixth-grade-biology-lesson

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Setting Clear Expectations

• Groups of 6-8 people

• Each group will complete a task. I need an assessor and observer from each group.

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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.

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Assessment and RR

• Must be deliberate, set clear expectations from the beginning.

• H:\assess&RR.pdf

• www.rubistar.com

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Planning RR Instruction

• RR_instruct.pdf

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RR Lesson Ideas

• activities_R&R.pdf

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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.

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Additional Resources

• www.teachingchannel.org

• www.k20alt.ou.edu

• http://www.leadered.com/rrr.html

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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

aowens.reac3hcoach@gmail.com

Thank you!!!