Fei Course Of Study

A Course of Study for The FEI Designed for Schools engaged in the implementation of the Framework for Effective Instruction. The vehicle for exploring each of the “units” outlined below is a combination of on-site Professional Development, classroom-based coaching (modeling, coteaching, observation), and debriefing meetings. Departments, teams and full faculties are encouraged to form Professional Learning Communities, to collaborate on unit and lesson planning. Individuals are encouraged to create their own Individualized Learning Plans that allow them to identify gaps in their professional knowledge as a place to begin the next stage of their learning. I.

Frameworks for Effective Instruction  General Coverage of Common Elements of Instruction  Building Background for Blooms Taxonomy and The Learning Strategies

II.

Strategies That Work, Harvey and Goudvis  Lessons across curriculum  Assessing with the End in Mind Subject Specific Readings  MCrel Series on Content Literacy  Math Instruction Literacy  Social Studies and Content Literacy

III.

Blooms Taxonomy, Krathwohl and Anderson  Activities to Develop Cognition  Lesson Planning on Blooming Your Content  Blooms Planning Guide  Blooming Your Questions

IV.

Assessment Resources: Making Assessments Work, Davies Formative Assessments in Math, Dunleavy Science Formative Assessment, Keely Formative Assessments for ELA, Benjamin Document Based US History Assessments, Hilton

V.

Differentiated Instruction, Tomlison