Hello Teams,
Happy Wednesday! Congratulations for making it to Week 4 and for submitting your curriculum map! Please take a moment to celebrate that feat and acknowledge your hard work within your teams thus far. As we move into revising our curriculum maps, remember the bulk of the hardest part has been done and you should be proud of your efforts.
Great work teams! Have a great and productive week.
Best,
Keyandra
Hello Course Design Teams,
CONGRATULATIONS on finishing another week of the Course Design Academy. Great work to teams who have already completed their curriculum map, they look great
and I can’t wait for the Indiana Department of Education to review them.
I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing teams collaborate and effectively design their curriculum maps. The discussions in the Google chats have been great too, thank you all for your skills and talents in collaborating and discussing different ways for students to overcome challenging tasks that are outlined in the standards.
Additionally, I want to note how impressive it is to have teams comprised of first year teachers and teachers with 25 plus years of experience, designing these courses TOGETHER. It is incredible and adds to the diverse perspectives used in building each course.
Lastly, I want to welcome all of our new participants since the start of the Course Design Academy. Each of these teachers have jumped right into collaborating with their teams and have been a great addition to the Academy.
As we enter week 3, keep up the great work and I canât wait to look at all the wonderful curriculum mapsđ
Wow! This week presented a big task and shifts in thinking, and you have faced them head on with gusto and fortitude! It is so wonderful to see the way your thinking around the Standards is shaping your curriculum map. Thank you for engaging in this deep thinking. You are creating solid foundations for your course design.
IUHS has recently opened several new social studies courses that will count as elective credits. They include:
These are one-semester courses and you can find out more about them by visiting the IUHS course catalog:Â https://expand.iu.edu/browse/iuhs
To see only the Social Studies courses in the catalog, go to: https://expand.iu.edu/browse/iuhs/socialstudies
Are you thinking about going to college? Indiana University is holding its first Virtual College Fair this Thursday, February 25, 2021 from 4:30-7:00p EST! Register here to explore what IU has to offer across its campuses!
Wherever you are in your studies, it is never too early to begin exploring what life might look like after high school. We encourage all IU High School students to attend this Virtual College Fair!
Our Principal recorded an episode on the Wellness for Educators Podcast!
Click here to listen to Dr. Rebecca Itow and Dr. Kathryn Kennedy discuss issues around wellness for students, families, staff, and faculty in schools!
Be sure to also check out other Wellness for Educators Podcast episodes and the to learn more about keeping educators healthy so that we can serve our students with vibrancy and excitement.
Educational Eavesdropping episodes offer webinar-style resources, guidance, and food for thought from experts in the field. Listen in on conversations about relevant topics between practitioners, researchers, and community members.
This presentation is sponsored by Indiana University’s Office of School Partnerships and IU High School.
In this episode of Educational Eavesdropping, David Pace, Emeritus Professor of History in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington teaches us to Decode our Disciplines.
In the midst of a pandemic, teachers are being asked to make unprecedented changes to the way that they teach â changes that involve far more than the mastery of new technologies. In most situations, it will be impossible in the new environment to cover everything that was included in traditional courses. Teachers will need a strategic framework for deciding what is most essential to teach to their students and for creating the most effective environment for deep learning.
The Decoding the Disciplines approach to increasing student learning can provide such a framework. Created on the IU Bloomington campus in the late 1990s, this approach is now helping teachers increase student learning in at least fifteen countries. It begins by focusing attention on the most serious bottlenecks to learning in particular courses and then systematically explores what students need to be able to do get past those obstacles to success.
Participants in this webinar will be introduced to the decoding process and will have hands-on experience in identifying crucial bottlenecks to learning in their courses and in making explicit the steps that students must master to overcome these difficulties. The session will be led by David Pace, professor emeritus of the IU Bloomington History Department and co-creator of Decoding the Disciplines. Professor Pace has almost fifty years of teaching experience and is a recipient of the American Historical Associationâs Eugene Asher Award for teaching excellence.
Those who are new to this approach can find more information at http://decodingthedisciplines.org/.
Please watch the video and then join the conversation below!