Lesson Design Courses I – IV

The purpose of the Baldwinsville Staff Development on Lesson Design is to support teaching faculty as they work toward a standards-based program aligned with the New York State Standards and Assessment Programs.  These courses are a sequence of courses that can be taken independently after the teachers take the Curriculum Overview.  They can be taken before or after the Grading and Record Keeping courses.  Each course is 5 hours of instruction.

Lesson Design Course I

Participants will learn The Teaching Schema for Master Learners (TSML) that is a lesson planning procedure.  Based historical schema authored by educators such as J.F. Herbart and Madeline C. Hunter, this schema considers new research in the fields of technology and neuroscience.  Teachers will learn the steps and adapt a lesson to the schema.  In addition, the participants will map out a full unit of study.  Teachers should bring an example of a lesson that they have taught in the past.

Lesson Design Course II

Participants who have used the The Teaching Schema for Master Learners will learn to adapt and use research-based classroom instructional strategies from Classroom Instruction that Works (2001) to improve learning in their classrooms.  The course will focus on the thinking skills in chapters 2, 9, 10 and 11.

Lesson Design Course III

Participants who have used the The Teaching Schema for Master Learners will learn to adapt and use research-based classroom instructional strategies from Classroom Instruction that Works (2001) to improve learning in their classrooms.  The course will focus on the “helper strategies” in chapters 3, 5, 6, and 7.

Lesson Design Course IV

Participants will learn to adapt and use classroom technology as they design lessons using the research-based classroom instructional strategies from Classroom Instruction that Works (2001).   Since schooling has moved from an age of “learning to use technology to using technology to learn,” this class offers practical applications to improve learning using computers in the classroom.