The Importance of Long-Range Planning

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sarah CressArt Ed 4273

MoSPE Madness…• Curriculum Brainstorm Share• GoAnimate Standard Two Video• Writing Prompt• Standard Three Overview• The Relevance of Short-Term and

Long-Term Planning and How to do it RIGHT

• Making Sense of the Mess• Video of Cress in Action• Small Group Brainstorm• Writing Prompt (Considering

Diverse Learners)• Writing Prompt (Assessment)• Artifact Brainstorm• Escape!

Writing Prompt…

List your personal short-term goals for this month. List your personal long-term goals for this year.

Standard Three…

Standard #3: The teacher recognizes the importance of long-range planning and curriculum development. The teacher develops, implements, and evaluates curriculum based upon standards and student needs.

Quality Indicator 1: Implementation of curriculum standards

Quality Indicator 2: Develop lessons for diverse learners

Quality Indicator 3: Analyze instructional goals and differentiate instructional strategies

Standard Three…

Standard #3: The teacher recognizes the importance of long-range planning and curriculum development. The teacher develops, implements, and evaluates curriculum based upon standards and student needs.

Quality Indicator 1: Implementation of curriculum standards

Quality Indicator 2: Develop lessons for diverse learners

Quality Indicator 3: Analyze instructional goals and differentiate instructional strategies.

Starts with Looking at the Big Picture…

• Makes learning meaningful for students

• Allows for deeper knowledge acquisition

• Challenges teachers to look beyond their scope and sequence

• Prepares students more adequately for the broader world

Short-Term Goals…

• Short-term goals are ones students will achieve in the near future (e.g., in a day, within a week, or possibly within a few months)

Short-Term Goals…

• What are some examples?

• What standards align with short-term goals?

Long-Term Goals…

• Long-term goals are ones students will achieve over a longer period of time (e.g., one semester, one year, five years, or twenty years).

Long-Term Goals…

• What are some examples?

• What standards align with long-term goals?

Writing Prompt…

Prompt (3.1) Consider your curriculum brainstorm. What are you long-term goals? What are your short-term goals? How will you help students achieve these goals? How will your goals as an instructor impact student learning?

How to Incorporate Standards…The Top-Down Approach:

• The National Standards

• Common CORE

• The Show-Me Standards

• Missouri DOKs

• Missouri GLEs

• Your Local District Standards

• Your School Standards

Making Sense of the Mess…

Cress’ Approach to Standard-Based Planning:

• Devise a planning system that works for you

• Consider a larger period of time (e.g. a semester or a full year)

• Map out the themes you would like to focus on within that period of time

• Map out the lessons you would like to focus on within those particular themes

Making Sense of the Mess…

• Map out the media exploration you would like to focus on within those particular lessons

• Map out the resources and historical and contemporary artists you would like to reference within each of those lessons

• Take a close look at each individual lesson and consider which standards, GLEs and DOKs they address

• Ask, “Am I doing my part?”

Let’s Look at a Concrete Example…

While watching the following video jot down your notions regarding the following:

• What learning occurred before this?

• What learning will occur after this?

• What are the short-term goals?

• What are the long-term goals?

Let’s Practice…

In pairs, devise a lesson plan both of you would consider implementing during student teaching. It can involve any assortment of media and technique and can be geared towards an age group of your choosing.

• Summarize the lesson

• Summarize your short-term goals

• Summarize your long-term goals

• List the standards you will address

Standard Three…

Standard #3: The teacher recognizes the importance of long-range planning and curriculum development. The teacher develops, implements, and evaluates curriculum based upon standards and student needs.

Quality Indicator 1: Implementation of curriculum standards

Quality Indicator 2: Develop lessons for diverse learners

Quality Indicator 3: Analyze instructional goals and differentiate instructional strategies.

Writing Prompt…

Writing Prompt (3.2) Consider your secondary curriculum brainstorm. How will address the needs of diverse learners within this unit of instruction?

Standard Three…

Standard #3: The teacher recognizes the importance of long-range planning and curriculum development. The teacher develops, implements, and evaluates curriculum based upon standards and student needs.

Quality Indicator 1: Implementation of curriculum standards

Quality Indicator 2: Develop lessons for diverse learners

Quality Indicator 3: Analyze instructional goals and differentiate instructional strategies.

Writing Prompt…

Writing Prompt (3.3) Consider your curriculum brainstorm. When you teach this curriculum how will you assess whether or not students are meeting goals and objectives? What will you do if students are not meeting goals and objectives? How will this regular assessment impact student learning?

Artifact Brainstorm…

Now, let’s brainstorm some ways we can demonstrate our newfound knowledge.