Professional Learning at the CES
Learn about Essential Curriculum and Backward Design
Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions
April 6th, 2016
Join us to discuss how to develop enduring understandings that summarize important ideas and core processes that are essential to a discipline and have lasting impact beyond the classroom. Also, learn to create essential questions which promote inquiry and stimulate vital, ongoing rethinking.
Location: Smithsburg Room
Starting time: 4:15 P.M.
Ending time: 5:45 P.M.
Transfer Tasks and Cornerstone Tasks
April 13, 2016
Join us to learn about how we should focus our backward-design efforts on the goal of transfer and not just merely cover content to strengthen student learning and understanding.
Location: Smithsburg Room
Starting time: 4:15 P.M.
Ending time: 5:45 P.M.
Using the Understanding by Design (UBD) Template
Join us to learn how to use the 3 stages of the UbD template and how to incorporate all components needed for quality planning and design.
Location: Smithsburg Room
Starting time: 4:15 P.M.
Ending time: 5:45 P.M.