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1. Take two minutes to jot down your memory of a favorite lesson. What worked well?  How did your students benefit from their learning?

2. Turn and talk-- share your memory with the person next to you. Are there some common strategies or results?

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Step Up/Step Down

Be Fully Present and Prepared

Assume Positive Intentions

Keep Each Other in the Risk Zones

Maintain Confidentiality

Trust the Process

Have a Growth Mindset

Begin and End on Time

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Understanding by Design® offers:

Effective curriculum development [that] reflects a three-stage design process called "backward design" that delays the planning of classroom activities until goals have been clarified and assessments designed. This process helps to avoid the twin problems of "textbook coverage" and "activity-oriented" teaching, in which no clear priorities and purposes are apparent

More information below:

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The potential of UbD™ for curricular improvement has struck a chord in American education. Over 250,000 educators own the book. Over 30,000 Handbooks are in use. More than 150 University education classes use the book as a text. Over twenty thousand educators have access to the UbD™ Exchange through individual, school, district or regional memberships.

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Why are we adopting this framework to guide how we plan what we teach?Because UbD:

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Why are we adopting this framework to guide how we plan what we teach?Because UbD:

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Is adopted by MA DESE

Published model curriculum units are provided

Results in improved student:

Cognitive engagement

Academic achievement

Helps tie all our initiatives together

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UbD and EduPlanet 21-- How Do I Access the Platform? 

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UbD and EduPlanet 21-- How Do I Access the Platform? 

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EduPlanet21 training-- Access the UbD units here!

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Curriculum Design

Easily create, view, and share high-quality units that align learning goals, assessments, and strategies. Our platform uses the acclaimed Understanding by Design® framework to code and align essential questions, transfer goals, knowledge, and skills with performance tasks and learning activities, and create full visibility to your district.

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Eduplanet21 | Curriculum Design Software Platform

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Easily create, view, and share high-quality units that align learning goals, assessments, and strategies. Our platform uses the acclaimed Understanding by Design® framework to code and align essential questions, transfer goals, knowledge, and skills with performance tasks and learning activities, and create full visibility to your district.

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UbD and EduPlanet 21 -- Use the Platform Pathways! 

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UbD and EduPlanet 21 -- Use the Platform Pathways! 

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Find the pathway to the UbD modules. They are:

FREE!

You can learn at your own pace

You can create a cohort of your peers to discuss what your learn online

You earn 18 PDPs!

You can ride the UbD train first class, or you can run after it!!!