Find Your Group!• Middle School (7-8)

▫ Math▫ Science▫ Social Studies▫ ELA ▫ Electives

• High School (9-12)▫ Math▫ Science▫ Social Studies▫ ELA▫ Foreign Language▫ Electives

UbD in PracticeTeacher InstituteSummer 2012

Jackie GantzerTyra Seldon

Demetrice Smith

Warm-Up•In your groups, recall the stages of UbD

and provide a brief description of each stage.

•Self-Assessment

•Any unanswered questions?

Reminders•Please review

your deliverables in the back of your binder.

•Your first unit plan is due on July 30, 2012!

Objective•To review and practice UbD in order to

create and implement an effective standards based unit plan.

3 Stages of “Backward” Design1. Identify desired results

2. Determine acceptable evidence

3. Plan learning experiences & instruction.Then and only then

Stage 1- Identify Desired Results•Consists of four components

▫Content Standards▫Understandings▫Essential Questions▫Knowledge and Skills

•Key: Focus on Big Ideas!

Established Goals•Formal, long-term goals, such as state

content standards, district program goals, departmental objectives, and exit-level outcomes.

▫Example: 2D—Students analyze cultural interactions among diverse groups (consider multiple perspectives). –National Standards for US History, p. 108

Understandings: The Big Ideas•To determine the Big Ideas for your unit or

course, ask yourself…▫Why? So what?▫How is _____ applied in the world beyond the

classroom?▫What couldn’t we do if we didn’t understand _____?▫Avoid truisms, facts, definitions!

• Example: Students will understand that the settlement of the West threatened the lifestyle and culture of Native American tribes living on the plains.

Essential Questions•Are arguable and important to argue about.•Recur--and should recur--in professional

work, adult life, as well as in the classroom inquiry.

•Raise more questions-provoking and sustaining engaged inquiry.

•Can provide purpose for learning.

▫Example: Who were the winners and who were the losers in the settlement of the West?

Knowledge and Skill•Students will know…

▫Example: Key factual information about Native American tribes living on the plains and their interactions with the settlers.

•Students will be able to…▫Example: Express their findings orally and

in writing.

Stage 2 - Assessment Evidence•What are key complex performance tasks

indicative of understanding?•What other evidence will be collected to

build the case for understanding, knowledge, and skill.

•How will students self-assess?

Big Ideas Worth

Understanding

Important To Know & Do

Worth BeingFamiliar With

Assessment Types

Traditional quizzes& tests

• paper/pencil• selected-response• constructed response

Performance tasks& projects

• open-ended• complex• authentic

Stage 2 is the essence of backward design & alignment!!•“Measure what we value; value and act on

what we measure.”•Link assessment types to curricular

priorities▫Example: Imagine that you are an elderly

tribal member who has witnessed the settlement of the plains by the “pioneers.” Tell a story to your 8-year old granddaughter about the impact of the settlers on your life.

Stage 3-Plan Learning Experience and Instruction•A focus on engaging and effective

learning, “designed in”:▫What learning experiences and instruction

will promote the desired understanding, knowledge and skill?

▫How will you prepare students for the assessments?

Organize by W.H.E.R.E.T.O.• W = Where are we headed? and why? (from the

student’s perspective)• H = How will the student be ‘hooked’?• E = What opportunities will there be to be equipped

and explore key ideas.• R = How will we provide opportunities to rethink,

rehearse, refine and revise?• E = How will students evaluate their own

performance?• T = How will we tailor the work to reflect individual

needs, interests, and styles?• O = How will we organize the work flow to maximize

in-depth understanding and success at summative tasks?

Your Task•With your content cohort, select a content

goal to begin the UbD planning process.▫https://learningconnection.doe.in.gov/stand

ards•You may use the template in your binder

or the electronic version at edpower.pbworks.com

•Use the UbD stages to complete your first unit plan!

•Be prepared to share your ideas!

Uploading UbD to Wiki•Save your file as LastName-SubjectUbD1

▫Ex: SmithScience8UbD1•Visit edpower.pbworks.com•Request access in order to upload your

UbD Unit Plan to the wiki•Select the UbD Unit Plans link on the

front page

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Curriculum Expectations•Scope and Sequence

▫Resource: Planning Calendar•Unit Plans/Backwards Planning

▫Resource: Aligned Assessments•Learning Ladders or Lesson Plans

▫Note: Should be submitted to Atlas two weeks in advance for feedback.

•Reflection*

Lesson Plan CycleUnit Plan/ Learning Ladder

Submission

Instructional Leader Review

Feedback from

Instructional Leader

Revision

Delivery/Implementatio

n

Reflection*

Pedagogy•Uncommon Schools Taxonomy

▫No Opt Out▫100%

•Whole Brain Teaching▫Four Core Techniques▫Five Rules

•Writing Across the Curriculum•Culturally Relevant

Observations of Implementation•Curriculum Team Observations•School Instructional Leader Observations

▫Mini-Observations (Informal)▫Formal Full-Period Observations

•Professional Growth Plans•Evaluations•Peer/Mentor Feedback

Tools •Power School

▫Daily Assessment Data•Atlas Curriculum Mapping

▫Document and analyze standards

Human Resources• Dr. Dina Stephens, Chief Academic Officer• Ms. Annette de la Llana, Elementary Curriculum Specialist• Ms. Jacqulyn Gantzer, Director of Assessments• Dr. Tyra Seldon, ELA Curriculum Specialist• Ms. Demetrice Smith, STEM Curriculum Specialist

Take Aways• Self-Assessment• What essential knowledge

have you gained from today’s session?

• What further questions do you have about UbD?

• Are you prepared to submit your first unit plan? What needs to be refined?

UbD Office Hours

•Wednesday, 4PM to 6PM•Location: MPR

References•Adapted from: 2005. Wiggins, Grant and

McTighe, J. Understanding by Design. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Inc.