Backward Design Foundations (UbD 1)

"Master the art of designing impactful and student-centered lessons with Backward Design Foundations! Unpack essential UbD principles to create engaging and effective learning experiences for all."

Instructor: Equanimity LearningLanguage: English

About the course

📘 Course Description
This introductory course demystifies Understanding by Design (UbD) and the practice of backward design. You’ll learn to start with clear outcomes, define acceptable evidence, and then plan learning that leads to real transfer—not just coverage. Grounded in Equanimity Learning’s 1% daily improvement ethos, the session offers simple tools (Essential Questions, performance tasks, and WHERETO) you can apply immediately to tighten any unit or lesson. Ideal for school leaders and teachers seeking coherent, evidence-aligned instruction.

🔑 Key Highlights

Understand the three stages of backward design.
Craft Essential Questions that drive meaning and inquiry.
Align assessments with desired results (transfer-focused).
Use WHERETO to organize effective learning sequences.

📘 What You Will Learn

How to articulate desired results and big ideas.
How to design performance tasks as evidence of understanding.
How to align lessons and activities to goals and evidence.

• • How to apply a 1% improvement plan to upgrade an existing unit.

Syllabus

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