Tomorrow is the big day for NJ. Voters all over the state will go out and vote on their school budgets. Hopefully we will pass our budget in Midland Park. We have been committed to financially supporting professional development for our teachers in Curriculum mapping. Next will be Understanding by Design. I have already suggested it to the administration.
We just hired a new Superintendent last week but he is from NY. He never mentioned UBD during any of his interviews. All of the other good candidates mentioned UBD in some manner during the interview process. So I am now wondering if this UBD is not sweeping across the US. Is it only in NJ and Maryland because that is where the two authors currently work, Wiggins and McTighe. I hope this is not the case and other states are reading about it and using it.
Since my youngest son is a senior in high school my only hope is for grandchildren to go through this type of curriculum writing and teaching. I wish it had been around for me!
2 comments:
Impressive that most candidates mentioned UBD. Clearly the concept is gaining support across the state. I'd be interested to know how much professional development is being offered in UBD. The concept is not hard to grasp but the implementation is!
I wondered the same thing. I wondered how many current administrators know/support/follow UBD. I know our district, River Dell, recently hired Wiggins to complete curriculum work with the freshman LA curriculum. I thought that was cool. I do hope future teachers will only be taught UBD. That way, it would be the only way they know how to do it!
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