Thursday+-+Day+4

Thursday - Day 4 home

7-8AM Breakfast

8:00-8:15 Greg 8:15-9:45 SILL Presenters Assessment PowerPoint with Activities
 * 1) Handout - Powerpoint slides
 * 2) Handout - Glossary of Selected World Language Assessments
 * 3) Handout - My Personal Assessment Plan

9:30-10:00 Q&A Round Table Panel Discussion 10:00-10:15 Break 10:15- 10:30 Complete Assessment Power Point and Develop Assessment plan for individual schools and districts (slide 32)

10:30-10:45 Debrief their assessment plan in mentor groups

10:45-11:15 Rich Formative Assessment: whole group discussion 1) Define formative assessment 2) What does it look like in your classroom? 3) How do you use the data you gather from formative assessments?

11:15 - 12:00 TL'S in Cohort Groups- Task: go over and discuss Handout "Great Ideas for Formative Assessment" How do we assess these activities? Rubrics

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:30 Lynette Action-Research Story

1:30-2:00 Brandee- set up discussion about UbD in program and curriculum design (Sample Spanish Unit) Question: How can UbD Inform and Improve Program and Curriculum Design?

2:00-2:30 Cohort Groups- go over Curriculum Framework from Wyoming Middle-school Spanish project 1) Let people read it. 2) Discussion questions: - What is different from your own curriculum documents? - How might you use such a framework? Would you modify it? If so, how? - What might be the obstacles to using such a method in your school or district? 3) Hand out templates/discuss

2:30-2:45 Brandee Whole group debriefing of discussion questions. Introduce "Thematic Unit Template" and "Lesson Plan Template"

2:45-3:00 Break

3:00-3:30 Brandee and Greg Bringing it all together - curriculum planning and assessment design
 * 1) Handout - Thematic Unit Template
 * 2) Handout - Lesson Plan Template

3:30-4:15 Time for individual reflection on personal curriculum and assessment

Assignment - 2008 assignment: (Post to SILL-NET) Write a two-page paper which 1) describes the classroom practice or concern to be addressed via an action research plan and 2) addresses potential obstacles and perceived benefits of the plan.

Dinner - Appreciation night - **TL Drama/Comedy Routine? : -))IHave a script from Wavelengths that is pretty hillarious. I'll try and remember to bring. It may have a skit we can use. ~Rich **