“evidence” how they will know that the students have real meaning-making and transfer of the goal. Teachers need to analyze assessments to see if they are valid indicators of what the desired outcome was. Finally, stage 3 is the development of what and how we are going to teach so that the students will logically meet the desired goal. UBD reflects the convergence of two interdependent ideas: 1) research on learning and cognition that highlights the centrality of teaching and assessing for understanding, and 2) a helpful and time honored process for curriculum writing (Wiggins & McTighe, 2005). Each year, Indialantic Elementary continues to a wide repertoire of professional development in order to enhance instruction. By implementing Units By Design, teachers will be able to reinforce their teaching techniques and continue to strengthen their skills, enhancing classroom strategies that promote rigor and relevance throughout the curriculum. School-Based Goal: What can be done to improve instructional effectiveness? All Indialantic teachers will increase their depth of knowledge of the strategies and processes involved in addressing the rigor of the Florida Standards through prioritizing, developing common formative assessments, and developing lesson plans utilizing the Understanding By Design format. Strategies: Small number of action oriented staff performance objectives. Barriers Action Steps Person Responsible Timetable Budget In-Process Measure 1. Teacher buy in to prioritizing standards based instruction through Units By Design. during preplanning PDD and throughout 2015-2016 year. Principal, Assistant Principal, and Teacher Leaders August 2015 $0 Preplanning Agenda 2.Aligning Instruction and formative assessments to Standards 1. Curriculum Mapping 2. Provide Monthly PD of standards based instruction through the teachers teach teachers framework. 3. Conduct instructional round walk Teachers Principal, Assistant Principal, and Teacher Leaders Principal, Assistant Principal, and July 2015 Monthly Oct. – Feb. Monthly October – February PTO Funded $50 $1000 for substitutes Teacher Produced Curriculum Maps Agendas For Trainings Quality inspection o formative
through. 4. Utilize Standards based instruction to develop Units By Design. Teacher Leaders Teachers ???? $0 assessments/ Data Collected from the cognitive level of complexity instrument Grade Level Units By Design 3. Teacher time Constraints to collaborate and plan standards based lessons. Scheduled weekly Standards Based Lesson Planning grade level meetings. Assistant Principal Bi- Monthly $0 Standards Based Lesson Plans 5. Increase number of on-site experts in science. Schedule teachers to FAST Conference Mrs. Etherton and Mrs. Schneider October 2016 $600 Agenda of teacher presentation. Training Agendas 6. Increase number of experts in math. Schedule teacher to FCTM Conference Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Hodge October 2016 $600 Agenda of teacher presentation. Training Agendas 7. Aligning quality inspection of the Florida Standards to grade level curriculum to ensure fidelity. Develop an Assistant Principal Leadership Team with 5 AP’s from various Area Elementary Schools Principal, Assistant Principal Leadership Team Once each semester $200 Copy of Florida Standard Instructional Round Tool Data 8. Aligning priority assessments to current curriculum map. Develop a Teacher Leadership Team with 5 teachers from IE Principal, Assistant Principal, 5 Teacher Leaders Once each 9 $ 500 Copy of Curriculum Map and revisions of Map after reviewing the data from each grade level 9. Enhancement of science activities for students below grade level. Provide instruction after school for an hour. Principal, Assistant Principal, and Teachers Once a week in the month of January $ 346 ASP Funds End of year ASP report