Honors+Implementation+Work+Session+-+March+2015

//Today, you will learn more about Honors Portfolio scoring from a reviewer's perspective and have time to work on your product.//

Overarching Ideas and Hints

 * Follow the rubric, even if you feel like you are repeating yourself in each section.
 * Simply put: Tell how your class is more rigorous, and then give examples.
 * Consistently and constantly refer to your uses of Revised Bloom's Taxonomy - specifically "analyze, evaluate, and create."
 * Bold print your extensions. Make them easy for the reviewer to find.
 * Bullet the extended objectives.
 * Show examples of rigorous content reading - prove the reading is MORE rigorous.
 * Demonstrate how you are preparing students to solve problems.
 * Make sure your student work samples include your feedback to students. (You will be marked down without the feedback.)
 * Feedback should be constructive and instructional in design.
 * Remove student identifying information.
 * Avoid including the following: multiple choice, fill in the blank, true/false.
 * All student work MUST align with your rationale.
 * Go to the state Honors Implementation websitefor your content area. There are key words and terms for each content area. Make sure you use those words/terms.
 * Give examples of how you provide students with the opportunity for "self-guided" research.
 * Answer the question: What am I doing to build 21st century skills in these students? And more importantly, how am I doing that?
 * Anyone can write something that looks good, but the goal is to explain this so that a parent and student could clearly see how this course prepares students for college and career far beyond that of a regular course.
 * Give yourself credit for the things you have done.

Rationale

 * What one reviewer found was that often a quality rationale = a great portfolio.
 * Ask yourself: How is this course more rigorous than a standard course?
 * Focus on the following:
 * Preparation for college and career (must address both)
 * Providing them with opportunities to use and hone 21st century skills
 * Address literacy skills (content literacy, digital literacy, overall literacy)
 * Increasing rigor
 * Your syllabus MUST reflect your rationale.
 * Pacing guide MUST show acceleration. (One good practice is to show a standard pacing alongside an honors pacing.)


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