NORTH TEXAS AREA ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS
PROJECT BASED LEARNING CADRE
Valley Ranch ElementaryCoppell ISD
November 7, 2013
Elementary Principals PBL Cadre
Purpose: To create a supportive network of elementary principals to foster the growth of Project Based Learning for young learners.
Project Based Learning as a Vehicle for Transformation
Coppell ISD Classroom Educators
Tammee Henderson, VREEmily Huber, VREDavid Noel, MKBMarie Sumrall, MKB
Round Table Discussion
What do you do when educators are resistant to PBLs?
What do you do when educators have not implemented PBLs with fidelity?
What do you do when educators seem unable to teach effectively using the PBL framework?
Walkthroughs and Observations
Look and listen for… Learners – able to articulate guiding question,
understand the rubric or expectations, able to explain the purpose of the task, system for staying on-task, critical friends language
Classroom Walls – guiding question, knows and need to knows, anchor charts, work products, TEKS embedded throughout, evidence of presentations
Hallways – evidence of previous PBLs, work products
Knows & Need to Knows
Driving Question
Reference material for PBL
Work product
Previous PBL
Work Product
Next Steps
Meeting dateMeeting placeStay connected to join the wiki, please visit: http://principalpblcadre.wikispaces.com
RESOURCES
www.bie.org/PBL PBL in the Elementary Grades – Buck
Institute by Sara Hallermann and John Larmer
Project-Based Learning With Young Children by Deborah Diffily and Charlotte Sassman
Problems as Possibilities: Problem-Based Learning for K-16 Education by Linda Torp and Sara Sage
Mind Missions Learning Systems www.eduptopia.org