INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK

 

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Our goal is to build a culture of collaboration around high quality teaching and learning. The Graduate Durham Instructional Framework is Durham Public Schools’ articulation of high quality teaching and learning. It is designed to create a common language to move our district, school, and teacher leaders in the same direction of the goals and needs of our students.

The framework is built on evidence-based strategies and is divided into three sections.  Each section is built on best practices that have proven to enhance learning experiences which lead to high-quality teaching and learning that is aligned to the standards.

 

 

Section I:  Plan

• Unit Planning and Lesson Design

• Lesson Decisions

• Student Engagement

• Instructional Strategies

• Academic Rigor

 

 

Section 2: Teaching,  Learning and Understanding

• Facilitation of Strategies

• Instructional Components

• Pedagogy

 

 

Section 3: Assessments

• Diagnostic

• Formative

• Summative