STANDARDS-ALIGNED STUDENT LEARNING TASKS +
About the Standards-Aligned Student Learning Tasks Workshop
Standards-Aligned Learning Tasks, “hands-on, minds-on” learning experiences, distributed throughout a unit of study, progressively develop and reveal students’ understanding of the Essential Standards’ “unwrapped” concepts, skills, and Big Ideas that form the foundation of each unit of study. These interdisciplinary tasks enable students to simulate and take part in real-life or imaginary situations that both challenge and engage them while developing their critical and creative thinking, communication, collaboration, problem-solving skills, and the other attributes that are so necessary for all students to use daily in the real world. Standards-Aligned Learning Tasks are truly “timeless” in both their relevancy and their positive impact on student learning.
Recommended Preparatory Workshop #1:
“Unwrap” the Essential Standards for Teacher Clarity
Participants in this Standards-Aligned Learning Tasks Workshop will benefit from first experiencing how to “unwrap” Essential Standards as preparation for creating Standards-Aligned Learning Tasks directly aligned to the rigor, concepts, and skills of “unwrapped” Essential Standards.
Recommended Preparatory Workshop #2:
Big Ideas and Essential Questions
Participants in this Standards-Aligned Learning Tasks Workshop will benefit from first experiencing how to compose Big Ideas derived from “Unwrapped” Essential Standards and write creative Essential Questions that correspond to the Big Ideas.
What You Will Experience and Create Through Explanation, Examples, and Practice:
- See the “Big Picture” of the Integrated Teaching & Learning System©
- Standards-Aligned Learning Tasks: A Comprehensive Teaching and Learning Model
- “Timeless” Research Findings in Support of Performance Assessment
- Educator-Created Examples of Tasks: Challenging Students to Utilize Deep Thought, Investigation, and Communication
- Activities to Experience the Eight-Step Process:
Steps 1-3: Build the Standards Foundation (“Unwrap” Essential Standards, Big Ideas, Essential Questions)
Step 4: Design Standards-Aligned Tasks to Scaffold in Rigor
Step 5: Develop Tasks with Detailed Instructions
Step 6: Include Interdisciplinary Connections
Step 7: Create a Motivational Purpose
Step 8: Write Task-Specific Scoring Guides
- Time-Saving Example: A.I.-Generated Standards-Aligned Learning Tasks
Virtual Workshop: Three Hours
Who Should Attend
District and School Leaders, K-12 Classroom Educators, Content Area Coordinators and Specialists, Instructional Coaches
For More Information
VOLUME THREE: PLANNING THE UNIT INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING TASKS
CHAPTER 17: Design Standards-Aligned Learning Tasks
CHAPTER 18: Explore Collections of Standards-Aligned Learning Tasks
One Participant’s Detailed Feedback About the Standards-Aligned Learning Tasks Virtual Workshop
“I love, love, love performance tasks (Standards-Aligned Learning Tasks) and how you taught us to embed them within our units of study. Rather than seeing them as an additional instruction and assessment burden for educators, I now understand how they will enhance students’ learning experiences while providing additional opportunities for educators to assess student mastery of the standards in focus. Regarding end-of-unit assessments, you demonstrated time-saving options for utilizing A.I. to create multiple-choice assessment questions. We both agreed that the information received from any online A.I. platform must be vetted for quality.”
- Annastasia Broomell
- District English Language Arts Coordinator
- Danville Public Schools, Danville, Virginia
- April 21, 2024