NORTH TEXAS AREA ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS

PROJECT BASED LEARNING CADRE

Valley Ranch ElementaryCoppell ISD

November 7, 2013

Elementary Principals PBL Cadre

Purpose: To create a supportive network of elementary principals to foster the growth of Project Based Learning for young learners. 

Project Based Learning as a Vehicle for Transformation

Coppell ISD Classroom Educators

Tammee Henderson, VREEmily Huber, VREDavid Noel, MKBMarie Sumrall, MKB

Round Table Discussion

What do you do when educators are resistant to PBLs?

What do you do when educators have not implemented PBLs with fidelity?

What do you do when educators seem unable to teach effectively using the PBL framework?

Walkthroughs and Observations

Look and listen for… Learners – able to articulate guiding question,

understand the rubric or expectations, able to explain the purpose of the task, system for staying on-task, critical friends language

Classroom Walls – guiding question, knows and need to knows, anchor charts, work products, TEKS embedded throughout, evidence of presentations

Hallways – evidence of previous PBLs, work products

Knows & Need to Knows

Driving Question

Reference material for PBL

Work product

Previous PBL

Work Product

Next Steps

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RESOURCES

www.bie.org/PBL PBL in the Elementary Grades – Buck

Institute by Sara Hallermann and John Larmer

Project-Based Learning With Young Children by Deborah Diffily and Charlotte Sassman

Problems as Possibilities: Problem-Based Learning for K-16 Education by Linda Torp and Sara Sage

Mind Missions Learning Systems www.eduptopia.org