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Integrating Teaching and Learning
“Timeless Essentials” for Creating Integrated Units of Study
by Larry Ainsworth
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Overview


Integrating Teaching and Learning: "Timeless Essentials" for Creating Integrated Units of Study is a unique series with indispensable elements educators are successfully using to create new units of study or to enrich existing units that fully integrate their instruction with their students' learning. Volume One in this series presents straightforward, practical ways to simplify and clarify the often-complex process of identifying and aligning Essential Standards, PK-12. You will then learn how to “unwrap” Essential Standards for teacher clarity, identify their levels of rigor, write Student Learning Targets and Success Criteria for student clarity, and compose teacher-created and student-worded Big Ideas. This first set of “timeless essentials” builds the standards-aligned foundation for creating quality units of study.

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Description


Integrating Teaching and Learning: "Timeless Essentials" for Creating Integrated Units of Study is a unique series with indispensable elements educators are successfully using to create new units of study or to enrich existing units that fully integrate their instruction with their students' learning. Volume One in this series presents the first set of "timeless essentials" that are fully described and illustrated with numerous educator-created examples and A.I.-generated examples, along with guidance on how best to utilize these essential elements.

You will first discover straightforward, practical ways to simplify and clarify the often-complex process of identifying and aligning Essential Standards, PK-12. Next, you will learn how to "unwrap" Essential Standards for teacher clarity, write Learning Targets and Success Criteria for student clarity, and compose teacher-created and student-worded Big Ideas. Together, these "timeless essentials" provide the strong foundation for creating quality units of study.

Each chapter of the Integrated Teaching and Learning System© begins with the "what" and "why" of the individual element in focus, illustrated with content-specific, grade-level and/or course-level examples. Relevant research from prominent educational thought leaders adds support to the practical value of the various elements. Educators can experience the step-by-step Integrated Teaching and Learning System© design process firsthand by applying it to a unit of their choice, individually and/or collaboratively with colleagues. Through this direct engagement, they can determine for themselves the efficacy of this multi-step process that optimizes instruction and maximizes student learning.

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About the author


Larry Ainsworth is the author or co-author of more than 20 books, including his most popular titles: Rigorous Curriculum Design; Common Formative Assessments 2.0; Prioritizing Common Core State Standards; Power Standards; "Unwrapping" Common Core State Standards, and "Unwrapping" the Standards.

Larry's comprehensive new book series, Integrating Teaching and Learning: "Timeless Essentials" for Creating Integrated Units of Study (2024), explains and illustrates in detail how PK-12 educators can develop quality units of study that intentionally align standards, assessments, instruction, and data analysis to positively impact teaching and student learning.

After 24 years as an upper elementary and middle school classroom teacher in demographically diverse schools, Larry served as the Executive Director of Professional Development at The Leadership and Learning Center in Englewood, Colorado, from 1999 to 2013. Throughout his career as an education consultant, Larry has delivered keynote addresses and breakout sessions across North America and in Argentina and Switzerland, and regularly worked on-site and virtually to assist leaders and educators in understanding and implementing "timeless" education practices in all content areas, pre-kindergarten through grade 12.

Currently an independent author-consultant, Larry continues to present to educators and leaders across the U.S. a series of virtual workshops based on his Integrated Teaching and Learning System©. If you would like more information about his workshops, please visit Larry's website at www.larryainsworth.com or contact him directly at larry@larryainsworth.com.

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Book details

Genre:EDUCATION

Subgenre:Teaching Methods & Materials / General

Language:English

Series title:Integrating Teaching and Learning: "Timeless" Essentials

Series Number:1

Pages:188

Paperback ISBN:9798350962253


Overview


Integrating Teaching and Learning: "Timeless Essentials" for Creating Integrated Units of Study is a unique series with indispensable elements educators are successfully using to create new units of study or to enrich existing units that fully integrate their instruction with their students' learning. Volume One in this series presents straightforward, practical ways to simplify and clarify the often-complex process of identifying and aligning Essential Standards, PK-12. You will then learn how to “unwrap” Essential Standards for teacher clarity, identify their levels of rigor, write Student Learning Targets and Success Criteria for student clarity, and compose teacher-created and student-worded Big Ideas. This first set of “timeless essentials” builds the standards-aligned foundation for creating quality units of study.

Read more

Description


Integrating Teaching and Learning: "Timeless Essentials" for Creating Integrated Units of Study is a unique series with indispensable elements educators are successfully using to create new units of study or to enrich existing units that fully integrate their instruction with their students' learning. Volume One in this series presents the first set of "timeless essentials" that are fully described and illustrated with numerous educator-created examples and A.I.-generated examples, along with guidance on how best to utilize these essential elements.

You will first discover straightforward, practical ways to simplify and clarify the often-complex process of identifying and aligning Essential Standards, PK-12. Next, you will learn how to "unwrap" Essential Standards for teacher clarity, write Learning Targets and Success Criteria for student clarity, and compose teacher-created and student-worded Big Ideas. Together, these "timeless essentials" provide the strong foundation for creating quality units of study.

Each chapter of the Integrated Teaching and Learning System© begins with the "what" and "why" of the individual element in focus, illustrated with content-specific, grade-level and/or course-level examples. Relevant research from prominent educational thought leaders adds support to the practical value of the various elements. Educators can experience the step-by-step Integrated Teaching and Learning System© design process firsthand by applying it to a unit of their choice, individually and/or collaboratively with colleagues. Through this direct engagement, they can determine for themselves the efficacy of this multi-step process that optimizes instruction and maximizes student learning.

Read more

About the author


Larry Ainsworth is the author or co-author of more than 20 books, including his most popular titles: Rigorous Curriculum Design; Common Formative Assessments 2.0; Prioritizing Common Core State Standards; Power Standards; "Unwrapping" Common Core State Standards, and "Unwrapping" the Standards.

Larry's comprehensive new book series, Integrating Teaching and Learning: "Timeless Essentials" for Creating Integrated Units of Study (2024), explains and illustrates in detail how PK-12 educators can develop quality units of study that intentionally align standards, assessments, instruction, and data analysis to positively impact teaching and student learning.

After 24 years as an upper elementary and middle school classroom teacher in demographically diverse schools, Larry served as the Executive Director of Professional Development at The Leadership and Learning Center in Englewood, Colorado, from 1999 to 2013. Throughout his career as an education consultant, Larry has delivered keynote addresses and breakout sessions across North America and in Argentina and Switzerland, and regularly worked on-site and virtually to assist leaders and educators in understanding and implementing "timeless" education practices in all content areas, pre-kindergarten through grade 12.

Currently an independent author-consultant, Larry continues to present to educators and leaders across the U.S. a series of virtual workshops based on his Integrated Teaching and Learning System©. If you would like more information about his workshops, please visit Larry's website at www.larryainsworth.com or contact him directly at larry@larryainsworth.com.

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