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AERO
Certificate in Curriculum
Project
AERO is pleased to announce the launch of the AERO Certificate in Curriculum,
offered in collaboration with Buffalo State College, SUNY. This four-course
program will provide instruction and practice in curriculum design,
assessment design, and instructional practices for effective teaching,
and options to learn a peer review process for assessment design or
curriculum mapping. These 3-credit-hour courses may be applied toward
a masters degree at Buffalo State College, SUNY.
The
program is designed to be flexible and meet the needs and circumstances
of the overseas schools regions and of teachers in an international
setting. Course-taking options range from the AERO summer curriculum
institutes offered in the Washington, DC area in June of each year
to conference-based workshops to courses offered at school sites, in
some cases with an on-line component. Descriptions of the courses are
in the table below.
If
you are interested in offering a course through your school or region,
or would like to participate as a student, please contact: Naomi
Woolsey, AERO Project Director at nswoolsey@gmail.com
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AERO
Certificate in Curriculum |
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Course
title |
Course
description |
Means
of delivery |
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Three
Required Courses (45 hours each): |
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EDU
#670
Principles
of Curriculum Design |
Focuses
on the four factors that frame an effective standards-based curriculum:
content and value-rich issues; essential questions and enduring
understandings; ongoing assessment that involves multiple measures,
including performance tasks; and a student-centered, teacher-guided
approach. Emphasis will be on the practical use of the AERO standards
and benchmarks, and the backwards design method, in the development
of units of instruction. Provides an overview of a schools
development process in moving from the adoption/adaptation of
standards to a fully implemented standards-based curriculum. |
AERO:SBC
summer curriculum institute
June
22-27, 2008 at the Potomac School |
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EDF
#611
Evaluation
in Education |
This
course provides instruction and practice in the effective design
of "culminating assessment tasks" that both guide and
cap units of instruction. Alignment to standards, clarity of
purpose, and capacity of an assessment task to reveal student
learning and feed teacher reflection will be considered. The
course will also address the purpose and development of interim
assessments that are used at various points during the teaching
of a unit. Students will also consider the use of rubrics in
the context of standards-based assessment.
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Option
1: Pre-conference workshop (regional conference) followed by
on-line instruction
Option
2: School-based weekend workshops and on-line or local instructor
follow-up
Option
3: 2.5-day summer session plus on-line follow-up |
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EDU
#604
Instructional
Strategies for More Effective Teaching |
What
does it mean to teach to a standard? What does a standards-based
classroom look like? How do teachers "unpack" standards
as they develop units of instruction? The course will examine
the practical implication of the ideas of: student as an active
learner, teachers as facilitators; depth and "uncoverage" versus
breadth and "coverage," and addressing the needs of
learners along a developmental spectrum. |
Option
1: School-based workshop (after school for a week or weekend
workshop) with on-line or local instructor follow-up
Option
2: 2.5 day summer session, plus on-line follow-up |
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Candidates
choose one of the following options(as available) for their
fourth course: |
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EDU
#598
Special
Topics: Evidence 2 Excellence
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This
course provides instruction and practice in the Evidence 2 Excellent
("E2E") process. E2E guides teachers in using student
work to assess whether assignments are appropriate for reaching
high standards and whether the assessment is effective in revealing
success in learning the standard. Research on the effect of assessment
quality on learning will be shared. Teachers will learn to use
collegial dialogue to assess the quality and clarity of their
teaching and make adjustments to their instruction and improve
student performance. |
Option
1: Pre-conference session at regional conference, plus on-line
follow up
Option
2: Summer course at the Potomac School, summer 2006 |
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EDL
#630A Effective curriculum mapping in a standards-based school |
This
course is designed to introduce teachers to standards-based curriculum
mapping. The participants will investigate some of the electronic
curriculum mapping databases available and consider issues in
school-wide mapping. Parent, teacher, administrative, and student-focused
reasons to map a curriculum will be studied. By the end of the
course, they will develop or refine a standards-based scope and
sequence. |
Option
1: School-based institute (week-long after school) with on-line
or local instructor follow-up
Option
2: Pre-conference sessions with on-line follow-up |
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EDL
#630B: Content-specific pedagogy |
EDU
#670, "Principles of Curriculum Design" is a pre-requisite
for this course. Students will examine the instructional, assessment,
and program planning issues germane to a specific content area.
Course is available with a focus on English language arts, mathematics,
science, and social studies. All courses are appropriate for
grades preK through 12. |
AERO:SBC
advanced curriculum institutes
June
22-27, 2008 at the Potomac School |
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