TOSS ALI AND BFK PRESENT: LEADERS FOCUS ON SKILLS AND STANDARDS
You can’t unpack the standards until you fully understand the key differences between skills and standards. This very engaging day will focus on how to back map instruction with Vertical Teaming and Essential Questions to really begin the work of polishing our classroom instruction to be rigorous, meaningful, and constantly improving. We will discuss how to view and participate in PLC work that helps teachers understand writing in all curriculum areas to the Tennessee State TN READY rubric. The afternoon sessions will feature rich discussion on what you as a school or system leader can do to help students master skills so that they can master standards. We are not unpacking the Tennessee TN READY standards here, but we are learning how leaders can support teacher in that very meaningful work. We will end the day with discussions on how to plan to support teachers and students over time.
Agenda
TOSS and BFK Present:
Focus on Standards and Skills
January 31—East Tennessee
February 1-Middle Tennessee
February 2- West Tennessee
8:00-8:30 Registration, Coffee, Pastry, and Conversation
8:30-9:30 Key Differences between skills and standards: Work that teachers and school and system leaders can do together.
9:30-9:45 Break and conversation
9:45-10:45 Back mapping Instruction with Vertical Teaming and Essential Questions
10:45-11:30 Writing across the curriculum to the TN Ready Rubric
11:30-12:00 Lunch on site provided by TOSS/ALI
12:00-2:00 What can we do to help students learn more?
2:00-3:00 Planning and supporting teachers AND students.
3:00-3:30 Evaluation and wrap up