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Designing Instruction
Making Best Practices Work in Standards-Based Classrooms



October 2007 | 352 pages | Corwin

"A fresh new approach that strengthens the need for teaching with creative thinking strategies for administrative leadership teams. Few textbooks have such detailed examples combined with the background study of best practices. The authors have great credibility, experience, resources, and abundant research to support their proposal. A very well-written text offering ample review of the research."
—Sara E. Spruce, Professor of Education
Olivet Nazarene University

Use this research-based instructional model to meet students' achievement goals!

As the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students gets wider, teachers and administrators need a proven process to help all students meet the requirements of NCLB. This practitioner-friendly guidebook provides a step-by-step approach to a complete standards-based curriculum and the integration of best practices into the delivery and assessment of instruction in every classroom.

The authors present three capacity-building features of the design process: (1) training for building leadership teams to help teachers plan and lead the reform process, (2) stewardship training to assist district administrators and principals in supporting and sustaining the implemented reforms, and (3) a collaborative observation process to help teachers work together and in partnership with principals to monitor and improve classroom instruction.

Offering an education model that has been field-tested with more than 50 school districts in the U.S. and Canada, this book shows school leaders how to maximize collaborative observation and other team leadership processes to integrate reforms into a school's existing culture. Educators will learn ways to:

  • Integrate instructional design with successful instructional reform
  • Strengthen the learning culture through standards
  • Develop effective performance indicators
  • Apply curriculum mapping to instructional design

Designing Instruction supports teachers and administrators working together to raise student achievement by using proven instructional design and best practices.


 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Authors
 
Introduction
Our Journey Through School Reform

 
Enter Instructional Design

 
The Purpose for This Book

 
The Five Parts

 
Who Should Buy This Book

 
 
Part I. School Reform Is All About What Happens in the Classroom
 
1. Instructional Design as the Catalyst for Successful School Reform
The Eight Core Elements of Successful School Reform

 
How Does Instructional Design Integrate With Successful School Reform?

 
Three-Year Time Frame

 
 
2. Performance Indicators: The Passkey to Standards-Based Curriculum
What's in the Name?

 
The Criteria for Valid Performance Indicators

 
How the Standards Are Organized

 
Not Classroom Ready, but That's Okay

 
Using Standards to Strengthen the Learning Culture and Increase Expectations

 
The Process of Developing Performance Indicators

 
Frequently Asked Questions and Related Issues

 
What to Do During the Pilot of Performance Indicators

 
"Are We There Yet?"

 
Summary

 
 
Part II. Planning
 
3. Curriculum Mapping
Not a New Concept

 
Features and Physical Layout of the Curriculum Map

 
The Instructional Design Aproach to Curriculum Mapping

 
Teacher-Administrator Accountability

 
Frequently Asked Questions About the Curriculum Mapping Process

 
Ensuring a Successful Rollout of the Curriculum Maps

 
The Three-Year Time Frame

 
 
4. Unit Planning: Rationale and Format
Introduction

 
The Unit Plan Format for Instructional Design

 
Considerations in Developing Unit Plans

 
Frequently Asked Questions About Unit Plans

 
The Three-Year Time Frame

 
 
Part III. Best Practices in Unit Planning and Delivery
 
5. Unit Planning: Motivation and Information
Introduction

 
Motivation

 
Information

 
Bloom's Taxonomy

 
Summary

 
 
6. Unit Planning: Learning Constructs
Introduction

 
Organizational Patterns

 
Writing Summary

 
Note Taking

 
Math-Problem Analysis and Problem Solving

 
Vocabulary and Context Clues

 
Graphic Organizers

 
Levels of Questioning

 
Similarities and Differences

 
Summary

 
 
7. Unit Planning: Delivery Strategies
Introduction

 
Lecture or Explanation

 
Demonstration

 
Guided Discussion

 
Inquiry, or Formulating and Testing Hypotheses

 
Learning Circles

 
Socratic Seminar

 
Action Research

 
Advance Organizer

 
Summary

 
 
Part IV. Assessment
 
8. Unit Planning: Assessment and Culmination
Introduction

 
Assessment

 
Culmination

 
Summary

 
 
Part V. Capacity-Building
 
9. Capacity-Building to Integrate Classroom Reform Into the Deep Culture of Each School
Introduction

 
Benchmarking

 
How the Data Should Be Used by Teachers and Administrators

 
Building Leadership Teams

 
Administrative Stewardship

 
Collaborative Observations

 
Summary

 
Appendix A: Ohio Summary of Results

 
Appendix B: River Bend Local Schools

 
Appendix C: Various Methods to Determine Mastery of Performance Indicators

 
 
Selcted References
 
Index

"Exceptionally useful, well-organized, and supported by research."

