On-Demand Systems of Professional Learning - Module 4 - ELA

Module 4: Designing and Aligning Instruction and Assessment

• Review and extend their knowledge of unit and lesson design with alignment to the Connecticut Core Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy and the three instructional shifts.
• Begin to build and examine short model curriculum units
• Examine and develop learning goals aligned to the CCS-ELA &Literacy
• Understand the use of key understandings and guiding questions to inform instruction and performance tasks
• Introduce and practice the use of the Cognitive Rigor Matrix
• Examine performance tasks and rubrics and develop aligned performance tasks
• Understand how learning progressions and formative assessment are integrated into lesson design
• Practice reviewing a unit and conducting a structured conversation around unit design
• Collaboratively plan for sharing the key components of this module within their school and/or district