DISTRICT STRATEGIES THAT ImprovE TEACHING/LEARNING

1. DISTRICT STRATEGIES THAT ImprovE TEACHING/LEARNING MICHAEL DiPAOLA, EdD DLST PROJECT February 13, 2012

3. SCHOOL/DISTRICT STRATEGIES SCHOOL/DISTRICT STRATEGIES THAT IMPROVE LEARNING

4. HOW MANY OF THESE STRATEGIES FOCUS ON ANALYZING ACHIEVEMENT DATA? HOW MANY STRATEGIES FOCUS ON IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INSTRUCTION? WHAT ASSUMPTIONS DO WE MAKE?

5. The Power of Formative Feedback

6. TEACHER FEEDBACK (FRAYER MODEL) TEACHER FEEDBACK

7. DO YOU assume classroom teachers are receiving formative feedback on their teaching to help improve instruction? What Evidence Supports That Assumption?

8. Data • What data are provided to teachers about their actual teaching performance? • How are the data collected? • Do they know what to do with the data? • How are they helpful?

9. GOALS of Supervision • “…to work cooperatively with teachers to improve instruction.” • “…to engage with teachers in the study of the processes of teaching and learning.” • to create “…a nonthreatening atmosphere, by working in a collegial manner, and by creating in teachers a sense of inquiry and experimentation.” • To help teachers learn to become more effective at helping students learn. • Permanently change teaching behaviors to reflect high-yield instructional pedagogy

10. SUPERVISION (FRAYER MODEL) SUPERVISION

11. BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION • Some administrators are too authoritarian and insecure - they don’t have the disposition to provide formative feedback • Lack of distinction between supervision and evaluation • The climate of the school • Lack of collegiality

12. Why Supervision & Evaluation Are NOT EffectiveMarshall (2008) • High-stakes evaluation tends to shut down adult learning • Evaluation instruments get in the way • Observations fail to provide specific feedback data • Principals are too busy to complete the tasks well • Evaluation almost never focuses on learning

13. COLLECTING DATA SO TEACHERS CAN ANALYZE IT TO REFLECT *New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz

14. “learning in the setting where you work… is the learning with the greatest payoff because it is more specific and because it is social” Fullan (2001)

15. Instructional Leadership

16. Collegial Supervision:A Formative Process • Principals and Supervisors share leadership with Teachers and engage in coaching, reflection, joint investigation, study teams, and problem solving. • The process should be peer driven and data focused.

17. CREATING A CONTEXT for Collegial Supervision non-threatening atmosphere in which • classroom data, not judgments, are used to determine problems • professionals can be open and authentic with each other • the principal and teachers work together to enhance the teaching- learning process

18. GoalS of Collegial Supervision • Effectiveness (improvement of instruction) is defined as the degree to which expected performance is congruent with actual performance at the student and teacher levels. • Teacher learning that results in student learning

19. Problem Identification • Teaching is “a system of intentional actions aimed at inducing the learning of skills, knowledge, and values.” • Identify area or areas where there is a significant discrepancy between the actual teaching and desired teaching

20. View the video clip – • what lesson does it teach us about the value of classroom observation?

21. Instructional Strategies that Effective Teachers Consistently Implement Questioning Skills & Techniques Significant relationship between student achievement and the effective use of questioning at different cognitive levels (Brophy & Good, 1986; Cawelti, 1999; Hattie, 2009; Tobin, 1980).

22. Cognitive Levels of Questioning • Remembering • Understanding • Applying • Analyzing • Evaluating • Creating

24. Instructional Strategies that Effective Teachers Consistently Implement Effective Use of Instructional Time Significant relationship between time spent on content and student achievement (Anderman & Midgley, 1998; Berliner, 1988; Hattie, 2009; Lumsden, 1994; Marzano, 2000).

25. STUDENT ENGAGEMENT a psychological process; specifically, the attention, interest, investment, and effort students expend in the work of learning (Marks, 2000)

26. STUDENT ENGAGEMENTStudents Demonstrate Engagement in Many Ways For example through behaviors that observers described as: • showing effort • concentration • attention to task • asking questions • contributing in interactions (Birch & Ladd, 1997; Finn & Voelkl 1993).

29. Instructional Strategies that Effective Teachers Consistently Implement Teacher/Student Interactions Teacher verbal activities that keep the learning activity directed, focused, and organized. Student verbal activities that indicate engagement

30. Examples of Teacher/Student Interactions • Providing Information • Questioning/Probing • Releasing Control • Answering • Clarifying • Praising/Scolding • Giving Directions • Redirecting Skills & Techniques

32. HOW CAN DATA COLLECTION DEVICES BE USED in your division TO HELP TEACHERS REFLECT ON THEIR TEACHING AND MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN?

34. LINKS TO MODEL PRE AND POST CONFERENCES http://henricostaffdev.org/post_ob_conference/category/sample-conferences/planning-conference-1/http://henricostaffdev.org/post_ob_conference/

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