Developing Integrated Courses

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Developing Integrated Courses
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• Workshop Goals

• Understand key components of the UC Course
  Submission Form.
• Become familiar with the attributes of a
  successful integrated course submission.
• Practice analyzing and revising samples from real
  integrated course submissions.

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• What is an integrated course?

• Integrated courses blend the content and skills
  from both
• academic a-g disciplines and
• Career Technical Education (CTE) sectors.

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• A successful integrated course includes

• The vocabulary of both disciplines
• Authentic, logical integration
• Evidence of rigor

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• Quick Review of Course Submission Form

• The unit summary should describe the content and
  skills students learn.
• This description should highlight the actual work
  of the course do not simply list content
  standards the course aligns with.

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• Discussion

What might have contributed to Sample 1 earning
"a-g" approval in the c" (mathematics) subject
area?
Remember, you are looking for 1. The vocabulary
of both disciplines 2. Authentic, logical
integration of the content areas 3. Evidence of
rigor - texts and assignments are clearly
challenging
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• Discussion

As a group review the excerpt in Sample 2 and
discuss what might have prevented this excerpt
from earning "a-g" approval in the d"
(laboratory science) subject area?
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• Quick Review of Course Submission Form

• The assignment summaries should briefly describe
  the products students turn in to demonstrate
  learning in each unit.
• Each summary should include a brief description
  of that product as well as its parameters and
  purpose.

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• Youre the Analyst

As a group, review the excerpt in Sample 3 and
record your groups answers on the worksheet to
the following question?
1. Where do you see the vocabulary of both
disciplines? 2. What makes the integration
authentic?
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• Youre the Analyst

As a group, review the excerpt in Sample 4 and
record your groups answers on the worksheet to
the following question? What would you suggest
the submitter focus on to revise the course
(vocabulary rigor authentic integration)?
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• Revising for Success

• As a group, choose ONE of the three rough draft
  samples to revise based on what youve learned
  today.
• Make your revisions directly on the Revising for
  Success handout.

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• Submission Checklist

• The course submission should
• Employ the vocabulary of both disciplines.
• Clearly describe the CTE and "a-g" learning in
  the course.
• Provide evidence of increasing complexity of
  assignments.
• Identify what students produce to show evidence
  of learning.

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• Resources

Guidance on integrated courses on the A-G
Guide http//www.ucop.edu/agguide/career-technical
-education/index.html Questions? HSUpdate_at_ucop.ed
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