New York State Academy for Teaching and Learning

Learning Experience Outline
The following information about your learning experience should follow this outline. Please address each of the eight categories. This learning experience must be reviewed by peers prior to submission. The review may consist of conversation with peers, supervisors, members of the New York State Academy for Teaching and Learning, or participation in a peer review process offered by organizations such as BOCES, Teacher Centers, Model Schools, or professional associations.

Title of Learning Experience:
Learning Context
Describe the purpose, objective, or focus of the learning experience, including:
  • the learning standard(s) and the specific performance indicators being assessed;
  • a description of where this experience fits in the school or course curriculum;
  • what students need to know and/or be able to do to succeed with this learning experience.


Procedure
Describe, in narrative form, the actions of students and teachers and the interactions among and between students and teachers, including how the learning experience:
  • supports student progress toward attainment of the learning standards;
  • reflects current scholarship in your field and “best” classroom practice;
  • incorporates technology (when used) into instruction to enhance learning and to assess student performance.


Instructional/Environmental Modifications
Describe the procedures used to accommodate the range of abilities in the classroom, including students with disabilities, limited English proficiency, or bilingual students, such as:
  • instructional modifications made;
  • physical modifications of the classroom setting.


Time Required
For each aspect of the learning experience, state the amount of time for:
  • planning;
  • implementation (note the length of your class period, where appropriate, and the number of days to implement the experience);
  • assessment.


Resources
Please note any extraordinary or unique resources (human or material) needed to successfully complete this experience:
  • for the student, and
  • for the teacher.


Assessment Plan
Describe the:
  • manner in which students are involved in developing assessment criteria, maintaining an awareness of their progress, and reflecting on their work;
  • techniques used to collect evidence of student progress toward meeting the learning standards’ performance indicators (e.g., observation, group discussions, journal writing, use of alternative testing techniques);
  • tools used to document student progress (e.g., scoring guides, rating scales, checklists).Please submit these tools.


Student Work
Send three or four samples of student work:
  • that reflect different levels of student performance;
  • include comments reflecting the basis for teacher’s assessment.


Reflection
Please offer personal comments on the learning experience:
  • why this lesson was developed for the specific learning standard(s) and performance indicator(s);
  • what you learned from implementing this lesson; and
  • how the lesson was reviewed by peers prior to submission and what you learned from the review.


Dear Parent or Guardian:

The State Education Department is developing and maintaining an Internet website supporting the learning standards approved by the Board of Regents for all students.

The website includes a collection of instructional practices which promote student attainment of the learning standards.

Your child’s teacher has designed a learning activity that is geared toward these higher standards. This lesson, along with samples of student work related to the lesson, is being submitted to the State Education Department for possible publication on the State’s website.

We ask that you complete and sign the form below to allow the State Education Department to publish your child’s work, should it be selected, for purposes of teacher training and public education. The work would appear without the student’s name or other identifying information. Please return the form to your child’s teacher.

Thank you for your assistance in this important project.

Important


Date:

I give permission for the State Education Department to use the work of (student’s name) ____________________________________________ with educators and the public for the purposes of teacher training and public education with the understanding that the student’s name or other dentifiable information will not be disclosed.


Signature: __________________________________


Relationship to student:________________________

SAMPLE
DO NOT SEND TO
NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

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