Module 1
Seeing the Big Picture:  A backwards design approach to investigating, understanding and implementing the new  MN 2010 ELA Standards K-12. This one training will provide a closer look inside the new standards by understanding the design, structure, and the content.  You will be given a step-by-step, hands-on approach for tackling the implementation phase of these standards.

Module 2 
An Overview on How to Design, Develop, Implement and Integrate a Rigorous Curriculum Aligned to the New Standards.  Training is based on the work of Larry Ainsworth and Douglas Reeves.  The “5 Big Ideas” include steps to: designing curriculum by identifying power standards, writing learning targets, identifying K-12 learning progressions through spiraling skills,  progress monitoring, and grading /rubrics.

Participants will leave with an “Implementation Blueprint” which can be used to guide your work.

Module 3
“Unwrap” the New 2010 MN ELA Standards. Participants will learn rationale, research, and the process for unwrapping the new standards. This process will help determine the essential questions, learning targets and spiraled learning progressions to guide instruction and assessment.

• K-12 Professional Development Home Page
  
• Center for English Language Learning (CELL)
• Professional Learning Communities & Teacher Collaboration
• Formative Assessment
• MN ELA Standards: Investigation/Implementation
• Literacy
• Strategic Instruction Model (SIM)
• Math
  
• Peer Observation Training
• Smart Board Training
• Principal/Teacher Evaluation
• Standards Insight MN™
• Special Education Services
• Networks/Communities of Practice
• Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS)
• Math Science Teacher Partnership (MSTP)
  
  

• Event Registration

Module 4
Creating Standards-Based Units of Study Made Easy. This training is based on a step-by-step process to create standards-based units of study. Training will include writing essential questions through creating formative assessment, rubrics and scoring guides.  This module is designed to take you through the process from beginning to end.  It can be customized to meet individual needs of your site or district.

Module 5
Enhancing Your Content Through An Integrated Approach To Literacy. This training will provide content teachers strategies for engaging and challenging students to become independent readers, writers, speakers, listeners, and thinkers. Participants will walk away with a “blueprint” for teaching students 21C skills specific to your content with emphasis on reading informational text and non-fiction writing.

Module 6
Using the ELA Standards to Guide the Teaching and Implementation of Non-Fiction Writing. Learn the essential tools of the writing process, align reading informational texts with non-fiction writing, create rubrics,  and feedback techniques for increasing student engagement.
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StandardsInSightsMN™
StandardsInsightMN™ is a dynamic, web-based collaboration tool that helps you unpack Minnesota’s Mathematics and English Language Arts State Standards. Its user-friendly interface streamlines the complicated process of alignment, encourages fidelity within grade levels and content areas, helps your district manage core initiatives, and saves both time and resources.