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Staff Development Guide for the Parallel Curriculum

By: Cindy A. Strickland, Kathy Tuchman Glass

Extend the abilities of teachers and students alike with focused training on sophisticated curriculum design!

Complementing the best-selling second edition of The Parallel Curriculum, this all-inclusive facilitator's guide is an indispensable resource for anyone planning, designing, or conducting professional development training on the Parallel Curriculum Model (PCM). This workbook offers step-by-step instructions to help staff developers support training sessions on multidimensional curriculum design. The book provides:

A complete training program of 53 workshops, including 12 workshops per curriculum parallel
Scripts, agendas, activities, sample classroom scenarios, handouts, and transparencies
Tools, resources, and strategies for implementing PCM in the classroom

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781412963817
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2009
Page Count: 192
Publication date: October 07, 2009

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"This guide provides clear, intelligent support for teachers and administrators to explore the possibilities that the Parallel Curriculum Model brings to educators and students, and to translate those possibilities into action in the classroom."
—Carol Ann Tomlinson, William Clay Parish Jr. Professor of Education
University of Virginia

"In my experience teaching graduate students about the Parallel Curriculum Model, I am always looking for a variety of ways to expose them to the intent of each parallel. This guide is an invaluable resource in helping us talk about and practice the model. The varied examples and practical lessons offer fantastic building blocks to use in my work with teachers!"
—Jennifer Beasley, Educational Consultant
University of Virginia

Extend the abilities of teachers and students alike with focused training on sophisticated curriculum design!

This easy-to-use workbook offers step-by-step instructions aligned with the content of the core book. Staff developers will learn how to support training sessions to help educators design and implement curriculum along four parallels. Ideal for facilitating book study groups, seminars, and professional development events, the book provides:

A complete training program of 53 workshops, including 12 workshops per curriculum parallel
Scripts, agendas, activities, sample classroom scenarios, handouts, and transparencies
Tools, resources, and strategies for designing curriculum across the four parallels

Staff Development Guide for the Parallel Curriculum is an essential handbook for leading professional training that results in enhanced teacher expertise and a multidimensional, high-quality curriculum that challenges all learners.

Key features

This guide for staff developers:

Is based on the second edition of the best-selling book, The Parallel Curriculum
Offers step-by-step instructions to support training sessions
Helps educators gain an understanding of the four components of the Parallel Curriculum Model
Is ideal for facilitating book study groups, seminars, and professional development events

Author(s)

Cindy A. Strickland

Cindy A. Strickland has been a teacher for twenty-five years and has worked with students of all ages, from kindergarten to master’s degree. A member of the ASCD Differentiation Faculty Cadre, Cindy works closely with Carol Ann Tomlinson and has coauthored several books and articles with her. In the past eight years, Cindy’s consulting work has taken her to forty-six states, five provinces, and three continents where she has provided workshops on topics relating to differentiation, the Parallel Curriculum Model (PCM), and gifted education.
Cindy’s publications include Staff Development Guide for the Parallel Curriculum; The Parallel Curriculum Model, 2nd edition; The Parallel Curriculum Model in the Classroom: Applications Across the Content Areas; and In Search of the Dream: Designing Schools and Classrooms That Work for High Potential Students from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds.

Publications in differentiation include Professional Development for Differentiated Instruction: An ASCD Toolkit, Exploring Differentiated Instruction, Tools for High-Quality Differentiated Instruction: An ASCD Toolkit, the ASCD online course Success with Differentiation, the book Differentiation in Practice: A Resource Guide for Differentiating Curriculum, Grades 9–12, and a unit in the book Differentiation in Practice: A Resource Guide for Differentiating Curriculum, Grades 5–9.

Kathy Tuchman Glass

Consulting Description

Kathy Glass is a former teacher who consults and presents nationally with K-12 teachers and administrators at schools, districts, conferences, and county offices of education. She offers a blend of professional development (PD) topics to target audiences in areas affecting curriculum and instruction. To deliver customized PD, she assists educators with strategic planning to determine objectives. Then she tailors PD based on requested topics such as, but not limited to:

· highlights of the ELA Common Core Standards

· implementation of the ELA Common Core or other standards-based curriculum using a backward design approach

· essential understandings and guiding questions to frame curriculum and instruction

· differentiated tools and instructional strategies

· pre-, formative, summative, and self-assessments

· alignment of six-traits writing instruction and assessment to curriculum goals

· unit and yearlong curriculum maps

· text-dependent questions to facilitate close reading, and more.

To help educators directly translate what she presents into effective classroom practice that impacts students, Kathy can provide a variety of PD opportunities (e.g., presentations, lesson demonstrations and modeling, coaching, collaborative unit design, etc.).

