ED 516 - Standards-Based Learning and Beyond

• Assignment: 4 Units
  
• Interactivity: Discussion Forum Participation
  
• Final Assessment: Final Paper & Final Project
  

1. Recognize the basic components of a performance /proficiency-based system as they relate to the roles of teacher, student, parent, and community.
2. Evaluate the roles of students, parents, and teachers in bringing about changes in the roles and structures necessary to meet the challenges and prepare students for twenty-first century learning and living.
3. Apply the tools necessary to build procedural transparency in a learner-centered classroom.
4. Evaluate these tools and their impact on students as they become active participants in their learning.
5. Identify content learning targets based on the State Common Core of Learning, 21st Century Skills, and the Key Cognitive Strategies. These standards will be used to guide and inform instructional goals and student progress as well as measure the depth and application of thinking and learning.
6. Develop a sample unit of instruction that incorporates the ideas, tools, and procedures outlined in this course.
7. Develop a plan of action to transform a learning community from traditional to performance based through systemic changes, learner-centered culture, transparency, and the development of procedures to aid students in navigating their own learning.