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Deeper Learning Conference: Five Steps to Spread PBL in Your School

March 7, 2017

Tim Presiado, Chief Operating Officer

 

Tim Presiado
Kevin Gant
Thursday, March 30 • 10:30am – 4:00pm.
Have you or your colleagues received training in PBL, then been challenged to implement or sustain PBL at your school?   Maybe it was because you didn’t know the Five Crucial Criteria for successful school-wide PBL implementation.  New Tech Network has 15 years of success working with teams of teachers to bring about school-wide deeper learning practices with project based learning as the primary instructional practice.  In this session we will build an understanding in what works and doesn’t work; you will leave with a diagnosis of your school as a system, and a plan for successfully maintaining PBL practice, aligned with the 5 crucial criteria. 

Session Slide Deck

Act I

Task & School Improvement Reflection

 

Act II

4 Pillars Diagnostic Tool

Hierarchy of Change Diagnostic Tool

 

Act III

Criterion

Tools

Outcomes Determine Pedagogy

NTN Scientific Explanation Rubric

NTN Written Communication Rubric

All New Tech Learning Outcome Rubrics

Project Idea Database

Porous Classroom              

Authenticity/6 As Rubric

Early Adopters

Profile of Early Adopters

A Learning Leader Clears the Path

Principal Rubric

Create a New Normal

Decision Making Protocols

Team Teaching Integrated Courses

Adult Culture First

Critical Friends Peer Review Protocol

Looking at Student Work ATLAS Protocol (from the NSRF)

 

 

Project-based learning (PBL) is at the heart of our instructional approach.

In PBL, learning is contextual, creative, and shared.  Students collaborate on meaningful projects that require critical thinking, creativity, and communication in order for them to answer challenging questions or solve complex problems. By making learning relevant to them in this way, students see a purpose for mastering state-required skills and content concepts.

Students aren’t just assessed on their understanding of academic content, but on their ability to successfully apply that content when solving authentic problems.  Through this process, project based learning gives students the opportunity to develop the real life skills required for success in today’s world.

New Tech Network schools also use Problem-based learning. PrBL is a form of inquiry-based instruction used primarily in Mathematics that places the students in several smaller Problem scenarios rather than a single, large Project scenario. Supported by NCTM and the NSF, much of what makes PBL so successful is present in a PrBL environment, including Entry Events, the Need-to-Know (NTK) process, and student-centered scaffolding.