No Child Left Behind and current Idaho legislation require the use of standards in education.

Teaching with Standards directly addresses this major shift in education. Designed around the concept that state standards, skills, and curriculum content are more closely aligned to the intended student outcome, this course gives participants an opportunity to take existing curricula and blend it with suitable standards and skills that will positively effect student achievement. No matter what the curricular content happens to be, this course adapts to meet them all. This course will provide the theory, ideas, and practice that will allow participants to blend the standards and skills into the teaching process. Teaching with Standards will also teach participants how to assess student achievement, using both the ISAT data and their own individual teacher data in the context of standards and how they co-exist in the best interest of student achievement.

This course is offered in a unique way to best meet the needs of the participants. Participants will meet together for one day of intense instruction and practice. After that, those who desire credit will complete the required work electronically within six weeks.

Who Should Attend?

Each participant will work toward the design of a focused unit plan that has integrated standards and skills into the lesson design, while providing accurate and thorough assessment along the way. Using ISAT data where applicable, participants will learn to analyze this data to set student performance goals. Where ISAT data does not exist, other assessment forms are analyzed and used.

Review the following objectives and course requirements.

· Understand the relationship between standards and teaching.

· Demonstrate an understanding of the ISAT, IRI, and other State measures.

· Use ISAT scores in conjunction with the Idaho Learning Continuum to create intentional lesson design to the identified needs of students.

· Demonstrate both knowledge and tactical skills of appropriate technological integration of standards/skills.

· Complete a unit design that effectively integrates standards/skills into the lesson.

· Demonstrate a working knowledge of rubrics and other assessment measures used with standards integration.

· Develop lesson plans that demonstrate the integration of standards/skills into the lessons in an appropriate organized way throughout the unit.

· Implement the developed unit and collect data to determine the effectiveness of the taught curriculum.

Participants will also receive:

· Resource manual

· Graduate credit for re-certification or salary advancement

· New excitement and ability to integrate Standards/Skills

· A look at new materials produced for teacher use by the Idaho State Department of Education

The acclaimed lead instructor for this course is Mr. Travis A. Frederickson. As an innovative teacher for more than 15 years and teacher trainer for more than 10 years, Travis brings a wealth of teaching ideas and technology into the curriculum and plan for this course. As a lead consultant to the State Department of Education, Teaching with Technology project of the Albertson Foundation, as well as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation State Challenge Grant for Idaho, Travis has traveled the country working with teachers and administrators in a variety of leadership, teaching, technology, and data areas in education. Now you can take this experience and put it to work for you or for your staff.

This type of staff development with guaranteed results is rare. We are confident in this process and invite you to take advantage of it. Please do not let this opportunity pass you by. You can contact us by phone at 208-467-6545 in Idaho,

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