COMPONENTS OF LEARNING BY DESIGN:
Curriculum Development and Alignment
Educational programming is purposefully organized across classrooms, grade levels, and schools to prepare Mishawaka Students to be college, career, and citizenship ready.
- Create curriculum maps and pacing guides focused on priority standards.
- Develop horizontal and vertical alignment collaborative teams.
- Monitor student progress.
Instructional Alignment and Power Standards
Educators use common, evidence based instructional practices.
- Identify and prioritize evidence based instructional practices through the work of the PLCs.
- Facilitate professional learning on identified practices through the work of PLCs.
- Implement identified practices with supportive feedback PLCs and Instructional Leadership Teams.
Continuous Improvement/School Improvement
Integrated framework collectively focused on continuous systemic improvement.
- Design a continuous improvement system with supports.
- Develop improvement plans with key objectives (organizational, departments, services, schools).
- Use consistent data protocols to measure progress toward achievement of key results.
Alignment of Administrator and Teacher Evaluation Plans Based on Continuous Improvement System
Collective impact of curriculum and instructional alignment is monitored routinely.
- Train educators and administrators in use of teacher evaluation tool.
- Create "look-fors" tools specific to curriculum and instructional alignment.
- Utilize tools for frequent feedback cycle.
Federal and State Accountability Plan
Adherence to the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) and Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) accountability measures.
- Communicate current requirements and expectations to all stakeholders.
- Identify and monitor predictive metrics.
- Refine organizational practices.
