Instructional Support
This section serves to assist the District's instructional staff.
Mason Public Schools Instructional Coaching
Complete the Google Form to request instructional coaching. The form will be checked on a weekly basis and coaches will be in touch as quickly as possible.
Curriculum Storage Room Request For Materials
Complete the Google Form to request delivery or pick up of materials and science kits from the Curriculum Storage Room. The form will be checked on a weekly basis and materials will be sent out as quickly as possible.
Course, Unit, Lesson, and Assessment Development Resources
The Backward Design Approach Poster for Developing New Courses and Units
Scope and Sequence Blank Template
Basic Lesson Plan Blank Template
Formal Lesson Plan - Blank Template
Common Assessment Development Modules
INSPECT Item Bank Assessment How-To Guide
INSPECT - Create Items and Passages How-To-Guide
Preparing for the M-STEP with the INSPECT Item Bank
A Guide for Writing Effective Learning Targets
Unpacking Standards and Writing Learning Targets Template
Data Resources
English Language Arts (ELA)
MDE- ELA Crosswalks: Claims, Targets, and Standards
ELA CCSS - Appendix A - Research Supporting Key Elements of the Standards
ELA CCSS - Appendix B - Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks
ELA CCSS - Appendix C - Samples of Student Writing
Unpacked ELA CCSS from North Carolina (each document below, indicates at the micro-level, the skills and knowledge students are expected to master at each grade level)
Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
Marzano Resources
Desired Effects of the 41 Elements
Marzano - Provide More Rigor and Depth
8 Strategies Robert Marzano and John Hattie Agree On
Generic Scale for the Observational Protocol for Effective Instruction
Traverse Bay ISD iObservation Reference Page
Marzano Taxonomy of Verbs and Phrases
Marzano Scales, Learning Goals, and Common Assessments (Teacher and Student Examples of Scales)
Marzano Proficiency Scale Blank Template
Marzano Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Proficiency Scale Blank Template
Go Math!
Pacing Guides
ThinkCentral Online Availability
MDE - Math Crosswalks: Claims, Targets, and Standards
Math CCSS - Appendix A - Designing High School Math Courses Based on the C.C.S.S.
Unpacked CCSS of Mathematical Practice for Grades K-12 from Washington State (examples for grades K-8 and High School)
Unpacked Math C.C.S.S. from North Carolina (each document below, indicates at the micro-level, the skills and knowledge students are expected to master at each grade level)
Miscellaneous
Science
National Research Council Framework for K-12 Science Education - Free Download
Bozeman Science NGSS Resources and Videos
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas Matrix - K-12
Writing an NGSS Learning Performance (Learning Target)
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices Poster
Marzano Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Proficiency Scale Blank Template
Suggested Amount of Science Instruction per Day by Grade Band
