Description
As part of the series on Differentiating UP, Dr. Richard Cash will unpack the curriculum for you to create quality Essential Questions, which are used to guide your instruction. He will also demonstrate the art of compacting to address the needs of those who have proven mastery in a unit of study. Finally, Richard shares how to use Interest or Passion Projects for those students who have proven mastery or wish to be more self-directed in their learning.
This course is excellent for all educators who are seeking to improve their classroom instruction. Once you have completed this session, you will have a firm understanding of how to create a more engaging learning environment for your students’ diverse needs..
In this 1-hour course, you will learn:
- How to unpack the 3 levels of curriculum
- Interdisciplinary concepts
- The format for compacting
- How to create essential questions
- How to promote self-directed learning
Other courses in this series:
Differentiating UP! Offering Students Choice
Nora – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
An eye opening module that explores different learning approaches for every student.
Laura – JESUS CHAPEL (verified owner) –
It was interesting on how the course talked about passion projects, and how they to evaluate them for a grade.
Anne – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course was a good review of the different steps needing to be taken in planning units, thereby making teachers able to compact curriculum for students who already have knowledge in the topic being taught.
Jacqueline – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed learning about ways in which I can expand and enrich the learning of students with advanced knowledge of subject matter through Compacting, Passion Projects, Choice, & Project Based Learning.
Belinda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
interesting
Angelita – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
It was informative.
Julie – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
It was a lot of information.
Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very well designed and presenter is very energetic. Loved his ideas!
Kim – ST MARYS CITY (verified owner) –
This was a more in depth lesson. It has a lot of great content but can be confussing.
Jana – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Great job!
Sylvia – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
Learned how to think about essential questions.
Gina – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent presentation!
Rosalina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course
Denise – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
I thought it was a good course, but not quite what I thought it would be after listening to another course by the same person. I did learn some things from it though, so not a horrible one!!
Jim – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner) –
I highly recomentd it to anyone wanting to teach higher level thinking skills.
Gary – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Informative
Amanda – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This training was informative and practical.
Anna – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Great ideas —thank you.
Kristi – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
I like the way her broke the topic down.
Shelley – COSHOCTON CITY (verified owner) –
Helpful information, especially liked the presentation on Passion Projects for first grade.
Kyle – NEW LEXINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Surface level information.
Jennifer – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Wende – CLEAR CREEK ISD (verified owner) –
I have Dr. Cash’s book Advancing Differentiation. I will be reading it with a deeper overall understanding of his concepts with application to my classroom curriculum to provide depth and complexity.
Greg – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Solid insights in compacting, essential questions, & passion projects.
Elizabeth – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!
Dana – GIDDINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Had really good information on helping you engage your students.
Kimberly – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
There was a few good ideas.
HEIDI – Defiance City Schools (verified owner) –
The guy talked for a long period of time. Was just a refresher that most teachers should already know.
Jessica – Defiance City Schools (verified owner) –
Informative
Paula – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
awesome
Janeth – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I like the use of passion projects
Benjamin – JEFFERSON AREA LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course helps me use different types of questions and projects for my students no matter what their ability level is.
Patti – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This was not what I wanted or thought I was signing up for……I did not think the title reflected the intense work on how to develop essential questions.
Probably the worst class I have ever taken; not appropriate for my 28 years experience and way too much push on the books his has written.
Francisca – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Nancy – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Informative and Effective
Melanie – ALVARADO ISD (verified owner) –
Great resources, tips, and ideas for furthering the learning possibilities for students,
Laura – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very interesting to take and to serve all students.
Tiara – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter was enthusiastic about what he was covering, so he kept me engaged!
Erika – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
This is a very informative course over essential questions, assessments, and passion projects.
Marta – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Carlos – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent resource
Dawn – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it because I struggle with higher order thinking questions so to me this was helpful because I used to incorporate essential questions into my lesson plans and I never knew how or what to put for those types of questions. I feel like I understand better how to make questions and different types of questions.
Adriana – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Curriculum Design very informative of three areas of Conceptual, Procedural, and Factual. Also, steps on how to create an essential question.
Tanya – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
It gives specific examples and resources to use in the classroom.
adriana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I like the idea of building up essential questions for your students
Anese – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I thought that this was a very good session about the importance of compacting and differentiation. I thought the part that discussion passion projects was very interesting and useful.
Margarita – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
The course is packed with information for assessing students at different levels of understanding.
GEORGETTE – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Ita – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
Is very interesting and you can apply all concepts into your daily work.
Mayra – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course was helpful in identifying different ways and strategies that we can implement in the classroom to target all students at various levels.