Hey Local CraftED Community,

Check out the OC Summer PBL Institute hosted by yours truly! Register today!

This 2 day institute will provide step-by-step guidance and hands-on support for designing high quality projects driven by NGSS and that incorporate STEM best practices. We will dive into topics such as the role of standards, designing authentic learning experiences, how to assess student learning, and the many nuances of scaffolding and differentiating PBL.  All participants will receive a series of google folders filled with resources for future use, in addition to CraftED’s PBL planning workbook. Our time together will conclude with presenting our learning and project plans to STEM professionals in the field, who will give us feedback on our ideas to help us craft next steps for success! Facilitated by PBL expert Dr. Jenny Pieratt of CraftED, this event will be sure to be engaging and practical for all participants.

Day 1 (July 31) : 8:30-3:30

    • 8-8:30 Continental breakfast and registration
    • Intro to HQPBL-“They Why”, Looking at/analyzing exemplars, defining our “north star” for quality: https://bit.ly/2GGyaDU
    • Project storming wheel protocol
    • PBL 1.0-Big picture mapping, EU-standards (NGSS, STEM focus), DQ, Final products, benchmarks
    • Lunch (on own)
    • Assessment 2.0-Benchmarking content and skills, formative, summative, tool development (https://bit.ly/2rVAK5e)
    • Closing-Project Prune, NTKs, reflection

Day 2 (Aug 1) :  8:30-3:30

      • 8-8:30 Continental breakfast and sign-in
      • Refining Assessment tools, calendaring assessments and learning targets
      • Workshops: student collaboration, fostering agency, peer feedback/prototyping, STEM field work  
      • Lunch (on own)
      • Supported work time
      • Project Tune (https://bit.ly/1C8mfqX) , feedback from OC STEM professionals    
      • Closing reflection and next steps