What are the steps in unpacking the learning competencies?
These are the steps in unpacking standards into learning targets:
- Read the standards as a team.
- Circle the verbs.
- Underline the nouns and noun phrases.
- Determine the number of targets found within the standards.
- Write as separate learning targets.
- Determine the depth of knowledge required of the standard.
What does it mean to unpack the standards?
Unpacking a standard means to analyze that language, extracting clues that describe two aspects of the standard that students need to know: essential knowledge and essential skills.
What is unpacking competency?
Unpacking is the process of deconstructing student learning outcomes into component parts /competencies to identify key life-long transferable learning skills and the types of learning experiences, activities, tasks, and assessments that align with those outcomes.
Why do you think unpacking curriculum standards and competencies are essential?
Unwrapping or unpacking a standard results in a form more easily translated into unit and daily lesson plans. This process helps educators zero in on what is essential for instruction. The unpacked standard alone should be sufficient for planning.
What are the curriculum unpacking practices of a teacher?
Curriculum unpacking technically occurs when the intended curriculum is interpreted or translated by the teachers into classroom instruction. It is the connecting process that transpires between curriculum planning and curriculum implementation.
What is unpacking curriculum standards?
How do you unpack a unit of competency?
How to unpack a unit of competency (currently)
- Thoroughly read the entire unit of competency and relate it to his or her experience of this type of work.
- Review the Australian Qualifications Framework descriptor.
- Unpack each unit of competency.
- Review the Assessment Guidelines.
What is the importance of unpacking curriculum standards and competencies?
In conclusion it is important to unpack the standards first in order to plan effective lessons and assessments. It is also a first step of a curriculum design team as they later determine proper scope and sequence (mapping), resources (productive learning material), and assessment (formative and summative).
Why do we need to pack unpack competencies and qualification?
What are the 6 components within a unit of competency?
A Unit of Competency consists of:
- Elements of competency.
- Performance criteria.
- Range of variables statement.
- Evidence guide.
What are benefits of unpacking strategies in the curriculum guide?
How to read and unpack Common Core state standards?
– Paraphrase text. – Draw inferences from text. – Distinguish between argument and evidence. – Identify evidence relevant to particular arguments. – Build arguments with relevant evidence and explanation. – Cite sources properly (using MLA format).
What should replace Common Core?
There are two viable “alternatives” to the Common Core: Some state educators like the Common Core, but want to customize the standards a bit.
How do you unpack standards?
– Paraphrase the standard. – Figure out why we do this standard. – Identify the skills that students will need in order to meet this standard. – Determine how you could assess this standard. – Brainstorm on how you might teach this standard. – Design RPM (rigorous, purposeful, measurable) objectives related to these skills.
What is unpacking the standards?
understand the idea of unpacking a standard
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