Curriculum Mapping

The Purpose of Curriculum Mapping is to make sure the teachers are all on the same page, and teaching the same content. It also produces a team approach for the staff members forcing them to collaborate. Bloomfield Does not map its curriculum, but I would say the PE department does collaborate and teach the same ideas to a certain extent. We are not required to do curriculum mapping, yet we have meetings with each other and team teach.we have a fitness day twice a week where the PE teacher and all the classes do the same fitness workout. We have an idea what teachers are teaching in each gym based on the space they have. I believe curriculum mapping keeps up with the new trends for our students. If teachers want to help their kids, they must keep up with what is out there and what seems to be working.

Online Classes

I really enjoyed the online classes. I love technology and learning the new forms of it, so doing the online classes were like an added bonus for me. The you tube videos and blog made learning the material more fun and interesting. I am the type of learner that needs constant stimulation so this fit my learning style perfectly. Thursdays are usually a busy night so having some online classes freed up the night and gave me a break from sitting in class. I would definitely like to be part of another online class in the future. I believe the way you ran the online class was great and informative. The information was not useless and we were able to see what our fellow classmates wrote as well. I felt like I was part of a little community online. The only negative aspect of the online classes is they are very time consuming. I found this with the movie because that was my first time creating one. It was bittersweet. I learned a new way of using technology but it took me forever.
I believe the way you conducted the online classes were very clear and well thought out. I loved it.

How was it?

UBD is a great way to develop good lessons but also very involved. Every month I turn in a plan book that is not anywhere close to this template. The school I used to work at in Pittsburgh had very high expectations and required detailed lessons every Friday. The school I work at now does not have that same requirement. I turn in a hand written plan book that has a few sentences of what I am doing each day. It is sufficient but not detailed.
I enjoyed creating the lesson but found it hard to come up with some of the information becasue I am out of practice. It took me a while to get back into creating a lesson in this format. I liked the format but I believe most of the lesson plan creating goes back to the same basics. As long as you have those basics the lesson will flow properly.

Lesson

STAGE ONE
DESIRED RESULTS


Established Goals:
Students will

Recognize the uniqueness of each gender as it relates to human sexuality, interactions, and relationships with others

Understandings
Students will understand that

They must demonstrate tolerance for people with different sexual values and lifestyles
They must examine messages about sexuality that they receive from society

Essential Questions

What is sexuality?
What are the sex roles?
What are the sex role stereotypes?
What is my role?
What is my sexual responsibility?

Students will know

Masculinity and femininity
Traditional sex roles
People viewed as individuals
Society’s changing ideas about sex roles
Making decisions about sexuality

Students will be able to

Understand that sexual attitudes and behaviors are learned, examine the messages they receive from a variety of sources, and identify their own beliefs and values regarding sexuality.
Research development of gender identity and identify how one’s sexual orientation develops.

STAGE TWO
ASSESMENT EVIDENCE


Performance Tasks

The students will be in groups where each group receives a scenario. They will answer the scenario using notes from class, and their book. The answers will be shared with the class.
1st scenario: You are a parent discussing “the birds and the bees” to your son or daughter.
2nd scenario: You and your boyfriend/girlfriend have been dating for a while and the topic of sex has been brought up. What do you do now?
3rd scenario: You are a writer for a newspaper and you are comparing the traditional sex roles of men and women to today’s sex roles of men and women.

Other Evidence

Discussion of scenarios
Hot seat activity
Group brainstorming

STAGE THREE
LEARNING PLAN

Learning Activities

Picking a sex role from a hat and role playing that role
Buzz groups
Opinion paper on masculinity and femininity
Create a poster on the female and male reproductive systems and how they work
Videos on family dynamics showing the differences of traditional roles compared to present roles in society.
Students find an article in the newspaper, magazine, or internet pertaining to sex roles, sexuality, or stereotypes in sexuality. They write a one page summary on the article.

link to my old blog

http://kt-kara.blogspot.com/

Results...Now?

I was disturbed while reading the article by Schmoker. It is sad all teachers do not have the same standards as we do. Our profession is attacked quite often and I understand there are "bad" teachers that just pop in a video and don't actually teach. At the same time we have amazing teachers that change a child's entire future. I know there are students that look forward coming to school just to have class with the teacher that stimulates and excited them to learn. The problem with the system is the lack of accountability. There isn't very much I am held accountable for as far as Physical Education. We are a non tested subject so what we are teaching in the classroom is not deemed as important to the district. I am non tenured so I get observed on a more regular basis, but the teachers in my department that are tenured get observed only once a year. This is not an adequate assesment of a teacher's performance. Teaching is a special profession that not just anyone could do, but it is also a profession that needs a little more tender loving care for it to dodge criticism by people like Schmoker.