Understanding the Delaware Recommended Curriculum - [Content Area]
CLUSTER OPPORTUNITY (2%)
The Understanding the Delaware Recommended Curriculum series of clusters were developed BY Delaware educators FOR Delaware educators.
What kind of curricula and learning principles will ensure students’ success in the 21st century workplace
and post-secondary education? In this cluster, participants will explore key practices and priorities for
Delaware educators. In course one; participants will unpack the goals and implications of the Delaware
Recommended Curriculum while reviewing the principles of backward design. In course two, participants
will divide into content-specific courses to focus on the standards and essential concepts from Social
Studies, Math, Science, or ELA. Participants will identify and select quality resources and strategies to
enhance an existing unit. In the final course of the cluster, participants will focus on putting all the pieces
together by enhancing an existing unit taking into account both the DRC and content-specific
standards/practices. The culmination of the cluster will come when teachers implement their enhanced
units with students in the classroom.
Syllabi of Online Courses
The Syllabi of Online Courses for the Understanding the Delaware Recommended Curriculum - [Contnet Area] series of clusters is a document that contains an overview of each of the three online courses in the cluster and a complete syllabus for each course.
Tangible Products / Evidence of Work
- The participant will successfully complete the online course Unpacking the Delaware Recommended Curriculum.
- Final Project: Using the Delaware Recommended Curriculum Unit Template, the participant will begin to format their final cluster project by applying the principles of backward design in order to modify a current unit of study. The Delaware Recommended Curriculum Unit Template will be used throughout all three courses, and participants will establish from the outset which existing unit they plan to modify over the course of this cluster.
- The participant will successfully complete the online course Aligning Mathematics Content Standards.
- Final Project: (1) an online annotated hotlist of resources and (2) the Delaware Recommended Curriculum Unit Template from the initial course will be expanded upon as the participant enhances a unit using the Mathematics Standards Clarification Document, Performance Level Descriptors, and Grade Level Expectations and creates standards-aligned curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
- The participant will successfully complete the online course Enhancing an Aligned Unit.
- Final Project: The completed enhancement of a unit utilizing the Delaware Recommended
Curriculum Unit Template.
- The participant will use tools, resources and strategies regarding the creation of an enhanced unit that takes into account both the DRC and content-specific standards/practices. The participant will also collect student artifacts to reflect the level of success in implementing the enhanced unit.
- Tangible Product: Student artifacts showing the successful implementation of the enhanced unit that takes into account both the DRC general and content-specific standards/practices.
- The participant will critique the unit, write a reflection on the unit including appropriate changes, and make appropriate changes to the unit in preparation for the next implementation of the unit.
- Tangible Product: Written critique/reflection for the unit in word processor format.
- The participant will write an evaluation and reflection of the cluster.
- Tangible Product: Written evaluation/reflection in word processor format.
- The participant will submit a portfolio containing all tangible products outlined in this section and detailed in the Portfolio Summative Evaluation Rubric.
Generic Schedule of Activities (Refer to Specific Cohort for Exact Dates)
Activity One * (2 hours)
"Beginning of Cluster" Meeting - Setting the Stage for Online Courses
Activity Two ** (30 hours)
Participate in and Successfully Complete the online course,
Unpacking the Delaware Recommended Curriculum
Activity Three ** (30 hours)
Participate in and Successfully Complete the EDC online course,
Aligning [Content Area] Content Standards
Activity Four ** (30 hours)
Participate in and Successfully Complete the EDC online course,
Enhancing an Aligned Unit
Activity Five (15 hours)
Implement, Reflect Upon, and Revise the Unit Developed in the Three Online Courses
Activity Six (2 hours)
Reflection of Cluster
Activity Seven * (2 hours)
"End of Cluster" Meeting - Share Your Success in your Professional Learning Community
* - Activity One and Activity Seven are face-to-face meetings from 5:00PM - 8:00PM at the Collette Education Resource Center in Dover.
** - The online courses have one week of orientation followed by six weeks of content.
Schedule of Activities per Cohort
Portfolio Preparation
The portfolio is the way for you to show the eLearning Delaware Leadership Team that you have successfully completed, implemented and reflected upon your eLearning Delaware cluster experience. In other words, the portfolio is just our way of seeing your work throughout the entire cluster and a way for you to pull all of your work together for completeness of effort.
A three-ring notebook should be used to assemble the portfolio. Please put your name, school, and cluster title on the front cover of the three-ring notebook. The easiest way to do this is to use a notebook with a clear pocket on the front so you can slide a sheet of paper with the required info on it into the pocket. If you don't have a pocket, you can write on the notebook with a marker but please use a light colored notebook with a dark marker. (Black marker on black notebook is difficult to read!)
Organization of the Portfolio
Portfolio Cover Page followed by the following sections separated by tabs:
Tab 1 (Rubric Section 1): Course One (Unpacking the Delaware Recommended Curriculum) Certificate,
Tab 2 (Rubric Section 2): Course Two (Aligning [Content Area] Content Standards) Certificate,
Tab 3 (Rubric Section 3): Course Three (Enhancing an Aligned Unit) Certificate and Enhanced Unit (Printout of the Approved Final Project),
Tab 4 (Rubric Section 4): Student Artifacts with Descriptive Sentence/Paragraph for Each Artifact,
Tab 5 (Rubric Section 5): Reflection on Implementation and Revision of Unit,
Tab 6 (Rubric Section 6): Reflection for the Entire Cluster Experience, and
Tab 7 (Rubric Section 7): Certificates for Face-to-Face Meetings.
The order and numbering given above follows the order and numbering of the evaluation rubric. Note: there are minimum requirements for each section of the rubric.
Summary of Documents Needed for Inclusion in the Portfolio
Portfolio Cover Page
Support Document - For Reference Only
Portfolio Clarifying Document with Evaluation Rubric - Do NOT include in portfolio
For more information on the portfolio, read the narrative on the evaluation of the portfolio.
Additional Information
If you would like additional information on the Understanding the Delaware Recommended Curriculum series of clusters offered through eLearning Delaware, please send an e-mail to whartschuh@doe.k12.de.us
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