Domain:  Instructional Designer
​Competency: Aligns Instruction to Goals, Curriculum, & Assessments

Level-Specific Learning Statements

Aspiring

Aligns learning goals and strategies to learning targets and/or personal learning profile.

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Preparing

Aligns: (a)  lesson plans to learning theory and best practice; (b) objectives and activities to district curriculum and/or state standards; and (c) learning to real-world references to meet student needs.

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Emerging

Aligns: (a) learning targets to district curriculum and/or state standards; (b) success criteria to learning targets; and (c) planning and delivery to assessment of learning targets to meet student needs.

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Developing

Aligns strategies and resources to learning targets and success criteria, which are aligned to district curriculum and/or state standards, to meet student needs.

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Mastering

Evaluates alignment of strategies/resources/success criteria/objectives to district curriculum and/or state standards, revising as needed to meet student needs.

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Leading

Provides leadership, training, mentoring, resources, and supports for teachers and others in the ​larger professional community on aligning instruction/assessment to district curriculum and/or state standards and developing strategies to accomplish goals based on multiple assessment data, curriculum, and analysis of student needs.

MTDS Glossary 

Learning Targets

A lesson target is a lesson-sized standards-based goal which can be accomplished within the timeframe of a single lesson period (1-3 days).   The lesson target guides instruction for teacher and students with both focusing on meeting the lesson target by the end of the period.  Learning targets are specific, measurable, actionable, relevant, and timely (SMART).  Learning targets are derived by unwrapping content standards and then used to:  (a) guide the development of formal and informal assessments; (b) plan instruction; and (c) facilitate self-directed student learning.  A lesson target provides students with a clear understanding of what they need to know and be able to do in order to be successful.  Some learning targets (especially those that extend beyond 1 class period) may be accompanied by more detailed *success criteria.  Learning targets are sometimes written as “I Can” statements. 

Analysis of Student Needs

​An analysis of student needs is a detailed examination of student characteristics both individually and within various groups. Teachers use multiple sources of information about their students in order to develop an understanding of students from multiple lenses. Teachers seek to identify meaningful relationships across multiple information sources and develop conclusions about what each student needs based on their analysis of individual and whole group data sources.

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