Phase+1--DA+Tasks


 * Dance Team: **

 You are strongly encouraged to design these courses and all others from "scratch," rather than simply revising the old/current courses. This will allow the Team to work with the future more firmly in mind and encourage design of fresh courses that will support student learning for the years to come. Keep in mind the @Framers' Charge to the Writers and allow that guidance and intent to thread through the Team's decisions. Despite current issues (e.g., over-crowding, economy, scheduling), **WRITE TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL.**

 Tasks to be completed before Jan. 6 meeting:
 * 1) Consider questions 4, 5, and 6 on the Q & A page of this Wiki.
 * 2) The group decided to work first on Dance Technique I - IV.
 * 3) Notes from first meeting/discussion: Technique is used differently by different teachers, with the differences centered primarily around dance genre. Can the series be written in such a manner that teachers could have their students focus on technique for 1 or 2 teacher-specified/selected genres (e.g., modern and jazz) without specifying in the course what the genres are?
 * 4) Questions to consider for a Team decision:
 * 5) Can an EOC test be written at the state or district level that would show student achievement over time if the students are working in a variety of genres?
 * 6) Should this series of courses be full year, 1-credit courses or half-year, 1/2-credit courses? You may want to review the Definition of Credit page when considering this question.
 * 7) Consider the desired outcome(s) of Dance Tech. IV - what level of rigor in skill and knowledge should be expected?
 * 8) Choose the benchmarks for Dance Tech. IV, keeping in mind that some benchmarks will be used to provide foundational skills and knowledge in earlier courses and, perhaps, dropped at the highest level in favor of more challenging content.
 * 9) How can/will Dance Tech. IV reasonably address state-mandated instruction (see @Required Instruction page)? What benchmarks should be drawn from other content areas to support this instruction that are not otherwise covered by Dance benchmarks? What research and writing should be included in this course?
 * 10) When you have inserted 1s and 0s by each 9-12 Dance benchmark within all Big Ideas and EUs for Dance Tech. IV, consider what the outcomes of Dance Tech. III must be in order to prepare students for success in Dance Tech. IV.
 * 11) Continue this procedure for Dance Tech. II and I as you complete each preceding course.
 * 12) **You may wish to start a discussion via this page (see Discussion tab above) or in the spreadsheet Chat Room. **