A summary of the curriculum design process

Many of you are well on your way to designing a curriculum that will be your RPAT for this course. That is, it is a rich performance assessment task that should demonstrate that you have accomplished the goals for this course. It will be challenging because to complete this RPAT requires new ways of looking at the world and new skills. BUT you are the kind of students who understand GROWTH MINDSET and appreciate a challenge and how such a challenge will grow the plasticity of your brain. 

Here are the steps for your assignment. 

Pre-Steps -  Know your curriculum

1. Front Matter Scans (One for the Know, Do and Be for each subject area. You can do the Know for English but for this assignment you can focus on the Do and the Be for this subject.  )
2. Front Matter Graphic (Shows the relationships among subjects - optional)
3. Vertical Scans (4 grades for each subject for the Know, Do and Be)
4. Horizontal Scan and Cluster (target grade for Know, Do and Be)
5. KDB Chart (Choose relevant broad-based expectations to deconstruct).  

Backward Design – Step 1: What is most important to know, do and be?

1. KDB Umbrella (Identify the KDB).
2. Exploratory Web (Brainstorm possible activities/assessments. If you have not done this already you will want to return to the KDB Umbrella to identify the Big Question that will drive the unit planning).

Backward Design – Step 2: How do we know when they know it?

1. Rich Performance Assessment Task (RPAT)
2. 2 Assessment Tools

Backward Design: Step 3: 

What do we do each day to ensure students are able to demonstrated the KDB in the RPAT?

1. Essential Questions Web
2. Daily Instructional activities/embedded assessments Chart (with expectations and connection to the KDB and RPAT)
3. 2 Assessment Tools

That's all for now. I will write more if I get more questions that are relevant to everyone. 

Good luck!