Transforming the Curriculum by Brittney Jackson https://padlet.com/brittneyjackson918/ero2dszjdvmd The biggest takeaways from Chapters 1-4 of Upgrade Your Curriculum by Hale and Fisher (2013). en-us 2017-04-07 21:58:55 UTC 2017-04-07 23:02:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Takeaway Two brittneyjackson918 https://padlet.com/brittneyjackson918/ero2dszjdvmd/wish/165479039 Teachers should be both architects and contractors. 
Architects design blueprints, teachers design a curriculum. Contractors build according to the blueprints, and teachers teach using the curriculum.  When educators reverse roles (example teacher-architects to teacher-contractors) can make decisions and adjustments more effectively.

]]> 2017-04-07 21:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/brittneyjackson918/ero2dszjdvmd/wish/165479039 Takeaway One brittneyjackson918 https://padlet.com/brittneyjackson918/ero2dszjdvmd/wish/165479047 Orbits of Ability. 
Like students, teachers are different from one another, each having their own talent or area of expertise.  Hale and Fisher (2013) stated “When one person moves into another person’s orbit of ability, his or her knowledge and capabilities grow."  The more orbits of ability that overlap, the greater the professional growth. ]]> 2017-04-07 21:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/brittneyjackson918/ero2dszjdvmd/wish/165479047 Takeaway Three brittneyjackson918 https://padlet.com/brittneyjackson918/ero2dszjdvmd/wish/165479051 Curriculum Examinations.  
Districts should be examining and revising their curriculum in a timely manner.  Some districts wait a decade before making changes.  Teachers should consider themselves doctors, and the students their patients.  Curriculum maps, and lessons are the prescriptions.  It’s important that what is being “prescribed” (taught) is in the “patients’” (students’) best interest.  (Hale and et al, 2013).  ]]> 2017-04-07 21:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/brittneyjackson918/ero2dszjdvmd/wish/165479051 References brittneyjackson918 https://padlet.com/brittneyjackson918/ero2dszjdvmd/wish/165479078 Hale, J. A., & Fisher, M. (2013). Upgrade your curriculum: practical ways to transform units  and engage students. Alexandria, VA: ASCD]]> 2017-04-07 22:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/brittneyjackson918/ero2dszjdvmd/wish/165479078