Assignment:
Case
Use the background readings and other relevant sources you find to write a 3 to 4 page paper that responds to the following question: What is the role of teachers in leading curriculum and instruction? Your paper should rely extensively on a synthesis and critical analysis of the background readings. Be sure to utilize proper APA formatting for your paper and citations.
Assignment Expectations
SLP
For each SLP in this course, you will be designing a 45-minute professional development session for a given topic; the topic and audience will change with each module. For each Module, you should submit all materials you would use to deliver this professional development session (e.g., an agenda, a PowerPoint, and handouts). At a minimum, you should submit for each Module:
one agenda (1 page)
a PowerPoint (15 slides)
and one handout (2-pages)
The above list is just a minimum, so you can be creative and add other resources as are appropriate to your presentation. If possible, make the professional development session interactive so that your audience is doing more than sitting and listening during the 45 minutes. Be sure to incorporate sources from the background readings and to cite all sources in APA format.
For the Module 3 SLP, you will be creating a 45-minute professional development session. You will assume the role of teacher-leader, and your audience will be other teachers at your school site. Please create a professional development session related to any curriculum or instruction topic (but make sure it is not something already covered in SLP1 or SLP2). Your presentation should also demonstrate an understanding of aspects of teacher leadership from the background readings
SLP Assignment Expectations
Discussion
Select one of the background readings that most helped you understand the role of teachers in leading best practices in curriculum and instruction. Write a post that explains your new understanding about the role of teachers in leading best practices in curriculum and instruction. Respond to at least 3 classmates' posts (by posing thoughtful questions, extending their arguments, and otherwise adding to the substance of their posts; your esponses should not merely repeating what others have said).