PitchPitch YOUR PASSION YOUR PASSION

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“Elevator Pitch” &

Open House

NovemberFaculty In-service

PitchPitch YOUR PASSION YOUR PASSION

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Each Staff Member Chose a

Team

TeamINGTeamING

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Team Process

Facilitators

Record Discussion

Ask Tough Questions!*How can we promote intellectual rigor

through the process of this CBL?

* Since CBLs focus on “deep understanding”, how do we evaluate student achievement?

* How can we collaborate seriously, yet meet a March deadline for completion of our challenge?

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Take Advantage of the Brain Power in this

Room!

Student Directed

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Curricular

Collaborative

Promotes Wagner Skills

V. The Teacher’s Role

A Real Life Example

Create a call to action to

make teenagers care about

politics

ContextProcess

Activities/Products

Time Line

-----------------------Inspiration

Inspiration

Empowerment

Expectation

Launch! (1 Day)

First Team Meeting

First Team Meeting

Pros & Cons of Assigning Pros & Cons of Assigning Teams Teams

Second Team Meeting

Second Team Meeting

Firm Up GoalsFirm Up Goals Guiding QuestionsGuiding Questions Begin Identifying Begin Identifying

ResourcesResources(As time permits)(As time permits)

Continue Collaboration Online

Third Team Meeting

Third Team Meeting

Self-Assign Self-Assign ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities Create TimelineCreate Timeline Continue Guiding Continue Guiding

Resources & Activities Resources & Activities Discussion.Discussion.

Fourth Team Meeting

Fourth Team Meeting

Solution Solution DevelopmentDevelopment

• Presentation Presentation Criteria Criteria

VI. Authentic Audience!

What is an Authentic Audience?

Fight Apathy Fair!

VIIVII. Assessment. Assessment

Presentations as Assessement

The presentation shall describe your group’s internal challenges.

The presentation should indicate what you learned from your challenge.

The presentation should indicate what you would have changed if you had a “do over” or more time.

Presentation “10 Presentation “10 Commandments”Commandments”

Group Assessment- Group Assessment- NarrativeNarrative

Group Assessment- Group Assessment- RubricsRubrics

Podcast Podcast ReflectionsReflections

The ChallengeBig Idea: Making a Difference

Essential Question: Can a group of high school students impact their community by political action?

Challenge: Using the knowledge you have gleaned from this class, make a difference in your community.

Skills for this CBL

*Students will acquire greater political efficacy.*Students will solve a difficult challenge.*Students will learn to develop instruments of assessment.*Students will show initiative.*Students will become policy entrepreneurs.*Students will acquire greater ability to collaborate.

Timeline

My Plan--*8-10 weeks,*February-April, 2012.

Where We Left It

““Challenging Challenging the the

Challengers”Challengers”

Larry BakerApple Distinguished Educator

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