1. Implement a Schoolwide Instructional Focus:
• All teachers can articulate the chosen focus

 

• Students can articulate focus and can demonstrate increased ability (3)

 

• Student progress in instructional focus is posted

 

• Practices that support the instructional focus consistent across all classrooms and sustainable despite staff turnover (2)

 

• Parents are aware of the instructional focus and their role in supporting it. (5)

 

• Resources used strategically to support the instructional focus

 

• Teachers networking around instructional issues and strategies within and across schools (2)

 

• Chosen instructional focus scaled up throughout entire school and evidenced in classroom practices, student performance, and use of resources

 

• Staff employs various assessments on a continual basis to check for student progress and to adapt instructional practice to meet changing needs of chosen focus area and beyond

In 1956, Benjamin Bloom headed a group of educational psychologists who developed a classification of levels of intellectual behavior important in learning. During the 1990's a new group of cognitive psychologist, lead by Lorin Anderson (a former student of Bloom's), updated the taxonomy reflecting relevance to 21st century work. The graphic is a representation of the NEW verbage associated with the long familiar Bloom's Taxonomy. Note the change from Nouns to Verbs to describe the different levels of the taxonomy.

Note that the top two levels are essentially exchanged from the Old to the New version.