Instructional Leadership: Best Practices in Planning

Question 1

Strategic Planning is associated with creating …..

Answer 1

district-wide goals to help a district achieve desired results in many areas, including curriculum.

Question 2

Backward Planning focuses on identifying the …..

Answer 2

content that needs to be mastered first and then working backward to design assessments and activities to support student learning. (CCSS were backward planned from higher education and career needs.)

Question 3

Performance-Based Planning deals with ….

Answer 3

disaggregating school or district data to assess needs, inform and help design future lessons. (eg. District administers Benchmark assessments and then re-teaching)

Question 4

Unit Planning is associated with developing …..

Answer 4

activities, lessons, and assessments for certain identified content. (content is key and the unit is done when all of the content is covered)