Teachers as Learners

April 7, 2004

Session 4

I. Principles Driving our Work Today

A.   Principles of Learning we will engage in today...

1.   Clear Expectations

Fair & Credible Evaluations

Accountable Talk

Academic Rigor in a Thinking Curriculum

Socializing Intelligence

Learning as Apprenticeship

Self-management of Learning

B.   Disciplinary Literacy

1.   If we are to think as scientist...What would be an authentic way for us to share what we've learned?

II.   Today's Activities

A.   Review the data we collected from March 30, 2004

B.   Determine an artifact that you (and your partners) will create to show others what you know and can do regarding our work from March 30, 2004

C.   Look at the Standards

1.   What standards are you addressing in your artifact?

D.   Determine our criteria for quality work in your artifact

1.   Review the standards

a.   What will quality work look like?

(1)   Develop criteria or rubric

(a)   How is our criteria aligned to standards?

E. Begin working on your performance assessment or your artifact