She is the author of six books: Mapping Comprehensive Units to the English Language (ELA) Arts Common Core Standards, 6-12 (May, 2013); Mapping Comprehensive Units to the ELA Common Core Standards, K-5 (© 2012); Lesson Design for Differentiated Instruction, Grades 4-9 (©2009); Staff Development Guide for the Parallel Curriculum (©2009); Curriculum Mapping: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Curriculum Year Overviews (©2007); and Curriculum Design for Writing Instruction: Creating Standards-Based Lesson Plans and Rubrics (©2005). In addition, Glass has served as a reader and reviewer for Reader’s Handbook: A Student Guide for Reading and Learning (2002, Great Source Education Group) and as a contributing writer and consultant for the Heath Middle Level Literature series (1995, DC Heath and Co). Website: www.kathyglassconsulting.com; email: kathy@kathyglassconsulting.com

Table of Contents

About the Authors

Introduction

Facilitation Guide Objectives

Components

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1. Introducing the Parallel Curriculum Model

Workshop #1: Introduction to the Parallel Curriculum Model

Workshop #2: The Role of Concepts and Principles in the Parallel Curriculum Model

2. The Core Curriculum Parallel

Workshop #3: The Core Curriculum Parallel

Workshop #4: Content Component of a Core Curriculum Unit

Workshop #5: Assessment Component of a Core Curriculum Unit

Workshop #6: Introductory Activities Component of a Core Curriculum Unit

Workshop #7: Teaching Strategies Component of a Core Curriculum Unit

Workshop #8: Learning Activities Component of a Core Curriculum Unit

Workshop #9: Grouping Practices Component of a Core Curriculum Unit

Workshop #10: Resources Component of a Core Curriculum Unit

Workshop #11: Products Component of a Core Curriculum Unit

Workshop #12: Extension Activities Component of a Core Curriculum Unit

Workshop #13: Differentiation and AID Component for the Core Curriculum Parallel

Workshop #14: Closure Component for the Core Curriculum Parallel

3. The Curriculum of Connections Parallel

Workshop #15: The Curriculum of Connections Parallel

Workshop #16: Content Component of a Curriculum of Connections Unit

Workshop #17: Assessment Component of a Curriculum of Connections Unit

Workshop #18: Introductory Activities Component of a Curriculum of Connections Unit

Workshop #19: Teaching Strategies Component of a Curriculum of Connections Unit

Workshop #20: Learning Activities Component of a Curriculum of Connections Unit

Workshop #21: Grouping Practices Component of a Curriculum of Connections Unit

Workshop #22: Resource Component of a Curriculum of Connections Unit

Workshop #23: Products Component of a Curriculum of Connections Unit

Workshop #24: Extension Activities Component of a Curriculum of Connections Unit

Workshop #25: Differentiation and AID Component of a Curriculum of Connections Unit

Workshop #26: Closure Component of a Curriculum of Connections Unit

4. The Curriculum of Practice

Workshop #27: The Curriculum of Practice Parallel

Workshop #28: Content in the Curriculum of Practice Parallel

Workshop #29: Assessment in the Curriculum of Practice Parallel

Workshop #30: Introductory Activities in the Curriculum of Practice Parallel

Workshop #31: Teaching Strategies in the Curriculum of Practice Parallel

Workshop #32: Learning Activities in the Curriculum of Practice Parallel

Workshop #33: Grouping Practices in the Curriculum of Practice Parallel

Workshop #34: Resources in the Curriculum of Practice Parallel

Workshop #35: Products in the Curriculum of Practice Parallel

Workshop #36: Extensions in the Curriculum of Practice Parallel

Workshop #37: Differentiation and AID in the Curriculum of Practice Parallel

Workshop #38: Closure in the Curriculum of Practice Parallel

5. The Curriculum of Identity Parallel

Workshop #39: The Curriculum of Identity Parallel

Workshop #40: Content in the Curriculum of Identity Parallel

Workshop #41: Assessment in the Curriculum of Identity Parallel

Workshop #42: Introductory Activities in the Curriculum of Identity Parallel

Workshop #43:Teaching Strategies in the Curriculum of Identity Parallel

Workshop #44: Learning Activities in the Curriculum of Identity Parallel

Workshop #45: Grouping Practices in the Curriculum of Identity Parallel

Workshop #46: Resources in the Curriculum of Identity Parallel

Workshop #47: Products in the Curriculum of Identity Parallel

Workshop #48: Extensions in the Curriculum of Identity Parallel

Workshop #49: Differentiation and AID in the Curriculum of Identity Parallel

Workshop #50: Closure in the Curriculum of Identity Parallel

6. Combining the Parallels

Workshop #51: Using Multiple Parallels

Workshop #52: More Ways to Use Multiple Parallels

Workshop #53: Using the Parallel Curriculum Model

Resources

References

Index

Reviews

"This guide provides clear, intelligent support for teachers and administrators to explore the possibilities that the Parallel Curriculum Model brings to educators and students, and to translate those possibilities into action in the classroom."

Carol Ann Tomlinson, William Clay Parish Jr. Professor of Education
University of Virginia

"We have been using the Parallel Curriculum Model for several years and are excited to have this valuable resource for teachers and central office staff. The strategies, tools, and activities embedded throughout the guide bring the concepts and ideas to life in a way that is engaging, useful, and easy to implement. This is an excellent professional development tool for curriculum design that will lead to rich, challenging learning experiences for all students."

Carol V. Horn, Coordinator, Advanced Academic Programs
Fairfax County Public Schools, VA

"In my experience teaching graduate students about the Parallel Curriculum Model, I am always looking for a variety of ways to expose them to the intent of each parallel. This guide is an invaluable resource in helping us talk about and practice the model. The varied examples and practical lessons will be fantastic building blocks I can use in my work with teachers!"

Jennifer Beasley, Educational Consultant
University of Virginia

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