Learn how you can determine which TEKS need a heavy or light touch by using specific critierion such as 'some, most, all students' and the relevance, readiness, and endurance components recommended by Dr. Doug Reeves. After identifying power or essential TEKS for their content, teachers will design a curriclum road map for students with critical questions linked to assessments and crucial concepts for their content by analyzing the TEKS and district Curriculum documents for Course and/or Unit Planning.
The day long workshops are designed for individual content teachers and content teaching teams (PLC) as well as school and district leaders to use the Understand By Design (UBD) methodology or planning backwards process to design curriculum at the course and unit level. By narrowing the focus of their teaching on necessary TEKS for student understanding, teachers can support the learning of all students.
The workshops are created and will be presented by Region 13 Strategic Instruction specialists who were themselves teachers and principals. We believe the collaborative conversations among teachers and administrators about the essential TEKS and content, that we expect all students to master, can have an enormous impact on student learning. As Marzano said, a guaranteed and viable curriculum is essential for student achievement.
Unit Organizers are great tools for visualizing and planning your Units of Study for the year. Every teacher knows that the key to a successful year is having a 100% foolproof plan for the year. Chances are you're already pretty great at planning units, but in this workshop we'll show you how, using the unit organizer you can design lessons that are engaging, interactive, and help your students retain information.
We'll be looking at whatever curriculum documents you have for the 2018-2019 school year, so be sure to bring those!