Project CRITICAL Workshop 1 Agenda

August 28, 2019

 

8:30 a.m.                    Welcome/Introductions

A PowerPoint Overview

 

Project CRITICAL Website and Contacts

 

8:45 a.m.                    Administrative Requirements

·         Workshop Attendance

·         Completion of Products

·         Curriculum Restructuring Forms (see 1 pm)

·         SCALES database:  Identification of Talent Pool Students

·         End of Year Teacher Perceptions of Student Technology Survey (May 2020 workshop)

·         End of Year Teacher Survey (May 2020 workshop)

 

9:00 a.m.                    The Importance of Teaching Public Policy Skills

Overview of the PPA            The Steps

 

9:15 a.m.                    Group work, modeling an example through the PPA steps

Step #1: Defining the Social Problem:

Creating a social problem based on your curriculum ELA

Input Shared Data

Step #2: Gathering Evidence of the Problem:

Input Shared Data

Step #3: Identifying the Causes of the Problem

Input Shared Data

10:15 a.m.                  BREAK

 

10:25 a.m.                  Step #4: Evaluating Existing Public Policies

Input Shared Data

Step #5: Developing Public Policy Solutions

Input Shared Data

Step #6: Selecting the Best Public Policy Solution

Input Shared Data

 

11:30 a.m.                  LUNCH

 

12:00 p.m.                  Review of the PPA (Example) (kahoot quiz)

 

12:15 p.m.         Common problems when developing a social problem

·         Activity: Developing a Social Problem ans

·         Find PPA problems: in the news *

·          Plastic

·          Birds

 

1:00 p.m.           Overview of the Parts of a PPA WebQuest

Examples of what is acceptable?

·         Teachers create/define a social problem from their curriculum/community

·         Curriculum Restructuring Form    CRF Word

·         Developing a Social Problem for WebQuest

                       

2:20 p.m.        Looking ahead to tomorrow’s workshop

1)                Think of a problem from your community/curriculum that you would like to teach over an extended period using the PPA steps. 

2)                Consider all the online resources you want your students to use.

3)                Imagine the tasks/products you want your students to complete at the end of this lesson.

 

2:25 p.m.                    Evaluation

2:30 p.m.                    Adjourn