Staff Meeting

News and Notes

Depth of Knowledge (DOK)

At this weeks staff meeting, we will spend some time discussing ways Webb's Depth of Knowledge can be utilized  as a tool in planning rigorous and engaging lessons for our students. We will also look at the results of the DOK  google worksheet that everyone completed. The worksheet consisted of  posted objectives in classrooms from both Sem Yeto campuses over the last month. During the staff meeting, we will look at ways we can increase/decrease the DOK levels of the stated objectives to ensure we are meeting the needs of all of our students. 


In the Tool Box
As educators we all understand how technology, when integrated into the curriculum, revolutionizes the learning process. More and more studies show that technology integration in the curriculum improves students' learning processes and outcomes. Within your departments, as you begin to discuss/plan ways to utilize our available technology funds to enhance our students 21st century skills, please refer to the SAMR model below as a resource to assist in steering your discussions.

Depth of Knowlegde

News and Notes

PBIS
PBIS is off to a great start! Continue to recognize students for any positive behaviors that you witness; the more the better. It also shows to our students what we value and pay attentions too. As the weather changes, our students will begin to feel the tug of the end of the school year. PBIS is a tool that we can utilize to assist our students with staying on track and remaining focused on the positive behaviors that will ensure that they attain all of their credits.

Depth of Knowledge
As we walk through classrooms, we have been taking pictures of posted objectives. During our next staff meeting, we will spend some more time examining how DOK applies specifically to your classroom. At the next staff meeting, please bring an objective from a recently delivered lesson from your classroom. We will look at ways to increase the level of rigor by increasing the DOK level of the objective, assigning a correlating engagement activity, and looking at ways to incorporate technology into instruction to serve as a tool to assist in increasing engagement and critical thinking in our classroom. I have put together a quick worksheet with some of the objectives from teachers at both sites. See if you can determine correctly each objectives DOK level. Also, be thinking about ways to differentiate lessons and engagement activities to bump up and down the current /DOK level of the listed objectives.

The more knowledgeable we become with being able to incorporate the different levels of DOK into our instruction, the more successful our students will be. Thanks for all you  do; enjoy!


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Depth of Knowledge