The final assignment for this course will involve you creating a vignette of your school embarking on continuous improvement. You compose this vignette as a success story that begins in the present and extends three to five years into the future.
You will share how the story begins and how it unfolds. You will share what we would see the principal, teachers, and others doing and what accomplishments would be evident.
You should find the backward design assignment and this week’s assignments valuable as you write the vignette of your school experiencing successful continuous improvement.
What is the backward design model?
“Backward Design” is an approach to creating curriculum, subjects, and even single class sessions that treats the goal of teaching as not merely “covering” a certain amount of content, but also facilitating student learning.
Backward design prioritizes the intended learning outcomes instead of topics to be covered.