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Graduation Portfolio Modules

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Modules

Module 1 What is GPS?

Module 2 What are Performance Outcomes?Module 3 How are Performance Outcomes Connected

to Our Standards?

Module 4 What kind of Instruction Supports our Work?

Module 5 How do I Design Performance Tasks?

Module 6 How do we Design Units that Support this Work?

Module 7 What makes a High Quality Unit?

Module 8 How do we give Meaningful Feedback to Students?

Module 9 How do we connect this GPS work to our work across the network?

Module 10 How do Students Manage the Process?

GPS Performance Outcomes

Module 2

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Objectives

Participants will be able to answer:1.What are performance outcomes?2.How do students demonstrate mastery of the

performance outcomes in different content areas?

3.How do performance outcomes connect to the graduate profile?

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Introduction

Discuss:How do our studentscurrently show they are“globally competent” in thedifferent content areas?

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What are performance outcomes?

The knowledge, skills, and/or behaviors students must master in a specific content or performance area.

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Global Leadership Performance Outcomes

KEY ELEMENTS: Investigate the World Recognize and Weigh Perspectives Communicate Ideas Take Action

How can Global Leadership Performance Outcomes be infused

into your current curriculum?

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Though a range of performance outcomes are available by content area, student work will address outcomes across disciplines.

• Global Leadership• Mathematics• Social Sciences• English Language Arts• Arts• Scientific Inquiry• Scientific Literacy• World Languages

Connections Across Content Areas

Performance Outcomes

English Language Arts

History/Social Studies

Mathematics

Science

World Language

Arts

Global Leadership

Performance Outcomes

English Language Arts

History/Social Studies

Mathematics

Science

World Language

Arts

Global Leadership

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What does this mean for my content area?

Discuss with other teachers in your content area:

1. Which of these performance outcomes are we already including within our curriculum?

2. Which assignments or tasks do we already have that we can align to these outcomes?

3. What should we focus on next?

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How do the performance outcomes align to the graduate profile?

• Performance outcomes by content area align to the graduate profile.

• The rubrics are based on those performance outcomes.

How do teachers setexpectations and define

the kind of work required?

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Classroom Follow-up

How will we communicatethese ideas to the students?

– Advisory?– Content area courses?– Schoolwide?

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