Diploma System Resource Center
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The Providence Diploma System Resource Center is a compilation of tools and policy documents that are designed to support the implementation of the Rhode Island Diploma System Regulations. On this page, teachers and principals will find tools to help teachers create School Learner Expectations, validated common curriculum tasks, functioning Advisories, standards for graduation sufficiency, and instructions on how to use the Rhode Island Electronic Portfolio System.
In addition to this Resource Center, the RI Department of Education maintains a thorough toolkit resource at www.ridoe.net/highschoolreform/dslat/. |
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A collection of tools to support Advisory and Personalization in each school. Teachers can download and print the PPSD Advisory Toolkit that includes an example of a student Individual Learning Plan, as well as activities to support the ILP. Additionally, teachers and reform coaches can find articles that provide the research and theory behind Advisories.
Abridged ILP Toolkit
ILP Template
ILP for Portfolio Schools
ILP for Project Schools
The Power of Advisories
"Why Do We do Academic Advising?"
What Works Clearinghouse Guide |
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A collection of planning templates to assist schools in aligning their portfolio and / or senior project timelines to the Commissioner’s Regulations.
District Learner Alignment Template
Aligning Portfolios to School Learner Expectations
Aligning Projects to School Learner Expectations |
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A collection of tools to assist in building validated, standards-aligned common tasks – the building blocks of proficiency-based curriculum and instruction.
Common Task Template
Common Task Oral Presentations
Common Task Oral Presentations (12th Grade
Exhibition - Oral Presentation
Response to Literature Prose Generic Rubric 2008
Response to Informational Text Generic Rubric 2008
Research Rubric
Narrative Writing Generic Rubric
Persuasive Generic Rubric 2008
Reflective Generic
Writing Poetry Rubric
Sample Task Sheet from E-Cubed Academy
Common Task Template
Completed Example of Common Task Template
Sample Guidelines for Teaching to Common Tasks |
Electronic Portfolio Tools |
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The RI Electronic Portfolio System provides a platform for students to upload, revise, and display their portfolio and senior project work. It also provides a platform for teachers to create and share Common Tasks.
Student Guide to Building an ePortfolio
Teacher Guide to Accessing the Chat Room
Student Introduction to ePortfolios |
Graduation Sufficiency Tools |
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A collection of documents detailing the methods of evaluating the graduation-readiness of students, as well as methods of designing extended tasks that can serve as capstone projects.
Overview of applied Learning Standards
RIDE Guide to Discussion Proficiency/Sufficiency
Proficiency Descriptions by Subject Area
PowerPoint Guide to Understanding Proficiency
Scaffolding Applied Learning Standards
Depth of Knowledge Guide for Science
Guide to Thinking About Graduation Readiness
Depth of Knowledge Guide for All Subject Areas |
Looking at Student Work Tools |
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Teacher collaboration in establishing fair, rigorous, and common standards for judging the quality of student work is a vital part of proficiency-based graduation requirements. This powerpoint outlines a method of Looking at Student Work together as school-based or department-based teams.
PowerPoint Teacher Training Tool for Looking at Student Work |
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A collection of the various policies of RI State Law and the RI Department of Education that impact the Diploma System.
NEASC Standards
RI Regulations Regarding Length of School Day |
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A collection of documents designed by the Providence Office of High Schools to help teachers and principals navigate the waters of the Diploma System.
Facts from the 2006 PBGR Institute
May 2007 Diploma System Roadmap
July 2007 Diploma System Roadmap |
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