Project+Outline

Group Project Scenario:
The superintendent of a school district would like to offer a new series of professional development workshops for secondary school teachers. The superintendent is planning to hire a curriculum design company to create these workshops. The superintendent wants the workshops to provide training for teachers in the following areas:
 * Classroom management
 * Cultivating positive relationships with parents/guardians
 * Differentiating instruction for diverse learners
 * Integrating technology into the classroom

Based on this information, what would be the most effective way to design curriculum for this program? You and your group members, as “employees” of a curriculum design company, will propose your curriculum design ideas to the superintendent and his panel of directors in a PowerPoint presentation.

Week 1 Schedule:

 * //By Monday//** of this week, your Instructor will assign you a group and scenario. After receiving your assignment, visit your Group Project discussion forum, located beneath **Group Project** under Course Home. You can use this forum to communicate with your group members as you work to complete your first task: assigning roles.


 * //By Tuesday//** of this week, assign a Facilitator for each of the first five weeks of the course. When possible, each group member must play the role of Facilitator for at least one week.


 * //By Wednesday//**, the Week 1 Facilitator should select one of the wiki sites in the options listed in the Group Project Overview and Optional Resources. The Facilitator should set up the wiki and send invitations to other group members and to the Instructor to join the wiki.


 * //By Thursday//**, each group member should familiarize him/herself with the wiki and post his or her name, e-mail address, and pertinent scheduling considerations (availability, time zone, etc.) to the main page of the wiki. Post your preferences to the main page of the group wiki and work with your group members to assign roles.


 * //By Friday//**, the Week 1 Facilitator should post the final role assignments to the main page of the group wiki.


 * //By Friday//**, the Week 1 Facilitator also should create a new page in the wiki, designated as the “Project Outline” page. At the top of the page, the Facilitator should post the group’s scenario for easy reference. Beneath that, the Facilitator should post a basic outline of the final PPT presentation:


 * //By Sunday//**, all group members should add details and ideas beneath their component part(s) on the basic outline posted on the group’s wiki.


 * //By Sunday//**, the Week 1 Facilitator should post the URL of this wiki content to the Week 1 area of the Group Project discussion board. Your Instructor will visit your wiki to ensure that all group members participated in this assignment and to grant approval to your group role designation and to your presentation outline.


 * //By Sunday//**, all group members should add details and ideas beneath their component part(s) on the basic outline posted on the group’s wiki.

Basic Outline of final PPT Presentation:
The workshops will be designed to better acquaint the teachers with classroom management, cultivating positive relationships with parents and guardians, differentiating instruction for diverse learners and integrating technology into the classroom. A well rounded, clear, concise and interesting curriculum will be designed. These workshops will give the teachers a new understanding and the tools needed to have successful interactions in and out of the classroom. ||
 * ===Facilitator=== || ===Category=== || ===Details/Input=== ||
 * Mary Ann Lamond || Introduction || **ML:** Group B Company is pleased to have been given the opportunity to present a series of professional development workshops to the secondary school teachers of District A.
 * Mary Heimann || Goals/Objectives || **CM:** A curriculum needs to be developed to outline the professional development’s four workshops, their goals, and the congruence between what is expected to be learned and the expectations of the school district superintendent. Each workshop needs to have an individual syllabus that defines/describes the purpose of the training, goals of expected learning, and objectives that define how the goals will be obtained.


 * MAH: **In the objectives there should be a defined list of the activities that will take place in an effort to obtain the goals. The goals should state what the activity will do such as using visual aids to help the professionals have a clear understanding of the expectations being learned. ||
 * Julie Gumm/Mary Ann Lamond || Instructional Strategies & Activities || **CM:** Instructional strategies and activities will include a combination of content and material, methods, as well as a delivery mechanism to provide learning. Content, material, and methods can include role playing, lectures, reading, and multimedia. The delivery mechanism could be face-to-face, blended, and/or on-line depending on the task analysis and design of the learning needs of the students & requirements of the client.

3. Hands on lab for technology in the class room. 4. Questions and answers session. 5. Wrap up. ||
 * ML:** 1. Power Point introduction of workshop items and a brief description of each. 2. power point/ lecture of topics with role play at the end of each topic.
 * Charles McCannon || Assessments || **CM:** A combination of formative assessments will be developed based on objectives designed to meet the goals of the course. At the end of the course a summative assessment will be provided to indicate if the learner comprehended and achieved the goals of the course. The assessments can include a combination of multiple choice, true/false, and simulations to evaluate attitude, judgment, and creativity. ||
 * Matthew Hickory || Program Evaluations || **MH:** The program evaluation portion of the PPT presentation will describe a plan for evaluation of the curriculum. It will describe indicators of success congruent with objectives and activities of instruction. It will also describe the orientation of evaluation, and justify this choice. Finally, the method used to gather information and make summative evaluation will be described. ||
 * Mary Ann Lamond || Conclusion || **ML** Group B Company is confident that the workshops presented will achieve the ultimate results by giving the teacher clear and concise direction in the areas of classroom management, cultivating positive relationships with parents and guardians, differentiating instruction for diverse learners and integrating technology into the classroom. The teachers will take away from the workshops, the tools and confidence needed to successfully put their new knowledge to work. ||

** Week 1 Curriculum Design Proposal Task Summary **
 * || **Monday** || **Tuesday** || **Wednesday** || **Thuesday** || **Friday** || **Saturday** || **Sunday** ||
 * Week 1 Facilitator only ||  ||   || Set up wiki and send invitations to group members and Instructor.
 * - COMPLETE - ** ||  || Post final group role assignments to wiki.
 * - COMPLETE - **

Create “Project Outline” page in wiki and post basic outline.
 * - COMPLETE - ** ||  || Post URL of outline to Week 1 Group Project discussion board.
 * - COMPLETE - ** ||
 * All group members || Assign Facilitator for Weeks 1-5 on Week 1 Group Project discussion board.
 * - COMPLETE - ** ||  || Register for wiki.
 * - COMPLETE - ** || Familiarize yourself with the wiki and post contact information.
 * - COMPLETE - **

Post preferences for group role (Leader, Content Designers) to wiki.
 * - COMPLETE - ** ||  ||   || Add details and ideas beneath your component part(s) on the basic outline posted on the group’s wiki.
 * - IN PROCESS - ** ||