Transcript Making Digital Curricula Meaningful

Making Digital Curricula
Meaningful
Digital Curricula
Three Takeaways
Must be attached to a framework
Rediscover the creativity in teaching
Bring us to the next level
Who are we?
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Located in Southern
Arizona, East of Tucson,
AZ
 11,000+ Students
 Serves a range of 425
square miles
Ranked #1 in AZ
2nd Consecutive Year
Excelling Schools
Curriculum
?
Beyond
Textbooks Wiki
(Digital version
of curriculum)
Specific Materials
(What resources we need)
Curriculum Calendars
(When we teach it and for how long)
Unwrapped Documents
(What good enough looks like)
Essential Standards
(What students must learn)
Well-defined curriculum process and
strong instructional model
We don’t use any of these:
“e-texts”
“e-books”
“online textbooks”
“open textbooks”
“digital textbooks”
Beyond Textbooks…
BT Populations
Over 20,000 in All!
Beyond Textbooks
Professional Development
+Relationships
Greater Success
Professional
Development
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Gaining the Vision Parts I and II - Two, 2 hour meetings
District administrative overview of the BT Vision and Teacher Buy in meetings
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Leadership Retreat - Two day, 12 hour training
District Leadership (administration and selected teachers) given an in depth look at the 7
Key BT starting points and create implementation plan
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BT 101 - 3.5 hour training
All certified staff learns about the 7 Key BT starting points and how to navigate the BT
Wiki
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BT 102 - 3.5 hour training
Review of the 7 Key BT starting points and advanced BT Wiki facilitation
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Reteach and Enrich - 3 hour training
Introduction of key ideas for reteach and enrich as well as practical ideas for
implementation
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Free Monthly Webinars
Summary
Calvin Baker
Superintendent
vail.k12.az.us
[email protected]
Kevin Carney
BT Executive Director
beyondtextbooks.org
[email protected]