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Getting Our Feet Wet
Our Role as Instructional Leaders in Times of Change
Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment
Questions are the best form of technology….Jamie Mackenzie
…More than Ever Our Students NeedA Sense That Learning Will Make Our World a Better
Place
We are the people we have been waiting for
Project-based Learning: A Local ContextIn three teams, observe one of the local
examples of project-based learning that are posted on our Google Site
Use the Project Design Rubric to assess the project. What is present? What is missing?
YOUR TURNShare PBL ideas (grade/subject, topic/problem,
driving question, entry event, culminating project)….5 minutes
Listen to peers (jot down your thought/questions on Stickies)
Use the Critical Friends Note-taking Guide to provide feedback….15 minutes
So…..what is an instructional leader?
Are we educators? Are we leaders?Determining the learning destinationCreating questions that foster inquiryDesigning units, backwardsDetermining assessment evidenceRecognizing the benefits of performance
criteria
or are we designers?Architects of instruction?Facilitators of learning?
“Are we preparing kids to write tests for life, or are we preparing them FOR the tests of
life” …Art Costa
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