2010 Summer Design Academy presentation

3. Answer: Teachers do not design for each lesson of each day. They design when they desire students to work and achieve at higher levels than they are currently working or achieving. In other words, teachers move to design when they need to scale up the work or the content. Question: As a teacher, when do I need to design work for my student?

4. Answer: If the writing team gets the Prewriting and Design Qualities of Context right, the rest of the design will pull itself through. This is an early indicator of quality Question: Why do I need to spend so much time on Prewriting and Design Qualities of Context?

5. Answer: No, specific activities are not built in until Design Qualities of Choice. The Design Qualities of Context address concepts and strategies. Question: May I list activities under each Design Quality?

6. Answer: In design, time is spent on the front end. In planning, time is spent on the back end. Back end time should occur as reteaching, remediation and retesting. Question: Why do I need to spend so much time in design before I can implement my unit?

7. The Coaching Circle

8. Helpful Hints Answer: Yes, do not skip any coaching sessions. Mistakes in the early part of the design process will impede progress later. Question: If my team is moving along in the design process, do we really need to stop for coaching before moving ahead?

9. Helpful Hints Answer: Absolutely, yes! The coaching circle is always open to writing teams. Question: If my team starts to struggle, may we come to coaching even if we are not at a coaching stop?