Instructional Roadmaps
Instructional roadmap design is rooted in the research of Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, and the concept of “teaching for understanding.” (1998) The backwards design process outlined by Wiggins and McTighe in Understanding by Design fits seamlessly with the first two critical questions of Professional Learning Communities:
1. What do we want students to know and be able to do?
2. How will we know when students have learned?
Developing instructional roadmaps will help us to deepen our understanding of PLC, and allow us to ensure that no student slips through the cracks. This work is foundational for moving the Professional Learning Communities initiative forward.
Instructional roadmap design is time consuming, and sometimes frustrating, work. Planning in this way demands a difficult paradigm shift for teachers, shifting the focus to learning rather than teaching. By clearly outlining a process, some of the anxiety generated from operating under a new paradigm can be reduced.
The documents below include an overview of the Instructional Roadmap Design concept, as well as step by step instructions for going through the process. The accompanying appendices include examples, protocols, and templates that may help you and your team work through this process.
1. What do we want students to know and be able to do?
2. How will we know when students have learned?
Developing instructional roadmaps will help us to deepen our understanding of PLC, and allow us to ensure that no student slips through the cracks. This work is foundational for moving the Professional Learning Communities initiative forward.
Instructional roadmap design is time consuming, and sometimes frustrating, work. Planning in this way demands a difficult paradigm shift for teachers, shifting the focus to learning rather than teaching. By clearly outlining a process, some of the anxiety generated from operating under a new paradigm can be reduced.
The documents below include an overview of the Instructional Roadmap Design concept, as well as step by step instructions for going through the process. The accompanying appendices include examples, protocols, and templates that may help you and your team work through this process.
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