Welcome back for another year at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School! We begin this year with grand goals and the mindset of the forty-niners...we seek the treasure, the riches untold, the mother load! In March 2013, we received official authorization as an International Baccalaureate World School. Before that even happened, the staff and faculty endeavored to dig deeper than before in terms of instructional practices and delivery with Webb's Depth Of Knowledge, align our scope and sequence with the Common Core, expand the the breadth of our Project-based Learning and much more.
For insight into what that looks like, sounds like and feels like, read on...
Authorization went extremely well for us as we had many commendations and only one single item to address. The item in question was related to our Spanish teacher not having been trained as an IB educator. That was resolved immediately and authorization sailed through.
The Common Core is not very new to schools rich in project-based, and research-based instruction. A link is provided here to point you toward the FAQ's related to the implementation of the Common Core in Alabama.
Project-Based Learning is always going to be at the center of what we do at TMSE. As we develop our Units of Inquiry within the framework of the IB Philosophy, you'll begin to hear more of the Depth of Knowledge according to Webb. Webb, like Bloom before him, sought deeper, more authentic teaching and learning outcomes for students. The Tuscaloosa City School System has adopted the Webb DOK approach as an effort to enrich our curriculum. At TMSE, we deliver that through projects. For a look at the way Webb organized his theory and a comparison to Bloom's Taxonomy for higher order thinking, click here.
For insight into what that looks like, sounds like and feels like, read on...
Authorization went extremely well for us as we had many commendations and only one single item to address. The item in question was related to our Spanish teacher not having been trained as an IB educator. That was resolved immediately and authorization sailed through.
The Common Core is not very new to schools rich in project-based, and research-based instruction. A link is provided here to point you toward the FAQ's related to the implementation of the Common Core in Alabama.
Project-Based Learning is always going to be at the center of what we do at TMSE. As we develop our Units of Inquiry within the framework of the IB Philosophy, you'll begin to hear more of the Depth of Knowledge according to Webb. Webb, like Bloom before him, sought deeper, more authentic teaching and learning outcomes for students. The Tuscaloosa City School System has adopted the Webb DOK approach as an effort to enrich our curriculum. At TMSE, we deliver that through projects. For a look at the way Webb organized his theory and a comparison to Bloom's Taxonomy for higher order thinking, click here.