Standards Aligned SystemsFamily and Consumer Sciences

21st Century Teaching Tools and Professional development

opportunities

Sandra K. Hartman, FCS EducatorPocono Mountain East High School

Department InserviceJanuary 13, 2010

Objectives

Today’s objectives are to show

1. How to use the Standards Aligned System to align curriculum.

2. How to use 21st Century skills in both lessons and assessment.

3. How and where you can find professional development for FCS

Clear Standards

Describe what all students need to know and be able to accomplish with increased complexity.

Family and Consumer Sciences standards, in addition to Math, and Reading standards would be used to aid in your descriptions.

Summative Assessment

• An overall judgment of progress made at the end of instruction. Examples include:• Project Based Learning:

1.PowerPoint Presentations2.Videos3.Posters/Collages4.Podcasts

• Quizzes• Tests

Formative Assessment

• Used by teachers and students during instruction to provide feedback. Examples include: – At The Bells– Classwork– CPS units– Cooperative Learning– Games– Quiz and Test Reviews– More examples include response cards, think-pair-share,

Popsicle sticks for open-ended questions, thumbs up thumbs down and numbered heads

Diagnostic Assessment

• Ascertaining the students knowledge prior to instruction aids the teacher in finding the students strengths, weaknesses, knowledge and skills. To help determine these teachers can use information obtained from outside sources than analysis by the teacher on a student and class basis.

• This will be discussed more closely in intervention.

Benchmark Assessment

• Designed to provide feedback periodically on students performance and how the student is progressing towards proficiency on grade level standards.– At Pocono Mountain we use 4Sight tests to

measure a students progress.

Standards

• Math Anchors

• Reading Anchors

• FCS Standards

Big Ideas• A set of declarative statements of

lasting knowledge for all students at all grade/course levels.

• Used to help students make connections and make sense of ideas, concepts, skills– for sustained understanding and accomplish higher levels of learning.

• Answer the question: What are the important concepts in this area?

Big Ideas in Family and Consumer Sciences

Right from the Academic Standards • Financial and Resource Management

• Food Science and Nutrition

• Child Development

• Balancing Family, Work and Community Responsibility

Concepts•Describe what students should know as a result of this instruction, specific to grade level.•Since the purpose is to provide focus for the curriculum, only major concepts should be included. •Your curriculum objectives would be a wonderful way to describe the concepts.

•Academic standards show the concepts we are looking for… C:\Users\Hartman\Documents\PDE Presentation\FCS Academic Standards.ppt

Competencies

• Describe what students should be able to do as a result of this instruction, specific to grade level.

• Begin with identification of the culminating competencies for each grade/course.

• Should be limited in number and be all encompassing.

• What is really important – the outcome of the course or grade.

Competencies for Family and Consumer Sciences

Essential Questions

• Questions connected to the SAS framework and specifically linked to the Big Ideas.  They should frame student inquiry and promote critical thinking.  They should assist in learning transfer.

• Ask questions using your competencies as your guide.

• For Example: Competency D. Evaluate the role of consumer rights and responsibilities in the resolution of a consumer problem through the practical reasoning process. An Essential question might be “How do you write a complaint letter?”

Vocabulary

• Key terminology linked to the standards, big Ideas, concepts and competencies in a specific content area and grade level.

Some Vocabulary for Family and Consumer Sciences

Aesthetics:.CDC:Child-care providerconsiderations:Child development stage:Consumer responsibilities:Consumer rights:Dietary guidelines: Developmental tasks:Empathy:EPA:FCCLA Action planning procedure:FDA:

Family, Career and Community Leaders Of America:

Food guide pyramid:

Guided practices:

Kinship:

Leadership skills:

Microbial contamination:

Nutrient:

Opportunity cost:

Practical reasoning:

Toxic chemical:

USDA:

Exemplars

• Exemplars are performance tasks and can be used for assessment, instruction as well as professional development. Exemplars provide educators with a concrete example of assessing students' understanding of the big ideas, concepts and competencies.

Instruction

• Aligned instruction comprises the following activities:

– All topics are aligned with the standards

– All students are challenged

– Focus is on the needs of the student

– Instruction is being built on to help students achieve

Materials and Resources

• Unit and Lesson Plans– NEFE and curriculum alignment

– Resources on the Wikispace

– Additional resources online

Interventions

• Using Performance tracker to research students assessments on standards based materials.

• Allows accommodations and scaffolding to be done to challenge every child.

• Also insures that the standards are being met.

• In addition, other outside sources such as IEP’s and characteristics of learning styles etc.

•Using Performance tracker to research students assessments on standards based materials.

21st Century Skills

• Youtube– Threadbanger

• CILC and video conferencing

• United Streaming

• Podcasting

• Movie Maker

• Photostory

Professional Development

• AAFCS

– American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences

• PAFCS

– Pennsylvania Association of Family & Consumer Sciences

• FCCLA – Family, Career & Community leaders of America

– National

– State

In Conclusion• Today’s objectives are to show how to…

– Align the FCS, Math and Reading Standards using the Standards Aligned System. – I hope I did that by outlining the SAS system and how it

pertains to FCS– Uses 21st Century skills in both lessons and assessment.

– I hope the viewing of student exemplars and multimedia resources show the use of 21st Century Skills in FCS

– find professional development for FCS and be involved.– I hope you will try to join some professional

organization or attend a conference or workshop