home

Using the 3 Priority Areas of the Teacher Practice Rubrics To Design and Refine Common Core Units:  // Cognitive engagement, constructivist learning and 21st century skills. //

** Purpose: **
== This series will facilitate the design and refinement of Common Core-aligned units and strengthen connections to the three priority areas of the NYSED approved Teacher Practice Rubrics: //cognitive engagement, constructivist learning,// and //21st century skills.// ==

** Outcomes: **

 * == Individually grounded and shared definitions of //cognitive engagement, constructivist learning,// and //21st century skills//; ==
 * == Articulation of additional quality curriculum attributes (as proposed by Learner-Centered Initiatives, 2011 ) that strengthen the three teacher practice priority areas; ==
 * == Newly designed or refined Common Core-aligned tasks and/or units. ==

**RESOURCES:**

Video Links:  [|Kinetic Art Project]

[|Escalator Video]

[|21st Century Skills in Action]
= Additional Resources: =

= CCLS Aligned Unit Template: = = =

= Sortable CCLS Documents for Math and ELA/Literacy = = =

Essential Questions: [|Essential Questions Link]

Performance/Summative Tasks:

[|Authentic Assessment Toolbox]
=Posters from Day 2 on Authentic Assessment:=

[[file:Examples of Collaboratively.docx]]
= Additional Unit Templates and Examples: =