Think of foundational outcomes as your course description. When I get asked what I teach, one answer is simply to give out the foundational learning outcomes of the course. Foundational learning outcomes are what students will learn. A carefully selected subset of the total list of the grade‐specific and course‐specific outcomes within each content area that students must know and be able to do in order to be prepared to enter the next grade level, course, or the next level of learning. (Ainsworth, Rigorous Curriculum Design, 2010) A majority of time will be spent on foundational learning outcomes as well as time and support for students who haven't mastered them and provide extensions for those who have. Use data from these outcomes to help guide instruction. Here is a process to help you determine which learning outcomes are foundational. Make no mistake, foundational outcomes are not the only learning outcomes students will learn in class. They are simply the minimum they will need to demonstrate proficiency in to progress to the next level. Now that your PLC has unpacked the learning outcomes (see previous post), it's time to identify those that are foundational. To help in this process it is useful to think of outcomes in the following three ways: Endurance: Knowledge and skills of value that will be revisited several times throughout unit, semester, year, etc. Leverage: Knowledge and skills that are valued in multiple disciplines. Readiness for Next Level Learning: Knowledge and skills that are necessary for success in the next grade level or in the next level of instruction. Foundational outcomes should score high in all three of these areas. To identify foundational learning outcomes,
Pro Tip: When considering whether to select one similar outcome over another, determine which one is the more comprehensive or rigorous one, not the one that is more foundational.
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