Planning Devices
     Course Organizer
     Unit Organizer
     Lesson Organizer

   Explaining Devices
     Framing
     Survey (TRIMS)
     Clarifying
     Vocabulary LINCing

   Teaching Concepts
     Concept Mastery
     Concept Anchoring
     Concept Comparison

   Increasing Performance
     Recall Enhancement
     Question Exploration
     Order Routine
     Quality Assignment

COURSE MATERIALS
     Grade Level Materials
     Subject Materials

Course Organizer
     The Course Organizer Routine is used to plan courses around essential learning and critical concepts. The teacher uses the routine to introduce the course and the rituals that will be used throughout the course. The teacher then uses this framework throughout the year to maintain the big ideas and rituals. Research showed that the use of the Course Organizer Routine helps teachers and students keep the big ideas in mind and focus their attention to understand important relationships. Instruction results in learning more about the big picture and less in trying to cover large amounts of information. Teachers using the routine spent more time introducing major course ideas, concepts, themes, and routines to students than did the comparison teachers who did not learn the routine.

Linking Steps

1. Cue Course Questions
2. Outline Critical Concepts and Units
3. Uncover Community Principles
4. Reveal Learning Rituals
5. Share Performance Options
6. Explain Course Standards

Download Centre

Microsoft PowerPoint version
Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) version
SMART notebook version
Checklist for completion and observation

NOTE: The information on this site is intended for GSCS teachers who have received the appropriate Content Enhancement training.