Oftentimes teams feel like there is a disconnect between their learning philosophies and documented curriculum. Articulating a clear definition of quality curriculum for your school's unique learners can be a key step in ensuring that your curriculum captures all the elements of high quality teaching and learning in which your team believes.
Articulate your curriculum definition and use it to guide your conversations for the day.
Ensure your unit expectations align with your overarching definition of quality curriculum, by reviewing current unit categories and creating definitions, examples, and expectations for each category.
Update your current template and draft a unit style guide.
Monday November 18, 2024 10:15am - 11:15am EST
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Making the connection between unit plans and lessons brings the written curriculum to life in the classroom. Explore how units can be created in Managebac and how the Stream can be used to assign tasks and resources to students.
Monday November 18, 2024 10:15am - 11:15am EST
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Review your current list of assessment methods and types in Atlas. Ensure that the lists match the assessment language you use at your school and develop clear definitions and examples for each.
Build an assessment definition guide to take back to your team.
Monday November 18, 2024 11:30am - 12:30pm EST
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Documenting evidence of learning throughout the year is a big task for teachers and students. This session will explore how creating assessments in ManageBac can streamline documenting learning by allowing educators to share classroom activities using various forms of multimedia. Participants will learn how to highlight students' learning journeys by posting evidence of learning to their portfolios and engage with students and families more effectively.
Monday November 18, 2024 11:30am - 12:30pm EST
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Quality assessments are a foundational element of quality teaching and learning. In this session, we will briefly discuss the key components of building a quality assessment. You will then have time to review your own assessment and create a single-point rubric to support meaningful feedback for your learners.
Monday November 18, 2024 11:30am - 12:30pm EST
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Making the connection between unit plans and lessons brings the planned curriculum to life in the classroom. Explore how lessons can be created in Atlas and our tips for creating a lesson plan process.
AI is transforming the landscape of teaching and learning, with educators and students at various stages of adoption. By leveraging AI as a thought-partner, teachers can enhance and continuously refine their planning. In this session, discover how AI can be used within Atlas and ManageBac to generate ideas and streamline the curriculum development process.
What's new and what's next? In this closing session, we will preview all new and upcoming features in Atlas and your team will have time to prioritize relevant ideas to apply to your own curriculum.
Join us for an exciting session as we unveil a major update to ManageBac, including GenAI and enhancements to our mobile-first portfolio. Find out how we're making significant steps in our mission to streamline educational management and improve user experience for educators, students, and parents alike.
A curriculum process is more than just documenting the curriculum. Build on your curriculum definition from Day 1 and consider elements of the curriculum process that need support at your own school to support sustainability and buy-in.
Tuesday November 19, 2024 9:00am - 10:45am EST
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Ongoing curriculum reviews are the key to ensuring your curriculum is always a "living and breathing document". Work with your team to outline a school-wide curriculum review cycle that encompasses both course level and ongoing unit level reviews.
Walkaway with a drafted review processes that connects to your team's overall curricular goals.
Tuesday November 19, 2024 10:55am - 12:15pm EST
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Explore essential change management elements that enable effective curriculum transformation. Reflect on your overarching curriculum goals, pinpoint potential barriers, and identify priority areas for achieving sustainable change.
Tuesday November 19, 2024 10:55am - 12:15pm EST
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Curriculum review is a necessary for any successful curriculum process. Let us show you how Atlas reports can support accreditation, data analysis, vertical alignment, and the overall strengthening of your curriculum. Come prepared to have hands-on practice running reports in Atlas.
Curriculum analysis allows for a review of a curriculum’s suitability, relevance and alignment with relevant standards. Learn how Curriculum Analytics can support accreditation, data analysis, vertical alignment, and the overall strengthening of your curriculum.
