Leading Modern Learning: A Blueprint for Vision-Driven Schools - bring a level of alignment and intentionality to living out your school s vision and ... to Create Real, Lasting Change in Education)

Bring focus to your mission for modern learning. Whether you're upgrading a department, school, or district, the authors offer a systemic framework, proven processes, and practical strategies your team can use to achieve your vision. Explore the building blocks for creating a curriculum that supports modern learning, an assessment system that captures evidence of 21st century skills, and instruction that aligns with modern learning principles. Leading Modern Learning: A Blueprint for Vision-Driven Schools by Jay McTighe and Greg Curtis presents a blueprint of proven ways to effect real, lasting change in education. Whether you're modifying a department, school, or district, these strategies move the work forward. Using the steps presented in this book, K-12 school and district administrators can define and create their ideal future. Readers will: Understand backward design and how it aligns instruction with the principles of modern learning, Learn about the history of curriculum mapping and explore each element of curriculum blueprints, Examine the principles and goals of effective assessment and look at a framework for setting up assessments, Review sample maps and rubrics fore encouraging and interpreting modern learning, Explore ways to report data This book helps educators to discover a systemic framework, proven processes, and practical strategies that can be used to achieve a vision for modern learning. The building blocks for creating a curriculum that supports modern learning, an assessment system that captures evidence of 21st century skills, and instruction that aligns with modern learning principles are among the topics discussed