Linda Diaz, Program Specialist for Professional Development
Monroe County School District, Key West, FL

"A fresh new approach that offers creative thinking strategies for administrative leadership teams. Few textbooks have such detailed examples combined with the background study of best practices. The authors have great credibility, experience, resources, and abundant research to support their proposal. A very well-written text offering ample review of the research."

Sara E. Spruce, Professor of Education
Olivet Nazarene University

"We used the Designing Instruction process to redefine our entire curriculum and instructional program, and our student achievement has shown steady improvement!"

Cynthia A. Lemmerman, Superintendent
The Fostoria Community Schools, OH

"The Designing Instruction process helped us focus our efforts on effective teaching practices and the overall improvement of our entire delivery system. We have dramatically improved our pedagogy and the learning outcomes of our students."

Jon Hood, Principal
Maryland Elementary School, Bexley, OH

"Through the Designing Instruction process, our district empowered teachers to design a standards-based curriculum, develop yearlong curriculum maps, and devise unit plans that integrate best practice teaching and testing methods into every classroom, and our principals have become the stewards who facilitate and sustain the process!"

Lynne Gale, District Administrator
Hamilton Township Schools, NJ

"What a godsend! Our teachers developed a K-12 standards-based curriculum in math and language arts, and teams of teachers developed course tools that were based on best practice research to deliver our new curriculum in every classroom. As our test scores began to go up, the gap between sub-groups began to narrow. We are thrilled with our success, and the district has continued the process ever since."

Joan Sigafoos, Retired School Improvement Director
Elyria City Schools, OH

"My highest priority was for schoolwide reform that would improve daily classroom instruction—a comprehensive program that would assist teachers in their choice of curriculum, their efforts to differentiate, and their choice of teaching-learning strategies. What we've accomplished using the Designing Instruction program has been outstanding!"

Meredith Davis, Principal
Sanford Middle School, Minneapolis, MN

"An invaluable, practical guide for teachers and administrators and education libraries at the college level."

The Bookwatch, December 2007
Midwest Book Review

"The authors outline instructional design within the context of school reform. By presenting the material in an accessible way, the book combines theory with practical applications."

Education Libraries, Spring 2008, Vol. 30(3)

Updated content

Dr Fernando Mortera-Gutierrez
Education , Monterrey College of Technology - Monterrey
February 15, 2010
Key features
  • Unique three-tiered approach: discusses the core elements of school reform, provides best practices for delivering and assessing classroom instruction, and shows how to use collaborative observation and other team-leadership processes to integrate reforms into the deep-rooted culture of a school (thus ensuring that promising reforms are lasting).
  • Research-based practices fine-tuned as a result of long-term relationships with 50+ school-districts across the country and in Canada
  • Each author has more than 20 years' experience in school reform and curriculum/instruction
  • Highly-referenced material with reference sections following each chapter
  • "Bird-walk/Aside" sections highlight author observations and lessons learned
  • Authors share what worked and what didn't work
  • Rubrics to guide the development of Performance Indicators, Curriculum Maps, Unit Plans and benchmark assessments
  • Samples of Performance Indicators, Curriculum Maps, Unit Plans, benchmark assessments, and checklists
  • Sample short and long-range checklists and to-do lists to help educators accomplish each stage of the Instructional Design Process
  • Sample administrative job descriptions and annual performance appraisals aligned with reform targets
  • Sample text for Board Policies to adopt the performance indicators as achievement targets of the district
  • Sample evaluation scenarios to monitor the progress of the reform activities, and more

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