Leadership Miniseries 4: Strategies for Addressing Unfinished Learning with Ken Tam
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English - May 17, 2021 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBEducation Kids & Family Education for Kids curriculum associates curriculum i-ready iready readymath ready math ready classroom extraordinary extraordinary educator extraordinary educators Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Welcome back to our Leadership Miniseries! In this fourth and final episode of the miniseries, Ken Tam, Senior Executive Director, Content & Implementation, at Curriculum Associates, joins the conversation. Ken discusses the Council of Great City Schools' strategies for addressing unfinished learning: 1. Stick to grade-level content and instructional, 2. Focus on the depth of instruction, not on the pace, 3. Prioritize content and learning, 4. Ensure inclusion of each and every learner, 5. Identify and address gaps in learning through instruction, avoiding the misuse of standardized testing, and 6. Capitalize on commonalities, not differences.
i-Ready Assessment: https://www.curriculumassociates.com/products/i-readyCouncil of Great City Schools report: https://www.cgcs.org/CMS/LIB/DC00001581/CENTRICITY/DOMAIN/313/CGCS_UNFINISHED%20LEARNING.PDFTNTP's the Opportunity Myth: https://tntp.org/publications/view/student-experiences/the-opportunity-mythCA's Unfinished Learning research: https://www.curriculumassociates.com/-/media/mainsite/files/i-ready/iready-understanding-student-needs-paper-winter-results-2021.pdfFormative Assessments: https://www.curriculumassociates.com/blog/what-are-formative-assessmentsKen's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-tam-6024aa2/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MyiReadyTwitter: https://twitter.com/CurriculumAssocEmail: [email protected]