Instructional Strategies & Assessments
All AED Pathways
Instructional Strategies
Critique (teacher or student)
Debate
Direct instruction/Lecture
Exit ticket
Flipped classroom
Graphic organizer
Independent study
Journaling
Learning centers
Masterclass
Mind map
Modeling
Online instruction
Pair-share
Peer review
Peer teaching
Project-based learning (PBL) - i.e. interdisciplinary, community-based, collaborative
Real-world simulation
Rehearsal
Read-aloud
Role playing
Scaffolded technical challenges
Sequential skill building
Small group discussion
Socratic lecture
Tutorial
Work-based learning (WBL) - i.e. guest speakers, tours, job-shadowing, networking events, internships, etc...
Quick-writes
Assessments
Creative writing project
Essay
Event production
Industry standard software certification
Online assessment
Performance (small group, class, public audience)
Performance critique
Podcast
Portfolio Presentation- i.e. concept to final product, research, creative process, skill demonstration) Reflection (written or verbal)
Research project
Resume
Self-assessment
Test Website
Design
Instructional Strategies
Create posters and other design assets for school organizations and programs
Design thinking (empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test)
Design hackathon
Design sprint
Assessments
Client project
Art show or exhibition (student run)
Design challenge presentation
User experience assessment (UX testing)
User Journey Map
User Personas research
Brand bystems
Logo designs
Film/Video
Instructional Strategies
Crash Course Film History
Crash Course Film Production
Studio Binder video essays and tutorials
Write, produce and create short films
Assessments
Films (short, long, documentary, commercial,
Editing Project
Call Sheet
Animation
Instructional Strategies
Storyboard, write, and produce a production
Assessments
3D printed Animation
Maquette
Animation Reel
Short Film
Character Sheets
Turnarounds
Background Layouts
Scripts
Storyboards
Game Design
Instructional Strategies
Prototype
Assessments
Build a video game from idea to playable prototype on a team
Create a repo, with branches
Audio Production/Recording Arts
Instructional Strategies
Recording, mixing, or producing a song or podcast
Cross-disciplinary integration projects- math (waveforms, acoustics), physics (sound frequencies), or history (music genres)
Recording sessions where students act as engineers, producers, and artists
Assessments
Recording, mixing, or producing a song or podcast
Original composition performance
Music
Instructional Strategies
Instrumental warm-ups
Songwriting
Music performance
Masterclass format
Electronic Press Kits (EPK)
Assessments
Theater
Vocal and physical warm-up
Rehearsal
Improvisation
Character background work
Instructional Strategies
Assessments
Monologue performance
Scene performance
Self-generated piece
Write a scene or play
Character background work
Design for a production
Play report
Dance
Movement warm-up
Choreographic devices for original compositions
Proximity
Dance analysis (based on Elements of Dance)
Instructional Strategies
Movement exams
Written exams (anatomy & physiology, body mechanics, genre-specific history, genre specific terminology)
Concert performance
Production role (costuming, marketing, house management, audio-visual, tech crew (LB Operator and Sound Tech), stage management, backstage management)
Assessments
Production Design
Instructional Strategies
Production support (lights, sets, sound, projection, stage management)
Assessments
Production design
Production book
Mic plot
Create SFX
Program a light/sound boar
Cue sheet
Design competitions