Model Course Proposal Directory: Instructional Practices
Curriculum
| Grade Level | Course Title | # of Credits | Description: Participants will... | Semester/Year Offered | School District or Organization Instructor of Record/Contact |
| PK-16 | Navigating Change-The Common Core and Beyond | 1-2 | Explore the issues of academic rigor and text complexity in the common core standards and SMARTER Balanced Assessments; learn how to respond to the needs of all learners through differentiation; investigate current educational practices used throughout the state; identify plans and strategies for local implementation of conference information. | Fall 2012 |
Sandy Richert (Holment) 608.780.7232 |
| 4K | Creative Curriculum 4K Book Study | 1 | Encourage and reflect about techniques and practices that may be used in classrooms; increase our thinking about appropriate early curriculum content and related teaching strategies. | Spring 2013 |
Wendy Savaske 608.526.1311 savwen@holmen.k12.wi.us |
| 4K-12 | Aligning Standards with Units of Study and Build Your Own Curriculum | 2 | Create units of study aligned to Common Core or State Standards; Create common assessments based on learning targets; Utilize build your own curriculum to accomplish #1 & 2. | Fall 2012 |
Kim Fischer (Pittsville) fischkim@pittsville.k12.wi.us |
| 4K-12 | Understanding the Culture of Poverty | 2 | Receive help in working effectively with students and adults from poverty; discuss resources, support systems, discipline, and academic achievement with further understanding. | Spring 2013 |
Margie Dorshorst 715.424.6777 Ext. 2301 margie.dorshorst@wrps.net |
| 4K-12 | Engaging Students Through Service Learning | 1 | Explain how service learning is different from community service or volunteer work; Use the steps of service learning, create a high quality service learning experience to increase academic achievement and engagement; Adjust instruction to use service learning as a teaching methodology. | J-Term 2013 |
Margie Dorshorst 715.424.6777 Ext. 2301 margie.dorshorst@wrps.net |
| 4K-12 | Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Student Learning and Behavior | 1 | Identify the biological impact of ongoing trauma on the brain; Identify traumatic life events in their students; Understand the impact of trauma on student learning; Understand the impact of trauma on student behaviors. | J-Term 2013 |
Margie Dorshorst 715.424.6777 Ext. 2301 margie.dorshorst@wrps.net |
| 4K-12 | Creating Compassionate Schools;Addressing Impact of Trauma on Student Learning and behavior | 1 | Identify Indicators of trauma in their students; Identify components of the classroom/school environment that increase impact of trauma on learning and behavior; Identify strategies to incorporate into the classroom to reduce the impact of trauma; Apply the Learning and evaluate the impact on learning and behavior. | Spring 2013 |
Margie Dorshorst 715.424.6777 Ext. 2301 margie.dorshorst@wrps.net |
| K-5 ELA and Math | Becoming a Common Core Archeologist | 1 | Explore English language arts and math common core; analyze the core in order to put the standards into a kid friendly language; sift through units of study in order to align the standards with what they already teach; collect formative assessment artifacts that will help in assessing students on the common core standards. | Summer 2012 |
Rob Tyvoll (La Crosse) Contact CEE office: 608.785.6528 |
| K-5 | Transform Your Teaching with an Interactive Whiteboard | 2 | Understand the importance of delivering engaging lessons to K-5 students in all subject areas, effectively and efficiently differentiate lessons using an interactive whiteboard, recognize research-based benefits of using an interactive whiteboard in lessons, learn how to use other technology based tools in the classroom. | Summer 2012 |
Barb Sparish (Tomah) 608.374.7022 |
| K-5 ELA and Math | Developing Competence in Implementing Common Core Standards | 2 | Dig into and analyze the core in order to put the standards into kid friendly language; Sift through their units of study in order to align the standards into kid friendly language; collect formative assessment artifacts that will help assess the students in the classroom on the common core standards. | Summer 2012 |
Rob Tyvoll (La Crosse) Contact CEE office: 608.785.6528 |
| K-12 | Summer Instructional Institute 2012 | 1-2 | Expand knowledge of Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics; learn skills to pursue standards-based unit design; learn to design formative assessments based upon standards-based units of instruction; understand practical means of effectively differentiating for students. | Summer 2012 |
Rob Tyvoll (La Crosse) Contact CEE office: 608.785.6528 |
| K-12 | Project Based Learning | 1-2 | Identify and understand the basics of design, understand and be able to utilize the project based learning, identify place based projects, integrate projects into current curriculum, navigating web sources of Next. | Summer 2012 |
Rob Tyvoll (La Crosse) Contact CEE office: 608.785.6528 |
| K-12 | Assoc. of Experiential Education 40th Annual International Conference | 1 | Learn about the most current theory, practice, and philosophy of experiential education; Actively participate in discussions/roundtables and sessions over 3.5 days; Be able to apply the knowledge and strategies learned to their own work as educators. | Fall 2012 |
Carla Hacker (Madison) 608.204.6895 chacker@madison.k12.wi.us |