Overview

Consilience is pleased to offer the Certificate on Redesigning for Deeper Learning. This Certificate focuses on Instructional (Re)design for Deeper Learning, greater Student Agency, more Authentic Work, and Rich Technology Infusion.

Dr. Scott McLeod from the University of Colorado Denver, will use the 4 Shifts Protocol to frame our instructional work together. The protocol contains concrete, specific 'look fors' and 'think abouts' that allow educators, coaches, and instructional leaders to shift students' instructional work in deeper, more robust directions. The protocol is a useful complement to SAMR, TPACK, Triple E, the ISTE Standards for Students, and other frameworks that international schools may be using, and also is an excellent capacity-building bridge to more complex inquiry and PBL projects.

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Description

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Redesigning for Deeper Learning [Middle School Teaching Track; 6 hours]

This track includes three active, hands-on, 2-hour sessions focused on instructional (re)design for deeper learning, greater student agency, more authentic work, and rich technology infusion. This workshop series is intended for classroom educators at the middle school level. Participants should bring a willingness to rethink classroom instruction. Join us and find out why the 4 Shifts Protocol is sweeping the globe as an instructional redesign tool and walk away with numerous practical strategies for shifting student learning!

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Session 1. Redesigning lessons for greater student agency and deeper learning.

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In Session 1 we will dive deep into Section C (Student Agency & Personalization) and Section A (Deeper Learning) of the 4 Shifts Protocol. Come prepared to participate, roll up your sleeves, ask hard questions, and critically interrogate our learning and teaching!

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Session 2. Redesigning lessons for more authentic work and rich technology infusion.

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In Session 2 we will delve into Section B (Authentic Work) and Section D (Technology Infusion) of the 4 Shifts Protocol. We also will begin making connections across all four sections of the protocol as we think about our face-to-face, blended, and wholly online instruction.

 

Session 3. Strategies and techniques for using the 4 Shifts Protocol in your own school context.

 

In Session 3 we will apply the 4 Shifts Protocol to our own schools. Participants should bring a couple of lesson plans or unit plans from their classroom or school. We will participate in redesign triads and also address some ‘found lessons’ scenarios (e.g., from Teachers Pay Teachers or Pinterest).

 

Outcomes

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After participating in this workshop, attendees will be able to:

• Use the 4 Shifts Protocol to redesign face-to-face, blended, or wholly online lessons and units for higher student engagement and deeper learning

• Understand how the 4 Shifts Protocol can complement their use of SAMR, TPACK, Triple E, the ISTE Standards for Students, and other technology integration frameworks

• Use the 4 Shifts Protocol to bridge existing classroom work to more complex project- and inquiry-based learning

• Apply the 4 Shifts Protocol as a curriculum planning resource, not just a instructional design tool

• Understand how deeper learning opportunities are an essential component of instructional equity

 

Certificate Assignments

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In order to receive the Certificate, participants must also complete the following assignments:

• Bring a lesson or unit (Lesson A) to Session 3 to redesign with colleagues

• Within 3 weeks after Session 3, redesign a second lesson (Lesson B) and submit it to Scott McLeod for comments and feedback at dr.scott.mcleod@gmail.com (Scott will provide more details for this during the workshop)

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Session Leader