Connecting the Dots

1. Technology Connecting the Dots SIP SEF DI AfL Multi- Literacies BIP Inquiry TLCP Higher Order Thinking Arts PLC

3. Student Achievement and Well Being • positive relationships among students, staff, parents/guardians, and community members • engagement of students, staff, parents/ guardians, and community members in public education

4. Effective and Appropriate Educational Programs • incorporating a new and improved definition of literacy in 21st century student learning • providing equitable access to differentiated and relevant learning opportunities, resources and programs • engaging students as partners in their learning • embracing environmental awareness

5. Stewardship of Board Resources • Enhancing confidence in public education by increasing civic engagement

6. BIP Goal 3 By December 2012, students will be more engaged through appropriate programming and learning experiences that are personalized, collaborative and differentiated as measured by perception data from the System Survey.

7. Strategies: deliver assessment based instruction that is intentionally differentiated to support student interests, strengths, readiness and learning profiles in all subject and program areas; work collaboratively with a focus on Assessment for Learning and DI through a professional teaching and learning cycle that includes reflecting on the impact of the teaching on student achievement and well-being; model higher order thinking and learning environments where digital literacy, inquiryand arts integration are used to engage students in cross curricular literacy; engage students as partners in their learning including the use of evolving technologies; encourage teacher’s effective use of 21st century learningtechnologies

8. Resources • DI Professional Learning Cycle, 7-12 • DI Professional Learning Strategy • Literacy Professional Learning Strategy • Ontario Arts Council Artist in Residence Program • Literacy@School Learning Centres

9. Literacy in the 21st Century is the acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes that enable achievement, personal well being and full participation in an interconnected and changing world community. What is Literacy? Our evolving definition… 9

11. DI RAFT

12. The PLC Model

13. RAFT 2010 - 2011

14. Phase 2 Differentiated Instruction

15. Welcome Differentiated Instruction

16. Learning Goal To collaboratively plan, implement and reflect on (impact on student achievement) an assessment based unit that is differentiated to meet the strengths, needs and interests of all learners. To network with other intermediate teachers and work collaboratively.

21. Using the iPod 8 Using the iPod to activate our learning.

22. Using the iPod Playlists>What is DI?

23. Setting Team Norms

25. How will I design the learning so that all will learn? How will I know they are learning it? What do I want them to learn? Planning with the End in Mind Assessment How will students demonstrate their knowledge and skills while they are learning? How will we monitor their progress? Product, observation, conversations, … How will I plan with DI in mind? What instructional strategies are appropriate for the learners in my class? Adapted from the Ministry of Education, Ontario

26. How will I design the learning so that all will learn? How will I know they have learned it? What do I want them to learn? Planning with the End in Mind Evaluation • How will students demonstrate their knowledge and skills when they have finished learning? • What evidence will be produced? • Products • Observations • Conversations Adapted from the Ministry of Education, Ontario

27. How do we collect and make sense of all the learning data? Conversations Anecdotal notes Watching literature circles Watching science experiments C P O Observations Products Conferencing with students Questioning students Student portfolios Written work Projects, Videos Performances 27

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