About the talk
In this Master Class with veteran educator and author, Jay McTighe, go on a journey to explore key ideas from his recent book, Leading Modern Learning: A Blueprint for Vision Driven Schools, 2nd edition (Solution Tree). Explore his blueprint for a coherent curriculum and assessment system that emphasizes deeper learning and long-term transfer based on both Disciplinary Standards and 21st Century Skills that cut across the disciplines.
Together, use backward design to create a curriculum blueprint to guide the design of a coherent and vertically aligned curriculum. Generate overarching essential questions that spiral across the grades. Create recurring cornerstone performance tasks and companion rubrics that integrate 21st Century Skills with academic content. Also develop a third generation curriculum map around desired performances rather than simply a scope and sequence of content for “coverage.
Key Objectives
- Develop a third generation curriculum map around desired performances rather than simply a scope and sequence of content for coverage
- Use backward design to create a curriculum blueprint to guide the design of a coherent and vertically aligned curriculum
- Generate overarching essential questions that spiral across the grades
- Create recurring cornerstone performance tasks and companion rubrics that integrate 21st Century Skills with academic content
