Presenters: Heidi Perez |
[email protected] | School Support Specialist
Location: J.D. Clement Early College High School Mitchell-Smith's Room
Description: Rigor isn’t heavier workload—it’s the quality of thinking students must demonstrate. In this session, 9–12 teachers will learn to design rigorous, accessible instruction by pairing Explicit Teaching (clarity, modeling, guided practice, release) with DOK as the driver of cognitive demand. We’ll weave positionality into text analysis across DOK 1–4 and connect those skills to academic integrity routines that build ethical scholarship. Teachers will leave with an upgraded task, an ownership routine, and clear student-work “receipts” to monitor impact.
Subject Area(s): ELA
Topic(s): Culturally Responsive Practices, Increased Rigor, Curriculum and Instruction, Reading‚ Writing‚ Thinking‚ Speaking‚ Listening
Targeted Instructional Grades: 9th Grade, 11th Grade, 10th Grade, 12th Grade
Targeted Roles: Teachers
