Unpacking Standards
Over Term 1 in Auckland we have been unpacking the external Level 1 standards. Both new and experienced teachers have found unpacking standards useful. New teachers found it useful for developing a deeper understanding of the New Zealand curriculum and for experienced teachers it has provided a checkpoint to ensure teaching and learning is still relevant for their learners, connected to the curriculum and meeting the requirements of the standards used to assess the learning. Unpacking standards provides a checkpoint to make sure we are not teaching what we are teaching because "this is the way we always do things around here ,TITWWADTAH, but are focusing on the wider skills of solving problems, and understandings so that students can apply their learning and adapt when faced with different problems and challenges. Upgrade your Teaching ASCD Webinar Mctighe & Wills 2019 Unpacking template for External Assessment I have found the template we used, adap