Develop a planning calendar you would use in a district you know well. Use the form shown in Table 5.2

1. What are some of the curriculum changes that are improving thinking, listening, and speaking skills? 2. What changes have taken place in technology use in our schools? 3. which you are familiar, how would you prioritize these four approaches? What systematic processes would you use in making such a determination?

The HOTS concentrate on the top three levels of Bloom’s taxonomy: analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Review the curriculum guides or units or daily lesson plans in your school or district and identify several HOTS

1. What are some of the problems that educators face as they begin using technology in the classroom? 2. What other innovative technology strategies can be used to improve student writing and thinking skills? How can teacher-leaders and principals best initiate these strategies? 3. How does technology use in middle and high schools differ from that in an elementary classroom setting?

To test your ability to use the naturalistic model, do the following: a. Describe the territory of a new course. b. Describe the advantages of school-based curriculum development. c. List all unit objectives. d. Write at least four quality learning experiences for one of the units.

Suppose you are part of a Grade 5 team of teachers. You decide you would like to give the pupils some choices about the social studies content by offering elective units. How would you ensure that all pupils mastered the requisite skills, regardless of the content emphasis? How would you incorporate technology to achieve this goal?

1. What are your impressions of how Principal Mandel handled the situation involving Martha and Bob at his school? 2. Do you feel that Principal Mandel might have used or manipulated teacher Susan Gibbons to solve his problem

In the school district you know best, how would you balance the need for school autonomy? Use the questions in Figure 5.2 as guidelines for resolving this issue.

Politicians often are afraid their votes against ELL education will be perceived as hostile to minorities. This is ironic, since a READ Institute survey showed that 81% of Hispanics wanted their children to learn English first; only 12% wanted their children taught in Spanish. ProEnglish supports state initiatives to end ELL education and believes the federal government should stop funding ELL education programs exclusively and […]

1. Select one of the fields discussed. By analyzing how it has changed and is changing now, project the major changes that might occur during the next 10 years. Write a summary of your projections. 2. Respond to the challenge and each of the key issues or questions in the case study

1. What are your impressions of Principal Bevington? Did she adequately handle the issue of data analysis and aligning curriculum? Why, or why not? 2. What are your impressions of the third-grade teachers in this elementary school?

More educators are now recommending a combination of naturalistic and technological processes—especially at elementary levels. Explain, in detail, how you would incorporate both processes in an elementary school setting

1. If you agree that teaching causes learning, explain how the instructional rounds concept improves the teaching and learning concept. If you disagree, why not?  2. With more and more small schools consolidating, give examples of how distance-learning technology can improve your curriculum.

1. What advantages do the Dialogue Technique, the Delphi Technique, the Fishbowl Technique, the Telstar Technique, and the Nominal Group Technique have over other ways groups make decisions? 2. Identify interrelationships that exist between scope and sequence, program goals, objectives, learning outcomes, and authentic tasks.

1. How can teachers become stakeholders of a curriculum as per the passage of ESSA and an emphasis on current state standards or the Common Core State Standards? 2. Respond to the challenge and each of the key issues or questions in the case study

1. Judging from your own experience, how do you feel about the importance of focusing on data before concepts? 2. Restructuring curriculum may involve a great deal of resistance. What types of problems might new principals experience when applying concepts and big ideas before actually analyzing data?

1. The results of Education Week’s national survey of states’ assessment programs are shown in the April 1, 2018, edition of Education Week. Identify and rank the assessment programs used by the states  2. Respond to the challenge and each of the key issues or questions in the case study.

1. Discuss why professional learning that is characterized by collective participation of educators (in the form of grade-level teams or school-level teams) is most likely to affect teacher instruction positively 2. Analyze professional-development activities in your school or district, and compare them with the research findings. How does your school or district compare?

What are your feelings on state- or federal-mandated programs? Do you feel that RTI is a viable option for academically challenged students?

1. If the principal has another meeting with the third-grade teachers, what should be discussed? 2. Why was it important for Sue Cockrill, a teacher-leader, to speak up? Might there be any backlash from the other teachers for her comments? Why, or why not?