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TEKS: Texas’ Public Schools Curricula

TEKS: Texas’ Public Schools Curricula. Expectations. Define TEKS Analyze structure of TEKS Locate Sources for TEKS Analyze STAAR Connect TEKS to Assessment. TEKS. T exas E ssential K nowledge and S kills State - mandated curriculum for public schools

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TEKS: Texas’ Public Schools Curricula

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  1. TEKS:Texas’ Public Schools Curricula

  2. Expectations • Define TEKS • Analyze structure of TEKS • Locate Sources for TEKS • Analyze STAAR • Connect TEKS to Assessment

  3. TEKS • Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills • State - mandated curriculum for public schools • Sets expectations for each grade level and for each subject area

  4. Succeeding With TEKS • Teacher’s Ultimate Guide: • What students should have learned during prior year • What to teach this year • What will be tested at the end of this year

  5. Instruction Quality Student Performance Curriculum Assessment TEKS

  6. TEKS Overview • Adopted by State Board of Education 1997 • Implemented September 1998

  7. State Bureaucracy in Education State Board of Education: Publicly elected citizens of the state from various political districts State Commissioner of Education: Chief executive officer for the Board; Oversees the state agency Texas Education Agency: Specialized departments that monitor All aspects of public education

  8. Ruben Cortez, Jr. – Brownsville Businessman

  9. Commissioner of Education Michael L. Williams

  10. Local School District Bureaucracy in Education Board of Trustees: Publicly elected citizens of the community District Superintendent: Chief executive officer for the Board; Oversees the district operations District Central Office: Specialized departments that monitor All aspects of the district’s programs

  11. CampusBureaucracy in Education Principal Facilitator / Dean of Instruction Grade Level / Department / Team Classroom Teacher

  12. Education Service Centers

  13. Ruben Cortez, Jr. Secretary Place 5-Cameron County

  14. TEKS Overview • Determines the content • Determines instructional strategies / materials • Drives professional training / evaluation

  15. TEKS Advantages • Texas Public Schools= common platform • Student Performance =“portability”

  16. TEKS Advantages • Texas Public Schools= common accountability • Student Performance =standardized testing

  17. TEKS Advantages • Parental Support: homework, retests • Parental Support: home resources • Parental Support: School Conferences

  18. TEKS: Two Levels • Foundation Curriculum: English language arts, math, science, and social studies • Enrichment Curriculum: other languages, health, P.E., career and technology education, and technology applications

  19. Curriculum: Alignment • Vertical Alignment; lower and upper grades • Department / Team • Horizontal Articulation; your grade level

  20. TEKS Handout • Texas Administrative Code • Chapter 113: Social Studies

  21. TEKS and Instruction • Structure of TEKS • Introduction: overview • Knowledge and Skill Statement: focused area • StudentExpectation: specific fact • Grade Level TEKS / Copies

  22. TEKS and Instruction • Structure of TEKS • Introduction: general overview of your job • Social Studies: • Grade Level TEKS / Copies

  23. Analyzing the TEKS • (a) Introduction. • (1) In Grade 8, students study the history of the United States from the early colonial period through Reconstruction. The knowledge and skills in subsection (b) of this section comprise the first part of a two-year study of U.S. history. The second part, comprising U.S. history from Reconstruction to the present, is provided in §113.41 of this title (relating to United States History Studies Since 1877 (One Credit),

  24. TEKS and Instruction • Structure of TEKS • Knowledge and Skill Statement: focused area of instruction • Strands • Supplemental Handout: Social Studies Strands

  25. Social Studies Strands History Geography Economics Government Citizenship Culture Science, Technology, and Society Social Studies Skills

  26. Knowledge and Skills Statements Gr.3(9)  Government. The student understands the basic structure and functions of various levels of government

  27. K&SS: Focused Area • Structure of TEKS • Knowledge and Skills Statement: 8(1) History. The student understands traditional historical points of reference in U.S. history through 1877.

  28. Student Expectations Verbs Gr.3. 9(B)  [identify] [local, state, and national governmentofficials] and [explain][how they are chosen] Content

  29. TEKS and Instruction • Structure of TEKS • Student Expectation:1(C) explain the significance of the following dates: 1607, founding of Jamestown; 1620, arrival of the Pilgrims and signing of the Mayflower Compact; 1776, adoption of the Declaration of Independence; 1787, writing of the U.S. Constitution; 1803, Louisiana Purchase; and 1861-1865, Civil War.

  30. TEKS and Instruction • Structure of TEKS • Student Expectation: • Cognitive level: verb (s)

  31. Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Taxonomy = Classification Classification of thinking Six cognitive levels of complexity

  32. Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering Original Revised Noun Verb

  33. Remembering Verbs/Question Cues: list, define, tell, describe, identify, show, label, collect, examine, tabulate, quote, name, who, when, where, etc

  34. Applying Verbs/Questions Cues: apply, demonstrate, calculate, complete, illustrate, show, solve, examine, modify, relate, change, classify, experiment, discover

  35. Student Expectations • Two types of student expectations: • Content • Skills

  36. Content Student Expectations Grade 3 (9)  Government. The student understands the basic structure and functions of local government. The student is expected to: (A)  describe the basic structure of government in the local community

  37. Skills Student Expectations Grade 4 (21)  Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to: (B)  analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions

  38. TEKS and Instruction • Level of Priority • “including”: required teaching and possible test item • “such as”: representative examples from which the teacher may choose

  39. TEKS and Instruction • Level of Priority • “including”: required teaching and possible test item • Grade Level TEKS / Copies

  40. TEKS and Instruction • Level of Priority • “such as”: representative examples from which the teacher may choose • Grade Level TEKS / Copies

  41. Knowledge and Skill Statement Focused Area/Content Strand Standard (Student Expectation): Content Skill Or, Cognitive Level of Verb Cognitive Level of Verb “including”, or “such as”

  42. Sources for TEKS • Texas Education Agency • School District • Curriculum Dept. • Campus • Dean of Instruction • Grade / Team Leader

  43. Sources for TEKS • Texas Education Agency • www.tea.state.tx.us

  44. Sources for TEKS • http://www.tea.state.tx.us • Curriculum/Standards • Elementary / Middle / High School

  45. Display of TEKS • Included in the Information Corner • Written in the Lesson Plans • Indicated in Homework / Worksheets / Tests

  46. Discussion of TEKS • Student Orientation at beginning of year • Unit / Lesson introduction • Correction of assignments / assessments

  47. Discussion of TEKS • Parent Activity: Open House • Parent Conference • Parent Correspondence

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