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September 6, 2008 IPG Application 1

Austin I.S.D.I.P.G. Database-Driven

Application

Social Studies Pilot Writing

Teams Grades 5, 8 and 9

Introduction & Training

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008


SOCIAL STUDIES IPG DATABASE APPLICATION TRAINING

September 6, 2008 — Morning Session 9:00 Welcome and Introductions Joe Ramirez 9:15 History of IPGs / Joe Ramirez Overview of IPG Revision Initiative 9:30 The Basic Steps of the IPG

Revision Initiative Terry Loessin 10:30 Break 10:45 Question/Answer Period Curriculum

Team 11:00 Organize by Grade Level Teachers and Team

11:30-1:00 Lunch On Your Own


SOCIAL STUDIES IPG DATABASE APPLICATION TRAINING

September 6, 2008—Afternoon Session

1:00-3:45 Curriculum Work by Grade Level

3:45-4:00 Announcements

Thank you for your help and support!


IPGs– The Beginning

•Originally created in 2002-2003

•1st IPGs•Departmentalized by content areas•Limited integration or consistency

across disciplines


Spring 2008 IPG Revision Initiative

• December 2007• Concern

– Lack of access to quality, cohesive, and aligned district curriculum that provides teachers with a more efficient / immediate method of linking to the resources, strategies, and data information necessary in their instructional planning.


Initiative’s Goal•To transform the current Austin ISD Instructional Planning Guides into a database-driven web application.


IPG Revision Initiative

What is desirable to

teachers

What is possible with technology

What is viable in the

classroom

Innovation


Steps in IPG Revision Initiative Development• 1st Step

– Engage in focused conversations within Curriculum Department•Alignment•Structure

•2nd Step– Analyze needed data elements within each step of the IPG organization chart


Steps in IPG Revision Initiative

Development•3rd Step involves IPG revisers-Analyze current IPGs to

determine what needs to be removed, revised, or added

–Rewrite current IPGs using current Social Studies standards–Develop IPGs within the Initiative’s format

Reviewing the Instructional Planning academic vocabulary…

while familiarizing ourselves with the new input templates:


Requirements for all steps

• Content Area• Level• Course• Grading Period• Major Concepts• TEKS • Pacing

Universal Concepts“Macro-”

Science Social Studies LiteratureOrderOrganismPopulationSystemsChangeCycleEnergy / Matter

CultureInterdependenceChange / ContinunitySystemsPatternsCivilizationsMigration / Immigration

MotivationInteractionsChange SystemsPatternsBeliefs / valuesTime

Math Music Visual ArtsNumberOrderQuantificationSystemsPatternsRatioProportion

RhythmMelodyTempoHarmonyPatternTimbreTone

RhythmLineOrderValuePatternTextureAngle


Major Concept• Highest level in a discipline’s instructional planning hierarchy• Information needed

• Title of concept• Basic description• Pacing information (Grading Period)• Order in which concept is displayed within a grading period• Will contain at least one unit

• More than one concept may be taught in a grading period


Interdependence


Units• Often several units per major concept• Ordered sequentially

• Instruction builds upon prior learning


Unit Requirements• Title • Pacing Information

– Days or weeks each unit takes to complete

• Order of concept is displayed within a “Major Concept”

• TEKS used in Unit


Unit Requirements•Overarching Idea

•Guiding Questions

•Arc of Lessons - titles and descriptions


Unit Requirements• Resources

– Websites– Periodical references– Videos– Other mediums

• Culminating Activity– Will vary with each unit– Rubrics need to be provided


Unit Requirements• Unit Assessment

– Oral reports– Writing activities– Group projects– Other forms of assessment as

determined by teachers


Unit Requirements• Integration comments

- General in focus- Will become more specific at lesson level– Will be added by other content


Arc of Lessons Requirements

• May have more than one Arc of Lessons per Unit

• Title and description of Arcs of Lessons

• Text title used in the Arc of Lessons

• Resources related to specific Arcs


Example: The Renaissance : Early Beginnings in Italy


Model Lessons Requirements• Habits of Thinking

• Guiding Questions• Specific TEKS covered in Lesson

– Will include student expectations– Will be self-populated by TEKS number

• Pacing of Lesson– May include pacing for different

components of the lesson– Increments may be class periods, minutes

or days


Model Lessons Requirements

•Text(s) used in lesson•Vocabulary

– Content– Academic– Other

•Health Connections



•Lesson Stages– Focus Activity– Guided Instruction– Collaborative Learning Activity– Independent Learning Activity– Assessment Activities



•Specific Learner Strategies - for English Language Learners, Special Education and Gifted and Talented

– Type– Strategy– Pacing•Assessment

•Student Work Products


What Now?•Timeline for revision process will be developed when new standards are published•IPG revisers will begin by putting them in the PK-12 Written Curriculum Matrix•Once completed, the IPG revision process will begin


AIMS III Initiative Pilot Program

5th, 8th and 9th grade Revisions


Revision Process• Using the current IPGs, revisers will take templates and complete all necessary requirements

• Model lessons will be developed, drawing upon information on current IPGs, website resources, teacher submissions, textbook models, etc.• Each six weeks will be turned in by specific dates on CDs• Font to be used is Verdana, size 10

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