Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Common Core State Standars and SMARTER Balanced Assessment Workshop



Macintosh HD:private:var:folders:6h:h2qkmcs15hz8hy8x457w2ssht20_y_:T:TemporaryItems:Bill_Photo.jpgJoin the EWU Cross-Campus Education Group for discussions with Bill Moore, the Alignment Director for the Washington Core to College project, a 3-year initiative running through December 2014. 

One of Moore’s roles is to help higher education faculty and administrators across the state understand more fully the national work underway on the Common Core State Standards and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and explore the potential implications of this work for the
 higher education system in Washington State.

April 30, 2013       11:30-5:00 p.m.   Tawanka 215 B/C
For More Information, contact Kevin Decker,
Cross-Campus Education Group Co-Chair (509) 359 2328
To RSVP (required), contact Maxine Holden at mholden50@ewu.edu
no later than Thursday, April 25.

11:30 a.m. -12:15 p.m.
Lunch
(please RSVP even if you will not be having lunch)
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

*1:00 – 1:30 break
General Overview Discussion of Common Core and Smarter Balanced Assessment
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.


*2:30 – 3:00 break
English Language Arts: Discussion of current status of Smarter Balanced Achievement Level descriptors & sample tasks
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

*4:00 – 4:15 break
Math: Current status of Smarter Balanced Achievement Level descriptors & sample tasks
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Questions and Answers
(if you’re already familiar with CC and SBA, join us now)

Text Box: Supported by:
• EWU Provost’s Office
• College of Arts, Letters & Education
• EWU Cross-Campus Education Group
Persons with special needs may make arrangements for accommodation by calling 509.359.2328.William S. Moore, Ph.D., Policy Associate
Director, Core to College Alignment &
  Transition Mathematics Project
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Teaching Strategy Presentation Groups

Below are your groups and assigned strategies for the Teaching Strategy Presentations:

Direct Instruction/Explicit Instruction -- Mindy, Danielle, Amanda L.
Cooperative Learning -- Michele, Brandon, Amanda G.
Inquiry/Discovery Approach -- Aaron, Whitney, Mike
Discussion Strategies -- Joe, Russ, David
Differentiated Instruction -- Colleen, Rebecca, Ilsa
Questioning Strategies -- Sean, Natasha, Ayla
Project Based Learning -- Sarah, Natalya, Brad

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Links to your Colleagues' Blogs

Below are the links to your colleagues' blogs. Using the links here, we can connect our blog sites so that we can see the ways in which others are responding. In addition to posting your responses to our class assignments, your blogger sites can also be a space for you to comment on others' posts, to continue your thinking about our readings, projects, discussions, etc. My hope is that you make the most of this space during our brief time together and that it can continue as a space of connection after our course is done.

Amanda Goede -- www.goedemusic.blogspot.com
Whitney Leavitt -- SecondaryStrategies
Michele Pindras -- michelepindras.blogspot.com
Natalya Svetlova -- http://natlova.blogspot.com/
Russell Carder -- http://russcarder.blogspot.com
Danielle Raschko -- starfleetacademy1.blogspot.com 
Aaron Gruis -- http://rvn9.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Welcome to EDUC 341--Secondary Strategies, Management, and Assessment

I would like each of you to create your own blogger site to serve as a place where, at a minimum, you can share your responses and weekly blog posts as detailed in your syllabus. Once we have each created a blogger site, we can then connect our sites so that we can see the ways in which others are responding. Completing assigned responses and weekly blog posts prior to our class discussions is an essential part of preparing yourself for what will happen during our classroom time together. Your blogger sites can also be a space for you to continue your thinking about our readings, our projects, our discussions, etc... My hope is that you make the most of this space during our brief time together and that it can continue as a space of connection after our course is done.

Please create your blogger site by Wednesday, 4/10. We will then work to connect our sites and begin our work. Please email me the link to your blog at sagriss@ewu.edu.

Thank you so much.

Sean