Gifted and Talented AcademyYear 2

Curriculum and Instruction

Session 3

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Agenda

• Welcome/Check In• Sharing Progress• NAGC Programming Standards• William & Mary Curriculum• Curriculum Goals• Overview/Review

– Developing Learner Outcomes (Ch. 7)– Activities and Resources (Ch. 8)– Instructional Strategies (Ch. 9)

• Team Time/Planning• Closure

Sharing Progress

• Talk with your team/table and share with large group– An overview of your team’s work so far– What’s working?– What’s frustrating?– What questions do you have?

NAGC Programming Criterion 3

• Read intro & highlight key words/ideas• Share with a partner

• Read through the outcomes and evidence-based practices. Discuss what that does or could look like in programming.

William and Mary Curriculum

• Form 6 groups• Each group take one student outcome

from NAGC standards• As you hear about WM Curriculum, focus

on the practices for your outcome that you see at work in the WM information. Use check mark/evidence to identify connections.

The Flow of Curriculum

Curriculum Philosophy & Goals (Ch. 6)

Learner Outcomes (Ch. 7)

Activities & Resources (Ch. 8)

Instructional Strategies (Ch. 9)

Curriculum Philosophy & Goals

• Read p. 108-110 in text• Discuss at your table

– Key ideas– Connections to your vision/mission/beliefs

• Read p. 110-115 in text• Discuss at your table

– Key ideas

• Connections to your student goals and scope/sequence

Overview

Essential Question

What do I want gifted learners to know and/or be able to do

after completing a study of this unit, topic or course?

Learner Outcome Functions

LEARNER OUTCOMES

Guide Selection of Content, Methods, Materials

Provide Instructional

Intent

State Expectations for Learners

Provide Focus for Evaluating

Learning

Fig. 7.1, p. 126

Developing Learner Outcomes

• What are the learner outcomes you’ve identified in your work?

• How do these outcomes relate to your program goals and/or your goals for students?

• What insights have you gained about learner outcomes?

• What questions do you have about learner outcomes?

The Link

Outcome

Activity

Key Features of Activities

TEACHING-LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Created or Derived/Selected

from Existing Materials

Matched to a Specific Learner

Outcome

Sufficient in Number and

Scope to Fulfill the Outcome

Differentiated Tasks for Students

Fig. 8.1, p. 142

Key Strategies

FACILITATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL

STRATEGIES

Problem-based Learning

Pacing

Questioning Techniques

Content-based Strategies

Fig. 9.1, p. 171

Problem Solving

Inquiry

Bibliotherapy

Round Table Discussion

• Choose one of the questions from Chapters 7-9 and report to that table.

• Discuss the question with your group.• Report key ideas to large group.

Team Planning• Finish scope and sequence if necessary• Develop a curriculum unit following the

flow in Chapters 6-9. Keep connections to Iowa Core in mind.

http://www.corecurriculum.iowa.gov • Identify actions to be accomplished by

session 4

Home Play

• Continue curriculum development work.• Read Chapters 10-12 in Curriculum

Planning & Instructional Design for Gifted Learners

• Continue to update your team Wiki• Complete Appendix B to Chapter 12 (p.

247-55 for the curriculum you’ve worked on today