INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN, K–12 (CEDUC 620)

This 3 credit course concentrates on an effective and efficient instructional planning process that allows teachers to align their instructional design to state and local standards. The featured experts who provide commentary for this course include authors Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins.

Learn to use “backward design” to create comprehensive instructional units.
Integrate formal and informal assessment techniques that allow you to monitor student progress, as well as student mastery.
Create logical learning sequences that help students meet required learning goals.

Jay McTighe is a veteran educator with expertise in assessment, curricular design, and staff development. He is a regular speaker at national conferences and a featured presenter on many Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) videotape programs. He is the co-author of Assessing Learning in the Classroom, Assessing Student Outcomes: Performance Assessment Using the Dimensions of Learning Model, and Evaluation Tools to Improve as Well as Evaluate Student Performance.

Grant Wiggins is president of Authentic Education in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey. He consults with schools, districts, and state education departments, organizes conferences, and develops resources on curricular change. He is the author of Educative Assessment and Assessing Student Performance.

As part of the WEA Academy mission, we strive to improve the quality of professional development for all educators. The Academy has partnered with Cardinal Stritch University and Teachscape, a provider of online professional development for K–12 educators. Teachscape-developed online courses for graduate credit are available to WEAC members from NCA and NCATE accredited Cardinal Stritch University.

The WEA Academy recommends that educators enroll and take this course with other colleagues and educators they work with. Collaboration is an important component in professional learning for educators, and since this is an independent learning course, cohort learning is ideal for this situation.

For successful completion of this course, you will earn three graduate credits through the University Outreach Professional Development Department at Cardinal Stritch University. The course may be completed where and when it’s best for you in a self-paced, independent online study format. Work at your own pace, and finish the class within a 17-week deadline. Regular tuition is $450 for each course which includes all materials; however, WEAC members receive an additional $100 discount for each course for a final tuition rate of $350/course.

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Subject(s)

Instructional Strategies, Curriculum

Educator categories

Teacher

Credit Options

Graduate credit

PI34 Standards

PI 34.02 - Teacher standards
To receive a license to teach in Wisconsin, an applicant shall complete an approved program and demonstrate proficient performance in the knowledge, skills and dispositions under all of the following standards:

(2) The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social and personal development.

(3) The teacher understands how pupils differ in their approaches to learning and the barriers that impede learning and can adapt instruction to meet the diverse needs of pupils, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities.

(4) The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the user of technology to encourage children's development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.

(7) The teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community and curriculum goals.

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Dates

Rolling enrollment (Course must be completed between 7 and 17 weeks. days to complete this course)

Location

This course is delivered online.

Contact

For more information on this course, please contact your WEA Academy at academy@weac.org or 1-800-362-8034.