assuring rigor and relevance long beach usd pathway team meeting
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Assuring Rigor and Relevance Long Beach USD Pathway Team Meeting. Rob Atterbury District Coach www.ConnectEdCalifornia.or g. Pathway Components. Challenging Academics Demanding Technical Courses Work-based Learning Support Services. Debrief. Instructions: Share “take-away” ideas - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Assuring Rigor and Relevance
Long Beach USD Pathway Team Meeting
Rob AtterburyDistrict Coachwww.ConnectEdCalifornia.org
Pathway Components
• Challenging Academics
• Demanding Technical Courses
• Work-based Learning
• Support Services
Debrief
Instructions:1. Share “take-away” ideas
2. How can ConnectEd Studios be utilized
3. Implications
What is Rigor? (Not Rigor Mortis!)
• What is your pathway definition?• What evidence do you have?• What is relevance?• How can the two be combined?• How can a project-based approach
be use?
Rigor
rig⋅or- noun
1. strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people. 2. the full or extreme severity of laws, rules, etc. 3. severity of living conditions; hardship; austerity: the rigor of
wartime existence. 4. a severe or harsh act, circumstance, etc. 5. scrupulous or inflexible accuracy or adherence: the logical rigor
of mathematics. 6. severity of weather or climate or an instance of this: the rigors of
winter. 7. Pathology. a sudden coldness, as that preceding certain fevers;
chill. 8. Physiology. a state of rigidity in muscle tissues during which they
are unable to respond to stimuli due to the coagulation of muscle protein.
9. Obsolete. stiffness or rigidity.
Inquiry
• in⋅quir⋅y1. a seeking or request for truth,
information, or knowledge. 2. an investigation, as into an incident:
a Congressional inquiry into the bribery charges.
3. the act of inquiring or of seeking information by questioning; interrogation.
4. a question; query.
Teaching Others 90%Practice by Doing 75%
Whole Class Discussion 50%
Teacher Demonstration 30%
Audio-Visual 20%
5%Reading
Pct. Retained - based on the work of William Glasser
Retention
Specific Examples
http://www.edutopia.org/collaboration-age-technology-biotech-video
R4 = R2 + C2
Rigor x Relevance x Relationships x Revelry =
Retention x Results
+Students prepared for College and Careers
Additional Information
ConnectEd Website:www.connectedcalifornia.org