A new English -Language Arts (ELA) teacher is so excited to take all of the ideas she learned during her training and use them in the classroom. After a PLC (Professional Learning Committee) meeting, she doesn't plan on using the strategies discussed to work backwards with the team and wants to do her own thing during her class time. This result is her students are not doing well on the common assessment used by the ELA Department.

How would a person who understands some of the basic concepts ofUnderstanding By Design respond to this statement? What should this teacher be thinking about when designing a unit?