Phase+1--MU+Tasks


 * Music 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. 5 meeting:
 * 1) Consider questions 4, 5, and 6 on the Q & A page of this Wiki.
 * 2) Concentrate on Chorus I - VI and M/J Chorus 1 - 4.
 * 3) Notes from first meeting/discussion: Retain performance-based courses (band, chorus, and orchestra) as full-year courses. Consideration will be given, in Phase 2, to designing the Tech and/or Ensemble courses as 1/2-year courses.
 * 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?
 * 6) Should this series of courses be supported by other 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 Chorus VI - what level of rigor in skill and knowledge should be expected?
 * 8) Choose the benchmarks for Chorus VI, 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 Chorus VI 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 Music benchmarks? What research and writing should be included in this course?
 * 10) When you have inserted 1s and 0s by each 9-12 Music benchmark within all Big Ideas and EUs for Chorus VI, consider what the outcomes of Chorus V must be in order to prepare students for success in Chorus VI.
 * 11) Continue this procedure for Chorus IV, III, II, and I as you complete each preceding course.
 * 12) Progress to M/J Chorus IV, considering what these students should know and be able to do upon completion of the course in preparation for success in Chorus I or higher, and continue the "backwards" process.
 * 13) **You may wish to start a discussion via this page (see Discussion tab above) or in the spreadsheet Chat Room. **