MEETING THE RIGOR OF COMMON CORE: CONNECTING

CTE TO THE ICONS OF DEPTH AND

COMPLEXITY

Educating For Careers Conference

Sacramento, CAMarch, 2015

Erik MickelsonAdvanced Learner Specialist/

Linked Learning District Pathway Coachemickelson@psusd.us

(760) 221-1942

Palm Springs USD Academies and

Pathways

CURRENT UPCOMING…

Healthcare Public Safety Alternative

Energy Culinary Arts Digital Media Business Cosmetology

Transportation Education

Designed to provide wide-ranging choices for students as well match up with local industry.

The Differentiation EquationLesson Design Components

Thinking Skills Content (D/C) Research/

Resources Product

T/S + C (D/C) + R + P

Linked Learning District Pathway

Coach Act as a liaison between teachers and

District.

Common Core Implementation

Offer training and support to CTE teachers with District adopted educational strategies and academic expectations

Assist Academic Teachers with making CTE connections to their academic content

Facilitate team collaborations

Work with teams to develop engaging, relevant, and rigorous Integrated Projects

Categories Where Differentiation Can (and should!) Occur

DIFFERENTIATING SPECIFIC TO RIGOR

Content Process Product Learning

Environment

Acceleration/Pacing

Depth Complexity Novelty

Acceleration/Pacing Novelty

The pace at which instruction is done

Pre-Testing and Moving On

Slowing down and Providing Intervention

Curriculum Compacting

Wait Time

How a student demonstrates knowledge

Application, Synthesis, Evaluation

Variety and student choice

Depth Complexity

Studying many aspects of a single topic

Going deeper into a subject

Becoming an “expert” in a subject

Making connections across several topicsor academic subjects

Seeing relationshipsbetween seeminglyunconnected ideas orconcepts

How the Icons of Depth and Complexity Evolved

Purpose: To provide Students with Opportunities for Higher Level Thinking and Learning

Kaplan and Gould Dual-Coding State Standard Review: Mediocrity Ancient Philosophers From Golden State and High School

Advanced Placement Tests Infused into the Standards Based

Curriculum Has Become the California Model for

Teaching Gifted and Talented Students But this strategy has great Connections to

CTE!

Icons of DepthRules

The guide orprocedures one must obey in a particular discipline structure, order,

or hierarchy

Rules of Nature, Law, and Culture

Language of the Discipline

Specific

AcademicLanguage of a particular field of study

Vocabulary

Terms

Sample Questions/Tasks

Culinary:

What guidelines are used in creating a menu?

Cosmetology:

Describe the implicit and explicit rules of skin care.

Public Safety:

Explain the overt and covert rules affecting border patrol.

Culinary:

What words would a chef use to tell about a dish he created?

Cosmetology:

What specialized language is needed to define and describe a beauty treatment?

Public Safety:

Describe a neighborhood patrol using the words a police officer might use.

Icons of Depth

Patterns

Occurrences or concepts that repeat.

Historical Patterns Mathematical

Patterns Linguistic Patterns

Trends

Situations or ideas

particular to a specific period, culture, set ofcircumstances Trends in Science

andTechnology

Sample Questions/TasksArts:

What elements, events, or ideas are repeated in this artist’s work?

Business:

Identify the political, social, and economic patterns that have affected local business.

Healthcare:

How do patterns of behavior help us predict a person’s overall health?

Arts:

Relate current societal trends to contemporary art.

Business:

Research current trends in marketing and compare them to an earlier decade.

Healthcare:

Define and support with evidence the effects of scientific and social trends on childhood obesity.

Icons of Depth

Ethics

Right, Wrong, and everything in between…

The “Should” Questions

UnansweredQuestions

What has not or cannot be answered

Things to Ponder

Sample QuestionsEducation:

Research and reflect on the extent to which the public schools should be involved with private corporate sponsors.

Alternative Energy:

Discuss the merits of using solar energy. Should there be additional incentives for making the switch?

Transportation:

What controversies exist regarding expanding public transportation in Southern California?

Education:

How will the shift to the Common Core State standards affect college and career readiness?

Alternative Energy:

What is still not understood about alternative forms of energy?

Transportation:

What discrepancies in information did you note about what constitutes fuel efficiency?

Icons of Depth

Big Idea

Large Universal concepts

Ultimate Meanings One Word

Summaries

Details

Information thatsupports or proves theBig Idea

Relevant pieces but

not the whole picture

Sample QuestionsDigital Media:

Describe the design principles at work in this presentation.

English:

What theme best describes the central idea in the novel?

Math:

Describe the theorem used in solving quadratic equations.

Digital Media:

Describe how the content is affected by the design elements that were chosen.

English:

What are the most relevant characteristics/attributes of the character?

Math:

How could you change the variables to increase or decrease the value?

Icons of Complexity

Change over Time How time affects ideas and situations

Across DisciplinesRelationships between Subject Areas

or Career Fields Multiple PerspectivesDifferent Viewpoints

Sample QuestionsGeneral:

How has time affected _____________ ?

Specific (Culinary):

Food safety and sanitation

General:

How do different people see ___________ ?

Specific (Public Safety):

The prison system

General:

How do math, English, science, and history relate to __________ ?

Specific: (Healthcare):

Sports Medicine

OK This Looks Great But How Do I Start?...

Post Cards Define The Terms Curricular Connections Post-Its in Teacher’s Edition Lesson Plan Books Close Read Articles or Texts Group Discussion/Socratic Seminars Writing Reflections/Analysis Collaborate with Colleagues Just try it…

All to one Topic: Healthcare

Big Ideas about Healthcare and Details to support those ideas?

Language of the Discipline and Rules in the Healthcare Industry?

Patterns and or Trends in Healthcare?

Ethical Issues related to the Industry?

Unanswered Questions about Healthcare?

Changes Over Time? Multiple Perspectives?

Relating Healthcare Across the Disciplines?

Resources

J Taylor Education www.jtayloreducation.com

Byrdseed www.byrdseed.com

California Association for the Gifted www.cagifted.org

Linked Learning www.linkedlearning.org