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What does learning look, sound, and feel like? How could you ensure your students are learning at the level demanded by academic standards, activities, and assessment items? How could you establish and evaluate standards-aligned learning objectives and outcomes that meet students’ diverse needs?

Discover how to use Depth of Knowledge (DOK) to enhance teacher clarity around standards and ensure student understanding of learning objectives and outcomes. Examine what distinguishes DOK as a concept, framework, and language for teaching and learning. Explore how to use the DOK levels to develop and deliver teaching and learning experiences that are standards driven and student supportive. Leave with actionable and applicable strategies that will engage and encourage students to demonstrate and discuss their learning at different and deeper levels.

  • Understand how DOK clarifies the cognitive demand of learning expectations and experiences established and evaluated by academic standards, activities, and assessment items.
  • Deconstruct standards to determine what exactly and how deeply students must understand and use their learning to demonstrate proficiency in a specific subject or perform successfully.
  • Use the language of DOK to specify the depth and extent students must comprehend and communicate their learning to demonstrate proficiency and perform successfully.
  • Analyze how the DOK levels establish and evaluate four different and deeper ways students can demonstrate and discuss their learning.
  • Pose good questions that will engage and encourage students to demonstrate and discuss their learning at different and deeper DOK levels.
  • Teach and tier learning based on the DOK Level of the standards and the diverse needs of the students.

Venue

Solution Tree Arkansas Training Center

425 W Capitol Ave Suite #1300

Little Rock, Arkansas

Learn from leading experts

Erik M. Francis

Erik M. Francis

Erik M. Francis

Erik M. Francis is an international author, educator, and presenter. He provides professional development on how to plan and provide engaging teaching and learning experiences that are academically rigorous, socially and emotionally supportive, standards-based, and student responsive.

Schedule

Agenda and speakers are subject to change.

Wednesday, April 29th

7:00–8:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

8:00–9:30 a.m.

What Exactly Is Deeper Learning?
• Examine what learning looks, sounds, and feels like.
• Compare performance-based to learner-based culture.
• Introduce Depth of Knowledge as a concept, framework and language for learning.

Instructional Strategy: Read, Review, Reflect, and Respond (DOK 2)

9:30–9:45 a.m.

Break

9:45–11:30 a.m.

What Exactly Is Depth of Knowledge?
• Read, review, reflect, respond: “Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge” white paper.
• Create anchor charts to check and clarify comprehension.

Instructional Strategy: Feynman Method for Learning (DOK 3)

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Lunch

Instructional Strategy: Exit Ticket
• What did you take away?
• What questions do you have?
• What do you need to succeed?

1:00–1:30 p.m.

Q & A
Review and respond to questions.

1:30–2:30 p.m.

Deconstructing Standards Depth of Knowledge
• Deconstruct learning expectations of academic standards.

2:30–2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45–4:00 p.m.

Understanding and Using the Language of DOK
• Understand the language of DOK to determine DOK levels.

4:00 p.m.

Closure
Instructional Strategy: Exit Ticket
• What did you take away?
• What questions do you have?
• What do you need to succeed?

Thursday, April 30th

7:00–8:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

8:00–8:30 a.m.

Q & A
Review and respond to questions from previous day.

Instructional Strategy: Ticket to Remember (DOK 2)

8:30–10:00 a.m.

Assessing for Depth of Knowledge
• DOK Learning Targets and DOK Success Criteria

10:00–10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15–11:30 a.m.

Aligning for Depth of Knowledge
• DOK Alignment Study

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Lunch

Exit Ticket
• What did you take away?
• What questions do you have?
• What do you need to succeed?

1:00–1:30 p.m.

Q & A

Review and respond to questions.

1:30–2:30 p.m.

Good Questions for Depth of Knowledge
• Rephrase and purpose standards into good questions that will set the instructional focus, serve as assessments, personalize learning, and promote communication.

2:30–2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45–4:00 p.m.

Teaching and Tiering Learning for Depth of Knowledge
• Teach and learn for Depth of Knowledge with an inquiring mind.
• Instructional strategies for student comprehension and communication.

Instructional Strategies:
Hook ‘Em with a Good Question (DOK 2 / 3 / 4)
Talk Amongst Yourself (DOK 2)
You’re Right, But Why? / What Do You Mean? (DOK 2)
Evidence! (DOK 3)

4:00 p.m.

Closure
Instructional Strategy: Exit Ticket
• What did you take away?
• What questions do you have?
• What do you need to succeed?

Accommodations

Events reach capacity quickly. Please confirm your registration before making travel plans.

In order to receive the discounted hotel room rate, please mention Solution Tree. After the deadline listed below, rates will be determined by the hotel. While discounted rooms in our hotel room block may be sold out, the primary hotel may still have rooms available at their standard rates. Please inquire directly with the hotel.

Parking information: If driving in and parking at the training center, please park in the designated deck located at 607 S Spring St Little Rock AR 72201 each day connected to the Simmons Tower. Solution Tree will validate parking, so be sure to bring your parking stub with you to the workshop. Parking in a reserved space incurs a violation fine of $60, at owner's expense.

Hotels

Suggested Hotel

DoubleTree by Hilton Downtown Little Rock

424 W Markham St
Des Moines, IA 50309
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
501.372.4371

Suggested Hotel

AC Hotel Little Rock Downtown

201 West Capitol Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
501.500.8700

Venue

Solution Tree Arkansas Training Center

425 W Capitol Ave Suite #1300

Little Rock, Arkansas

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Additional Information

Product code: WSG440


Five Reasons to Attend a Solution Tree Event (PDF)
A Letter to Your Boss (DOC)

You will receive a certificate of participation 6 weeks after the event concludes. Please check with your state department of education for CEU availability.


Included with your registration

Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge

Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge

If your understanding of depth of knowledge (DOK) is a little cloudy, you’re not alone. This resource is your one-stop-shop for learning what it is and how to use it to provide learning experiences that are academically rigorous, socially and emotionally supportive, and student responsive.

Event Journal

Event Journal

We’re enhancing your event experience. In addition to providing presentations in digital format, Solution Tree is publishing retail-quality, perfect-bound notebooks expertly designed to support your learning. Any printed handouts or worksheets integrated into your sessions will continue to be provided.