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Projection Map Workday

Planning the Road Trip

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Molalla School District

February 2020

SIGNAL WORD: Guaranteed + Viable

About Us...

Missi Thurman Andrea Sande Ali Hurd Meagan Kimball

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Who is in the Room?

Introduce yourself, your current position and tell what is the worst way you have had to spend money as an adult...barring medical expenses!

• Review types of curriculum maps
• Provide a supported work opportunity
• Create a projection map for the 20-21 school year, including:
• Standard emphasis by unit
• Number of days per unit
• Actual school calendar dates for each unit

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OBJECTIVES FOR THE DAY

Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum

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What is it and how do we get there?

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Remember 51%??

The L² Matrix & Data Teams

Understanding Antecedents of Excellence

Achievement of Results

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Losing

Ground

Learning

Lucky

Leading

Why Norms?

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“The establishment and adherence to team norms helps build team discipline, trust between team members,

and supports a safe environment…”

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Basic Norms often include:

• Time agreements, roles, agenda use, methods for decision making, commitment/accountability statements

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Higher Performing Teams often include:

• Avoidance of negative talk/put downs, time set aside for celebrating success, no rank/all peers (over time), fun times, regular quality reviews

Proposed Norms

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1. This is a safe learning place
2. We will seek to understand before making assumptions
3. Pull your own learning wagon
4. Be mindful about time
5. Add a “support member chair”
6. Utilize Decision Rules
7. Anything else?

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Talk as a team:

How do you want to go about making decisions? Consensus? Fist to Five? Majority? Other?

Review: Types of Curriculum Maps

Projection Map

(Similar to Scope/Sequence)

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Unit Map

(Forward)

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Backward Map

(Diary/Reflection)

Teacher Generated @ Building Level

Teacher Generated @ Building Level

Teacher Generated @ District Level

Quality Projection Maps

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Guaranteed & Viable…

• A year at a glance
• Standards-based with key words
• Sequence of units
• Real, realistic dates
• Improve every year!

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Projection Mapping is a bit like...

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Projection Mapping Template

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Enter this link to find your team’s Template:

http://bit.ly/MolallaProjection

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If you don’t see a template that fits your subject area, make a copy of the basic template for your use.

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Use of Resources

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1. Use past resources as a point of reference
2. Remember the goal is collaboration to create something better (not your idea vs. my idea)
3. Know that compromise will be required

Considerations for Today’s Work

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• Look at previous documents/unit plans for guidance
• Establish a specific note taker to type into the map
• Establish a standards verifier to make sure you cover the whole standard at some point in your map

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Considerations for Today’s Work

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• Start by placing each priority standard one at a time where you actually start teaching it (not practice it/mention it/refer to it)
• Remember standards should only be listed once unless they are broken into (chunks)
• After priorities have been placed, repeat with the supporting standards

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Caution: Breaking Up A Standard?

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Caution: Overarching Standards

Overarching standards are difficult to teach in isolation.

• Consider placing these WITH the substandards (a,b,c,d…)

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• Place the overarching standard with the LAST substandard listed in the year

Overarching Standard Example

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

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Where should our notes go?

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Time for a Break!

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Follow the Code (please)

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Italics: Unit Names (per Adoption)

Non-Bold: Supporting Standards

Highlighted: Priority Standards

*: Needs to be supplemented by team

( ): Indicates the portion of the standards

taught during this unit. The remaining

portion will be taught during another unit.

The only exception to this is when the parentheses is used by the actual standard to provide an example

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Time to Dive In!

Work Time

1. Follow The Code

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• Start by placing each priority standard one at a time where you actually start teaching it

(not practice it/mention it/refer to it)

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• Then go back & add in supporting standards

Lunch

Work Time

• Follow The Code

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• Start by placing each priority standard one at a time where you actually start teaching it

(not practice it/mention it/refer to it)

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• Then go back & add in supporting standards

Number of Days Per Unit

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• Read the map top to bottom (column)
• How much is highlighted? AKA how many priority standards are being addressed
• Starting at the adoption recommendations… Do you need more time? Less?
• Goal = 155 days total
• Balance is key

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Dates

Using a paper Molalla District 20-21 school calendar:

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• Count and cross out the actual days as they are allotted for each unit
• Record the exact dates

Fight the temptation to change the number of instructional days to match calendar preferences ☺

Time to Verify!

1. Take a real 10 min break. Leave the room, discuss something else, drink a cup of coffee…
2. Then, go standard by standard (mark off as it is covered. If it is covered more than once, start tally marks)
3. Then check your coding for EACH item. (Priority)
4. Look the whole map over and ask yourself, does this make sense? Could this really work in the amount of time we allotted for it? Etc.
5. Fix any errors/concerns
6. Celebrate… you are done!

Burning questions?

Concerns?

Confusion?

What are you still wondering about?

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Dear Facilitator . . .

Thank You

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