Project+Guidelines


 * Final Project**

All participants will be required to submit a curriculum unit with lesson plans for implementation that reflects the framework. The project may be completed individually or in groups of up to four participants. __ In that this course is exploring PLN concepts more deeply, the project should reflect that deeper level of reflection and implementation. __ The project is to reflect specific areas of PLN 2 concept implementation and may consist of reviewing and reworking the participants’ PLN 1 projects. Specific expectations for this project will be distributed.

= If you are using a previously completed unit project, please use the following reflection tool for __each__ of the lessons in your unit:  =

** PLN 2 – Lesson Reflection Tool **

// Keeping in mind the objectives and enduring understandings of this course, please reflect on each of your lessons. If you did not teach a particular lesson(s), discuss why. If you substituted or added new lessons, include them, again reflecting on the purpose of the inclusion. //

What is your overall assessment of the effectiveness of the lesson with respect to student engagement?

What role did formative assessment play in this lesson? What strategies did you use and what information did they provide to you?

Did the lesson follow the BDA format? What revisions did you or should you make? Why?

Did the lesson include all 4 lenses? Which lenses were most represented? Which were most critical to the success of the lesson?

What were the enduring understandings that you hoped to develop as a result of this lesson/unit? How did/will you know if your objectives are being met?

= If you feel you cannot use a previously completed unit project, please write a new unit following similar guidelines to previous PLN units; however, be sure your unit reflects your deeper understanding of the PLN framework as well as new information from PLN 2 (curriculum backmapping, formative assessment, appropriate literacy/math strategies). =